Killin' It

I have not forgot about this post...

1. Casting Spoons/cranks ie J-13's etc (there really isnt too much to this is there? cast and retrieve)

There is alot more to it then that really... Weather, current, water color, bait, no bait, time of day... Some days chucking spoons is just not worth it.

2. Using spawn... This is really the ticket I think... Most the fisherman I see are using this in some shape or form. basically seen one rig looked like an egg sinker tied with a palomar knot and the tag end about 18 inches had either the single hook or treble with the floating spawn sac.

This is my fav. way to fish. Good spawn and decent weather can = alot OF FISH. I use an sinker on a snap swivel that slides up and down the main line then a bead followed by a barrel swivel. I then hook my floro leader to this. Leader could be 10'-??? It all depends.

3. Floating spawn? No idea how this is done.

I don't float spawn... no help here

I will reply to this when I get home from class...

It will take me a while to write lol

Check the piers... watch the pier guys on the way out..

I know Holland has had a fresh batch of fish each day this weekend.

Not alot of fish, but fish enough;)

how far out?

hahaha.. you caught the bottom too...I am not the only one;)

A nice push of bucks came in last night Kevin. The pier ended up with 12 fish.

fished this morning from a WSP and went 2-3.

1 hen 1 male... BOTH VERY VERY FRESH....

Both fish went around 15#

Coho and browns also around the piers.

The father in law got a 18# hen and a 5# brown.

In October and early November good king spawn will produce 2-1 over steelie spawn... Now the rest of the time your right steelie spawn will do better.

LOL Nailer... He needs to go to another fish cleaning station.. That is the fishcleaning station I panhandle spawn from.

I am going to do some spawn hunting this weekend. If I get extra I will save it for you... I may have a seat open on the boat too if your interested.

Interesting....

Wife wanted to go for a boat ride yesterday so I left the trolling gear at home. I took the boat down to Saugy and launched from schultz park. ..... WHAT A MISTAKE....

Water depth was 1.2 feet most of the way across till I got to the far side near the far shore.

After making it under Blue Star bridge depth was ok. We motored out the pier heads to find some nice chop so we spun around and stopped at the cove inside the pierheads.

On our way back to the dock we found a Pod of kings swimming near the surface around Coral Gables. I am going to troll the river Thursday morning....

Should I put in down town or by the Big boat off of Blue star.

Anyone have a decent place to store boats for the winter?

I have been doing some calling around, but I was wondering if anyone knew of any places that are better then the rest?

I fished the last 2 days at a SWM pier and channel.

Saturday morning I never had a hit, but my group ended up with 3 all on casting spoons. No color was better then any other.

I saw 10 fish caught

Last night I trolled the channel and harbor for 3 hours getting 1 shaker and a white bass

Sunday morning was mostly unfishable off the pier.

Good things will come to those who wait.

Dirty Dog,

I agree with your report. I have been checking my few spots in the Hamilton area and only seeing a few fish here and there.

I know the Kzoo still has some good numbers of steel in them, but I just have not made time to get out and catch them.

Their time will come....in the spring after I recover from getting cut open by the Doc.

All in all.........It is going to be a drawn out run.

We want boat porn;)

Fish porn is just as good too:)

I know I can catch fish from the piers Randy, however If people know of better ways then what I am doing I am going to use them.

I have very very limited time to fish now because of full time class and full time work. So each and every trip I have to make it worth it.

TGA ,

Do you put the clear uv on the Inside of the SD then?

TGA fish.. I am going to fish around Holland or Saugatuck during the week. Prolly midnight till 3 am in front of the pier heads. OUTSIDE of casting range of the pier.

I was just digging through the pier stuff to see what all I had that might work.

What kind of changes do you make when you fish in close, vs out deep.

I have noticed alot of guys use Jplugs, but what about thundersticks, j-13, Ping A Tee's ect.

So Jimmy,

Your saying I need to run the spoons at 2.5 or better for best results?

Just asking because I have put them down a bunch this summer with nothing going.

I run alot of 2.0 to 2.3 or 3.0 because the kicker motor needs some work. I have alot of issue staying at that 2.5 range

Alex and I could not get anything to go this morning.

"10 inch Blue killer w/ UV tape/ blue dolphin fly"

Do you have a picture or brand of who makes this.

I need to add another Blue set up to the boat.

we fished 5 am till 8:30 ...

the big waves scared me and the crew off the lake...

Nice boat ride however.

I am headed out to fish Friday morning out of Holland. If your out give me a shout on the Radio on 68.

I want to make sure the new radio works well as well as I am taking my boss fishing so any help getting on some fish would be great.

Anyone else going out?

Anyone do any of this?

I really want to get into making my own flies, because it could be fun and give me something to do over the winter when I am not steelie fishing.

My wife said she wants to catch a fish on a lure she made.

I would love to sit down for a few hours with someone that knows what they are doing and give me a run down. I would be more then willing to pay for any of the components I use.

Also...

I am looking to paint/airbrush some of my own spoons or get a handful painted. Any Ideas of who to talk too? I have done alot with tapes and such but its just not the same.

Dave

Tuesday Night...

Someone asked the guy across the cleaning table if they were on the net and brought up the GLF site.

I wanted to pitch in but the grill hurt to much with the stitches.

Dirty Dog was it you at the cleaning station with the "Stinger" hat on.

I was with my buddy who was cleaning the fish... (I didnt have much to say as my mouth was sore from the Oral Surgeon)