Martin1950 Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 fishing out of South Haven yesterday morning. So with great reluctance I grabbed Eleanor and went for a short drive to the launch, 13 miles. Powered to 80fow, pointed her W/NW, deployed DR. w/slider, 250X30 CU and a 250x45 CU., nothing but spoons. After a long boat ride at 160fow, the 250x30 Cu dragging a Mx. Veggie, rewarded my patience with a nice little 5# steelie. At 180fow. I pulled a U-Turn and headed in at a roaring 2.5sog. At 130fow that 250x30 burps and nothing, then it burps again, still nothing. I waited a couple of minutes and reeled it in to check the spoon for line rap after two Hit-n-Spits and I was glad I did. Redeployed and went back to killing flies. At 126fow that same Cu burps again and then the board got turned in to a bobber as the drag screamed. After 20 min. of long runs and bobbering the board several times and numerous head shakes, I boated the feistiest 9# steelie I’ve ever caught, I would have sworn it was a King, it never jumped and stayed deep. My next trip out I have to remember my Colombia fishing shirt and the bug spray, and yes, the water fleas were a problem on the DR lines. Martin 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleboat Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 I agree alot of boat nats out. My boat was covered also. Nice catch! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nailer Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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