dan agnello
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Last Wednesday night we opened up our 3 net pens and released 131,000 salmon fingerlings. For 2 weeks we fed them 4 times a day and they grew 8% in length - from 9.7mm to 10.5 mm and in weight 24% - from 130 fish/kg to 105/kg.
Two weeks ago DNR told use we were getting another 50,000 kings.
Today in addition to these kings they brought over another 1,000 steelies. They pumped them into the river at our city launch. No nets pens.
So, total steelie plantings 21,000 (they planted 20k late March).
Total kings 181,000.
I want to thank DNR Wolf Lake Hatchery, SW Steelheaders and all our South Haven Steelheaders that helped.
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Steelhead and two Coho in 135’ straight out from piers. 2 Coho on 100 copper; steelie on 150 copper; all on watermelon w/gold back spoon.
Fished 80-170’. Speed usual 2.5-3.2.
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Two coho and a small king.
King in 104fow on NBK on rigger down 50’.
Small coho on fire tiger Brads thin fin on 2C and other small coho blue dolphin on slider with main line only down 20’.
Looks like nice kings that were here scattered.
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Nice kings!
Great start
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Yes, opened on 15th
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3 for 4; 3 coho jacks, lost nice fish on 3C on jointed bk/perch j11 rapala.
All fish in 45-60’; from pier heads to 2-3 miles north.
1 - dipsey out 62 on 3 on yl bikini bottom SD w/pickle sun fly
1 - high line out 60’ on Brads red w/bk squiggles thin fish
1 - double or crush mini spoon on 2C
Nothing on slide diver nor long lead riggers.
Little bumpy out there 2-3s from SW.
Speed was 2.1 to 3.1.
Got hits both uphill (against waves) and down hill.
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LimnoTech will be deploying both buoys tomorrow.
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Fished pier heads south to Cook plant; only 3 for 3 in 35’ between chalets and Cook Plant.
2 coho on high lines on Brads red thin fish w/bk squiggles and one on mini dipsey on mini double or crush spoon.
A little bumpy from nw; probably 2-3s.
Water temp pretty much 45 all over except at Cook.
Speed 2.5-3.
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Just 3 for 3 at Cook plant . 2 browns, 1 coho.
Ran 8 lines: high line, 1C, 2C and mini dipsey on each side.
2 in bubbler on gold double orange crush mini spoon on Big Jon mini dipsey out 50’.
1 on 1 color w/jointed J11 bk/chtome/wh/gold Rapala trolling north, downhill, between Cook and Chalets.
At least a dozen boats down there and only saw 1 other net in the water.
Not sure where they went.
They could be in their other location this time of yr in 200’ eating invasive species Mysa shrimp. 200’ is about 13 miles out in SJ; around 7 miles inSourh Haven.
PS: NO more fishing in the bubbler until fall; buoy boat was deploying buoys.
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Going on different boat down there this Thursday or Friday..
My boat will be unwrapped in a few days and will be ready to go. Wish I had indoor cold storage place with reasonable rent around here.
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Sorry for late report. On friend’s boat:
Crazy, 23 for like 30 down near Cook plant in 8-22fow; 11 hos n 12 browns; released all browns n dink ho.
South wind and got majority of fish on north troll aka downhill, trolled at 2.3-2.9 mph.
Ran 14 lines: 2 2C, 2 1C, and 4 high lines aka 4 Walleye boards each side. 2 mini dipseys, 2 rigs and 2 cones out so far you can barely see them.
Everything took fish. Best body bait was of course Brads version of the thin fin in red w/black squiggles; mini spoons: gold double or crush; gold yl/or/striped, nothing on nascar but changed to greasy ckn wing n got few on that; first two spoons had those very little oval spinners at hook end too.
That’s old man, me in top pic.
Looks like we’re about month earlier than usual.
My boat get shrink wrap pulledwe tomorrow.
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Went 3 for 6 on browns; north troll few miles north of Palisades Plant on north troll in 6-18fow.
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I was very surprised too.
Gave fish to Brian who fought it; he cleaned it at home, aka not many cleaning stations in Muskegon.
I’ll text him and find out; guy at cleaning station here 2 weeks ago had a pretty light bronze colored one and meat looked pretty good.
Meat on two we got in Frankfort 8/13 n 14 was pretty good on more bronze colored fish with snouts starting to curl.
See FF photos here.
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Line broke on king in breakwall area; on port rigger down 16' on pink glo J plug; 174' this 17lb king on mag rv happy meal on SB rigger down 78'; lost another one same area, same rigger, same depth jumped off after about a minute.
Like glass out there; Big bass tourney launching out of same Grand Trunk launch as us; but no holdups launching or retrieving.
Beautiful day out there.
Surprised how silver our fish was.- 2
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Fished from pier heads to 180’; 2 rigs, 2 dipseys, 8C, 150 n 300 out.
Threw j plugs at them near piers and changed up as we got deeper to meat on dipseys, flasher/fly on one rigger n spoons on rest.
Last Sunday: Got 2 coho in 100; a few guys found fish in 160-180; we had a few marks in 175 area yesterday but not takers. Maybe w/almost full moon n clear skies past few nights they were feeding at night; aka don’t set lines until 1 or 2 pm for late lunch.
Next trip Holland, Muskegon or my bucket list The Pent.
Think what few silver were here are gone; surprised they stayed around this long; usually first of July aren’t too many around; we have no structure to keep them here. Unlike charters I do no target lakers.
Beautiful day with some old mates n a newbie.
ALWAYS a great day on Big Blue.
Have a fun, safe Labor Day Weekend.
Great for playing but boating supposed to be rough all 3 days.
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Fantastic report n job.
Heading out here in SoHa Friday; going to fish skinny water for hopefully some stagging kings; if not will work my way slowly out to 100-120 where there have been a few nice kings. Safe water this weekend!
P.S: I too bit the bullet and repowered my 21’ Grady with a 2024 140HP, Tohatsu 4 stroke that is running great. With my 1999 130Hp Honda 4 stroke having overheating problems, aka 2 water pumps, new T’stat and motor flush, it was time.
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Fished in rain Monday afternoon for 3 hrs, 2:30-5:30; just one for one; 9 lb king on rigger down 66’ on Capt John King meat rig in 120’ straight out; trolled to Herring hole and back and nothing.
On sunny Tuesday, also one for one on rigger down 23’ w/2c on end, aka SWR, so bait was down around 33’. In 54’ straight out on CJohn King Ghostbuster meat rig. 1-3s, then 2-4s and getting toward 3-5s so we pulled at 11:15.
Guy at fish cleaning got 4 in Herring Hole.
At 7:15 guys that were coming in when we were out got 4 in 50’
area.One guy at cleaning had 23lber.
Saturday is our Steelheaders annual injured vets fishing outing. After we take them fishing for 5 hrs or so, big parade in river w/100s of spectators and then we have a luncheon for them.
i feel so humble to be able to honor and thank them for their service.
Great times!
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Slow, 1/3, fished 80-180’; 7:30-12:30.
Small laker on 300’ in 170’ trolling east on Warrior Whammy spoon.
Trolling west lost one on 300 on same spoon in 179’.
Trolling west lost one in 160’ on dipsey on 3 out 175’ on yellow bikini bottom SD and pickled sunshine fly.
Speed 2.5-3.1; waves SW 1-2s settled to 1’ or less.Lot of current; rigger lines kept getting tangled; one time both balls got tangled together (crazy).
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Maybe not the place, but near South Haven I need a good mechanic to look at the 130hp 4 stroke Honda on my Grady White.
Had my mechanic at the marina put a water pump in last fall and another water pump and thermostat around 3 weeks ago.
Still overheating.
When its at trolling speed it pees intermittently; pees for a few seconds , stops, then starts again -
Yes, after looking at it again and the fact it jumped out of the water like a silver rocket, it is a steelie.
Thks.
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3 for 3; 1 Ho, nice steelie and nice laker
Fished 6:45 -1, all fish 11:45 to 1 pm in 85-90 ft, a few miles north of piers in 26s.
Very small Coho on gr/bk/wh spoon w/wh back on slider with main down 75’.
9 lb Steelie on 200 cu on reg size uv blue jeans
13 lb laker on rigger down 85’ on mag bl/gr/silver spoon.
Speed usual 2.5-3.1sog
All hits were going south, uphill (against winds from SE); almost dead calm after nice 1-2s early. Chop started building up on way in.
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Ninja Boards
in Michigan Waters Fishing Reports - Salmon and Trout
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For those of you that run Ninja boards do you use 9.5” or 12”?
thks