FBD

There was plenty of bait and big fish in 2013 in West Michigan but then after two cold winters 2014 and 2015 sucked. Indiana will be increasing summerr run steel plants to compensate.

And the fishing on Huron was just fine until the bottom fell out. Better be safe than blow it. We would not be in this situation if the DNR hadn't bowed to pressure a few years ago, and reduced the cuts more like they had proposed. I caught my first king in 1979 on my grandpa's boat. I want my grand kids to be able to catch kings in 15-20 years. Do you see that happening on Huron? Why would we want to risk that here? I'm willing to have a few lean years as an investment for the long haul.

Nice detail.

Good reputation. I got the pleasure of driving one back from Ludington to Holland head long into 20 mph south winds. Took 10 hours. Never was nervous though....

Not weird at all. Plenty of male kings run at one year old. Coho too. At the Platte River hatchery some Yeats over half the Coho are mature jacks.

I had the same bit.

Was about 2 miles south of you in 60-70'. I think as the fish finder would not fire and I had to keep bouncing bottom with a rigger. Thought I was getting my first skunk of the year but pulling lines found a 4# hook jawed buck king that was tan and ready to run on the 200' copper. Then a 3# sheep on the s w r down 36, both on mag moonshines.

In tournaments it gets gray. Who hasn't had a fish pop off just ad you're netting it but still managed to scoop it up? Illegal fish. Ad an observer, I would not say a word. Fish hooked just outside the mouth? Fish on a j plug that rolls and ends up hooked in the gill plate?

Have swung back and netted Lakers that fell off but did not swim away. Don't think it's legal. But I do think it's ethical.

Find where the cold water meets the bottom and beat the bottom 10' to death then raise lures into warmer water as it gets dark. Presentation doesn't seem to matter as much as location.

This was a floating mat in about 20' before the lake shallows up. Felt like we were driving through pudding and then we stopped...

Not much going on. Most excitement was reeling in my copper so a Hydrosport plotting a line like a drunk failing a sobriety test, with five people in it, none of whom thought to look forward, didn't run over it. Only to find mussels on it from setting up too slowly in 60'. Full core had them too. It was a junk.line type night and both were buggered up. Slid inside to 75' at night and just when I thought I was getting my first skunk, and my crew was,a kid who is Jonah to catching kings, we took a suicidal 3# on a green glow ace hi off a half core. While he decided to fight in the net and make a mess after not fighting the whole way in, white paddle wire diver gets rocked. Aaron did a great job and we out z 14# king in the boat at 9:30. Hit the biggest pile of weeds ever in the middle of Pigeon Lake and had to push pole through them using the net handle.

I've never found mouth color to work well. We go by spots on the tail. Well spotted, king. Little to no spots, coho. We had a brown many years ago without a single slot on it's body. Froze it and took it to Plainwell to ask them about it. Shape and where we caught it said brown but it looked like a steel...

I have one, don't run.it much. Let's talk.

Lake flips closer to shore long before the temp comes up on the buoy.

Last year she lost her mojo - actually it went to another crew member of ours that hit on three of his five tickets compared to one of our 28. This year she had it back going 3/30. Did you know I'm not even allowed to touch the tickets anymore? The middle daughter would rather dunk worms than troll but my little boo kept opening the cooler and looking at the fish. Hopefully a good sign.