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Mega Byte

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  1. Left the dock at 5:30 and headed out with my daughters. I had report from someone who fished that morning that said the fish had moved out a bit and were between 120 and 180 out front and bit South of port. So we started in 180 FOW out front. On the run out, I had some fullspeed marks in 165 so I had a hunch that is where we would find them. (My sonor sends back something if it marks a fish while we motor out. Sometimes it's fish, sometimes is just noise.) We stopped in 180 and got the kicker fired up and pointed the boat back to the SE and started setting lines. We didn't mark a fish until we hit 170 FOW but it was a good mark. We spent some time in the 160 to 170 range and marked some nice fish, but didn't have any takers, so we headed East. There were a number of boats in the 110 - 130 range and we worked in there. At 7:45 PM in 112 FOW the 250 Cu with a magnum Blue Jeans spoon took a hit. We boated a nice, small king that made for a great picture. We checked the 300 (Green Haze paddle and meat rig) to make sure there wasn't anything small on that and reset both lines. About 20 minutes later the same setup to another hit in 97 FOW, but it quickly got off. In the 160s, at 60 feet down the temp was in the low 50s. In at 81 fow, down 60 was 45 degrees. I think that colder down temp started around 115 FOW. There was a lot of bait in close. In total, we only spent about 45 minutes shallower than 120 feet and we took two hits. We probably would have done better if we had spent more time in there. But after that second hit, we started pulling lines to get the kids home. It was a fun trip even though we didn't have a lot of action. I did hear a report of a guy that got one in 150 FOW. I talked to another boat that got 2 coho and king, but I didn't ask their depth. Lots of bait in close:
  2. The "60, 74,77,84" is that line out or FOW? On a 3 setting, if that's line out, that's pretty high in the water column. Were they out of temp or did you find some colder water?
  3. I'm not sure what brand mine are, but go with aluminum pliers and not stainless steel. Mine have the lip to help with split rings which is helpful, but it makes it harder to remove hooks from pan fish when the kids are dock fishing at the marina. So think about how you want to use them and get aluminum. Sent from my SM-G970U using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App
  4. Welcome to the forum Randy. Sent from my SM-G970U using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App
  5. Quick post from the app because it is late. 21 # king in 167 FOW on a Kevin's Girl Friend spin doctor and meat rig. 2.5 at the ball 24 # king at dark on a green and black paddle and meat rig on a 300 Cu in 127 FOW. Had good marks in the 165ish area earlier. But also found them in the 150s to 130s. My kicker wouldn't start and we struggled with speed controll tonight. Talked to two others at tbe fish cleaning tonight. One was 1 for 1 (28 pounder) and the other was 3 for 4, including 2 mature kings one of which was 26 pounds. This AM it was just me and the girls. Lots of tangles but those are stories for another time. My daughter did manage to put another 25 pounder in the boat. Sent from my SM-G970U using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App
  6. She fishes, trailers and loads well. Sent from my SM-G970U using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App
  7. 1996 Pro-line 251 Sent from my SM-G970U using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App
  8. Here are water temps if anyone is headed this way. Temps were taken in 200 FOW. DOWN - TEMP 65 - 53.1 75 - 51.6 87 - 47.3 95 - 44.2 105 - 44.6 119 - 43.2 131 - 42.8 The down temps were warmer as we got shallower. Sent from my SM-G970U using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App
  9. I started deep figuring the thermocline would be deep. I was shooting for 200 FOW figuring I'd head in from there. When we got out to 180 FOW we were in line with a couple of charter boats and they were pointed West so we kept going to 212 FOW. We worked in to 180 FOW and saw 6 or 7 large, suspended arches. On the way in we had a Kevin's Girlfriend spin doctor and meat rig fire on a low wire slide diver. I'm estimating the bait to have been about 70' down. We were in 191 FOW. I think it was a coho hit. It tripped the release and pounded the pole hard, but not enough to pull the drag and the drag wasn't set very tight. It was off before I could grab the rod. At 180 FOW we spun back around to see if a W troll would work on the prior marks. We didn't mark anything going W and spun back E in 205 FOW. In 197 FOW the high braid slide diver went. It was out 240' which should put the bait down around 70'. It was a Green and silver slide spin doctor and meat rig. As we were fighting that one, the free slider on a rigger down 100 started bouncing. The girls were doubled up and managed to land both fish. The slider picked up a small steelhead and the meat rig picked up a 25 pound king which is a PR for my daughter. As it was getting dark we worked a bit shallower. We had a big rip on a 300 Cu with a green haze paddle and meat rig in 184 FOW. This was a large king bite. It peeled line for a few minutes and kept the board under for about 5 minutes before it came off. It wasn't a clean hook set as there were scales on the hook when it came in. No other bites. We had lines set at 6:45 and started pulling them at 9:05. We were the only boat out that deep. I was texting with another fisherman who was in closer - 150 FOW range. They didn't mark much, but did manage a coho and small king in there. (If you're viewing this on the app, this table will look messy so reference the image below.) Time FOW Toll Fish Bait Pole 7:05 PM 191 SE Miss (Coho) Kevin's GF Spin Doc & Meat Wire heavy slide diver, 1.5 setting out 190 8:13 PM 197 E 25# King Green & Silver Spin Doc & Meat Braid Slide Diver, #3 setting out 240 8:15 PM 196 E Steelhead Blue sliver coyote spoon Rigger down 100', free slider bite 9:03 PM 184 N Miss (King) Green Haze paddle and Meat 300 Cu We'll be out again in the morning.
  10. Fun trip! Nice report. Thanks. Sent from my SM-G970U using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App
  11. One thing I thought was interesting was the mid-day bite was very good. Even though it was sunny and the lake was totally flat. Things didn't shut off at 9 am like they often do. It looks like this week will offer some very favorable wave conditions. Hopefully you guys will be able to make it out. @EdB, that pod of big kings should be making their way north to Ludington this week. Get after them!
  12. Epic solo trip! Great job. Sent from my SM-G970U using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App
  13. That's a lot of meat there. Nice job! Great report. Sent from my SM-G970U using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App
  14. It's a 1996 Pro-line 251. Sent from my SM-G970U using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App
  15. What an epic morning Friday was. We started in 100 FOW and worked out to 170. We had some good marks in the 140s and 150s so we slid back inside and that's where we picked up our first two hits. After that, it was all about location, location, location as most of our other hits came in about a 10 acre area. There was a spot I had heard good reports about from the prior day when I got a message from a fellow GLF member who already had 6 kings in the box from that exact location. We decided to not waste and time and headed that way. What was interesting about his location is it seemed like there was a convergence of currents in this one location. Trying to maintain speed here was very difficult. It require constant adjustments to the kicker motor. We got most of our hits on the stable water side of these currents. Other than location, the key to the day was white baits. Meat took 5 of the 11 bites. Spoons took 5 and a paddle and and paddle and fly took the other one. In defense of the paddle and fly, we didn't run many of them. We did have a white spin doctor and mirage fly out for a bit, but after not getting hit we switched it our with another Ghostbuster meat setup. Since there was only two of us, we ran a 6 rod spread. We had one double and one triple and we got all of the fish in the box. This was an aggressive bite. Many fish had both upper and lower jaws hooked as they inhaled the bait. I talked to a few other guys that got a few fish and did well, but this one location was really good for us. The biggest kings were 22.5, 20.5 and 19.5 pounds. The evening was very different. We got out a bit late and started setting lines around 6:30 and fished until 8:50. We trolled through our same honey hole area and didn't pick up any hits so we started looking elsewhere. There were a few other boats in that area and they quickly left as well. We got an 8# king and a laker in 181 FOW. My daughter is pictured with that below. It hit on a 250 copper ghostbuster meat rig. At the dock I talked to a group that just got done with a charter and they described their night as "horrible" with "no fish". So the evening seemed very different from the morning. (If you're viewing this on the GLF app, this table looks horrible so use the image of it below.) The table below is for the AM trip. Time FOW Toll Fish Bait Pole 7:23 AM 162 SW Coho Mag Rosta Goose 100 Cu 7:48 AM 153 SE Miss Blue Flounder Braid SlideDiver, #3 setting out 130 9:43 AM 165 SW King Bloody Nose Braid SlideDiver, #3 setting out 175 9:45 AM 165 SW King Ghostbuster paddle & meat Braid SlideDiver, #3 setting out 160 10:13 AM 176 S Coho Blue Haze paddle & meat 300 Cu 10:50 AM 161 S King Ghostbuster paddle & meat Braid SlideDiver, #3 setting out 160 11:24 AM 161 S King White paddle & fly Rigger down 50 1:06 PM 170 NW King Ghostbuster paddle & meat 250 Cu 1:07 PM 170 NW King Green Jeans 200 Cu 1:09 PM 172 NW King Ghostbuster paddle & meat Braid SlideDiver, #3 setting out 160 3:03 PM 175 E King Green Jeans 200 Cu Does it get any better than this? This guy is 6' 5" tall: 2 Coho and 8 kings: Here's my daughter's king from the evening trip: And finally an image of the table for those using the GLF app:
  16. My 100 coppers may have been in that range. The other baits would have been in 47 to 49ish. Sent from my SM-G970U using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App
  17. Motored out slowly through the cold water around 4 PM keeping an eye on the sonar for life. Found some bait in 50 FOW but kept heading SW. The water temp was 54.5 degrees right in front of the pier outside the river plume. Since we didn't mark anything in the cold water, we decided to fish the warm side of the cold water. We noticed the temps start to rise in 213 FOW. At 240 FOW we slowed it down and got set up on a SW troll. We ran a 6 rod spread tonight. Speeds were between 2.4 and 2.6. Water temp was 47.8 degrees 55 feet down. The key for us tonight was finding the right water temp and staying in it. For us, it was 57.7 degrees up to 60.5 degrees on the surface. All of the hits came in that range. We started pulling lines at 9 PM. Here's what worked: (If you're viewing this on the mobile app, this table will be a mess so see the image of it below.) Time FOW Toll Fish Bait Pole 5:10 PM 250 SW Steelhead Mag Rosta Goose 100 Cu 5:13 PM 252 SW 11# Coho Blue Flounder Braid SlideDiver w/ring, #3 setting out 120 5:37 PM 260 SW Coho Kevin's Girlfriend SpinDoc & Meat Braid SlideDiver w/ring, #3 setting out 160 5:55 PM 255 SE MISS Kevin's Girlfriend SpinDoc & Meat Braid SlideDiver w/ring, #3 setting out 160 6:27 PM 253 S MISS 8" Green paddle & green fly 250 Cu 7:09 PM 263 NE MISS Rosta Goose 100 Cu (May have been a King bite) 7:16 PM 259 NE Steelhead 8" Green paddle & green fly 250 Cu 8:10 PM 262 NE Steelhead Grn & Silver SpinDoc & fly 200 Cu 8:59 PM 256 NE Steelhead Rosta Goose 100 Cu
  18. Nice king! What did it weigh? Sent from my SM-G970U using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App
  19. Aren't those fun? I love it when you can set up right on top of the fish. I remember a trip where it took us 2 1/2 hours to get all 9 lines in the water because they kept getting hit. Lots of fun. Nice report.
  20. I'm glad it wasn't just me. It makes you wonder sometimes if you've forgotten how to fish or something. We had a couple of good days at the end of July. I took the kids up with me and we camped on the boat and fished. I didn't have free time to post as I was single-parenting the trips and when I wasn't doing something with the kids i was fixing gear damaged and tangled during the trip and trying to sleep. Looks like we'll be out again Wednesday and/or Thursday, depending on the weather.
  21. 8/1 AM 1 for 3 Fished the ladies classic with my daughter who is ten years old. Ladies had to reel and net the fish. We were 1 for 3. We lost 2 big kings in a 150' of water. Both were spoon bites are a high diver. A blue flounder and a green flounder. We did manage to boat a coho. There was one box of 9 fish that morning. But most people were in the 0 to 3 fish category. We did have a lot of great marks though. Lots of fish and the 130 to a 150' range. Here is the winning box. My daughter did win $20 for being the youngest captainette. 8/2 AM 1 for 1 This was a really slow morning for us. We got out very early and set lines before the sun even thought about rising. We never had a hit all morning. We fished a 6 rod spread until noon. When checking lines early we did pull in a small 3 pound king that wasn't able to trip the down rigger release. It hit on a paddle and fly down 35'. We safely released him. There was plenty of cold water. We had 45 to 47 degrees 40 feet down even in 50 FOW. In fact, the water was colder the closer you got to shore. Fished 50 to 180 FOW with only a few, midsized arches on the sonar. Boats were scattered. The charter captain that won the Ludington tournament is from Pentwater. He only got 4 fish this am. Based on the meat bags his customers were carrying i would guess 2 Lakers and 2 kings. Sent from my SM-G970U using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App
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