dan agnello

Time fished: 8-11:15 Area fished (GPS lat/lons 0ptional): Straight out from piers Best depth of water to be over: 75-90 Most productive troll direction: west Depth of hits: 45' Rigger lead lengths: 20-25 Number of fishermen aboard: 2 Best lures & colors: or spoons Surface temp: 47 Down temp for hits (if known): 45 Troll speed: 2-3 Number and kind of fish caught: 0 for 2, or 0-5 if we count 3 rigger release on bottom. Reel commentary: Set lines at 8 in 65 fow n trolled out to 90; both riggers went off in 75fow but probably on sliders not down lines because after few bounces and pulls, gone. Had out 225' 30lb and 280 45lb copper with spoons n flasher/flies; spoons on dipseys and riggers. Put spin n glo and chrome dodger on rigger later and had three releases on east troll. short hits. 1s at 8am but built up to 2-4s around 11; had to get home early and we knew wind n rain was supposed to start around noon. Great day on the lake, but black n white kitty is still in the box. Heard from my neighbor that another Jackson fishermen did well in 180fow. Again hind site had I know maybe would have headed out there first thing before lake built up. There were no St Joe reports on 3 sites I use and that's probabvly because of our steelheaders St Joe tourney. "Hockey Puck" ON THE REEL WOMAN Agnello

Great thanks. You can get instant wind, wave etc info from all buoys on your I phone, etc by texting the buoy number to 734 418 7299. The return text is your report.

Sly: At least no black n white kitties in our boxes; didn't realize you were out there with us; since just a few boats out I didn't hookup my radio. Knew water was cold due to our east winds all week, but warmer than old Coastwatch temps that we 36 hours old that said temps were in 30s. Hopefully they will update reports sooner. Also sent email to Limnotech to see ehen they were going to deploy buoys, especially Cooke n South Haven. Haven't heard from them yet, though.

Time fished: 8-1pm Area fished (GPS lat/lons 0ptional):couple miles north n south of pier heads Best depth of water to be over: 85 Most productive troll direction: West Depth of hits: 35' +/- Rigger lead lengths: 15-20 Number of fishermen aboard: 3 Best lures & colors: Purple/white magnum spoon Surface temp: 47 in 60fow; 44 in 1oofow. Down temp for hits (if known): Troll speed: 2.5 Number and kind of fish caught: 2 Coho Reel commentary: Got 5 lb coho on 5 colors of lead on the purple spoon. Had small fish on dodger and gr/or spin n glo that got off quickly; when pulling in 100' copper had a 12' coho on it that we returned; that was on bl/yel/gr spoon. NO LAKER TAKERS BUT QUITE A FEW MARKS OF LAKERS ON BOTTOM STILL IN 75-85FOW. cloudy, cool, some fog near SHORE; 1-3s to 1-2s the start building backup a little at 1. DNR creel guy, Brian, said if you went out 17miles you might get a couple more coho; yeah right; 200' is 13.5 miles out; with east wind all week I'm sure warm water is quite a ways out. didn't bother checking tem p down, but metal spoons were cold. "Hockey Puck" ON THE REEL WOMAN Agnello

Nice brown

I'm retired so if it's nice during week we r out there. Weekend I take the worker bees.

Maybe when I had riggers bouncing bottom for lakers I should have thrown some sliders on them. Oh well Monday morning quaterbacking. Looks like blowing all week thru week end; so may not get out until next wk. Bet u r glad in state n can get out. This was my 5th trip n knock on wood, no skunk yet.

thanks, nice job too; surprised coho were that far down, but with east wind wind all last week u never know. Laker marks all over 74' area but could't get spin n glo hit like we have past few weeks; will try some cowbells, too. Had marks 35-60' down in 75' area in morning n when we came back they were gone. Maybe they moved way out? Who knows? Had hockey team bud's wife out with us and his green horn wife fought her first big lake king like a champ. Love taking out green horns. Last two trips got them some fish. PRICELESS!!!!

Date & port fished: St Joe Time fished: 830-1230 Area fished (GPS lat/lons 0ptional): front of pier heads mile or two N & S Best depth of water to be over: 74' Most productive troll direction: West Depth of hits: 35' =/- Rigger lead lengths: 15 & 10' Number of fishermen aboard: 3 Best lures & colors: or, silver green spoon with gold ba Surface temp: 43 Down temp for hits (if known): Troll speed: 2.5 Number and kind of fish caught: 1 13lb 13 oz Reel commentary: Fished 65-85FOw; got king at 930 on 225' 45 lb copper on spoon above. Bounced bottom with dodgers n spin n glos all over no laker takers. Lot of marks 35-60' in 74fow but no other hits. Between 130-1230 back in 75-80FOW and lot of lakers on bottom but again no takers.Nice day on lake; 2-3s down to 1-2s then started to build up again. Green horn that got king got sick so we pulled lines. "Hockey Puck" ON THE REEL WOMAN Agnello

Have to try a rigger higher, we were greaser fishing in same area. We didn't see many marks in that area though.

Tried river mud in front of piers outside 20' and nothing; Koho Killer II got one steelie there Sat and so did a few others; worked out between 60-90' mile or two north n south of pier heads. Went 3 for 4; water much cleaner out there and some marks; only one bait pod mark though. Got two lakers on 00 Luhr Jensen "tin can" (all chrome) 6" dodger and fluorescent Or spin n glo bouncing bottom at 62 and 75'; lost small one on same dodger with green spin n glo in 65'. In 85 ft got small coho on dipsey set on 3 153' out on Capt John King salmon slammer Lazer Glo spoon. Of the 9 fish we've gotten this spring 4 have been on that spoon - 3 on rigger, one on dipsey. 0-1s all day and beautiful out there; at noon wind shifted from SE to NW like they predicted. Unfortunately didn't see many nets out; saw one small one caught out by us in 60fow and heard two boats only had one small fish each.

Yep, was 22 in Jackson when we left at 0600.

Quick report Trolled south from piers to close to chalets, in n out from 28-8fow n no hits with 4 high lines on boards n two riggers. At 11 or so swiched to lakers/steelie program, riggers with 6" dodgers n orange n green spin n glows, spoons on dipseys, CJ salmon spoon on 1oz weight n 75' copper with spoon. Bounced rigger weights n lures on bottom for a while n SB rigger went off, two blocks north of pier heads, 60fow, 63' on rigger counter. Got 6 # laker on tin can dodger n gr spin n glo. Got laker at 1pm, 1/2 hr to spare to get bk/wh kitte out of the box. Waves 1-3s down to 0-1s when we pulled lines at 130; set lines around 830. Same water temp 43 in lime green water n dirty water south, 46 in river flow mud.. No clean water we could see. 60' on out as far as we could see was lime green water. Nice day on lake. Boat is now stored on trailer at Pier1000 for April n May. "Hockey Puck" ON THE REEL WOMAN Agnello

Could use 2nd mate Tuesday; will be at DNR launch in Benton Harbor around 8 or so.. Weather is cold in morning upper 20s, 40s in afternoon, wind 6-12, waves 1-2s. Perfect wind n waves. If available please text me at 517-750-7452. Thanks Dan

Good job, Tuesday in same area/lures just two 12" CoJacks. Yaah past few years we've caught a laker in the mix too.

Date & port fished: St joe 3/29 Time fished: 9am -130pm Area fished (GPS lat/lons 0ptional): pierheads south around 4-5 miles Best depth of water to be over: 26-26 Most productive troll direction: N/A Depth of hits: 6' and 8' Rigger lead lengths: 40' Number of fishermen aboard: 3 Best lures & colors: CJ copperhead Mamba on rigger down 8'; inside board line on J11 jointed Or rapala back 50' Surface temp: 45-47 Down temp for hits (if known): Troll speed: 2-2.5 Number and kind of fish caught: 2 dink coho throw backs Reel commentary: Fished 30fow in front of pierheads south to 15' in and out a mile or two past concrete wall; then went straight out to 60fow; no hits. Nice day. Had 9 lines out 6 on big boards; two rigs and 1 dipsey. Threw everything at them with just the two dinks. "Hockey Puck" ON THE REEL WOMAN Agnello

Fished mud in pier heads south to just before chalets in 30-17 fow, 3 for 4. one on capt john laser glo salmon spoon out 40' on rigger down 10; one on bl/chrome bl herringbone wiggle wart, dink on firetiger wiggle wart. All caught trolling downhill, south; did have rip on bl WW going north but pulled last hook out. Used big boards not inlines, nice suuny day, Nirth wi d w/1s to start then 1-2s later, air temp 30-38; water in river flow mud 46.5; south 43. DNR has not put other two docks in at BH DNR launch. Just the one that's probably bed in there all winter for steelheaders. Our tax dollars at work; BS. I'll try and call regional office which I believe is in Gobles. All fish came in 20-22 fow just north of big concrete wall and a few blocks north of it. No hits farther north or in mud in frontvof piers. Next trip after Easter week. Right now that Monday looks good. d in front of piers.