jimbobber

thanks for the report

yup the new norm unfortunitly

There should be some showing u  after the north blow tomarow,however im afraid we are just seeing the effects of the plant cutbacks from 4 years ago. There just aren't as many kings on our side of the lake JMHO As for the may kings we get those every spring they are the migraters heading up to the northern ports. 

Fished to 310 miss type

Fished out of holland on a solo trip started in 280 fished to 210 and back to 280  went 4 for 7 with 2 coho 1 laker 1 dink king that i released  also lost a nice steelhead . What worked , diver back 125 with a dragon slayer spinnie with a pickle sunshine fly , green dolphin on a rigger down 50 , a flounder pounder 55 down on rigger . 

great job !

great job thanks for the report

ran down to the point in Saugatuck made 3 passes south of the point only picking up 3 cohos, so decided to fish my back to Holland zig zagging 30 fow to 20 fow ended the night 11 for 13 with 3 throw back kings one king around 8 lbs ( caught in 20 fow) a 5 lb laker the rest cohos . Gold and copper backed spoons , gold and red thin fin,and red with black thin fins all took fish, took 2 coho on a white slick 8" pro troll with an oceana fly . Beautiful evening with great buddys .

Lol bet I had a guy with a bad back and did not want to put him in traction lol so trolled back in .

Fished out of Holland sat am set lines at 7:30 am in 200 fow trolled to 250 fow and turned around as the waves were pushing 4 foot we ended up 5 for 5 all on spoons top 50 fow 2 coho 1 king 2 Lakers . only a couple more trips til I out the boat away .

do you run those behind a spin doctor, or similar dodger or just on its own ?

I have fished on this boat its a nice ride good luck with the sale Bill

I have m6 graph set up properly and mark fish like that to, I was told thats how white fish mark ,their air bladders double mark. just what I was told by an ole charter captain.

Sparky I'm sorry I didn't mean to bash you and I said you are required to monitor tourney control not that you are required to have a marine radio to fish tourneys and you can say what you want its a basic safety piece of equipment to have on your boat . but enough said on that issue that Saturday was a total mess and its a bummer that some didn't get to weigh in there fish I'm sure if the wmfl is going to happen again next year some more rules should be established . again sorry if you feel bashed that was not my intent I don't even fish those events. Jimbobber

Sparky 30 every tourney on the lake requires you to be able to monitor tourney control ,when you run to another port YOU are responsible to monitor tourney control. another thing is you really should have a marine radio on board anyways if you are on lake Michigan there's lots of dead spots out there for cell reception just a smart thing to have. JIMBOBBER

27 sea ray amberjack with twin 350's 5 hr fishing trip $100 I had a 20 footer before that had a 305 in it that took around $80 per trip ( Marina Gas in both ) the 27 is a lot more comfortable and a lot more room to fight fish the extra $20 is worth it.

thanks for the ride last night bill it was fun!

went to the lake tonight and there is one dock in at the DNR ramp however there is still a large chunk of ice in the middle of lake mac yet but it will be open soon for sure the channel is open and the ice flows are off shore tonight all I saw was open water past the pier heads . soon very soon !!

Isn't any one interested in this tourney , the rivers are full of fish and the high water will be down this weekend , what's the hang up? Would more people fish it if it were open to the public instead of just steel headers? please comment we are trying to grow this tourney.

Jimbobber Holland Steel headers Board member.

yeah welcome to the site its a great place lots of great fisherman here.

good job Bill ?? way to put the smack down on them feeeeeeesh !

Well had the pleasure of Dirty dog fishing with me on the JimBobber last night and a couple of other good buddys out of Holland . We started north of the harbor in 85 fow and trolled north and picked up 4 coho on meat rigs on diver and plugs on 300 copper ,turned to the south and as we got about straight out of Holland started to take hits from kings, mostly on plugs had two break off on rigger down 60 with green glow black ladder back j plugs picked away at em til dark and ended 8 for 14ish??? what worked ;

green glow black ladder back j plug on rigger down 60

blue glow black ladder back on diver back 200

white slick spin doctor pickle sunshine flie on 300 copper

meat rig on low diver cant remember the set up tho.

and I think we also took hits on a wonder bread plug .

worked 90 to 105 fow mostly on a south troll.

thanks to Terry for riding along last night it was a blast.

Bob , don't know if you got your answer about the terminating end of the wire , the knot I use is simple create a loop with the wire put that thru the eye of the swivel then over the swivel tighten that up, then above the swivel tie two overhand knots and tighten , I also put a beed above the swivel when your done fishing close the swivel and reel against the beed til tight .hope this helps jimbobber

Mike Godeing aka My Allibye he jigged for them with spoons in lake mac. lol

just want to thanks to all who signed up for the all species fund raiser tourney last sat. we raised over $300 to put towards the tribal negotiation legal fund . A box of 5 sheep head almost won the tourney it weighed 44.44 lbs but a box of salmon 45 plus beat it out , it was kinda fun to weigh in trash fish to. If you still would like to make a donation go to www.hollandsteelheaders.org and just click on the sign up button and sign up like your doing the tourney and put in a dollor amount in the entrie fee line and check out. again thanks to all. jimbobber Holland steelheaders web master