Holland 6/16 Evening

[zgrinder on Fin Warrior]

Fished solo from 5:15pm to 9:40pm.  Finished 1 for 2 boating only a small king which I let go.  Spread varied from 10 color lead, 300 WS and 1 downrigger to 3 downriggers by the end of the night.  Did not run any dipseys.  Only spoons, regular size from greens to blues to whites to orange crush on LC early and 2 glow spoons high and low at dusk.  I steadily rotated spoons out during to float.  Worked the area north of the harbor staying in 115 to 130 on north and south trolls.  Marked a lot of fish for most of the evening.  At the start, many big hooks near the bottom.  Ran SWR 100' at the ball per Smart Troll (130 to 145 on the line counter depending on the direction) but could not get a bite.  The sunset was mired by clouds and gradual - didn't help the transition bite.  The flies were awful.  Hard to concentrate when they are all over and biting any exposed part of your body.  Radio was quite.  Note:  Water temp at 100' down in ~130 FOW was 47 degrees.  Looks like the little warm water we have is pushed up to shore a bit.  

 

#

Time

Fish

Weight

FOW

Latitude

Troll

Wind Dir.

Speed @ Ball

Rod

Bait Depth

Bait Temp

Bait

1

7:15pm

King

5

118

46.30

NE

N

2.5

DR 20#

70

48

Killer Blue (repainted & retaped)

2

8:39pm

Miss

5

113

49.68

NW

N

2.3

DR 20#

70

49

Killer Blue (repainted & retaped)

 

 

[SeaFoam]

One landed is better than none!

Sorry for the late report. I went out of Holland with a friend from Texas yesterday morning (6/16 am). Fished from 5:30 - 9 am.

Similar results. 2-3. Ran all glow spoons early, switched out one to SD and meat rig later in the morning. Did several c spoon color changes. Ran 10 color, 300 weighted steel, 2 high divers and one rigger. 300 weighted had all the bites. Fished 65-150 fow. All bites in 70 fow range.

1. 7:00 am, smaller fish , lost it half way to the boat, 300 weighted steel, mag ms flounder pounder

2. 7:20 am, same 300 setup, landed and released small lake trout.

3. 7:40 am: 10 lb king, same 300 WS with the same flounder pounder.

Stopped at the DNR station later in the day to grind the guts. Talked to three boats. No one had more than three fish.





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[zgrinder on Fin Warrior]

Your 10lb King was worth the trip and your buddy got to enjoy reeling in a 300' long line as well.

[littleboat]

Two good reports, nice 10# king. Hot weather fishing is tough. Hate those bugs. Try some sort of lotion with lavender as an ingredient.

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