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Mon, I had good friends Skip S, Joe S, and Chuck A, join me on a recon trip. I set down on about 6 spots over a 5 mile area. We set up and picked up 11 nice walleye before calling it a day. Joe had to get on GMs clock. 2oz BB of the boards and 3oz on our down rods. The down rods did more than their share. Chartreuse Glow, Antifreeze, Hammered Nickel, and Hammered Cooper, were the best colors in that order. Speed was 1.7 to 2+ mph.

Tue, I fished with Joe S, Tom D, and Mike T. We gained some knowledge from the previous trip and set down and stated catching fish. We had seven in the box the first pass and then the bite slowed a touch. We continued to ice some eyes at a reasonable pace. Same setups and colors as mentioned above. Both trips we had a nice mix of decent size fish. Our largest being about 24" with a quite a few in the 20" range. Down rods with glow Chartreuse did more than their share of damage. The fish were just aggressive enough to hit the spinner rigs @ 1.8-2+ MPH. When we pulled lines the surface temps made it to 80 degrees.

"But wait there's more." While going to get the truck and trailer to pull Priority1 out I met Capt. Mark from "Reel Fishing". It's always good to put a face with a name. Mark seems to be a REEL nice person.

Capt. Mike nice work again.

Nick, I'm glad you made it out with Parker and grandpa.

Yes you did. I did some recon that day.

Nice work Mike.

Mike, Nice work on the bay eyes.

Tarrey, Nice fish.

What a day for the bay. I fished with some VG fishermen today Jim M Sr, Jim M Jr, and Gary W. We took a four man limit including 2 Flathead cats. We also farmed about 6-8 future keepers and another Flathead. The fish we were on were not that active and the action was slow but with the good conditions and good camaraderie it made for a super day. We were in 12-15 FOW. 3oz BB on the down rods with glow chartreuse blades did a lot of the damage. Monkey Puke or antifreeze did good also with 1oz BB off the Offshore boards. Speed was varied between 1.4 to 1.8 MPH. Water temps were 73-74 on the surface. We had a couple of fish around 23" and a lot of them that didn't need measuring. If you pay your dues the inner bay will give up her bounty. I love every minute I spend on the Bay. GO FISH!

Mike, Thanks for the report and GJ as always.

Frank

a pleasure meeting you and Dale yesterday at AYC we hope to be bringing our boat up next week, or so. My wife and i think we're going to like it there.

Roger, It was my pleasure meeting and talking with you and Scott. It was great that you and Dale have similar Sportcrafts and were able to compare notes. I'm sure you'll feel welcome and fit right in at the Au Gres YC. Gotta love what we have going on the SB.

Alan, GJ on the TC area LT.

I'm doing well Frank, but not retired yet. I bought my pre-retirement present for myself. I now fish out of a 18' 6" black Lund. Hopefully we'll see each other at the ramp before the season ends, but I know you try and avoid the weekends. Stay on the fish and keep those informative reports coming.

Thanks,

Give me a shout some time. Maybe we can trade a trip. When you finally retire you'll shun the weekends also. I fish Sat and Sun once in awhile if the weather is bad during the week. Ya know us junkies have to get our fix.

Good job Frank !!! Always enjoy your reports !!!

Ed, How have you been doing? Have you retired yet? I heard you have a new boat.

I had the pleasure of fishing with Tom D, and Mike T, and enjoyed the good company and nice day. Anything over my head is deep water so we set up in 12 and probably got as deep as 15 FOW. It was a slow pick on a beautiful day. We boated our 15 keepers as well as a few future keepers. The inner bay is still loaded with nice fish. We also kept a 6-7# channel cat that Tom wanted. Our best producer was a plain gold blade up high. We ran 1oz BB off the boards and 3oz BB off the down rods. As usual the down rods did their share. We were trolling 1.8+ MPH to keep the sheep off. Most of our fish didn't need measuring. The borderline fish were borderline under and that bodes well for our future. The fish are well fed on bugs, shad, and minnows. GO FISH!

Tony, A warm to the GLF site. Just holler if you need some help.

Bob, GJ on the shore pike. They are excellent eating. I have a neighbor who prefers them. We catch a few each year trolling for walleye on the SB.

GJ on the eyes. You have a beautiful family. It was good seeing you and Scott at the ramp Fri. We fished the outer also and made quick work of some nice fish. Those pics are priceless.

I had the pleasure of Fishing with Dale B, Karl M, and Joe S. We started the day with solid 2 foot waves with an occasional 3 footer. The Bay's wave frequency made it impossible to Run up against them without pounding equipment and bodies. We set up in 30 FOW and had 5 eyes going up hill. We turned around and picked up 6 going downhill. The wind and waves laid down to about 1 footers and the bite slowed significantly. We added another 5 for a total of 16 walleye and two perch before calling it quits. We threw back about 7 or 8 undersized walleye and a few 6-7 inch perch. Best color was a glow chartreuse and a speed of 1.4 to 1.7 MPH. The down rods did more than their share. No pics today. It was a good time with good people. There was a couple at the ramp that came in empty. I gave them 4 walleye and I didn't have to clean any fish.

Ed, Thanks for the report and GJ out of my favorite Lk MI port.

I fished with Al S, Chuck A, and Rod B, in 30+ FOW on the Saginaw Bay. It started slow for us and we had some rough conditions. The wind died down a bit and we were able to start working our program more effectively. Glow Chartreuse was by far our best producer. We ran two down rods with 3 oz BB and 8 Offshore boards with 2 oz BB. When it calmed down we only need 8 fish and they came quickly. Usually I'd put 2 more boards in the spread but the 8 boards were manageable so we left well enough alone. 20 fish box on a fairly nice morning. Everyone onboard was capable and it made for a pleasurable trip for all. Most of the fish came right off the bottom with a few just up slightly. One down rod accounted for about 8 of our fish. Fish on those down rods are pennies from heaven. The Bay is producing shallow fish and deep fish. I have friends doing well 10 FOW.

I fished with Joe S, Doug, and Doug's son Tyler. Tyler got to reel in most of the fish. 4 man limit. Two down rods with 3oz BB and 10 Offshore boards with 2oz BB. Unlike yesterday the down rods only took 3 fish. Most of the fish were coming high and also a little up from the bottom. 1.4 MPH. Color didn't seem to matter. I'll try it again tomorrow. I gave my fish away today.

I had the pleasure of fishing with Joe S, and Tom and Cherry E. It was definitely pennies from heaven as the two down rods accounted for over half of our 20 fish. Both those rods had a glow chartreuse blade and a 3 oz BB. 2 oz BB off the boards. Most fish came deep but a few were well up from the bottom. It was dead calm with a lot of bugs and the bite was slow. The wind picked up slightly and so did the bite. Then the wind died as did the bite. It was a beautiful day if you could tune out the bugs. We had one boat troll in back of us briefly, but for the most part there wasn't a boat within two miles of us. We farmed two keepers at the end.

Steve, A warm to GLF. Holler if you need any help.

My unit is a bit more older, it was made in the 70's you need 2 glasses of water one hot and one with ice and theres 3 adjustable pots in the unit to calibrate it.

Have you tried contacting Lowrance. I still use my old LMS 350A and prefer it to a color unit I have sitting right along side it.

Good Luck finding the information you need. Search sites where someone may be selling one like eBay. You may be able to talk the person into scanning the manual and emailing it to you.

I Googled my old LMS 350A and was able to come up with a PDF of it's manual. Maybe try it with your model #. Here a link for the 350A.

http://www.lowrance.com/Root/Lowrance-Documents/LMS-350a_0133-01.pdf

A warm to the GLF site.