Holland Am 9-10

[littleboat]

 
Went out this morning knowing I had warm water to contend with, but I thought maybe I could catch something in the thermocline to make my trip worthwhile. So I put my lines in at 80fow. Marked a lot of bait fish and a few hungry hombres chasing them.
 
What surprised me were the waves 3 to 4 footers. It made it difficult to run anything other than a straight troll with the waves and bounce when I turned around to troll the other way. I picked up a small king and released him. I almost decided to call it a day because of the waves, but they receded enough to trick me into staying out longer.
 
My luck didn't improve after a few more hours, and the currents were very strong. Fished 80-167 fow. Mostly 130-160. Caught the small king in 119fow with the ball at 90, 66°btmp, sw trl, 2.3 sog. Bloody nose rv mag.
 
Cold temps appeared at about 115fow like a knife going from 60° to 44° within a few feet. The wind readings from the bouy never matched the reality of what was happening on the lake.
 
No hits on low  diver back 250ft or any boards.
Attached is a picture of KILLER KING.
 

 
Sent from my SM-A156U1 using Great Lakes Fisherman mobile app
 
 

[2MD]

thanks for the report