Holland Am 9-2-25

[littleboat]

Solo, fished 100-140 fow, 120-135 the best, sw trl, waves 0-1.5ft, surface temp 68.9, wind 10.
 
3/5, 1st was a small laketrout which I released. 2nd was a KILLER Alewive, which viciously struck my mag RV flounder pdr, but in the end, the Flounder pdr pulled him in. Hooked him behind the eye. I released him and swam away, looking for his next victim. There were two other flybys who didn't want to become my lunch today.
 
But I did pull in a 14# king, loaded with eggs. She looked like she was starting to turn color for a final run. Anyway, the stats:
 
King. (10:11am), 14#, double trouble mag, 2.3 sog. Sw trl. Btmp 65.3°, Bdepth 76, 132.6 fow. Right in the thermocline. That's where they are trying to fill up.
 
I cycled the Optimum DR with an 8ft range with 5 up speed, 1 dwn speed & 5 sec pause( giving it a jigging action adding flutter to the lure like a wounded bait fish)
Caught all 3 using cycling mode at various depths. Look at the cycle pattern in the picture.

No hits on 350cu or low diver.


 
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[FBD]

Definitely getting her bronze on…

[FBD]

Speaking of feeding; found this in a coho this weekend.

[littleboat]

I haven't seen a fish with such an upturned mouth. With the fins flatten and without picture from another angle, it would be hard for me to identify it. It looks like it feeds from the surface (Brook Silversides?)
You're there, so what were your thoughts
Was its shape changed during the digestion process?

Could also be a pike-perch from Europe called a Zander.

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[FBD]

Smelt.

Its a crappy picture and it was folded up in the stomach.

[littleboat]

Smelt.
It's a crappy picture, and it was folded up in the stomach.

Mystery solved! When I first saw it, I thought of a smelt, but I couldn't understand the very long frontal mouth area. But with the change made in the stomach and the angle of the picture, it makes sense.


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[zgrinder on Fin Warrior]

Way to kill it on Alewives !!!  That is about as funny a story I have heard in a while on the big lake.

[Reel-y-hooked]

Nice solo outing again Ed. Looks like it was a fantastic morning to be out fishing on the big lake.

We made a short trip out on monday morning before some family holiday commitments and we boated 3 really nice kings and untangled a super tangle all before 8:00 a.m. Some how we didn’t lose any gear or fish during the adventure. I finally had a chance to enjoy my cup of coffee when we got inside the Port Sheldon pier head at 8:30. The kings came in 80 to 110 fow on riggers down 60’and 80’ pulling mongolian beef spoons.

[littleboat]

It's looks like they started to turn? Good recovery on the tangles! Enjoy the coffee you earned it.

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