Tyeeplease

Fished solo today, went 4 / 4, all kings between 11 and 17 lbs. 85 -90 fow. NW and SE troll was best, sog was 2.4 - 2.6. Rigger down 35 and 200 copper both with a mag Silver streak Kato spoon.

My wife and I decided to take advantage of the gorgeous weather and get set up for a new season. We started at 1:30 so I didn't expect much. Fished just south of the stacks, no one else around for most of the afternoon. Fished spoons and thin fins btw 20 and 60 fow. Nothing. Decided to pull lines at 5 in about 25 feet of water when I got hammered by this beautiful 21 pound King. Great way to end the day! He hit a spoon not sure what the name is- silver on one half, yellow and orange on the other half. My wife and I had a blast getting him in. What a gift this lake is!
 
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We were south, ran about 3 miles just to go with the waves when we were setting up, it was a south wind so the north troll was the most comfortable. I did see boats by the power plant but we didn’t get that far south. I think the power plant is about 8 miles south of the river but that is just a guess.

Salmon sniper were you south of pier and how far down is power plant, we have only fished St Joseph once, went south didn’t see power plant from where we trolled to, thanks for good report-KING-Me!


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One word comes to mind while typing this report and that word is TOUGH! We fished each day for a few hours over the long holiday weekend and only ended up with 3 total hits and landed 2 fish on the final day. Everyone we talked to had the same story most people got skunked and the lucky ones got 1 or 2 fish. We fished mostly 50-100fow with most baits near the bottom as that's where we marked fish we just could not get them to bite. The biggest fish of the trip came on a Michigan Stinger spoon in the glow watermelon pattern on a rigger down 70ft. We also some how managed to lose a fish hawk probe when the rigger cable decided to snap as I was changing lures not a good feeling watching it sink to the bottom of the lake! We still had a great long weekend on the water and the weather was near perfect!
 
 
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Hello all, first post. 
Saturday 8/11 am. North of Holland
Fished 6am -11am
100ft - 160ft of water
All fish came on a SW troll around 2.7 SOG
3 lake trout, chrome spin doctor, blue/ green spin & glow. Down rigger on bottom. 120fow. 7 -8am
1 lake trout, same set up. 150 Fow. 8:15am
1 king, 150 fow, spotted dick meat rig. Dipsy. Setting 3. 200 wire out. 8:30am
Pictures next time. 

Fished 6:15 to 11:00 and went 2 for 3.
- 12 lb King on a purple/yellow/dots spoon down 75 in 148FOW.
- 14 lb Lake Trout on the same rigger in 142 FOW.
- Broke a 25 lb flouro leader on a big fish in 148 FOW on a 300 Copper with an 8” Luhr Jensen green/spots coyote flasher and a green/white fly.
 
Water was 74 on surface and 48 to 50 down 72 feet. Fish came just south of the Piers.
 
 
 
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Headed out despite the bumpy ride with some family that insisted on going out - started north of the harbor in 110 FOW and trolled with the north winds. Some marks here and there - a few areas of bait - but very little on the screen and nothing to show for it...el skunko!
water was 42-43 deg 100 feet down....Had the whole water column covered - not even a knock off!
Where are all the fish????

Who lost this big boy? He decided to get tangled in my dipsy line. 250ft water orange fish catcher orange fly was hanging out of his mouth.
 
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It worked

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Fished out of St. Joseph Friday 6-15-18.  Went deep to 200 FOW (12 miles out).  Waves were 2 Ft or less, so the run was easy.  Started with a mixed bag line set.  Noticed a bit of a scum line in the area.  Caught a chunky Coho on a medium Mixed Veggie spoon about 30 Ft down.  Then another hit on a Brad's bait with canned Tuna in oil out on a planer board using 50 YD. copper.  It was also a Coho.  So we had a trend going.  Changed all lines to Coho and Steelhead spoons and (3) copper lines with Brad's bait.  The fish of the day picture is attached.  A nice Steelhead hit a spoon on a Down Rigger.  Knew it was no little Coho right away.  Saw the usual tail dance and managed to get the fish to the boat.  Ended up with 11 Coho and 1 steelhead for the day.  A good time was had by all. 
TGL
Steve

Fished out of St. Joseph Friday 6-15-18.  Went deep to 200 FOW (12 miles out).  Waves were 2 Ft or less, so the run was easy.  Started with a mixed bag line set.  Noticed a bit of a scum line in the area.  Caught a chunky Coho on a medium Mixed Veggie spoon about 30 Ft down.  Then another hit on a Brad's bait with canned Tuna in oil out on a planer board using 50 YD. copper.  It was also a Coho.  So we had a trend going.  Changed all lines to Coho and Steelhead spoons and (3) copper lines with Brad's bait.  The fish of the day picture is attached.  A nice Steelhead hit a spoon on a Down Rigger.  Knew it was no little Coho right away.  Saw the usual tail dance and managed to get the fish to the boat.  Ended up with 11 Coho and 1 steelhead for the day.  A good time was had by all. 
TGL
Steve

Fished 70-200ft, 1-3 ft rollers, surface temp 60.  2 for 3. First bite broke my hook on my RV MS Blue Jeans and took off. Second bite was a 9 ft piece of orange snow fence that wrapped around my prop. I had to hang on in a very challenging position to cut it away. I lost about 30 minutes while I worked on it. The final hit made it all worth while. A 22# king, taken with a Mag RV Flounder Pounder, on a 270 copper, 2.3 sog, east troll in 195 fow at 11:41 am.

Also ran into another owner of a boat like mine only a foot shorter up from St. Joe on a coast guard exercise.

 

These fish are gorged on Alewives, Big Alewives. I have marked top to bottom schools in the area,  I believe that most of the fish I have taken are not stocked fish. Not one had a clipped fin, all really healthy and really angry. I grew up in Oregon, my brother fishes there, when I sent him pictures of our catches he replies that he fishes for 8 to 10 hours, and get 2 fish, that is their daily limit,  they  are limited to 1 rod per person, and have to use barbless hooks, and must release any  wild (non hatchery) fish. We here in Michigan have it pretty darn good. I am 72 and started fishing Lake Michigan in 1973, I will bet we get some fish over 40lbs this fall.
 

Thanks for report , any chatter on radio about Coho or kings??


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What about deep water any radio chatter from offshore in colder water??


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16 hours ago, littleboat said:

Port Sheldon am, 8-30-17

1 for 2. Lines in the water at 7:50. 1st hit at 9:30, DR down 77ft, 2.6 sog, nw troll, in 143 fow, ball temp 49.7, on speckled dick meat rig, spit hook out on way to boat. 2nd hit 11:17 am, on mtn dew crush SD with green meat rig using walker wonderbread diver back 180, set 3, SE troll, 2.3 sog, in 128 fow a 9.64# laketrout. Brad join me today also. I thought 3 more rods would help. Bite has gotten a little tough lately. Pulled lines at 11:45am.

Cthanks for detailed report  ,always informative !?

John King glo undertaker  even though it's blk with a little white it glows purple and the two hooks system holds like a tow truck Michigan angler . Com if you only try one try this one gets me a fish at least 1 every trip already set to run !??

Bull shark Muskegon

Big King out of Muskegon 41.42 lbs Snug Harbor described it as Bullshark same capt also got A 33 lb Tyee Sunday I believe the 41.42 came on mondayMonday

Looks like coho to me , the filet mignon of salmon , great eating!


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Great Report Greek , good timing on your part to migrate north as warm water goes very Deep South of you ,keep up the good work ,enjoy yourself!


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Nice job GunFun13, we went out of Muskegon Sunday afternoon, went out to 135 fow and had 1 release and that was it. Had some good conversation with a fellow Great Lakes Fisherman but I can't remember his name, maybe he'll read this and let me know. Trying again Tuesday night

Do you remember what the North GPS reading were
[/quoteShAron N43 14.911. W86 25 857 did some big circles from here looking at trail marked fish caught lots of bait lots of marks if we had started here we could have got our 2 man box good luck don't catch them all we will be back Sunday ,is sassy Sharon name of your boat


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Went out 4 pm 110-150 120-140 best water temp 65 down in 120 47.5 degrees 5 for 6 with 19 15 13 lb King 8 lb steelhead 4 lb lake trout 1. 5color with flounder pounder 8 lb steelhead 110 fow. 2. 60 down on rigger in 120 fow bloody nose 4 lb lake trout 3 D.R.67 down in 130 swr red blue white spots spoon13 lb King. 4. 300 copper wht grn S.D.green meat rig 140 fow 15 lb King. 5. D.R. 130 fow swr 67 down glow icicle19 lb King. 6 wht paddle blue blk fly D.R.60 down in 120 big run took out 2 times got tangled in lead core fish gone! Speed at Ball 2.2-2.7 most fish marked south of nets all fish had bait in stomach

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Great Report , great photos , Thank you!


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