So much fun.

7:15am 117 fow small laker 73 down on rigger, gr glo frog meat rig, troll west 

7:55am big laker 124’ on SB turn from west to north 300’ copper on rv blur jeans moonshine.

9:15 SB rigger tripped and fought for a few; no one home after 20seconds.

Very good report.

 Thanks 

2 hours ago, FBD said:

10# seems a little light but I do see full arm extension on that picture.  Hmm.  

That’s what my digital scale said.

3 hours ago, zgrinder said:

Great report.  Fish are down deep in Frankfort as well.  I take it that #127 is your lucky number.  Or perhaps that is all the wire on the rigger .  Great pics, like the last one in front of the Frankfort signage.

Thks on the pics. Yes, Tuesay night sunset was unreal.

I have 250’ of cable on both riggers. Thermocline was down 95-100’; was 50.6 at 95 and 48.9 at 100. So with sway back on 12lb ball thats pretty close to maybe 110’ or so down.

10lb king 4:45 on sb rigger down 127’ on suv smurf meat rig 250fow

20 lbking, kevin gr psun fly 221’ out 124mn bk dipsey

235fow

8/18:

160 rigger down 127’ hit n run; same rigger in 220’ fish on then line cut.
Last night at fish ckeaning 2 guys each had a snall coho.

Heard this morning maybe 1 or 2 fish by some.

A few marks but nothing great.

Got skunked. Fished in nautical seas from 90-300’. One short run on dipsey and 2 releases on rigger.

Thanks. I am on 3 Lake Mich fishing forums and no one makes reports. In a typical weekend there are hundreds of fisherman out and you may get one or two reports in just a few ports.

I don’t understand. 

Yeah, u r correct, thought 4th one was a Steelie. He danced on the water a few times  which my grandson loved.

4 for 7. 
10:35 8lb coho 155’ on 280cu on bl jeans rv moonshine nw troll.

11am 7 lb coho 225’ copper, mooshine fldr pounder

12:05 125’ 5 lb laker on dipsey on 3 out 185’ on meat rig, east troll.

12:20 113’ on meat rig down 99’ on rigger, east troll.

Two knocks off on riggers and rip on dipsey w/no one home.

1’ waves, surf temp 80-155’ was 74.5, Sog 2.2-3.2.

Flies and noseums   were still biting very well also and spiney water fleas were as clingy as ever.

You now that you mentioned it I looked  at my photos again to see whiter top n bottom gums. Si I agree a Ho. They are sooo close. Remember a few years ago when guy had  a state record record size Coho and it took MDNR like a mobth with scale samples, etc to finally determine it was a Ho.

Same here, so what do I know  FBD.

Next trip scheduled for next Wednesday; If  fish are still here will be SoHa, otherwise Holland.

Btw: we fished a little north of piers: 26.4 north area.

11 hours ago, dan agnello said:

• 10:15 SB rip on meat rig down 94’ on rigger. Capt John King ’Ghostbuster  Flasher/meat rig alewife Strip Teaser. Popped it off n one home; west troll, uphill.
• 11.00 huge 24.9# king on smurf  suv  rig w/real meat on rigger down 94’; 149’ sw uphil, 2.7
• 12:00 6-7 lb king on Capt John King green frog glo meat rig on dipsey out 256’. SE troll, downhill. 
• Same smurf rig 10 lb king on rigger down 98’ in 155 fow, trolling downhill. 
  Waves 1-3s out of Sw, sog usual 2.3-3.2. 

No. We set lines around 7:30 or so in about 90’.  There were two boats out there but we just kept trolling out because at buoy there was no thermo and we had no marks. Tuesday morning we had heard a lot of bait n fish were in 80-100’. .

When we were out in 140 talked to a guy on the radio who said they had done well in 120-130 earlier and there were 3 or 4 boats circling  that area, we we didn’t see any nets gets wet.By then he had said it slowed down.

For SoHa had quite a few marks in 133-155 area. Were very consistent around 75’ down and 110’ down. And, we had a lot of lookers at the meat, aka the graph mark heading up as screen moves.

In 120’ it was 68 in top and 58 at 90! down, still not much of a thermo.

1. 10:15 SB rip on meat rig down 94’ on rigger. Capt John King ’Ghostbuster  Flasher/meat rig alewife Strip Teaser. Popped it off n one home; west troll, uphill.
2. 11.00 huge 24.9# king on smurf  suv  rig w/real meat on rigger down 94’; 149’ sw uphil, 2.7
3. 12:00 6-7 lb king on Capt John King green frog glo meat rig on dipsey out 256’. SE troll, downhill. 
4. Same smurf rig 10 lb king on rigger down 98’ in 155 fow, trolling downhill. 
   Waves 1-3s out of Sw, sog usual 2.3-3.2. 

Thks.

Saw great reports past two days in SoHa so we are doing it tomorrow, instead.

Heading out there tomorrow, Holland; thks for report.

Oooppps see i forgot species: Nice 5-6 pd steelie and 2 around 7-8lb kings.

3 for 3
10:30: 178’ on 200 cu, 2.6-2.8 sog, on rv fld pdr trolling ne, uphill.
12:50: 76’ 300’ cu mag modified gr dolphin, downhill just north of condos.
1:10: 74’ 2.7 sog downhill 200’ cu on 
Rv flounder pounder.
2-4s down to 1-3s out of nw as predicted.
Sog: usual 2.2-3.1.

Yep you have a perfect location. I’m 25 from SJoe and Holland and 75 to Muskegon but from where I fish late August, Manistee  and Frankfort, 3 1/2 and 4 hrs away.

Thanks. 
Next week  probably Holland, friend did well in 170’ there yesterday afternoon. Have to start following the fishies north. When I lived in Jackson and we got the sloooow fishin here July was walleye month out of Monroe  and east fishin for eyes. Same fishin as for coho jacks in skinny water in late March n April here n SJoe.

Not sure where charters fish here. Probably 60-80’ for lakers or way out in middle of the lake.

Haven’t heard of many kings caught here at all. Think we’ve gotten 2. No fish in shallow water in May like usual; think because we had no spring rain.

All, have a great Independence Day weekend and be safe. And, if you are out on the water with all the weekend boaters/fisherman be especially watchful.

In SoHa this spring very few kings; none in 55’ in May. But, 115-170’ we are knocking off some nice size Coho n Steelies.

Good job; agree on cottonwoods, see my 6/11 report about losing a fish due to having to clear them.

      2,for 3, fished 7:45 to 1:45, had 9 lines out; 2-dipseys, 2.riggers, 100, 200, 300 copper and 3 & 8 colors. Later changed to 5 1/2 n 12 colors and no hits on lead; 90-180’, 1 mile to 3 miles north of pier heads; 25.8 to 27s.

9:30 in 142 trolling west ’ 7lb Coho  on 150 copper on carmel dolphin with red at hook end and pink back.

9:50 in 157’ trolling south hit CJKing Ghostbuster meat rig on dipsey out 150’; had to stop reeling to clear cottonwoods off and then no one home.

10:53 in 167’ trolling SW small king on 300 copper on gold double orange crush.

no wind, dead calm and quite hot.

speed same usual 2.4-3.2.