jimbobber

fishing out of holland is reel good rite now , if you want lake trout theres tons of them in 85 to 100 fow with a few good kings mixed in ,slide out to 130 to 160 to find bigger kings, meat rigs have been producing some very nice kings.

saturday we needed a steelhead for the big red so we went west hit 205 fow and hit 3 steelies in a half hour. last night we fished the holland steelheaders summer leauge and stayed in 85 to 90 fow ,caught 15 fish in therre only 4 kings the rest were lake trout , tin can with spin-n glow on bottome for the lakers and glow spoons for the trout.

You got that rite Awsome tourney !!!!!

sail flow shows 9 mph hour out of the north til 2 pm saturday i think we will be fine, noa

SUCKS!

my kings have only been in the 12 lb range , ive been getting pre cut hearing strips at mac baits next to vanwieren hardware in Holland .

Took a short trip last night due to rain only fished 2 1/2 hrs ended up 6 for 6 with 4 kings ,1, 9 lb coho,and 1 laker all fish came in 120 fow 4 came on meat rigs on divers both were custom green 10" spinnies back 220 on wire deep divers ,also a big white paddle with green flie on rigger down 70, glow fire dog on rigger down 62 and 150 copper with a lemon berry took a fish. Looks like the kings are starting to show up and biting again so get out there and get em!

wtg Jeff also like your avatar man!

Fished out of Holland Tuesday eve after the rain cleared out ,fished 90 to 120fow , the top 45 had cohos and steelhead and down deeper there was a few kings we went 10 for 13 with only one sublegal laker the rest was coho, steel,and kings . we used orange spoons up top and a coho dodger on a diver back 75 foot , riggers down 70 with a free slider with a orange high ball jp slammer on the slider was hot for the cohos. 150 foot of 45 lb blood run copper and 250 foot of 45 lb bloodrun copper with orange spoons took the steelhead . low diver back 165 with a white spinnie with pickle sunshine spoon took a king , the fishing had been pretty slow but the water is finaly warming up and the fish are biting again more and more kings are starting to show up so get out there and get em !!

the stalling may be caused by the shift cable not being adjusted properly. I would take the carb to advantage marine and have dave rebuild it it will be worth the money.

bob did you bleed the line for the new cylinder? if you didn't you probly have air in the lines , call me I had similar problems once I bled the lines the problem went away ,are you putting trim oil or transmission oil in it ?

this is a good set up bounce bottom with your rigger. jimbobber

if you are coming to holland give me a shout JImbobber 616-240-7017

ive been told its sea fleas we always start seeing lots of that when they are thick.

80 yo 110 start straight out the fish have moved s little north I will be out Thursday am give me a shout jimbobber

saw some perch in 80 fow

fished out of holland last night for the steelheaders leauge, we went to 80 fow and after switching out a defective bilge pump we started to fish , if you want to catch laketrout they are in 80 to 110 fow and are very willing to bite just bounce bottom with a tin can and spin-n-glow we caught 5 trout ,2 coho,1king and a steelhead going 9 for 13 . the steelhead came on a 150 45 lb blood run copper with a hot lobste spoon , the king came on a300 45 lb blood run copper with a blue frog silver streak spoon , the cohos came on dipseys with meat rig on one and a dream catcher spinnie on the other , the lake seems to be setting up with a nice temp break down 65 foot .

well we had the tuesday night fishing leauge last night so we went put despite the bad fishing reports, we went to 100 fow set lines and rode around all night until the last 15 minutes of light in 85 fow and had one rip on diver back 90 on meat rig ,and promptly lost it lol so i got the ole black and white kitty last night . The winning boat got 5 fish in 85 fow we marked lots of fish there to. anyway it was i nice night on the water spent with a couple of good freinds .

Congrats buddy ! Spoil your little girl !

fished out of holland tonight ,was fishing the holland steelheaders summer leauge so went to the trout grounds ( 90 fow south of holland) put down two tin cans and spin-n-glows bouncing bottom one on rigger and one on wire diver dragging bottom , took 4 lakers in the first hour and half then the high divers and the other low wire diver started to fire with kings , white paddle with pickle sunshine flie,green e chip with pickle sunshine flie, mountain dew meat rig,all took fish we ended the night with 9 fish and loosing two , had a fun night on the water with a couple good buddys now off to ludinghton for a week of camping and blue gill fishing woohoo! jimbobber out

WTG Bob Great shakedown!

sorry for the late report, ive been busy , any way tuesday i helped with the salmon in the classroom outing with bending limits sports fishing in saugatuck we had two young men on board and were able to put 5 fish in the boat it was all smiles:thumb: we fished th 95 to 110 fow but had to troll south to get bites all the action came on spoons 45 to 50 down.

In the evening we fished the holland steelheaders summer leauge out of holland on my boat, we went to 95 and trolled south didnt get much and notice the current had changed direction from the am so turned it north still nothing so i decided to quarter the current and that was the ticket we slowly got a few fish zig zagging out to 110 and back to 95 fow , we ended the night with a triple with 15 minute to go in our fishing time landed two of them and lost the third.Went to the weigh in and had just under 70 lbs for 5 fish and too k first place on the night.

Things that have been working for us :

Big white slick paddle with a mirage flie down on rigger anywere from 70 to 110 down

250 feet of blood run 45 lb copper with a hot lobster mag silver streak spoon.

250 feet of blood run 45 lb copper with a lemen berry mag silver streak spoon.

wire diver mag set on 1 back 150 with a green e chip with a pickle sunshine flie

wire diver mag set on 1 set back 175 with a 10" spinnie with a meat rig.

rigger dow 55 to 65 with blue metalic frog silver streak

with all this wind im sure the fish will be scattered but look at the pier heads if the water is cold enough and the bait is there the kings will be to . good luck to every one on this nice looking weekend ahead:thumb:

Ed , here is the web site. www.michigansteelheaders.org im not sure what is the closest chapter to ludington but you can join any of them.The web site has all the info on it. thanks Jimmy VanBrocklin web master Holland Steelheaders.

friday 5-17 at 8:00pm is the deadline for sign up for the steelheaders challenge.

glad to hear there was no damage Don!

Well here we go after sat. am catching 12 i thaught here we go another slam dunk HAH ! , the good is that we marked tons of fish and bait off holland last night ,the bad is that the wind switched and the fish seemed to get lock jaw , but i post good or bad so here is the ugly i thru everything but the kitchen sink at them and all kinds of different speeds,depth ect. ended up with a black and white kitty in the cooler OUCH! oh well still had a nice evening hangin with a couple of good buddys.

bump price is now 1600.00 must sell

here is the spoons that worked yesterday. jimmy