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    WMFL May 31 sign up

    in West Michigan Fishing League

    Posted

    Killin' it

    November Squawler

    Duraflame

    Dirty Dog

    N 2 DEEP

    King Possible

    Nick of time

    Little Buck

    Boats N 'Hos

    Motion Show

    Less than a week away guys... The fishing was really good this weekend. We have stable weather heading into next weekend... this should be interesting!!

    5/24 and 5/25 Holland Report

    in Michigan Waters Fishing Reports - Salmon and Trout

    Posted · Edited by Killin' It

    What a great weekend!!!

    After having some idle issues with the main being fed up with trying to dock at 1200 RPM the boat got dropped off last week at Advantage Marine in Zeeland last Monday and got her back Friday around noon!!

    What a difference a week makes, Both in fishing and docking!!

    I spent all week looking forward to flat seas and times with good friends!! The weekend did not disappoint in either category. (Docking also went well, Thanks Dave and team)

    The start to our morning!!

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    We left the dock at 0500 with Juicy Baron, his buddy Matt and Copilot Truman!! We hit 70 FOW and set lines and trudged out way from Holland to Saugy. The first hour was a complete circus as we had 2 newbies on the boat and rods firing as fast as we could set them.

    Once the sun came up the fish died and we worked our way out and grinned some fish in the 115 FOW area. We ended the morning 11-16?

    The fruit of our hard work!!

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    After a great morning on the lake, and great conditions we figued why not go out again. We had fish left in our daily limit why not go see if we can get them to go!!

    After some persuading with the owner of Big Lake Lures, we convinced his wife to let Larry go fishing!

    We started the Trip out at 115 FOW and trolled to Saugy. With a couple hits, and 2 fish to show for our efforts. I figured I would go to the well again and worked my way back to 70 FOW. We ended up 11-14 on our troll back to Holland!

    Larry even managed to catch a few fish!!

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    A great view after an awesome day!!

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    Sunday morning I was lucky enough to take my buddy John and his friend Jake out fishing!! We have been talking about this trip for a while and the weather and work finally allowed this to happen!!

    The weather was perfect... but the fish in the beginning did not want to play along!! I know going to the well time after time you will run out of water, or in this case fish. Trolled again from Holland to Saugy in 70 FOW, this time however the fish were not there!!! We picked up 2 and panic set in. Amusing that the fish still around I went to plan B, turn the boat to a 297 heading and go until I found fish or a temperature break!!

    We found BOTH!! We picked at fish most of the way out. When we reached 180 we were greeted with a 15 degree temperature break. You could see trout eating off the surface. We even had a couple swim along side the boat!

    Anyone that knows me, knows that I LOVE STEELHEAD FISHING!!!

    I cranked the speed and started making laps around this massive scum line. 3.5 hours later we were 16-?? 25 or 30 maybe...

    This bad boy hit at 3.5-3.7 MPH SOG!!

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    Happy Campers!!

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    Ok... now that I am done blabbing about my enjoyable weekend....

    Here is what everyone really cares about!!

    What worked:

    Fast trolls 2.7 to 3.7

    Mostly Standard size spoons

    MEAT!!! - Although I did not talk about it above we ran it on the low divers with success for some bigger kings

    70-200 FOW... see above

    Copper and lead for spoons

    Divers with spoons and meat

    What didn't pan out:

    Figuring out a consistent rigger program.

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    DW SS Sexy Veggie

    BLL Green/Yellow Frozen toad

    BLL UFT (Prototype)

    BLL Green/Yellow Frozen toad

    BLL Killin' it (Prototype)

    SS Mag Orange Chilly Willy

    BLL Super D

    BLL Go Blue (Prototype)

    BLL mag Green/Yellow Frozen toad

    SS Mag Miami Dolphin

    BLL tournament winner

    BLL Kato

    We ran meat on the divers with BW 10" weenier and Blue bubble DW teaser rigs as well, I just did not want to dig them out of the boat! These were the real deal when it came to bigger kings in the deeper water.

    WMFL May 31 sign up

    in West Michigan Fishing League

    Posted

    May 31 is almost upon us!!!

    Rules refresher below.

    2014 West Michigan Fishing league Official Rules

    • Set lines at 6 am and pull lines at Noon

    • Weight in 1pm at the fish cleaning station

    • We will fish predicted seas of 1-3' or less. (or game day call)

    • If small craft advisories are in effect we, will not fish.

    • I would like to encourage reports posted from teams after the events.

    Communications encouraged on channel 72. Keep it clean for this is a family oriented event.

    1. Max of 9 rods in the water at one time.

    2. Tourney Fees. 15 dollars for tourney, 5 dollars for big fish.

    3. Tourney Pay Outs will be on 15 boats or less

    a. 1st place 50%

    b. 2nd Place 30%

    c. 3rd Place 20%

    i. 15-20 boats = pay down 4 boats 40%,25%,20%, 15%

    ii. 20+ boats = pay down 5 boats 40%, 25%, 20%, 10%, 5%

    d. Tiebreaker will be biggest fish.

    e. Big fish is winner takes all of big fish money.

    4. Weigh your top 5 fish. Weigh Big Fish First. Only one fish may be

    weighed per boat for Big Fish.

    a. 5-Lakers

    b. 10-Coho

    c. 10-Kings

    d. 15-Steelhead

    e. 20-Brown

    f. Point Per Pound

    5. Max of 3 DNR limits of fish per boat may be kept.

    6. Money is due at weigh-in. Gentleman's honor to pay.

    7. Start out of the same port as the weigh in.

    8. If two members are fishing together, than the boat they are fishing out of gets the point.

    9. Follow all other State and Federal Laws. The captain is responsible for his crew. Keep it safe.

    10. No Blow date.

    11. You do NOT need to fish all events to partake in this league.

    2014 West Michigan Fishing League Dates.

    Holland DNR launch located next to (east of) Yacht Basin Marina.

    Approx. 1840 Ottawa Beach Rd. Holland, Mi 49424

    Weight in will be held in the overflow parking lot across the street, next to the fish cleaning station.

    Dates:

    May 3 – Blood Run Tackle

    May 31 – Silver Streak

    June 21 –

    July 19 – Big Weenie

    August 16 – Big Lake Lures

    September 6 - Open

    Please thank our sponsors for their support. Last year we had over $1000 worth of gear donated by the sponsors, which is great support for a small league. Also four out of the five sponsors are Michigan companies supporting our hobbies and Michigan communities.

    If you have any questions feel free to PM me or post here in the WMFL section here on GLF.

    Results will be posted here on GLF & Facebook WMFL page.

    http://www.greatlakesfisherman.com/f...splay.php?f=30

    https://www.facebook.com/pages/West-...47850635269550

    Holland 5-16 and 5-17

    in Michigan Waters Fishing Reports - Salmon and Trout

    Posted

    Well, needless to say its been an up and down season on Killin' it.

    Boat issues followed by more issues, sprinkle in some work and school and I am not making my quota for days on the lake. (4 more weeks of class then this will change)

    None the less I digress.

    Friday Am

    Pre fished with Juicy Baron and my buddy Travis.

    We ended with 6-7 fish. All in all a mixed bag with some trout, kings, and steel.

    We found our best fishing in the mud at Saugy as my trout program up this way never materialized.

    Steelheaders event on Saturday....

    Being stubborn is something I am very good at, and knowing that fish were caught in the water I fished the day before, I was hell bound to grind out my fish between Holland and Saugy. Watching most of the fleet power down past Saugy during the shotgun start was a bit unnerving, I stuck to my guns and the GRIND began.

    We fished the 45 FOW line from Holland to Saugy and back, going south we did great coming back North not so much. We ended the day 11 for 14 with a 40 pound box for the event and way to many undersized fish.

    Sounds like the best fishing was farther south, live and learn, but it is sure hard to leave fish to find fish. when the day before the north troll in the same water was the better of the two trolls.

    What worked for the weekend

    BLL Candi Corn

    BLL Custom Glow/Red ladder back

    BLL Green/Yellow Frozen toad

    BLL Scooby Snacks MAG (Blue Dolphin with pearl stripe)

    BLL Blue dolphin MAG

    SS MAG Lemon berry

    SS Standard Mango?

    DW SS Blue Dolphin

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    WMFL May 3rd 2014 signup

    in West Michigan Fishing League

    Posted

    Killin' it

    N 2 DEEP

    JDH

    Bendin' Rods

    Nick of time

    Little Buck

    Ty one on

    Duraflame

    Long Lines

    Dog House (If the icebergs go away)

    Joel Sanders

    Dirty Dog

    Lotion show

    Sparkey 23

    Hopefully the weather plays along guys...

    Once again this is the best league on the lake, come out and network a bit and have a beer... I mean fish:)

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