Saugatuck 7/11 PM - 3 man limit - PUG started releasing em

[2MD]

 

[2MD]

PUG left Holland at around 6pm when there were 3+ footers come out of the north with the 20knot north wind so had no choice but to run south.  Hadn’t fished down by Saugatuck for a while anyway… Fished just in that 70-90FOW pretty much all night.  South troll till we passed Saugatuck and then later a north troll back to about the sliders.  Currents were tricky.  Had to be crawling with ground speed when running south and ripping fast on the north but both worked.  PUG helped us score our 3 man limit.  Wish we would’ve had another kid onboard because we had easily 30 bites and ended up letting some go because just 3 of us and 9 rods tonight – could’ve gotten a 4 man limit.  Had 4 doubles and 3 triples it was chaotic but a lot of fun.  Every rod we ran got hits.  Copper150, Copper250. Copper300 (all with moonshine spoons).  Riggers both the main bait sliders were hot too (moonshine spoons with BLUE being a really good color tonight)  Dipsey went off nonstop too all night.  Kept changing baits on the dipsey but anything from meat to a big white paddle and then you guessed mag size moonshine spoon went a bunch after sunset.  Best rigger depths were 47 down but then later into the evening they were nipping sliders and baits higher up.

[littleboat]

What a wild ride! Good fishing though. Congrats.!

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[zgrinder on Fin Warrior]

I saw the 3 footers and said naw, I am doing something else.  Congrats on handling the seas - had to be a tough slog coming back north.  Great fishing, make that catching!  Fun night when you don't have to think much about what to put down when everthing gets bit.

[Engfishman87]

Great job on the fish.  Your boat/pug is definately fishy!  Nice catch.  Was out AM on friends boat and we went 12 for something like 18 north of Holland.

[2MD]

nice work and good to know they were chewing good north of Holland too! always kinda a suckers bet knowing where to setup.