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  1. FBD
    Buddy first mated on a charter and fished that same 80-120’ yesterday morning. Went 5/6 and did not enjoy a minute of it from the waves, and that was in a much bigger boat than yours. Great job under the conditions.
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    I stopped fishing tournaments about five years ago as the key to winning seemed to be who set up on the hot school. You could be 200 yards from the winning boat and not get a hit. This year it’s been way more consistent: you can go out to x feet of water and expect to catch as many fish as anyone else also setting up in x feet of water.
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    I’ve been out there since 1979. I’ve had summers where we caught less than ten kings. Not too many seasons back it was so bad we didn’t bother to go out until 8 as those bonus fish before dark were non existent and even at dark 1-2 hits was a blessing.
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    Fished the piers and channel in hella traffic last night and the recreational boats were very kind to my shenanigans. Only had one tool open up his 48’ 5’ from my outer planer board and about swamp us. Guess he could not wait another ten seconds to get somewhere. For the amount of boat traffic the lack of boat passenger scenery was very disappointing.
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    Ah by slightly deeper I meant like 25-40’
  6. FBD
    Go slightly deeper and work the bottom. Grind low and slow…
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    Curious how you know the age of the fish? I've turned in over 100 CWT heads and have only had one fish that was verified as 4 years old. It seems with the additional stress on the fish due to lack of bait that more and more are running after two summers in the lake or three summers. Great Lakes salmon anglers often assume that large Chinook salmon are “four-year-old” fish that are nearing maturity, and that the largest fish they catch are four-year-olds. In fact, most Great Lakes Chinook salmon mature and die before reaching Age 4. Fast-growing fish are particularly likely to mature earlier, so the Age 4 Chinook salmon that anglers do catch usually are not their largest fish, either. Source: Lake Michigan anglers can expect fewer large Chinook salmon in 2016 - MSU Extension If you want to trust FaceBook although Jay is the DNR biologist for this area of the Great Lakes... Jay Wesley They run between ages 1 and 5 with majority at age 2 and 3. Then I'm not really sure when their birthday is like is day 0 in September when the eggs are taken/ laid or does the counter start when they smolt and are ready to bail out? I mean some little coho spend years and years in the rivers until they pile out into the lake, then they run after 6 months in the lake or 1.5 years in the lake or rarely do you see a huge coho that spent a couple years out there. (29# at the Benzie Frenzy some time ago)
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    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…
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    Mooching with fly rods and little weight works well around the piers too, or so I’ve heard…
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    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…
  11. FBD
    Nice king pulling lines green jeans mag down 40 in 60
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    Argh lost one on the same moonshine..
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    Nice ho
  14. FBD
    Blue dolphin copper went again only non glow still out
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    1/3 bloody nose mag moonshine down 60 in 70
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    1/2 lost a good rip same rod north bound in 70
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    Roll call! 1/1 nice king 75’ 225 copper Mag silver streak blue dolphin.
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    Taking some coworkers out tonight. One has never been on the big pond and we will be in the row boat…
  19. FBD
    Ever think of renting Pug out as a consultant?
  20. FBD
    We did ok in close, once it got dark and the idiots went to sleep.
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    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.
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    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…
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    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…’
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    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.
  25. FBD
    Be careful if a CO having a bad day finds you fishing with a limit on board. Tell him you’re walleye fishing…
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