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nice job Ken , we had a few of those to then we got a couple of 5 lb cohos i wonder if thats whats happenin cohos are slappin at the baits.

good job mark!

great job!

Sorry for the late report but wasnt sure i was gona do one, its alot the same as it has been the fishing is awsome! but any way here it is we went out off holland but ran to portsheldon then trolled back we fished 80 to 90 fow it was amazing we ended the mornig going 16 for 25 with acouple of breakoffs and lots of fish that tangled us up and got off lol! the troll seemed to be any direction as long as it was south lol speed over ground was 2.7 to 3.0 down speed was 2.5 the hot set ups were white slick spinnies with pickle sunshine flies on 300 coppers , glow fire dog on rigger down 65,wire dipseys back 85 to 100 set on 1.5 with mt. dew spinie with green mirage flie,green white echip with pickle sunshine, and braid divers back 140 set on three with green white echip and pickle sunshine flie, and chrome spinie with pickle sunshine flie. Also a few other jp slammer spoons on leadcore and copper. GET OUT THERE WHILE THE FISHING IS HOT!!!!!

Nice Job Robert!

Fished out of holland sat. am started in 85 fow set one rigger went to the other one to set it looked up and the first one was goin already! glow fire dog strikes again! got that fish in ,started to set lines and every tim ei would get to line 6 we would get another fish on this went on for the first hour or so ,by then we got out to 140 fow with nothin going so i got the rest of the rods in and turned it south east hit 95 fow and bam a double got one lost one spent the rest of the mourning sig sagging in and out of 95 to 100 fow ended up 7 for 10 3 steelhead and 4 nice kings .

what worked:

white slick spinie with pickle sunshine flie on 300 copper

rigger down 65 with glow fire dog jp slammer

white and green e chip on braid diver back 175

white slick small paddle with green marage flie on wire diver back 85

white crincle glow spinie with pickle sunshine flie on wire diver back 95

mt dew and white crincle spinie with pickle sunshine flie on braid diver back 150

see the pattern here lol white n green combos!

went out of portsheldon on sunday eve with my youngest daughter abbie and nick and his son keagan on nicks boat, fishe for an hour and a half in 135 to 145 fow we had 4 on at once but had almost every one tangle into something so ende up landing one nice 17 lb 10 oz king and dropping a 12 lb king back inhj at the back of the boat (nick tried to jimmy huostin it into the back of the boat LOL) and the others just got off by the time we got untangled. we had some other bites and the kids were able to bring in a steelhead. ended up 4 for 7 thanks for the short but fun trip Nick!

what worked:

white slick spinie on 300 copper

modified mi. sunset jp slammer on 5 color of lead

white crinckle spinie with pickle sunshine flie on diver

mt dew spinie with greeen flie on diver

full core not sure what spoon tho.

Wtg!!!!

great job Jon its fun netting your own fish huh lol !

good job Aaron!

yup what he said hahaha winter lol!

nice job Nick

Fished out of holland last night ,started out in 85 fow and slowly fishe on a sw troll not much happened the first couple hours then the last 1 1/2 hour we finaly got where the fish were 110 to 140 fow 45 to 65 down were busy til after dark pulling 2 steel and 6 kings and looseing at leat 6 more fish so ended 8 for fer 14 or something like that. what worked for us:

jp slammer glow fire dog on rigger down 65 on rigger (took multiple hits)

jp slammer king killer on slider (took multiple hits)

jp slammer blue dolphin on full core

jp slammer mi. blue berry on ful core

white slick coyote with green mirage flie on dipsey 165 back

silver streak super screw on 225 copper

silver streak lemon berry on 225 copper

we tried for trout last night to but could not find them , it was cooler on the lake than on shore but the bugs about drove us insane but had a great night with a couple good buddies.

nice Job guys!

sorry for the late report but here we go. the weekend started with a last minute invite from Catain Don of Tangled mess charters to go out friday eve

( Had to make deal with the devil to cancel plans with the wife but i went lol!) also had Nick Eager ,and Billie along,any way we went out south of holland in 90 fow, started by fishing for lake trout by the time we got to saugy we had caught 11 trout kept 9 and a couple of steelhead, we turned around set up for kings ,sped up ,and the fun began by the time we got back to holland we had 9 kings in the box and we lost a bunch cus we had 5 triples and a quad!! we ended the night with 18 fish in the box with at least another 15 bites, thanks captain Don for a great night! This is a pic of the cooler this is a 150 qt. cooler could have fit a couple more !lol

Saturday am i took an old high school buddy out of holland ,fished the same water as the night before but the bait and fish were gone:( so after an hour with only one small king to show for our time we started to fish for trout and quickly added 3 of them 1steelhead and another king so we ended up 6 fer 12 what worked . A tin can and spin-n-glow bouncing on bottom for the trout, glow fire dog on 300 copper took a king,white and green e chip with pickle sunshine on dipsey also took a couple of silver fish. Had a great day with and old friend!

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Sunday we decided to try fishin for perch first only got 6 of them in 2 hours so we started to troll . Set up in 85 fow and fished for trout dragging tin cans an spin-n-glows took 8 lakers thru back 2 undersize fish , then we turned back to holland set up for kings but could only muster 2 of them , ended the night 8 fer 14 the kings came on the green,white echip with pickle sunshine flie on dipsey back 175. Had a great weekend with lots of friends!!

cool concept mike.

Thats friggin Awsome way to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!

fished out of port sheldon last night by m-45. started in 40 fow trolled out to 100 the farther out we went the coldr the water was so we went back to 45 where we were marking bait messed around in there all eve going 3 fer 4 1 coho,1 steelhead ,and one throw back king.

things that worked:

white and green e chip and pickle sunshine flie on high diver back 125 set on three.

modified michigan sunset jp slammer on 3 colors of lead.

killer green glow jp slammer (aka happy meal pattern) onfull core.

was kinda slow and by the sounds of it from the grandhaven tourney it was slow all weekend but still a great night to be on the water with good freinds !

Tony , the boat ia great! doesnt leak a drop and got it all tuned up by advantage marine and its runnin like a top! Also added the auto pilot luv it!!!

well i went out fishin in the rain tonight just cant help my self it really is a sickness LOL any way went out to 58 fow and started there had 6 bites in there but only kept one small one on ,lost a nice mid teens king at the net and a nice steelie on 5 color the rest were short strikes, so we decided to move out when we hit 89 fow all heck cut loose we had a quad on only three guys so this was busy, we managed to get 3 of those fish into the boat ,just as we landed the third fish another rod went off ,landed that fish a very nive king around 17 lbs , get lines back in the water ( or most of them) and we hook up to a double!!! got both of them fish in two nice kings again . all in all we went 9 for 16 or more (lost count of bites) we tossed one small one back,and had to keep three small ones the rest were 12 to 16 lbs what a great end to a oh hum night!

what worked :

glow fire dog jp slammer on full core and 250 copper

kiong killer on 5 color

grean white e chip on high diver back 150

white slick paddle on wire back 65 mag dipsey

white slick spinnie with mirage flie back 150 on braid

rigger down 50 free slider orange high ball jp slammer

blue dolphin on full core

I would second the originator charters, hes a very good fishermen and his boat is top notch!!

nice job mikie!

very nice pic!!

it is smart to isolate your electronics from the motor , do this by switching the switch over to the starting batterie while trolling turn it back to both to charge the deep cycle when running in or out. ive been doing it for years still on the same batteries as 4 yrs ago. jimmy

ok im going to chime in on this subject i guess, As a small tackle manufacturer i can tell ya its expensive to donate product to such a large tourney. If i did donate i would like the "average Joe" to get them cus the "good fishermen" have their personal sponsors who help them with their tackle. I no longer give stuff to charter captains any more cus when i do i never hear from them again ( even tho they use my stuff) cus they cant becouse they are in with other bigger sponsors.So i just give a little cash when i can.As for the weigh 5 ,,,,,,,,, I am one of those guys who fishes a lot and can put 10 t0 15 fish in the boat but with the weigh 5 i fished for big fish cus it was going to take big fish to win so it was much tuffer to even get my 5 and i did not the first day. But i did get lucky and got that big fish , i was fishing a big fish program but still it was a lot of luck involved . You can say what you want about catching tons of fish but fishing for big fish adds new strategy to the tourney and i like it personally .I think the commitee puts on one heck of a great tourney with great payouts , meals and other events , the more people that enter the more they can raise for the great charitys! If weigh 5 does this than by all means they should keep it that way. Just my 2 cents.

here are a few pics of today and also i have to say thanks to TJ Twill23 for the use of his boat and equipment today!