Fishing Reports

Holland 8-17-26 Evening

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 04:35:02 +0000

8 for 15. Had a buddy out tonight who doesn't l fish much which was fun. Fish were aggressive and wanting to play tonight. Waves were sporty tonight at first. 3 footers. Ran out to 150fow. Spun the boat around and fished south east. 130-135fow was magic depth. Rigger with 11"slick pickle went 3 times. Inside dipseys 120 out setting 1 and 140 out setting 1 with white slick/sweet pea fly went 3 times, Kevin's girlfriend/pickle went twice. High dipsey out 210 setting 3 early with MOP blue ladder back plug went once early later 160 back with stranglehold bloody knuckles went. 225 copper went with ace high with glow ladder back twice. 250 copper went twice with MOP blue ladder 300 copper went once with bloody knuckles. Starboard rigger went three times with stranglehold hulk smash and bloody knuckles free slide. 75 down and 80 down. We couldn't keep the wire dipsey flasher flies hooked up. Not enough drag I believe at the hit and my buddy horsing them a bit. The last fish at 9pm took out everything! Dipseys coppers riggers. Everything! What a mess. It never stopped dipped the board and wrapped everything up like a bow! Argh! Fun night though. 18lb, 14lb a couple 11lbers a couple nice cohos a steelhead and a smaller king. 2.2 at the ball early when running paddles and flies and plugs. 2.5-2.9 later when running spoons in the spread.

port sheldon evening 8/15/26 6 for 8

Sun, 16 Aug 2026 13:34:14 +0000

130 -150 fow 10 color with a blue dolphin ss took a 18 1/2 lb king. no diver bites or cu bites. all other bites were riggers and sliders. riggers down 60 and 70 with sliders pinned 15 feet above the ball. 8” white paddle with riverside fly went twice. green jeans, a-bomb and rosta goose all went twice. 2.4 - 2.7 sog. beautiful evening to be out. I’m glad the weather man got it wrong.

Holland 08/14 Evening - Solo 1 for 1

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 12:54:30 +0000

Set down @ 6:30pm in 150FOW north of the harbor and pointed the bow south. Ran two Ninja divers with 40-50' leads tipped with reg and superslim spoons for SH & coho down 30 & 45' and a 5-color LC on a aft DR with a mag moonshine spoon; bait down 65-70'. Marked a good number of fish in the bait range and up higher running with the waves into 135FOW. Friday night in August = lots of boat traffic so zig-zagging or making a big push to go shallow or deep was not an option. Kind of a 'stay in your lane' night. Sun got behind the cloud cover about 8:00 and made the switch to Green Hulk & Raspberry Carbon RV (back charged) on the Ninjas and a green ladderback J-plug (charged) on the deep line now up about 60-65'. Green Hulk down 44' took a 6lb king almost immediately in 130FOW but nothing else. Before reaching Saugy, made an 8:30 turn to a north troll in 125-130FOW and ran that direction until ripping lines at 9:15. Fair amount of boat traffic on the inside trying to get into the harbor. Was able to pick out the traffic with radar and able to spot all the running lights. But of course, there is that rush to push into the mouth of the channel and lack of 'give way' that you have to keep your antennas up for. Nice night to be on the water regardless of the lack of catching.

Holland/Saugatuck 8/13 PM -> 10for16

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 05:47:16 +0000

PUG and the gang set lines in 130fow at around 7pm and trolled out to as deep at 155fow. Picked up a few right out of a gate zig-zagging in the 140s. SW and SE trolling directions were good and the bites weren’t insane but we had 4 or 5 fish by about 8.30PM. We were way south and down closer to Saugatuck and slide into that 130-120fow and zig-zagged there back and forth for the remainder of the night and that went pretty well. Speed seemed super important and we were constantly toying with it using the digital trolldown controls on the F300. In general they just seemed choosey tonight and only wanted to bite if we were 2.8.-3.1 ground speed. Ended up 10 for 16. Every rod on the boat took fish except the starboard rigger for reasons unclear to PUG. Highest hits up were on the copp150s and I bet they went 3 times. Twice they were steelhead. Those were orange and white spoons. Copp200 and Cop250 produced with moonshine spoons. Rigger had a decent one on after dark that came off unfortunately and that was 72 down on moonshine spoon. Copp300 and Copp350 both got smoked running spoons. Meat was quiet and eventually we switched them out for paddles and spinnies and flies and they all went. Big fish came on blue bubble spin doctor high dipsey out 240 (which put it about 60-70 down). Some of the matures we were netting were really darkening and showing signs that they had been up by the river already. Crazy to think that fall is just around the corner. 20260813_190243_1.mp4 20260813_210309_1.mp4

8/13 Saugatuck mid-day fishing

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 22:18:31 +0000

Out of state guests arrived super late last night, so couldnt get an early start. Fished from 11 am - 2 pm, with low expectations. Started at 100 FOW trolling west, and picked up a 5 ln coho within the first 15 minutes on DR 50 ft down, on a mag mongolian beef with similar pattern green flasher. Marked consistently out to 120 FOW, but no bites, turned around, and the same set-up fired again trolling east, but fish did not stay on. While trolling in, caught a 10 lb king on DR mag blue dolphin in 60 FOW. Weather was pleasant, no flies, and more fish than i expected.

8/13 Saugatuck mid-day fishing

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 22:18:14 +0000

Holland 8/13 AM 3 for 4

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:54:12 +0000

Spent some time this morning calibrating the autopilot, got lines down in 120 FOW heading North at around 6am. #5 king on Standard UV Glow Bloody Nose spoon on 125cu #4 king on Mag UV Glow Bloody Booger spoon, slider on rigger down 60 #14.5 king on Standard UV Glow Bloody Nose spoon on 125cu Lost one on Standard UV Glow Bloody Nose spoon on 125cu, it crossed out 275cu and got off. Sacrificed the 125cu, Standard UV Glow Bloody Nose spoon, and a Ninja Planer board due to reel malfunction after that. Tried to circle around and find it, but no luck. Felt bad that we lost the line that was on fire all morning. An interesting morning for sure. Fish seemed slow to bite. Marked good, in that 110-140 FOW range, but not much hooked up. No hits on plugs, flies, or meat rigs. Shorter trip this morning, so not much time to switch around baits, otherwise we would have swapped some out for that red and orange color patterns. We've landed at least one fish on sliders almost every time we go out. Not sure why they like them so much, but we'll take it.

Holland 8/12 pm

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:34:00 +0000

Been a month yes a month like back when it was smoky out there since I’ve been looking for salmon, and my schedule for the next few weeks is garbage. Been living off your reports so thanks for keeping it fresh. Got out about seven last night chugged out at 6mph as the and I quote “nearly calm” offshore forecast was putting waves over the bow if I planed up going NW and going with them wasn’t any option due to about 32,865 sailboats racing right out front. Set up in 80 8 rod spread not much in there but my hunch and Aaron’s report said that should work. Wandered out little birdy told me 120’ was the spot but that’s a huge ride back in at dark with a 7am customer meeting looming and a slow boat. So out we headed and would you not know as soon as we hit 121’ a paddle down 80 fired with a nice king. Lots of marks on 110-120. Headed back in at eight to leave fish to hopefully find fish same paddle fired at 110’ but lost that quickly. Got into 80 and a flounder pounder on a one color down 65’ fired another solid king. Then the paddle had a swing and miss then a wire diver ticking bottom with a green glow ace hi got ripped but came off. Then got a 4# king on the swr. All this by 9 so we are set for the dark bite. Never happened. Don’t know if I left my stuff too deep never marked a fish in 80. Long lines all four of them were up higher then never went all night. Packed up at 9:30 then marked a ton of fish in 75-65 on the ride in. Hmm. Fun trip but I feel I left some meat on the bones.

Holland 8-11

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 16:51:07 +0000

We trolled from 5:30 to about 10 and wound up 2 for 6. We started out in 65 ft to see if any of the stuff we were marking would materialize. Almost right away the first downrigger I set took a good hit but got off after a couple head shakes. After about a half hour we started trolling out and picked up an 18# king in 76 fow on the same downrigger. After a bit of a dry my dad noticed one of our downriggers was pulling funny so I brought it up and it had about a 1# coho on it. Shortly after setting it back down in about 100 feet that same downrigger took a hit but it didn't stay on. After another dry spell we slid out to 140 and our 300 copper took back to back hits but both got off about half way in. Not sure why we had such a hard time keeping the things on. Here's what took the hits: 1-2 pro troll psycho perch standard flasher with a rapture illusion UV fly on a downrigger 45 ft down 1-2 moonshine magnum flounder pounder on a downrigger 65 ft down 0-2 mixed veggies spindoctor with a fake news meat rig on 300 copper Sent from my Pixel 6 Pro using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App

Holland 8-10-26 Evening.

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 04:27:04 +0000

First I want to thank all of you for posting and sharing your successes and occasional fails. The network we share helps so much and I appreciate all of you a bunch. We went 6 for 11 tonight. We went out to 125 and trolled north slipping out to 140. We found most fish in 125-130 early. North troll was better interms of current. We fished back going south and personally I think we were stalling our presentation. What went. Riggers 3 times per side. Raspberry Carbon with a stranglehold Hulk Smash was a great combo tonight. Hulk on bottom and raspberry cabon free slide. Both took hits and caught fish. Low diver 124 deeper on setting 1 with white paddle/pickle sunshine worked. 350 copper early took a fish with a 11" slick/pickle sunshine with short lead on fly 34". High diver late setting 3 150 back had 3 rips all with different flashers w/ flies white paddles with green/UV and howey green crinkle fly. 300 copper w/stranglehold bloody knuckles went late and bloody knuckles on high dipsey 160 back late took fish. We had fly by hits and a couple crossed lines which messed up our catch number but we never got bored tonight. The boys let me fish tonight which I don't get to do much. It was weird no buddy was out fishing tonight? I counted 6 boats.

PS 8/10 pm quick trip

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 03:42:17 +0000

Quick rundown without a story 113 fow rigger 80 down2.7-3.0 sog south troll / east troll kinda don’t really know I was a little busy . green and white glow mag spoon with black and white ladder back caught a 13-14 lb king landed that also same water but lost the fish was rigger down 40 with standard size MS green jeans with tape . Weeds at the ramp are very thick. Now with the story Friday night when I was leaving with a couple friends to go out on the lake my son was begging to come I told him the next trip I go out I promise you can come ( not an easy task as my wife does not like being on the big lake with our kids 7,5,3 they get squirmy) . While sitting at work I pulled up the bouy cam it was so calm I though for giggles I’d shoot my wife a text “let’s take the kids salmon fishing tonight the lake is flat”. She said yes sounds fun so at about 6 we headed for the launch my kids wanted to swim more than they wanted to fish so we swam until about 7:30 then we hit the big water as I was setting my lines I had my wife and oldest drive , if you were out in that 110 ish fow I sincerely apologize if we were to close or accidentally cut you off ( bit off more than I could chew trying to set lines and teach them how to keep a straight heading ) I set one rigger at 80 and one at 40 then set out a low diver with a white paddle out 150 and a spiny with a green fly I took over the steering and started to head south to try and get away from people to give my son another shot at driving but my youngest was pretty bored and the whining was less than ideal so at that point I decided to pack up after only having lines out for about 20 minutes . I pulled the high diver got that in and then the rigger at 80 down went I handed the pole over to my wife and oldest then the other rigger went as I was starting to reel that fish in the fish they were fighting got wrapped up in my low diver so my attention shifted to landing the larger fish and somehow got it out of the low diver . So at about 8:45 we landed that fish and decided it was a great time to head in . My oldest sons first salmon was a good one ! My wife had a blast too fun night As you can tell from the graph photo direction was a challenge

Holland Solo 8/9 am 3-6

Sun, 09 Aug 2026 16:13:16 +0000

Quick solo trip within the small window of nice seas. All hits between 5:45 am and 7:45 am in 120-140 FOW. Hits were perfectly spaced out which made the solo trip a breeze. 5:45 - 6:15 am. Missed two steelies(I’m guessing) after a bunch of tail dances. Couldn’t keep them in the water. Both on dipsy back 100 ft, 3 setting, with mag ms blue jeans. 6:30: 13 lb king, free slider with rigger down 85 ft. Standard dancing anchovy. 6:45 miss on rigger down 45 ft, dancing anchovy 7:00 5 lb steelhead, 300 WS, ms mag green jeans 7:45 am: 6 lb steelhead, ms mag blue jeans, dipsy back 110 ft, 3 setting Pulled lines 8:45 am as wind started to come up.

Holland Evening 8/8 - Redemption 5 for 6

Sun, 09 Aug 2026 05:15:25 +0000

Took my nephew out for a second night hoping to put him on fish and more importantly, get them in the boat, unlike the previous night. Fearing it would be chunky monkey with the west to northwest blow, we finally left the harbor after the Great Republic cleared the channel and followed her out NW along with another boat. Since last night’s fishing grounds were full of warm water, we decided to go deep setting down in 185 FOW, flip around 180 and follow the waves in. Fin Warrior with the tabs down and throttled down a bit held her own getting out to deeper water. All lines were down about 6:30pm; 2 riggers, 2 Ninja slide divers and 300WS down the chute. The SE troll was quite pleasant and much to my surprise, the lake laid down to manageable in all directions by late in the evening. After 45min of marking a few fish, we hooked up with a nice coho in 165FOW on a high slide diver. Good eater, I wanted another. We continued on in without a bite, flipped around and headed back to deeper water in the opposite direction. In 170FOW we got . . . . another coho the same size on the other high diver. After getting past 180FOW, flipped around again on a NE troll and hit a king in 174FOW on a #3 J-plug with a blue/silver/orange color pattern. The J-plug was sent down after we lost the mag blue dolphin spoon - and the Ninja diver on a hit we never saw. Happily, the Smart Troll probe attached above the Ninja diver stayed on the line with one of the two OR-16 clips (my better probe attachment engineering saved the day). That same DR J-plug set-up went again as we turned around west and again as we turned around SE producing 3 modest kings on the 3 strikes. We decided to push inward after sunset and got a hot rip on the 300WS after re-tooling the business end with a glow mag soda spoon but it came off about the time we got all the backing back in the reel. I was worried the lake would be too rough for someone new to Lake Michigan. But we were blessed with a great night as the lake laid down, found a few coho and small kings in deeper water, stayed on them, my nephew learned the skills of bringing a strike into the boat and has lots of fish to take home. What didn’t work: Moonshine mag Atomic Watermelon on 300WS, mag white spoon (can't remember) and Moonshine mag UV Blue Flounder Pounder on deep riggers, dark spoons on high divers after sunset. Did not run meat this trip simply on how the bites were developing from the get go. # Time Fish Weight FOW Troll Wind Dir. Speed @ Ball Rod Bait Depth Bait Temp Bait 7:12pm Coho 6lb 165 SE NW 2.6 Slide Diver 47 54 Mag Blue Dolphin 7:59pm Coho 5lb 170 NW NW 2.7 Slide Diver 34 59 Similare to Mag Craigs Flounder Moonshine 8:20pm King 5lb 174 NE NW 2.8 DR 20# 54 48 Size 3 J-Plug, Blue, Silver, Orange 8:50pm King 6lb 171 W NW 2.6 DR 20# 54 48 Size 3 J-Plug, Blue, Silver, Orange 9:10pm King 4lb 169 SE NW 2.8 DR 20# 54 48 Size 3 J-Plug, Blue, Silver, Orange 9:20pm Miss 154 SE NW 2.8 Weighted Steel 300 Mag Soda Moonshine Fishing Catch Log 08-08-26.xlsx

Port Sheldon 8/7 PM

Sat, 08 Aug 2026 18:50:29 +0000

Took my buddy out fishing last night. We got set up in 100 fow at about 6:30 pm. Headed west out to 145 fow marking groups of fish made a couple of northeast to southwest runs picked up one small King. Made our way back into 110 fow around 9pm turned NW running 2.8-3 sog and it was game on, all the way out to 135 fow and then cutting east back into 105 fow went 7/10 in that hour, end our night 8/11 kings, cohos, and a steelhead. Coho were up top around 40ft down and kings were below 60 down. Divers on 3 setting 90-150 back and 1 setting 78-105 back and riggers set at 40 down and 60 down, all took hits. All the fish came on an assortment of MS glow spoons with some SS glow in there too, one king on a green glow ladder back j-plug.

Holland 8/7 Evening

Sat, 08 Aug 2026 12:54:30 +0000

Took my nephew out along with Janet and were able to fish a 9 rod spread: 200WS; 5 color, 2 Ninja divers and 4 riggers. Started in 115 FOW heading south towards Saugy and dipped into 70, then 50 FOW at sundown looking for some larger fish as the reports were mostly kings <10lbs being caught. Landed only one fish and I believe we were 1 for 6 not counting tip ups. Started off with a great SH hit on the 5 color with a Super Slim Spotted Magic Man. After multiple out of water events and getting the board off Mr. SH broke the leader - drats. Retied the leader and put a new one on and it got bit a little later but we didn't land it as well. White/green dot SD and UV mag white spoon on a 4' leader got bit on a DR 42' down on Smart Troll but it got off. SWR with a blue silver meat head got bit 3x I believe, one was a nice long run but that came off too. Our only fish we LANDED came on 200WS with a mag Atomic Melon in 74 FOW shortly before sunset ~6lb king. Best marks were in 70-80 FOW between the sliders and Saugy. At dusk I put a mix of glow and dark spoons down on the divers and riggers (Mag Bloody Nose, Super Glow Alewife, Soda) In 50-70 FOW we marked next to nothing. Between 70-80 FOW the graph was full but could not get them to bite. Was running a north troll at this point and we fished to 10:30pm. We were the only ones fishing inside of 100FOW. Other boats were deeper. The reports before sunset were 1 for ##. Not much action. No reports after sunset as usual.

Holland PortSheldon 8/7 PM

Sat, 08 Aug 2026 05:05:05 +0000

super late start (set lines at 7.30PM) + super slow start (not even a bite until the sun disappeared fully at around 9pm. Went 9 for 15 in the next 65min, however, so that felt redemptive. our best depth was 122fow but after dusk we were getting them on as close as 102fow PUG is wise beyond his years & recognized the lake had flipped warm again and that is why we went quite a ways north... when we pulled we were even north of Pigeon Lake highest setup to go was 5color chrome red head (big ole steelhead) copp150s went 4 or 5 times with moonshine spoons dipseys were hyper active each were running meat riggers went only once or twice - spoons copp350 went with moonshine spoon 20260807_212713_1.mp4 20260807_211517.mp4 20260807_204352.mp4

Grand haven 8/7 pm

Sat, 08 Aug 2026 04:45:10 +0000

2/6 set lines around 6:30 in 80 fow , ssw troll 2.7 sog got out to about 136 and started a turn into a northeast troll we got to about 108 fow started marking fish near the bottom and around 80deep no misses or bites and th sun was starting to set .started pulling my spindoctors and flys on my divers changed one high diver to a glow spoon and a low diver to big white paddle and pickled sunshine fly. As soon as the sun was setting rigger down 40 in 106 fow went we landed a 7 ish pound king MS green jeans with tape . Then we missed two others in a downrigger green glow spooon and green jeans free slider set 80 down . Then missed another on the big white paddle that was hugging the bottom high diver out 145 went with a mag stanglehold kracken landed that fish 7lb king also as we were fighting that we lost a fish on a 7color with a Mr chrome hailstorm then we had the down rigger set at 80 get slammed screaming drag ran bout 480 feet then it came off I wanted that fish bad . All in all it was a great night ! Really wish we could have landed more fish maybe I need to go thru my hooks. All the fish were caught in a north or north east troll in that 92-104 fow being the sweet spot fish were marked 35 down all the way to the bottom

Holland am 8-7-26

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 17:01:30 +0000

Quick 3 fish from 6am to 6:30. One flyby, but no other fish for 2 hours of the remaining trip. 3/4 all kings, 6.28#, 6.18# & 4.69#. 2.6 trl, SW, 100-104 fow, all rigger bites with ball dwn 57-60ft, 51.2° ball tmp. Mag flounder pdr got 1 others were from bloody nose rv std on slider. No bites on diver or long lines 150C, 170C, 210C, 250C, 270C. Riggers were run at 60 and 45 ft dwn. Lost moonshine mag Black pearl when 270C broke. Ran spoons and jplugs, with no hits on jplugs Two guys at the cleaning station caught just two fish, each weighing probably 12-15#. Fish envy!!!!!! I wished them the best. Large rolling waves today

Port Sheldon 8/6 pm

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 02:44:21 +0000

Launched at 6 pm. Been fighting fish since the basically. 12/23 right now. Mostly shallow rods. 100/150 coppers with orange spoons have been the hottest. Only 2 hits on down riggers. Only 4 hits on divers. Been trolling WSW and ESE from 80-170 fow. Speeds from 1.7 to 2.7.

8/6 port Sheldon

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 20:44:02 +0000

Solo trip, went 1 for 2. Dipsey set on 3 150 back got both hits. Landed a small king (8ish lbs) fished from 615 to 9am. LOT'S of weeds by the launch. didn't mark many fish, but it was nice to be out on the lake again.

Holland 8/6 AM, 3 for 3

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 15:16:53 +0000

Had trouble finding the fish today. Put lines in at 100FOW, worked SW to 120FOW. Turned N into 140FOW. Very few marks for bait or fish. 5:30am - 7lb King, Lucky Charm Ace High plug on 275cu 6:45am - 5lb King, Double Glow Ace High plug on rigger down 60 7:30am - 8.96lb Coho, Steelhead Stomper on slider on rigger down 48 Had time to dial in the new kicker. Next I'll be installing a Raymarine ST100+ tiller auto pilot.

Saugatuck Mud 8/3

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:51:50 +0000

PUG went 6for11 biggest one weighed 22.8 pounds and because it had been bled out we'll round her up to 23 pounds jplugs mainly - chrome red heat and scaley green thee best dipseys right out near bottom and also 3colors in that 32-37fow son has been getting them in Holland mud off metal boat before work each morning too lately... PUG heard GH was incredible bite too!

Holland 8/4 am Solo Limit 5-5

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 14:51:43 +0000

Nice bite this morning. Limited out just after 8 am. Started in 80 FOW. First two fish on rigger down 48 ft. One on 200 WS early. Then two on 10 color. Hot color/lure was mag MS green jeans and half moon Shelly snack. One in 80 FOW, 4 in 105-110. Lake flat. Sent from my iPhone using Great Lakes Fisherman

Pentwater 8/3 pm

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 04:45:59 +0000

Took of work early and took my dad fishing. Launched at 5 pm and got some bait on sabiki rigs before running to Little Point. Saw a charter? working 80 fow or so, so ran a mile past them and spot locked in 70 fow. Dropped two bait rods and started jigging. About 15-20 minutes later charter shows up honking at me and complaining that I set up in front of them. And aggressively pulling boards to make space. They had half a mile inside of us or 80 miles outside. Not sure on etiquette here but in my opinion a 5 degree course correction a little early would have solved their issue. Also I can't move very fast with my motor off running spot lock... Anyway their boat noise pushed some fish our way and we had our first fish pretty fast. And the rest of the night was pretty successful. Ended up 2/6 jigging with 1 coho 1 king. At 8:45 started trolling back to port and had a spectacular hour of fishing going 5/7. Still in 70-100 fow. 3 color went, 100 copper went, down riggers went with spoons. Then my meat rig on a diver took 4 hits and go two nice kings to the boat including an 18 lb fish. Diver back 55 ticking back to 80. Never made it to 80 - each time got hit on the way down Meat rig was on a 10" chrome spin doctor dragon slayer. Was running a whole salted and alewife that I salted after a Ludington trip a few weeks ago. That one alewife survived all 4 strikes and was still good to send back but we decided a 7 fish box was good enough and opted to run back to port before it got really dark out. Waves were, well there were no waves. It was glass out there and the water temp was from 50-60 degrees.

Holland Big Red Friday-Sunday!!!

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 01:08:03 +0000

Well, this was a tough three days of fishing but in so many ways so special. The lake started to flip again and then flipped completely by Sunday morning. On top of that the waves were unreal. We saw nice conditions Friday with my Wife and two daughters doing the ladies tournament during the Big Red all catching fish. Pretty sweet and just special spending time with family. The Saturday and Sunday tournament was tough! Waves, wind and 58 degree water just wow. If you wanted to find silver you had a short window for an hour in tight and then you better know how to catch lake trout or be willing to go DEEP. That's all I can say and oh...I am very poor at catching lake trout. We did catch a few silvers in 140fow +/- 20feet. Green hulk rv was good on a 275copper. OG Raspberry Carbon on 200 and 225 took fish. Yeck green jeans mag on a dipsey contributed out a meer 100feet on setting 3. The highlight of the weekend was setting up outside the pierhead Sunday at 6:15am with a 3 color and DW carbon rv in 45fow south troll. We caught our biggest brown trout ever. 13lb 4oz! A whopper! I hope things change quick out there. We did find good water out 220+fow but the wind and waves just made