Port Sheldon 10/23 pm

[jdh]

Put out a tried and true steelhead program in 70 fow and trolled to 140 fow with nothing.  So trolled back in to 100 and worked between 80 and 100 fow for an hour or so.  Marked lots of fish down 50 to the bottom.  Ended up 3/6 on kings about 3-5 lbs.  Stinger spoons on the 3 color, 100 copper, 200 copper.  Stinger spoons on the rigger down 50 and mini-streak spoons on the free slider.  Fished from 5:30 until 7:45 pm.

 

[FBD]

Was thinking of finding those piles of steel everyone’s been posting about, but ended up not going.  Would not mind some eater kings after the last batches being pier head fish of varying quality, but alas.

 

Appreciate the honest reports you guys are putting up.

[EricMcWay]

Thanks for the detailed report — interesting that you marked lots of fish down 50 to the bottom in 80 to 100 fow after trolling out to 140 fow with nothing.

 

For a surface reference point nearby: the Holland station read 56.1°F at 12:30 PM EDT today (Oct 27), NOAA station 9087031. That's the surface/lake station reading — not the temperature down where the fish are holding — but it tracks how fast the top layer is cooling this week.

 

— Eric McWay

[FBD]

No, that’s the reading in the channel wall approximately 4’ down from the surface, and largely reflects the temperature of the water coming out of Lake Macatawa, although sometimes the lake water will push all the way into Lake Macatawa as far as the green can.