Grand Haven 9/5 AM 3for7

[Nobananas]

Best fishing for me was 120 fow to 150 fow we set the gear deep on a straight west or east troll averaged 2.8-3 sog 

One rigger set at 75 down the other at 90 down 

1st landed fish was down rigger 90 down green glow with ladder back 114 fow 

2nd landed fish was same down 90 same green glow ladder back 134 fow 

3rd landed fish was violet plug On a 10 color  150 fow 

the other fish I missed on a diver white flip fin with  blue glow fly I made . Lost that due to a poor knot job on the hook . Very frustrating but also my fault .  Then missed a second fish on the same paddle with a green glow fly I made , that one  just came off I don’t know why quite frustrating I seem to lose a lot of fish in my divers not sure if my drag is too loose I don’t pump the handle I try to keep constant pressure , new hooks also . The reel itself is very sticky drag and old so I’m trying to phase it out . I also lost a very large king off the downrigger at the back of the boat maybe 15 feet away . Also had one come off the opposite downrigger just after . Happy for the success but frustrated losing so many hoping to replacing a few of my reels as they are old cheaper reels . 

 

[JVanderVennen]

Nice job, those are good looking fish! Was the bite early or spread out throughout the morning? I’m thinking of taking my kiddos out of GH tomorrow morning and they’re not the earliest risers lol. 

[Luke Tuccini]

Late afternoon - Evening can be great off Grand Haven. Just as sun is setting, in front of pier heads.

[SeaFoam]

Nice fish!

[Nobananas]

1 hour ago, JVanderVennen said:

Nice job, those are good looking fish! Was the bite early or spread out throughout the morning? I’m thinking of taking my kiddos out of GH tomorrow morning and they’re not the earliest risers lol. 

We set lines at about  6:30am  then it shut off for me around 8 am   not sure of  but maybe i had such a short catching window due to bait selection i put a lot of high shine  stuff out expecting the sun to come out and it did not . It’s possible that the fish just went deeper than I thought they were. I’m interested to see if any other reports come out to grand Haven how people did today.