Knot Tellin Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 How common is it to catch herring while trolling for salmon. We were fishing the LCATT Lake Charlevoix Area Trout Tournament last weekend and caught a herring 40' down on a gold spoon w/black spots. It inhailed it, with all three hook in its mouth. It was about 16" long. When we were reeling it in I though it might be a steelie, cause the color is so close. They were in feeding on Hex flys aka mayflys. We seen some surface for them.What are some none target fish you have caught while trolling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulywood Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 I caught a 15" Rock Bass trolling for brown's on Higgins Lake. Hit a J-12 Rapala and pulled the inline board back. Had the treble buried in it's mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLF Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 I caught a 2 1/2lb smallmouth while fishing Lake Michigan out of Muskegon a couple of years ago on an 11" flasher and fly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1mainiac Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Fishing the mud in Muskegon I have caught perch, bass, walleye, sheephead, gobies and whitefish trolling out front over the years have caught pike and catfish trolling the sand docks. Herring are not a big surprize up north but would be in the southern ports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knot Tellin Posted June 17, 2010 Author Share Posted June 17, 2010 A girl I used date years ago, her dad caught a comorant 70' down on a all chrome spoon once. We get a major migration through this area. So I don't think he was pulling my leg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulywood Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Catfishhoge caught a big catfish on a full core with a J-plug last year out of Muskegon in 100' of water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayvillemark Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 wow 70 foot down thats hard to believe!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLine Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Don't know about herring...that's a big herring! But over my fishing career, I've caught garbage bags, a fishing rod, a christmas tree, a wallet and snagged a couple carp all with silver bullets. Had a two banger once - 20 Lb salmon on cheeter and a 4 Lb smallmouth on the main line deep in 120 FOW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pikeman8 Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Anybody get any Asian Carp yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pikeman8 Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 On a more serious note though when I lived in the UP I got a couple Herring a year trolling. Not common but not shocking either. Now if I got one in southern Lake Michigan then id be very suprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priority1 Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 I posted a 20 fish box a few weeks ago, including a 4 # King taken on bottom bouncer and crawler harness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWheeler Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 I posted a 20 fish box a few weeks ago, including a 4 # King taken on bottom bouncer and crawler harness. Didn't you also tangle with a steelie out in those waters??? On another harness? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priority1 Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 Didn't you also tangle with a steelie out in those waters??? On another harness? You are so right. Last week we had one on for three spectacular leaps. It seems we take a couple of Steelies every year on harnesses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chummer Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Birds while using shrimp for sea trout in Florida. They dive and get shrimp before it sinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knot Tellin Posted June 22, 2010 Author Share Posted June 22, 2010 Here is a picture of the herring. I have caught a bunch of 15" walleye over the years and I have gotten good at judging size. It was bigger than them and I was being conservative.http://www.greatlakesfisherman.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=127&pictureid=283Don't know about herring...that's a big herring! But over my fishing career, I've caught garbage bags, a fishing rod, a christmas tree, a wallet and snagged a couple carp all with silver bullets. Had a two banger once - 20 Lb salmon on cheeter and a 4 Lb smallmouth on the main line deep in 120 FOW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulywood Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 That is a giant herring! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLine Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 As said, I don't know much about herring, however in Great lakes, adult skipjack is typically 11-16" & per WISC seagrant site and the world record is 3Lb12oz per IFG. If I were you, I verify ID on Wisc ID site then have the biggest one entered. You may have something there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knot Tellin Posted June 23, 2010 Author Share Posted June 23, 2010 It was not a skipjack it was a Herring. The current state record for Lake Herring is 5lb-6oz. They have to be 16" or 2lb-8oz for a master angler. Which I could care less about. But if it was a state record I would have entered it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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