littleboat Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Normally I don't fish the weekends and I knew the wind was going to produce a 3 ft chop by just reading the bouy information. So like any good fisherman would say, the weather is "perfect." GOT TO GO! I put my order in for a large king to be picked up at 8:55 am in 99 fow. Promptly launched my boat headed out and picked it up at the Lake Michigan drive thru window. One 23lb-6oz 37" long king (personal solo best) on Craig's flounder, 50ft down, 60 ft back on rigger, east troll, 2.5sog, ball temp 48, surface temp 68. 1 for 1. The waves were quite choppy. But I left a tip. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App 10 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Byte Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Nice job. That's got to be tricky netting by yourself if it's a little bumpy out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleboat Posted August 24, 2019 Author Share Posted August 24, 2019 When I looked back and saw my rod tip go up, I noticed my line wasn't behind the boat but far to the outside of my 230 cu. So I carefully maneuvered the fish under the cu rod line which was further back. The fish still caught half of the copper line and I had a little bit of a tangle in my net which I cleared once I got the fish on board. The hook fell out of her mouth when she hit the deck. When I netted the fish I used the transom as a fulcrum for balance until I could get better handle on it to pull the fish in.Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reel business Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 When I looked back and saw my rod tip go up, I noticed my line wasn't behind the boat but far to the outside of my 230 cu. So I carefully maneuvered the fish under the cu rod line which was further back. The fish still caught half of the copper line and I had a little bit of a tangle in my net which I cleared once I got the fish on board. The hook fell out of her mouth when she hit the deck. When I netted the fish I used the transom as a fulcrum for balance until I could get better handle on it to pull the fish in.Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App Nice King...we were finishing cleaning our fish as you showed up at the fish cleaning station...we caught a 22# King that morning 33 down off a down rigger on a Moonshine Magnum Flounder Pounder Sent from my iPhone using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleboat Posted August 25, 2019 Author Share Posted August 25, 2019 I remember. You did well. Rough day out there. I gave my fish eggs to one of the guys there. They were quite large.Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John's Tuition Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 Congrats on the new personal best! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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