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PUG and the gang set lines in 130fow at around 7pm and trolled out to as deep at 155fow. Picked up a few right out of a gate zig-zagging in the 140s. SW and SE trolling directions were good and the bites weren’t insane but we had 4 or 5 fish by about 8.30PM. We were way south and down closer to Saugatuck and slide into that 130-120fow and zig-zagged there back and forth for the remainder of the night and that went pretty well. Speed seemed super important and we were constantly toying with it using the digital trolldown controls on the F300. In general they just seemed choosey tonight and only wanted to bite if we were 2.8.-3.1 ground speed. Ended up 10 for 16. Every rod on the boat took fish except the starboard rigger for reasons unclear to PUG. Highest hits up were on the copp150s and I bet they went 3 times. Twice they were steelhead. Those were orange and white spoons. Copp200 and Cop250 produced with moonshine spoons. Rigger had a decent one on after dark that came off unfortunately and that was 72 down on moonshine spoon. Copp300 and Copp350 both got smoked running spoons. Meat was quiet and eventually we switched them out for paddles and spinnies and flies and they all went. Big fish came on blue bubble spin doctor high dipsey out 240 (which put it about 60-70 down). Some of the matures we were netting were really darkening and showing signs that they had been up by the river already. Crazy to think that fall is just around the corner. 20260813_190243_1.mp4 20260813_210309_1.mp4

excellent report! I think we were right there by you after 9pm and you're right the SOG that worked best for us was 3.1 so to get em to chow it had to be faster than normal

super late start (set lines at 7.30PM) + super slow start (not even a bite until the sun disappeared fully at around 9pm. Went 9 for 15 in the next 65min, however, so that felt redemptive. our best depth was 122fow but after dusk we were getting them on as close as 102fow PUG is wise beyond his years & recognized the lake had flipped warm again and that is why we went quite a ways north... when we pulled we were even north of Pigeon Lake highest setup to go was 5color chrome red head (big ole steelhead) copp150s went 4 or 5 times with moonshine spoons dipseys were hyper active each were running meat riggers went only once or twice - spoons copp350 went with moonshine spoon 20260807_212713_1.mp4 20260807_211517.mp4 20260807_204352.mp4

well done SeaFoam! my son and his buddy were just inside you and littleboat tight up along the pier but they had to bail to get to work at 730am

PUG went 6for11 biggest one weighed 22.8 pounds and because it had been bled out we'll round her up to 23 pounds jplugs mainly - chrome red heat and scaley green thee best dipseys right out near bottom and also 3colors in that 32-37fow son has been getting them in Holland mud off metal boat before work each morning too lately... PUG heard GH was incredible bite too!

Thanks for the report. Beautiful fish!

nice work guys - wish I was around this week to partake

stellar trip!

waves were 3ft+ when we setup and unfortunately defied the forecast and never really sat down 1 skam in 85fow on rigger slidder about 35 down - moonshine blue spoon 1 king in 64fow copper150 mixed vegie type spoon don't know name 1 king in 61fow rigger green flounder 45 down 20260719_213930.mp4 20260719_215009.mp4

PUG went 12 for 20 outta of Holland tonight. 3 steelhead 1 laker 8 kings Technically we fished more off of Saugatuck Mainly south troll at least early on and then later north troll Lots of current made PUG have to get creative with ground speed to get it em to chow Night bite was a bit of a disappointment but we did get a triple early on after sunset and lost one on the dipey after 10pm in the pitch black Anyways, got 2 of the steelhead early on in that 115-120fow and later another in 90fow – copper150-jplug, copper250-moonshine orange spoon, 5color-orange spoon. The other fish all came mainly in that 70-80fow High-diver meat out 220 went High-diver mag flounder pounder moonshine went numerous times Copp250 moonshine orange and white went numerous times Copper300 went for laker Rigger went just once and that was about 45 down on a slider Spindocters were quiet

excellent thank you

Man you crushed it! Congrats & thanks for the super detailed report. QUESTION: what depth of water were you getting most of these bites in???

great trip!

well done!

what depth did most of your bites come in JDH? PUG was out too last night and sadly struggled in a way that snapped our five trip 25+ bite on average streak - still was a great night though to be out there watching sunset! we went 6 for 12 trolling that 85-105fow mainly (similar program to prior trips and what you described you encountered) they just didn't bite whatsoever after dark which as a surprise and then a relief to not have to be up til 1am cleaning fish FishNFever updated us at the end of the night and it looked like RodBoss and RealProperty and some of them steelheaders actually did decent so hats off to them and I wonder what kinda water they were fishing in

anyone get out this morning? PUG may give it a shot later tonight...

excellent report

haha yes mystery solved!

what a morning!

oh and also on one of our bigger kings we got a lamprey

awesome trip! hahaha can't stop chuckling as I try to picture your madness in the darkness - what a flurry to have 8 or 9 rods all go off!

great photo and thanks for the report

nice work and good to know they were chewing good north of Holland too! always kinda a suckers bet knowing where to setup.

The trips are all starting to rhyme and blend together - kids & PUG were doing math on the way in last night and Parker is 71 for 136 on our last 5 trips out... The boat needs a good cleaning and the gear needs a refresh that is for sure! Anyways, here is what PUG figured out last night: Fish were all still heavily concentrated in that 75-90fow. Started eating right away on the set where we had a triple. Went on like this pretty much all night although fish did take a 45min break at 8pm which was strange but allowed pug to relax and take a much needed nap. After dark is when it got super wonko and bites were coming in non-stop. For example, we had 15 bites between 9.30PM-10.15PM. PUG's ratio was crap but we went at it “guts and glory” as usual and ran a lot of stuff risking and experiencing tangles but brought the cavalry with us so we could max out rod count. What a hoot! One of these times they are gonna stay hooked and PUG is gonna score his desired 6 man limit! South and Southeast troll was good but we had to have a 3.1-3.4mph ground speed to get them to eat. North troll and Northeast troll also produced magically well but again the groundspeed had to be between 2.9-3.4mph. That was the sole determining factor for us getting hits last night... we had to be running so fast that the dipseys were leaking a little on both sides. Copp150 – green ladder jplug (went 3 or 4 times) Copp200 – moonshine blue spoon (went 6 or 7 times) Copp250 – moonshine blue spoon (went 5 or 6 times) Copp300 – ratchet jaw moonshine spoon (went twice) Copp350 – moonshine spoon (went 2 or 3 times) Deep Diver out 115 – moonshine flounder pounder (went 3 times and one time actually broke the hook on a pitch black screamer) High Diver out 200 – yellow meat rig (went once) High Diver out 200 – white and blue 8” paddle (went 4 times) Riggers with sliders down 42-57 – moonshine spoons (pretty much took all the rest of the bites – “dancing anchovy” was best for sure) Every rod took fish except for the port side Copp150 running mag moonshine jackal which left PUG in disbelief because that thing had been hit a dozen times already in the 4 trips prior. HIGHLIGHT: trolling next to our original Parker year 2011 off the sliders - so cool that Matt was out there and absolutely crushing em on that legendary vessel with his kids! If the guys who manufacturer these boats in the outer banks of Carolina could have been out there with a drone they could have really enhanced their marketing campaign