FBD

Took a minute but that’s good!

Check your rod eyes or release with a q tip just in case there’s a nick? Had a black’s release with a burr that was breaking off even 30# We were out Saturday night in the 14’ and quickly learned that was a mistake. Fish finder puked no way to tell depth other than dropping a rigger down. Didn’t even get everything set and the 200 copper screamed. Set the poor man’s auto pilot (ride the waves) and started clearing lines and my daughter landed her first king in probably ten years. Just the riggers down turned back into them and pounded in until they hit the bottom where it wasn’t any calmer like I’d hoped. Took forty minutes to get in never even bothered to try to plane out.

Lotta boats in the tourney could have used those fish. Had crew alarm went off at four pulled up the buoy and said nope.

There's fixed sliders Free sliders And super free sliders where you don't even bother to hook it to the rigger before throwing it over...

There’s been days I’d wished I had oars. At $4.79 for rec gas even the 15 horse hurts…

Man I like fishing in November…

Cat been demoted as mascot? 300 Copper Happee meal sounds kinda familiar...

Too rough out front to try - state park staff was trying to close the pier but some oblivious couple on the end would not leave. Trolled the channel and Mac wishing for a stray walleye or steel but mostly straining the cottonwood fuzz out of the lake - ended up with about half a dozen sheep some over 10# that fought quite well.

To quote Van Halen “stop looking out, start looking in” at least that’s my theory. Going to try out front tonight… But I mean it’s June so throw a dart.

Man there is just no pattern as of late. Appreciate the honest reports as much if not more than the hero shots. Note hero reference not pointed at Dan Agnello's post as he reports straight up and deserved that beat down in GH a few weeks ago.

One I cleaned yesterday had two spines and two partially digested 5-6” fish in it, round cross section not flat I’m pretty sure they were smelt.

Trying to sort out some issues with the boat. Trolled out front for half an hour before it died, again. Pulled lines got it fired back up and got back into Mac. Swapped out a few things trolled in there for an hour and a half (motor purred like a kitten) with constant marks with the downriggers bumping fish but never a hook up. Was a perfect night but just like every other year forces conspire against me to catch kings in the spring. It's kinda funny to a point...

Lake Ontario spoon wasn’t it? Kind of like NK great spoon but didn’t get far beyond its home lake…

We were 4/7 south of Saugatuck bite got better as the day went on. Fished 10am to 1:30. Had to find pockets of the cleanest water available in one case we had our outer board 50’ from the beach boat sitting on the first sand bar in 2.5’ of water. Two of our fish were as small of not smaller than the one you got. We ran 2.5-3.1 as the motor ran better north bound in the tail wind with a little extra throttle after sitting idle for six months.

Those Thin Fins have seen some stuff...

I recall stories of when the bubbler wasn’t there and you waded as close as you dared to the drop off where the hot water was pumped across the beach.

So when they close the plant can we plan on the channel filling up?

Never seen it less than 7’ deep through there but the lake can move a lot of sand in a hurry.

Thanks for the update. Be careful on the slime around those docks - member at another site I regular took a spill last fall and it ended up becoming fatal.