Pentwater 7/7 AM, 10 for 15

[Mega Byte]

I don't have my notes so I'll make this quick.  We started setting lines around 7:00 and fished until 1:30.  We had heard fish were deep (200+ FOW) but with the NE wind, the Seagull system was predicting colder water by Little Point Sable, so I thought we'd check that out before running deep.  We did find some colder water.  We set up in 145 FOW, outside of a few other boats, and put it on a SW troll.  Our first hit was in 154 FOW.  We took most of our fish in the 160 - 170 FOW, but we did hear they caught some inside of us as well.  We did pick up a few out to 195 after lunch.  Baits in the top 50 feet did well.  3 color down to 250 WS took fish.  All bites were on long lines.  Mostly regular sized spoons.  Lots of orange and gold.  One flasher fly bite.  All fish were on the smaller side, nothing over 10 pounds.  It was a mix of lakers, steel, coho and kings.  I didn't hear of any mature kings being caught.

 

[zgrinder on Fin Warrior]

Nice cooler of fish and thanks for sharing what worked.  Fish still holding in the top part of the water column, primarily a spoon bite on long lines.  A high bite in clear water puts riggers and dipseys at a disadvantage if the fish are not uber aggressive.  Mature kings appear to be feeding elsewhere.

[dan agnello]

Good job; thanks for the report.