FBD

Go slightly deeper and work the bottom. Grind low and slow…

So last night I launch kid on a jet ski is telling me where to park. I always park here. I know it sucks to work around your Jeep. Ok, whatever. Asks me how long I’ve been using the launch. Let’s say since I moved from the north side to the south side long enough ago that a ranch house, 32x60 barn and a two story horse barn on five acres cost $138k. Blink. Ok let’s try again. Longer than you’ve been alive the boat is a 1994 model and I bought it new. So I park where he told me to. Get back there’s a note in my windshield saying this is private property try this again and get towed. Thanks dude. Don’t listen to Jet Ski owners. So after the long walk to the Jeep and reading the note I come back to the launch. Now the boat is gone. I hear voices in the dark like yo Kevin and I’m like how long did it take for you to drift far enough off shore that you didn’t notice, that what would have been an easy jump and one wet shoe, is now a bigger issue? So these guys are smart and have a cell phone light so I’m yelling instructions into the void. See that lever on the side flip it up. There’s like three. One with a flat plastic knob. Got it. Pull motor towards you and then drop it slowly. It won’t move. There’s a grip on the cowl. The what? The cover. Ok click thunk. Good. Throw the same lever back. New lever on the front with a tag wire around it put that as vertical as possible that’s the gear selector you want neutral. Done. Pull the cord. What cord? Oh the t handle at the top. Soon the motor starts. Are you pointed at me? No. Ok flip the wire lever back and twist the rubber handle gently. Soon the boat comes backing up into view. Now they say I should have pulled the boat up farther on the beach which has merit but come on. At least they were in the boat had the bailed out and let it drift away that would have been interesting…

No picture of the last king it came in towing the wire and slide divers. Was actually quite docile until it got 50’ behind the boat…

Nice king pulling lines green jeans mag down 40 in 60

Argh lost one on the same moonshine..

Nice ho

Blue dolphin copper went again only non glow still out

1/3 bloody nose mag moonshine down 60 in 70

1/2 lost a good rip same rod north bound in 70

Roll call! 1/1 nice king 75’ 225 copper Mag silver streak blue dolphin.

Taking some coworkers out tonight. One has never been on the big pond and we will be in the row boat…

Ever think of renting Pug out as a consultant?

We did ok in close, once it got dark and the idiots went to sleep.

Got checked this spring in somewhat sporting conditions. Asked the CO if he wanted to see licenses I would have to spin around and get the waves behind me. He asked what I’d do if a fish hit and I said turn around to fight it, but I can’t troll down wind all day. He said maybe I should reconsider being out in those kind of conditions and my crew kinda agreed. Wasn’t even that rough. He was cool though probably the same guy. I met the new CO in Allegan County last winter while duck hunting Carter W. and can verify he is cool.

Seems to be a year to year thing on plugs. Some years they don’t want any, some years they don’t care, recall a year where it had to be size 3’s. Last time I ran a size five in front of the channel ended up taking a very nice walleye on it…

We had five fish from 12-13# Saturday, four were mature and one was hen with very small eggs that I doubted would have ran this year…’

I’m back. 90-100’ North and South trolls got a story but I’ll just get the important stuff out there. 6/7 between 6 and 6:45 fish up out of temp mag Moonshine bloody nose down 55, 225 copper MS atomic melon 300 copper flounder pounder. That died went out to 130 then thought those fish didn’t move went back in and sunk the stuff down deep pick up one more on the 300 and a paddle on the bottom got two more and the last fish coming on the Moonshine mag but down 80.

Be careful if a CO having a bad day finds you fishing with a limit on board. Tell him you’re walleye fishing…

Yeah but I usually head in as it gets darker so I’d be asking the same question too…

Had a kid's tournament Saturday, out of about 70 kids I think there were less than ten salmon and trout weighed. Many boats gave up early and ran into Mac to fish for sheep as it was an all species thing. Two kings in the 14-15 pound range weighed. So yeah pretty ugly on Saturday.

Oh man that brings back memories. Solo in the 14' out of Holland back in the three king era. Run south it's calm like sticky humid August calm get a fish and it starts getting hazy, get another fish and now it's like 100' visibility. Stay on the south troll I'm in 70-80' all of a sudden out of the fog my main fishing buddy trolls past north bound. Blips me on the radio and says he thought I was out of Holland and I'm like I am and he's like well we're way south of Saugatuck. Check GPS it agrees but I'm like this is BS. Keep on my south troll bang my last king point it east and motor up right into Pier Cove. Oh. Crap. I forgot that a 9mph loaded up boat, with only me in it is more like a 17 mph boat and was way further south than I thought after running the usual amount of time before dropping in. 6 gallon tank. Well I can go into Saugatuck try to find a marina and buy gas in a 14' which I'm sure will be a laugh. I can go into Saugatuck have the wife pick me up but that's like Defcon 6 conditions. Or I can troll back up the beach and hope for a lost brown or steelhead but I don't have gas to run 10 miles WOT. 4 hours 4 very tiring hours later I get back to Holland. Not a hit. Put 5.3 gallons in a six gallon tank.

More than once I have considered shooting a large fish before netting it. I’m only slightly kidding.

Based on this report changed out plans from working the beach to working out a bit deeper. Ended up 4/5 three nice 5# kings and a deeply hooked 2# king. North troll only 59’ only mixed veggies nailer out 120’ on a slide diver and a moonshine bloody nose 30’ down on a one color SWR. Lost fish was on a fire ball DW little devil off a half core.