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Very descriptive report! Ditto on the "Awesome day on the water".

Did a short solo shakedown Sunday morning off of GH. Dragged my feet and left later due to being a wuss and not wanting to deal with the 36 degree temps. Waited for the sun to come up a little and fished from about 10-noon. A lot of boats out on a beautiful morning. I easily saw 30-35 within my view. I marked fish pretty much the whole time I was out and pretty much stuck to "the mud" or just outside it. Ran a 5 color with a spoon, dipsy with a small SD and a fly, and a rigger with a spoon and a free slider. Changed things up a few times and continued to stay in the mud as I was still marking fish even around noon. Right about noon on the dot, I managed to box a fiesty 12# female king in 40 fow with a brightly colored spoon 31' down on the rigger. That fish was wild! Spring kings. So, 1 for 1 for me. I did see three other nets go into the water, so, a few fish were being caught. Good luck out there this season.

We like Bolles because there are more docks, is less crowded, deeper and a short drive to the lake. Sterling has a fish cleaning station which people like (I clean my fish at home) and it draws a big crowd. They have fewer docks and you can run into launch lines on weekends. Sometimes coming back in on weekends is a pain because campers are launching pleasure boats to ski and tube mid day when anglers are returning and it can be a cluster trying to get a dock. It also has a longer drive to the lake which can be kind of shallow if we get a sieche from a strong west wind. People also like Sterling because it is right in Brest Bay which can be more protected from a north wind. If fish are north by Stoney, Sterling is closer but if they are south by Luna Pier or Toledo light, Bolles is a lot closer. There is usually good fishing out of both ports I just run my boat where ever out of Bolles. All the good fishing are reachable from there.

Fished starting around 7:30 am pulling lines at 2 pm. Stayed in 48-58 fow from 7:30 until 11 am. Worked out to 85, and then ran back into 50 and trolled north back to the pier. Speed 2.0-2.7 variable. Went 7/12 with 4 kings, 1 coho, and 2 nice lake trout. Most likely the 5 we lost were kings based on the hits and drag pulling. All lines took fish, but stingray UV spoons in Jager Bomb and Mixed Veggies took most hits. Next best was UV Silver Streak Mag Bloody Nose. Riggers 25-43 took several fish - we frequently adjusted depths +/- 5 feet. Slide diver back 50-70 took several hits. 150/200 coppers took some hits. Got to watch several fish swim in on Live scope and nail the spoons on the riggers. Awesome day on the water.

Great job without the boards! Sent from my iPhone using Great Lakes Fisherman

First trip of the season. When we got out we realized we forgot to put the boards in the boat so we were stuck running two lines [emoji36]. We trolled from 7 to about 10:30 am sticking in 40-60 ft right around port. We ended up 1-1 with a 9# king. Here's what took the fish: Michigan stinger standard size jordo spoon 35 ft down on a downrigger in 50 fow Sent from my Pixel 6 Pro using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App

I've never launched out of bolles or sterling st pk, mostly just jig the river. Did you go out of bolles because of the size of you boat, marina availability or better bite potential than sterling? Sent from my SM-A156U1 using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App

Visibility was not bad but it was slow for trollers, we fished 19 to 22 fow.

Great bite, Ed. I was hoping to get over to Detroit this spring, but the schedule didn't work out. How was the visibility? What was the depth? Sent from my SM-A156U1 using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App

Wow - nice Ed! Congrats and thanks for sharing

nice rig>>>>yearn for the old days_fishing in Algoma, Wi

Nice work those are some awesome looking fish! I’m hoping to head down there this weekend.

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The jig bite is on, we got 18 this morning. Purple hair jig, green hair jig,green head blue ice and pimp daddy plastics all tipped with minnows. Also hit a few on blade baits. Good luck!

Well done and Nice catch. Good looking spring kings.

Nice kings. What did they weigh? Sent from my SM-A156U1 using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App

4/23 pm 9for11 40 to 65 fow Riggers 25 to 42 down 3 kings Swr dpsey 75 back small diver 1king Thin fins 90 to 120 back 4 coho 3 color 1 coho 4/25 am 9 for 13 Swr dipsey 85 and 105 4kings 3 color 1king 2 coho Rigger 40down 1 king 6 color 1 coho

St Joe 4/24 6 for 8. Two kings and four coho. Lost 2 and had another 4 that took line but were not there when we picked up the rod. Had another 4 that were undersized shakers and went back. Tried out front of the pier for about an hour and a half in 40’ - 50’ without a bite. Picked up and ran south down to the power plant and worked it north and south. 45’ to 47’ was the best water. 100 & 150 copper both with a pink alewife spoon was the hot presentation taking the most fish and the getting the most strikes. The Thin fin and a Mr Chrome Yea Mon on the 3 color took one each. A modified spoon (I call pink dolphin) on the 4 color took one. The dipsey divers did not get bit and the down riggers got a shaker. Not sure what the other shakers, the 4 missed fish and 2 lost fish hit. I was driving most of the time. Sent from my iPad using Great Lakes Fisherman

Wow! We went [emoji639] for [emoji640] on Saturday with [emoji637] master angler Brown Trout. Sent from my iPhone using Great Lakes Fisherman