JVanderVennen

Simply grouping baits in a targeted range where the fish were active. When I get a strike and mark fish at a certain depth I usually try to hone in on that deep with the most active lures for that day. Started the morning running the riggers with about a 20-25’ spread but slowly worked them together. We had other baits and lines spread through the water column too.

First trip of the year and first post in awhile, so why not, unfortunately no fish stories today but a bit of info for the guys headed out tonight. As I said no fish in our boat this morning but we did manage to find them on the sonar. Worked 180-200 fow from 6:30-10am, two rigger knock offs, no body home. Marked continuous fish between 40-60 ft down and 80-100 ft down. Riggers were set 77 and 79 down in 185 fow, dw double uv crush 8” paddle w/ white fly and 8” white/ green spin dc white mirage fly. We’ll try again another day, good luck!

September is a great month to catch coho on the Grand River below sixth street dam in downtown Grand Rapids. I've found that blue fox spinners and Rapala rip sticks work good along with hot n tots and thundersticks chartreuse or orange is a good color. The Manistee River below Tippy Dam is another GREAT spot to put some long hours into fishing. It maybe be one of the top rivers in the state. It normally provides good opportunities to catch salmon in the fall along with steelhead throughout the winter and in my opinion it offers one of the best spring steelhead runs in the state. The best way to learn to fish any river or inlet is probably trial and error. But local bait shops can offer good advise and if all else fails just sit and watch other anglers. Find out who is catching what and most importantly how they are catching them. Also find good local fishing reports to help you locate where the fish might be throughout the state so that your maximizing your fishing time. Hope this helps a little Sent from my SM-G930V using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App

Started fishing this morning just about straight west of Kirk Park in 85-105 fow. Ended the morning 1/3 with about a 5 lb king. Fished a 5 rod set up with 1 full core 2 riggers 47 and 59 down and 2 dipsys set on 1 with green uv spin doctors. All three hits came on riggers with 2 on moonshine flounder pounder and 1 on uv green dolphin. Best trolling direction seemed to be anywhere from North to east. Marked a few fish till about 9 am then they seemed to scattered, not as many big marks as last week for sure. Fun end to the weekend with myself and my dad.

Well we were one of those fishing the 80-100 range and didn't do much, 130 fow took a rip on 8 color core and lost it...oh well nice job on the fish though!

Quick trip last night fishing after work from 6:30-9pm. Started north of stacks in 60 fow couldn't find anything on the sonar so we moved out to 90-110 fow. Then we finally marked fish along the bottom with a few suspended down 50' but needless to say still couldn't get a bite. I ran four rods last night 1. Deep rigger with tin can and fly 2. High rigger uv mixed veggies 3. 4 color with watermelon spoon 4. 5 color with yeck fireball and double orange crush. I think there are a few fish around just not hungry last night, hopefully this weekend is better

I would not suggest doing that....you might be looking at a blown motor instead of just rough idle. Clean or rebuild carburetor if it's a carb motor drain gas tank and run pure ethanol free gas and check timing if applicable

Run pure gas no ethanol that helped me I had the same problem with mine this season. But what really fixed it was a timing adjustment at the sport center now it runs the best it ever has since I've owned it, plus check your plug gap, the gap is almost never true out of the box, and that makes a difference on marine motors. And what type of motor is it? ?

Nice work!!

Not as good as Saturday morning and that's a fact. Choppy conditions hampered our efforts a little but still fished till 10am. We didn't put any fish in the box marked a few in the same water as yesterday 80-100 fow 65 down to the bottom. But south wind was blowing warm water which wiped the graph of any and all marks by 9:30. Did have a rod in 95 fow with a blue silver plug bounce never released but definitely was a strike. We will try again tomorrow weather permitting then I'm done for the year, time to hit the rivers.

85-100 fow all plugs and spoons fished for an hour before storm went 1/2 with a 15lb king in 95 fow green ladder back plug 65 down on rigger, then lost one 60 down 87 fow on a rigger with silver halo green dolphin spoon. Marked a lot of fish and bait all 60 feet down to the bottom straight west of stacks. I'll be back in the morning

I have a 20 foot and there have been many a time I still feel and little uneasy, just my two cents...

Started late around 9am stayed in close just north of Port Sheldon fished 50-60 fow and by 10:15am (when the boat broke down ) we were 1/2 with a 10lb steelhead 40 down on rigger with perch spoon, took the other rip on 5 color yeck fireball. If we stI'll had a motor we probably could have kept picking away at them but oh well. Marked a lot of bait and fish all morning in the same small area of water.

Ran solo last night for the last hour and a half of sun light (quick trip) just to see what this weekend might bring. Regardless put nothing but a skunk in the box lots of marks 100 feet down in 140 fow north of the stacks but no takers. Pretty slow right now if you ask me we'll have to wait and see if things change I guess.

Nice work!! You definitely found them this morning.