jimbobber

fished out of holland today fished 60 to 70 fow with 70 fow being best . Ended up 12 for 17 with 5 being salmon one was 17 lbs two were 12 to 15 lbs and an 8lb king and a coho the rest were lake trout. We got fish on 150,and 250 45 lb bloodrun coppers , 40 and 45 down on riggers and wire dipseys back 100 with mag dipseys set on 1. the best spoon was a laker taker jp slammer that spoon took 6 fish, others that worked were mag lemon berry streak, mag streak not sure of the name , and a carmel dolphin jp slammer , i will post pictures of the spoons later.Thanks to Mark,Mike and Mully for coming along today it was fun with great freinds!

Lmao!! Great story Bob !

met Ben Lubbs And Bob (corallee) at the dock at 5:30 went out to 45 fow set lines and trolled sw to 85 fow turned around trolled to saugy hit 45 fow and it hit the fan woohoo! we took 4 hits in a matter of 15 minute with 2 being a double, ended up with one 12 lb king and two lakers lost another laker.

things that worked :

150 blood run copper 45 lb with a lemon berry silver streak spoon took the king.

150 blood run copper with a glow fire dog jp slammer took a laketrout

rigger down 43 witha killer green glow jp slammer took a lake trout

and rigger down 40 with a laker taker jp slammer had a laker that was turned loose by a fish actavist lol

Ben with the first king of the year ! Had a great time with Ben And Bob Thanks for going with me!!!

WTG Dave way to put the hammer down on the greesers!

Ya I pulled 4 plastic bags off my stuff and lots of weeds this was by saugy in the muddy water

Fished this morning with good freind crazy Dennis and is wife , we fished from40 fow to 150 fow with only one 3 lb coho in 90 fow on a 3 color of lead on a modified mi sunset slammer . water is very murky out to 65 fow. the water temps are 43 deg out to around 80 fow then it drops to 39 , didnt hear of to much other success out there today, but it was still a nice day to be on the lake with good freinds

I have a great lakes brand 4000 lb cantaliever electric boat lift, I was fixing it up for my boat but discovered it wojuld not work for the tall dock at the marina so my loss is your gain!

Things ive done to it : I replaced the switch and power cord with new , replaced the bunk board with 2x6x12 treated lumber , hardware and new carpet,put new 5/16 galvinized cable on the winch,and fixed some ice damage. The first $1750 cash will take it away price is firm !

call six one six 240-7017 ask for Jim or p.m. me

Thanks for the info terry

Felch street just north of Holland has a couple of hotels one is a holiday inn express, thats only 20 minutes from port sheldon.You coming to town to fish?

Took the shake dowm cruise yesterday afternoon with good freind Mike every thing ran great, put lines down in 50 fow and caught 2 laketrout both on rigger down 43 ft with a custom taped copper and red jpslammer trolled to saugy then put it on a nw troll went to 100 and picked up another laker on a 150 45 lb bloodrun copper with a laker taker jpslammer spoon. Was setting the same 150 copper and had a rip but it came unbuttoned , went to 150 with nothing the water temp was 40 up top and 39 down seems to be lots of lakers but not many silver fish yet. Felt good to be on the water again:thumb:

I replace all my flie hooks I use VMC cone point hooks ,thats also the hooks we put on our jp slammer spoons. jimmy

wild at heart went to 190 last sat he marked tons of fish but no takers

Lake mac is open and yes the ramps are in.Pretty shallow lookin tho.be carful not to back in to far. jimmy

Blood run is not selling it on line yet but will have it some stores soon , he will also have good hard numbers on the depth curve by may , go to bloodruns face book page for up to date info.It will fit onto a cv 55 ,it is only .002 bigger in diameter than 45 LB m organ copper. Im gonna be running it this year and will report on how its working. jimmy

I quess i am wrong about the diameter of the blood run ,not sure of the dia. but i do know it will fit on a cv 55 . sorry jimmy

Blood run is not selling it on line yet but will have it some stores soon , he will also have good hard numbers on the depth curve by may , go to bloodruns face book page for up to date info.It will fit onto a cv 55 ,it is only .002 bigger in diameter than 45 LB m organ copper. Im gonna be running it this year and will report on how its working. jimmy

I like BR better, morgans tends to kink up more and is harder to get strait again ,it also seems to break eaisier after being kinked, also BR is smaller and seems to come off the reel better. Just my opinion. jimmy

These are my go to set ups, the green echip is a custom tape job.

i took a ride to the lake today the east end is open water , 1/3 of big bay is open, across from chippawa point on the south side of the lake there is open water, it wont be to long now. the water is crazy low on mac this year we will definitly need to pay close attention to the shiping channels when going in and out this year. jimmy

I replaced the last of the baby blue "79" vinyl inside, added 6 more holders to the rocket launcher, need to buy and install a stereo,move my forward hatch to seal of better,and clean,clean,clean, and organize all the gear.Also hopeing to get a lift to put at the dock this week, then figure out how to put it there.

ive heard a sail boater started the petition,he was afraid to sail in octobor cus of the hunters , but i know lots of home owners complain about the noise from shooting on the lake. i live by one of the bays myself and it can be loud ,but it doesnt bother me any,i would be there doin it but i dont want to deal with the hunter harassment.

Welcome Matt, you will like it here on this site lots of good fishermen and women I fish out of Holland give me a shout anytime. Jimbobber

:rtfm:JUST A HEADS UP TO ALL DUCK HUNTERS THAT HUNT LAKE MACATAWA IN HOLLAND PARK, TOWNSHIP IS HOLDING A PUBLIC MEETING ON MARCH 6 AT 6:30 TO DISCUSS CLOSING LAKE MAC TO DUCK HUNTING !! SO IF YOU WANT TO ADD YOUR IMPUTE PLEASE ATTEND THE MEETING ITS AT THE TOWNSHIP HALL.

I would highly recomend fish hawk! Love mine i have the old head but new probe,the new probe last all season on one set of batteries,no antennas or special cable needed.

Welcome aboard Eric you will like this site its a great group of fishermen and women.

Austin, Captain Don Alofs of tangled mess charters is one of the first boats in at Holland and would be a great one to go on a teaching charter look up his web site or pm him he is a member on glf. If you want to go with me some time I would be glad to show you the ropes to. jimmy aka jimbobber