Aaron Nusbaum

I think it's just that time of year. They start schooled up, it seems easy, then next thing you know they scatter and it's hit and miss. Hopefully we get a good showing in late July and August because 2017 was insanity but last year was a goose egg.

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Nice report, good to see they haven't completely scattered here

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Yeah that was definitely a drop back, he was more pink when I caught him and his underbelly was bruised

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Did a solo maiden voyage from 6:30 to 10:30, ended up 2 for 4 with a 4# king and 3# steelhead. Got a double header right off the bat in about 110 fow and only landed one, shortly after came the steelhead in 105 fow and about an hour later I had what had to be a bigger king on in 130 fow and lost it. I must not have dialed them right considering all the good reports I've been hearing.

Here's what took the hits:

1-1 Moonshine flounder pounder magnum on 200 copper

1-1 Michigan stinger uv fruit stand on 150 copper

0-1 Michigan stinger magnum mixed veggies blue on diwnrigger 55 ft down

0-1 Pro king blue jeans flasher fly combo on a #1 dipsy 150 ft back

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I suspect they moved north, I've been hearing a lot of good reports out of Ludington and Frankfort

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You were probably marking lakers and steelhead. I've been finding the kings 100+ feet down scattered anywhere from 130 to 200 feet, in other words super spread out. My guess is with this hot weather they're just not in a hurry to start grouping up and staging yet.

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Give it a couple weeks and see if they show up. I remember last year at this time it was dead but by mid August I was killing it.

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They're gonna be scattered right now. This wind screwed up the the thermocline when it turned the water over so they don't really have a specific depth to gather. A couple weeks ago I had no problem finding them.

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Set lines south of Holland in 125 fow at 5:30 and pulled them at 10. I ended up 2 for 4 with a 4# coho and a 3# laker. My hits were all around 135 fow.

Here's what took the hits:

1/1 mixed veggies spin doctor with a spongebob meat rig on 300 copper

1/2 big weenie angry alewife with an angry alewife meat rig 45 down on a downrigger

0/1 plain white pro troll flasher with a nose bleed fly on 150 copper

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Where did you get that blue jeans flasher. 
 

I have never seen them up here in the north. The water never turns over. I'm 2 hours from Frankfort. And that would be the closest I think I could find them. But with no connections for when the alewives are in its pointless for me to drive that far just to check.

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When the water near shore turns over they gather around the piers and you can cast net them up

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I did a solo troll this morning from 5:30 to 11 am and ended up 2/2 with a 1# steelhead and a 25.5# king that could've eaten the steelhead. The steelhead came in 150 fow on a north troll and the king came in 130 fow on a south troll. Here's what took the hits:

- Steelhead: spongebob meat rig behind a mixed veggies spin doctor on 300 copper

- King: blue fly behind a blue jeans Michigan stinger flasher on 200 copper

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I've been doing this but have been cutting off the heads and freezing.
Because, the heads don't fit in my big weanie meat rigs...
- I'm curious what formula you use for brine?
- And, are you flattening the heads or cutting to fit in the rigs? maybe there are bigger head rigs out there...?

It worked

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So I have a bunch of preserved brined alewife that a got in May. Would those work in a meat rig? I tested them, they fit my helmets and stay on but I'm hesitant to use them since I've never heard of anyone using them.

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I use big weenie meat rigs

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After 2 weeks of no trolling I finally got back out. We dropped lines at 6:00 and pulled in at 9:00 and ended up 2 for 3 with a 9lb and 16lb king, all just north of Holland in 120 ft. Two hits on a north troll and one on a southwest.

Here's what took the hits:

2 - Mixed veggies spin doctor with a spongebob meat rig behind 300 copper

1 - Magnum mixed veggies dreamweaver spoon behind 200 copper

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My friend and I did a short after work outing at sundown. Set lines at 6:30 and went till 9. Ended up 2 for 4 with a 4 lb and 14 lb king. The whole time we trolled 125 to 130 ft.

Here's what took the hits

2 - dreamweaver hellfire duv 4 color lead

1 - snot rocket meat rig with a magnum green phantom paddle on a downrigger 65 down

1 - dreamweaver mixed veggies magnum on a downrigger 90 down

Every hit was on a north troll

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My dad and I haven't been able to hit the lake all month so we did more recon than anything. We fished from 6:45 to 11:45 just north of Holland. Almost immediately we had a rip and missed it at 140. After going to about 200 and getting nothing we went to 150, marked a few, and took a 21# king. We pulled lines not too long after. Sure hope this cold front loosens them up.

Here's what took the hits:

Downrigger 50 down w/ mixed veggies dreamweaver 0-1

Downrigger 100 down w/ mixed veggies dreamweaver 1-1

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Sorry I meant 8/21

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We dropped lines at 5:30 am in 110 ft of water, started trolling NW and went over 2 full hours without as much as a release. Around about 8 we got a 16# king at 135 fow on a dipsy diver 275 out on 1.5. Before we could even get that one back out our downrigger 85 down took about the biggest coho I've ever seen (forgot to weigh it). After a brief drought we lost a king at the boat on a downrigger 85 down in 128 fow that I still can't unsee, immediately following that something took a rip at our 14c lead that didn't hook. After an hour drought we took a 17# king on a downrigger 105 down in 150 fow that got wrapped up in our 300 copper and both our divers.

Here's what took the hits:

2 - pole dancer meat rig behind a green demon magnum paddle

1 - green and blue meat rig behind a green and blue big weenie flasher

1 - spongebob meat rig behind a mixed veggies spin doctor

1 - moonshine flounder pounder

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Trolled from about 5:30 to 8:30 and ended up 3 for 4, all medium kings. We started at 140 fow straight out of port and trolled NW to 180 with not so much as a mark. We then trolled NE to 160 and the fun began. We marked a couple then suddenly a downrigger 85 down took a king, and about as soon as we boated him the other downrigger 95 down took a king that wrapped up in two of our long lines. After about the 20 minute ordeal of untangling everything we had to take some time to refind the spot but we eventually found the same spot and on cue had a couple marks, got a king on a downrigger 85 down, and lost another one on a downrigger 85 down.

Here's what took the hits:

2 - pole dancer meat rig behind a magnum green and white pro troll paddle

2 - spongebob meat rig behind a mixed veggies spin doctor

3 on a north troll, 1 on a northeast troll

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Successful solo trip this morning out of Holland. Fished from 6 to 10:30 am and went 5 for 11, 4 kings and a steelhead. Most of my hits came around 125 fow 45 down with one coming in 90 fow and last minute double headers in 135 fow. A spongebob meat rig behind a mixed veggies spin doctor took 7 of the 11 hits.

Not sure why this app won't let me post pics

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Unfortunately I live in Holland so that's a little too far for me, thanks anyways