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thanks 

we caught fish running west and east

didn't dare troll south because was low on fuel and didn't wanna end up in south haven

was so relieved to see the waves died during the night (attached image) because boy it was rough and wind had been howling and that makes fishing in the dark even more difficult 

thanks for the report

they seem to have scattered some...

hopefully the wind pattern the next few days brings em back in!

nice work man!

question: so you set lines in 120fow or did you start in closer at first? considering going tomorrow morning and debating if they will be in closer starting out...

Great solo trip!

And hail to the king "Happee Meal" is the best spoon for us too

thanks guys!

went again this Friday morning too

will post report soon hopefully 

fished this evening for a couple hours running back from West Olive to Holland with a bunch of my kids... went 7 for 7

Not gonna get way into it because basically the same exact moonshine spooon 85-105fow gig 20-55down we have done the last two mornings is what produced 

Highlight was my 12 year old reeling in a 23pounder on 10 color  -  it smoked it when i was reeling board in full rip and pulling lines - that kept us out there another 40min

how'd you do JDH? we smoked em! report coming...

alright - cya out there - radio Parker on 68 and we can compare

Left the dock at 4.45am in Lake Mac

Setting lines in 80fow trolling north at 5.10am and the half-core immediately goes off (moonshine happy meal) – 10# king

Over the next hour we could not get lines in hardly

Half-core went again and that time a 22# hen

Copper 200 with moonshine magnum spoon went 3 times – got em all – approx. 10# kings

High dipsey got smoked at with blue & chrome spindoctor and blue fly a 20.5# hen

At 6.40am which was still 15min before sunrise we were 6 for 6 and pretty happy about things.

The is the best early fishing in the dark bite I have encountered (usually they don’t turn on until about 15min before sunrise?)

We fished through sunrise and then a little more.

Copper 200 went off two more times – got one and missed one

Rigger took one 54 down with dancing anchovy spoon

15color went off moonshine mag spoon – about a 14# coho

Ended up 9 for 10

…with a bite like this may have to try again tomorrow morning but this time I will leave the dock at 4.15am :)

buddy of mine caught a nice big chinook in 15fow off Saugatuck this AM

heard rumblings about them slaughtering them in the mud off GH

hard to know what to do exactly with these colder water temps but we are thankful for how it went today

nevermind... I see you were in 103... sorry reRead it a second time and now I get it. Thanks

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....

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... 

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

nice work! what did that big king come on and how far down? 

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

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

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!

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

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.

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?