2MD
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yes - very good report and nice job!
I went with a couple guys last night as well on a different boat and we good SKUNKED - fishing can be humbling like that
we trolled mainly outside 200fow and lost 6 rips - everything that could've gone wrong did...
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set lines at 5.25am straight out of Holland
bite was strong for first hour and a half in that 160-185
1# ten color lead with five eyes standard size rv - 20lbs king
2# low diver out 130 with showtime sd and Johnny Vegas meat rig - 14lbs king
3# rigger down 65 with slider up 10 - dancing anchovy standard size rv spoon - miss
4# copper 300 with bad toad standard size rv - 8lbs king
5# 10 color lead with five eyes standard size rv - 8lbs king
6# rigger down 88 with raspberry carbon rv up 10 - 7lbs king
7# uv on ice meat rig on rigger down 88 took big hit - miss
8# copper 300 standard size rv raptor - 5lbs king
9# low diver out 130 with showtime sd and Johnny Vegas meat rig - miss
10# copper 300 standard bad toad rv took big hit and run - miss
11# 10 color lead, standard bloody nose rv - 9lbs steelhead
12# 10 color lead standard bloody nose rv - big steehead came off after a couple jumps
13# copper 300 standard size bad toad rv - 10lbs steelhead
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nice work! what did that big king come on and how far down?
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we also went again tonight with some neighbors - went 7 for 9 - best was 170-185fow - it started slow but at about 7.45pm they turned on - spoons, spindocters, meat, it all went... Copper300 once, high braid dipsey 250 out 3 times, deep braid dipsey 140 out once, rest was riggers about 85 down
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we started setting lines at 5.30am and by 5.45am we had a double and shortly after a few more hits... all shut down for us come about 7.00am. The most beautiful sunrise... ended up 5for6 with 4 medium size salmon and a small laker. Everything was between 115-140fow and best depth down was about 55-60 down. No bites on the meat and nothing enormous this time. There was about 2 dozen other boats out there but pretty quiet on radio... anyone find em real good and wanna share info? thanks
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thanks - yes this was the first we had seen or heard of the real big matures - my son even works up on Chinook Pier in GH and there honestly haven't been the behemoth kings yet... so let's hope this is just the start! with all the bait this year you'd think it would be prime time for lunkers!
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late start... set lines at 8pm and inside about an hour tonight went 3 for 5two big ones 20# plus.... one tipped scale at 26#2big chinook smoked meat dipsey about 60 downother beast ate rigger spoon..all in that 185-150fowrough out there - pulled lines after sunset practically in West OliveDETAILS:#1. Dancing anchovy rigger main bait down 60#2 Green jeans spindocter with green uv meat rig low diver out 133#3 Same Green Jeans Meat rig on diver#4 Green hulk spoon on rigger main bait down 685# Kevin's girlfriend spindocter with pickled sunshine fly on low diver out 115
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9 for 14
stayed in 126fow on a south troll the entire time
fished for about 2hrs until we reached Holland and sun had set
Bite was everywhere from 20 down (5color) to 75 down (Copper300)
Colorful spoons like doube OC went often
Lost just a pig of a chinook on Copper 200
Managed one of the bigger lakers we had seen in a while on copper 300
10color went 3 times for salmon
They ate up the dipsey spindoctor flies too
Such a calm beautiful night out there
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Nice report.
We were 10 for 11 out of Holland this morning of 5/29.
Setup in 120fow at sunrise and in the first 45min went 10 for 10 trolling WSW so not deeper than 170fow
Missed another solod bite a little.later on the north troll
Rigger went 6 times 40-50 down
Got one on rigger only 9 down while clipping on slider and resetting
Other fish came on dipsey live wire spin doctor out 160 (scored twice)
5color connected twice too
Bunch of coho and a few 3yr old kings and one nice 4yr old king
There were only 2 or e boats off Holland this Sunday morning which suprised us.
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had to give it another shot before church this morning! left Holland channel (on Parker this time) about an hour before sunrise in tall seas... fortunately we got out there and setup when we did because it continued to build in the couple hours that followed ---> went 3 for 3 and here is what worked:
glow spoon stacker rod 6.45am 30fow off north pier trolling south
moonshine green jeans jplug dipsey 7.30am 25fow off spyglass trolling south
moonshine happee meal jplug rigger 8.00am 30fow off state park pavilion trolling north
the mud was smeared way north this morning and out where it began to mix into the cold was where we found fish... lots of birds eating... seen a Rhode Island sized seagull that we swear was big enough to be eating jack salmon
from the looks of it when we trolled into the channel the walleye had slowed down for the fisherman in there and we had no salmon takers either as we passed through
we will see how long this bite sticks around... the big male Chinook of the morning was another 2017 plant from what port we can only wonder?
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Despite the rain starting out and the howling northern gale winds and waves we decided to venture out and try fishing Holland Harbor again today. Seeing as the temps dropped 27 degrees in 24hrs we just couldn’t resist. We didn’t slaughter them by any means but we sure had fun! Went 3 for 7 on Salmon and also caught a few sheephead and kitties. Most kings came on smaller chrome red head size 3 j-plugs but we had a few on other plugs and even a flasher. Riggers and dipseys mainly. Lost a screamer on a board too. Two of the king hookups were inside of Mac and the other 5 were down the channel a ways. Highlight was we caught the longest Chinook we have ever boated at 42 inches. It was a plant and just a beast to fight! Now he is in the freezer and gonna go on the wall. Anyways, we may try again tomorrow morning as it looks like the southern winds are coming and that just might be it for the cold water. Exhausting fishing though… the 7 to 10 foot waves were just crashing over the pier all around us. Turning in the arms and netting fish was something else. Thankful to have gotten a piece of them though before they move up river! What a challenging and disappointing run year 2021 has been, mainly because of the warm weather. PS => seen more monster walleye caught off the north channel wall the last two days than I can ever remember
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tried Holland Channel tonight for anwhile on the 18' tiller... weeds/current/wind were horrendous but we still had fun... nothing like fishing in a northern gale! we had no bites unfortunately - thanks for your report and let us know if you get anymore.
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great seeing you out there! way to fight the current and waves - you earned that mature you got at dusk!
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swing and a miss for us... tried it for about 2hrs last night in 4-5ft waves out of the north and no releases... weeds were not a problem but still no bite.. today checked three tubes by todd farm in fennville and no fish had arrived there yet so it makes you wonder... about 15 guys were fishing at allegan dam and looked to all be coho but not certain
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anyone driven to Allegan dam or "the tubes" at Todd Farm to see how many beasts have slipped through? Going to Fennville to inspect a property tomorrow and may have to check
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not us... we have had better luck leaving the 115 pound choc lab home and bringing....wait for it........ THE CAT!
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nope... all we've caught are hens so far... last year we caught em out front all the way through September. Last king caught was an anorexic 29.5pound male on a high line jplug in 15fow out front on September 30. Got it mounted - the thing was 41.75 inches and had probably weighed 37-38 pounds pre spawn out is our best guess... kids and i have this theory that a group of em never run to the dam but actually spawn out on the boulder walls midway down the channel - who knows if we are right - here is a pic of this 2019 finale fish
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misery loves company
we went 0 for 2 out front this morning
conditions were perfect but no good pod of fish to target
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kevin, are you trolling saug or holland tonite? good luck and let us know how you end up! I have to go to Indiana all weekend so it is up to you
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nice Kevin - everything we got last night were hens... good sign as the big males have yet to show! And as far as trolling speed we usually run plugs on the upper end of the spectrum 2.8-3.0. Seems like most guys might be trolling too slow, but who knows...
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Made the September ritual run down from Holland and setup fishing Saugatuck at around 4.30pm today
Thankfully water had finally finished turning over and was icy cold outside of the mud
1st King smoked the mini-dipsey with chrome red head in 22fow south troll right in front – MISSED EM!
2nd King drilled the rigger 15 down blue spackle jplug in 23fow same spot same direction – GOT EM!
3rd King just ripped our small dipsey with jplug that was out only 19 feet (not a typo… just two poles length) on the inside of a turn in 16fow right out front same spot – GOT EM even though the jplug harness had buried itself in him halfway down!
4th King came on the rigger down 14 bright green jplug in 20fow same spot same southern troll direction as before – GOT EM! This one was our biggest of the night
5th King just drilled a 2 color moonshine super glow plug as we trolled into and through the channel after the sun went down – MISSED EM but it was very exiting as he just crushed it but eventually got off
6th King we had go was on the rigger at 8.45pm on a glow jplug 12down as we were trolling west back out of the channel – MISSED EM as he came off for whatever reason in the darkness after 5min
So we ended 3 for 6
Tried flashers and got no takers
It was all jplugs and no particular pattern of plug obviously
Water is very weedy so requires lots of checking and resetting lines but still had a blast!
This is the very best time of year and our favorite way to catch em.
Everyone has been saying how bad fishing is and how hardly any of the fish that run are 4 year olds even anymore but hey guess what it was sure good tonight and resembled success we have had the last few years. Hope they stick around for a bit!
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Wilson and I were rewarded for getting up early and out before sunrise off of Holland Saturday morning.
Ended up 4 for 6
Had a double setting lines in 80fow at around 6am
(full core Yellow Dolphin while being set… the board had just been clipped on and we were letting it out when it went – managed to land our biggest chinook of the morning and year thus far)
(high dipsey blue spindoctor & fly while still letting line out with only 60 feet out – landed a 2 year old chinook)
From here we took a 3yr old chinook next in 90fow at sunrise 6.30am
(high dipsey blue/green spindoctor with 140foot of line out)
Then we missed a couple big hits on the downrigger
(55 down moonshine mag flounder pounder got smoked twice but just didn’t stay hooked)
Last we got another big chinook in 98fow at around 8am
(deep dipsey with 100ft out green frog spindoctor and white fly)
The east wind was howling and most guys left the shallower water so quickly… for us sticking around and little more in tight really worked out. This north wind brought the temp break up higher which was great to see. Was going to keep the boat on anchor overnight here in west olive like we have commonly done so we could fish again Sunday morning but the weather changed and the north wind started whipping so we changed our plans…
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nice job! huge Chinook!
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my son was given the shirt when he won the kollen park catfish tourney this summer 1st place got him 670 in cash + the cool tshirt... if you are serious and want a shirt, then ask the nice guys at Powderhorn bait shop on River Ave
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SoHa 8/16
in Michigan Waters Fishing Reports - Salmon and Trout
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Nice job! So about how many FOW were you fishing when you got those two biggens? From your report I gather you were in close but I want make sure....