OuttaTheWoods Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Had a great time fishing the Holland big red classic this weekend. Started prefishing Friday going 6/10 with 5 good kings and a steelhead, biggest kings at 17 and 15 lbs. started out on fire in 80-100 fow before striking west to find some mid morning fish. Ended up taking a 12 and 15 lb king mid morning in 150-170. White paddles with crush or UV tape did the most damage, along with a couple plug bites early. Fish were in the 40-70 foot down range.Day1: started in the shallow water again with a much different result. Only had 1 fish in the cooler by 9:00, so we headed west to plan B. Ended up going 5/9 between 9:30-12 in the 140-170 fow range with 4 kings and a coho. Had a stretch where we lost 3 fish in a row within 50 ft of the boat as we were trying to get #5 in the boat (was not a happy 45 minutes). Finished 6/11 with 5 kings and a coho, good enough to put us in 7th out of the 52 AMs.Day2: gave the shallow water a try again, but pulled the plug early without a bite by 8am and the waves rapidly growing. After dodging the freighter leaving holland we made it out to plan B spot again and started taking fish. Went 4/7 in 2.5 hours in 140-160 before they called the tournament at 11. 3 kings and a steelhead, one king at 17.9 lbs good enough to take big king, and 3rd biggest fish overall. That catch was enough to move us up to 4th overall, one more 8lb fish away from first!Ended up with 4th in AM division, big king, 3rd biggest overall, 6th place in 333, and big king in 333.Other than Friday the deep water was best for us, divers 140-190 back with white paddles/grn flys, riggers 45-70 with plugs or meet, rigger 90 with big white paddle combo, and 300-400 coppers with meat did the best. A couple steelhead bites on 200 copper. Oddly didn't catch a single laker in 3 days fishing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky30 Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Hell of a good job guys. Yesterday was a tough bight, especially in a 17.75ft. tracker. Those were some seriouse waves coming in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OuttaTheWoods Posted August 3, 2015 Author Share Posted August 3, 2015 Yeah it was a rough enough ride for our 24 footer, not sure I'd have have wanted to see the view from your 18! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KICK'R Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Nice job this weekend guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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