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Holland 6-13

6:30 AM went NW out to 120 to set up with my father-in-law. First time out since May 19. Gusty east winds had us out to 150 by the time we were fully set up. Angled NE to Port Sheldon, with only a small laker lost on the surface close to the boat to show. Forecasted light E winds turned gusty N NW so we turned south and trolled with the wind into 100 feet and found them. A few good bait balls, stayed at 100 all the way back to Holland. Ended up 9 for 16. 4 nice steelhead, 3 lakers, and two 14 lb kings. Lost three other big kings and a couple real nice steelhead. Caught 1 laker deep on white paddle/fly mag diver on 1 back 180, two steelhead on half cores with snap weights, and all the rest on riggers down 70-85 feet, about half off the ball and the rest off sliders. Divers were mostly dead. Tried a bunch of colors, but white spoons, mixed veggie glow with black spots, and black/purple were the spoon colors that worked. Sorry, I don’t even try to keep up on all the names.

One of the steelhead was a male that looked like he was in full spawn mode. Very bright pink stripe, hooked jaw, and his fillets were very pale compared to the other steelies. Strange.

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Good job, the steelie could have been a skamania. Summer run strain heading for the Grand.

That's something I didn't think about. Still learning alot about the big lake fishing and had never seen a skamania before (that I knew of anyway). Thanks for the info.

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One of the steelhead was a male that looked like he was in full spawn mode. Very bright pink stripe, hooked jaw, and his fillets were very pale compared to the other steelies. Strange.

NOT a skamania. Skamanias as pure silver/blue/white bullets. Colored up, hooked jaw (kype) and pale flesh would indicate a drop-back from the spring spawning run that has not fully recovered.

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