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Nice job! Great memories for the boys.


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Took my 10 year old son and his buddy tonight, miraculously went 5 for 5, all kings. Best water was 115 ft by the dunes

Mag diver on 1 setting back 140 with happy meal spoon took 1

Mag diver on 1 setting back 200 with Kevin’s gf and pickled sunshine fly took one

300 cu with purple spoon took 1

350 copper with UV ratchet jaw took 1

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3 for 5 all smaller kings, 5-10 lbs, lost a couple better ones.

All fish came in 170-180 ft of water

3 bites rigger down 85, white paddle/pickled sunshine fly

2 bites wire diver back 120 UV blue veggies

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Well, haven't been out in a couple of weeks. Work! Talked wife into going out this morning. Offshore breeze this morning 6:00am. Went out to 140 north of pier. Set up 6:45. 6 color orange crush spoon 10 color other side with glow blue knight.  Braided dipsey set at 3 150' out and other side dipsey at 3 120' out. 150 had krytonite salmon candy flasher/ novacaine fly other had mongolian beef rv spoon.  Ran two down riggers one at 35ft green dolphin other with 2 color swr with down 45' so around 55' with blue dolphin spoon.  
Went on north west troll out to 170ft. Hardly marked a fish. 6 color went off on turn small fish came off after a few minute fight. Secret weapon rod went off on north east troll in 160' bounce bounce off. Other downrigger bounced funny no release didn't check for a few minutes and snapped it up and 1-2lb shaker king on. It swallowed hook and wouldn't make it. Threw it in box. Trolled into 135' hardly marking a fish. Turned boat back out. Waves picked up with still off shore breeze in 1-2 foot Chop. Changed a bunch of stuff out trying different colors and combinations.  No takers. Came in at 10:30am.
Not a great outing. Saw a few boats out further. If anyone has any suggestions,  please share. I am going out tomorrow again. Should I try deeper? 190-220 ft? Colors or combos that are working for you. 
Thanks for your input. Much appreciated. 
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2 for 2

Ran down to the mud again in saugatuck, temp was 61 degrees in mud, 51 degrees out of it. Marked a fair amount of bait and fish, but couldn’t get any to go. Pulled rods, ran out to 140 and caught a coho on 2 color Yeager bomb UV spoon and a 10 lb king down 50 on a rigger on a white paddle/pickled sunshine fly in 130 ft of water. Not many marks out there.

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One laker shy of a grand slam!

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Fished from sun up at South Haven. Trolled from 30 out to 100. Lots of boats in 100, nobody talking. Skunked. Could use some intel. 
 
thought the buoy north of SH was weather buoy. Didn’t give it a thought till I lost a spoon and copper in what was likely a net. Dunce. 

9 for 10, 5 kings, 2 coho, 1 steelie, 1 brown

Ran down to saugatuck and fished the mud, 30-50 ft of water

100 copper went three times with Ryan’s flounder pounder, 2 kings, one steelie

2 color twice with UV Yeager bomb, one king one coho

5 color went twice with hot lips, one king one coho

Slide diver back 70 with hot lips, king

Dipsey back 70 with UV Blue veggies, brown trout.

Threw the steelie back.

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Went 3/3, 2 kings, one laker. All fish came 1-2 miles south of the pier in 54 ft of water.

King on rigger 42 down with blue veggies spoon

King on wire diver back 85 salmon candy UV green booger

Laker on hulk spinny/pickled sunshine fly

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Heading out tomorrow, any reports would be helpful.

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10 for 20 something. All coho, had a rookie who couldn’t land a fish to start. Hit fish from the pier heads to 3 miles south 35-45 ft of water.

All but 5 fish were on high lines 60 ft back with red/black thinfin

3 fish on 50 copper, crabface spoon

2 fish 2 color, small dodger/fly

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What was the water temp at 35 to 45 FOW

Went 10/10, all coho. All fish came between 35-45 ft approximately 3 miles south of the pier heads

2 hits on 2 color crabface moonshine spoon

3 hits 50 copper small pearl dodger/green peanut fly

3 hits rigger down 17 jordo spoon

2 hits rigger down 12, raspberry carbon spoon

Lots of boats in tight, tried for 45 minutes or so, no hits, didn’t see any nets drop or anyone fighting fish.

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5 for 5, 3 kings, 1 laker and a steelie. Fished 1-2 miles north, all fish came in 120-150

2 kings on rigger down 69 with blue flounder pounder

1 king on high diver back 120 with blue veggies

Laker on wire diver back 140, meat rig

Steelie on 7 color orange and black moonshine spoon

Biggest king 28 lbs

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4 for 7. 2 kings, 2 coho 275-300. Kings on rigger down 120 meat, 300 copper white paddle/pickled sunshine fly. Both coho on 100 copper small dodger/peanut fly. Lost 3 fish on 7 color, 2 color, and 150 copper, orange spoons. Pretty much straight out, maybe a little north

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Started in tight in the mud with about 50 other boats, fished it for 1.5 hours, plenty of bait, water temp was 51 degrees, 0 rips didn’t see any other boat fighting a fish or any nets drop. Pulled lines, ran out to 130, put it on a west troll. Finally hit a nice king in 200 ft of water 200 ft back on a mag dipsey set at 1 with a white paddle/pickled sunshine fly. Caught a coho on a 2 color, Craig’s flounder, lost a king on a rigger down 90 with a blue flounder pounder, lost a coho on same 2 color, lost another king on a rigger down 120, Rv blue flounder pounder. Not a great day percentage wise, wish we would have started in 200

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Fished from 4-6pm, went 7 for 9. 3 kings, 4 lakers. 60-70 ft of water, a few miles north of the pier heads. Fish were 15-35 ft down, all spoons. One king was 23 lbs!

Looking at purchasing a cottage in Cadillac, anybody have any pointers on the best lake for fishing.

Went 4 for 4, 2 kings (16 and 12lbs) and 2 steelhead. Fished 230-250 ft of water. 2 fish on full core with UV blue dolphin, one king on rigger down 40 with pole dancer meat rig, one steelie on 100 copper with orange and black moonshine spoon.

The guy I normally use retired, anybody have any good recommendations

Anybody know a good taxidermist for salmon. The guy I normally use doesn’t do it anymore.