j1musser

Plumcrazy tearing em up as usually. Nice mess of fish guys!

Great catch in rough conditions Dan. Glad ya got a feww before you had to pull lines. TY for the report:grin:

Wow that is slick. Doesnt look to complicated either. I like it!

Have not seen to many out on piers. One or two in Frankfort on tuesday but also a few guys trolling between breakwater so im guessing there are a few starting to move in.

We all appreciate that mentality. As was said Karma will now be in your favor. Ty for the report and good deed.

Welcome to the site Jim. Thanks for the report. We had a tough fish on saturday in South Haven too.

Nothin like a little rain to clear the way for real fishermen. Nice catch:D

Well done sir. Blurry fish porn is much better than no fish porn;) Nice catch to you and ur crew. I bet the newbie had a riot:p

Thats a nice mess of silver. Off the lake in time for a nice nap too. Im jealous:p

Nice pic with a great fish. Im sure that one wil not be forgotten!

Thanks for the report Ken. SH is always really quiet and it surprises me going to other ports just the chatty cathys on there. Nice catch in the limited time you had:thumb:

I just posted one from yesterday in the reports section. Although we did not have as much luck as the Capt. Jim. Grabbed a Sarge when i got there and could not find til off the water:rolleyes: Heard that was hot. Most were 1-3 fish from radio chatter and cleaning station Mon night. Im sure some did much better than us, as we spent time cleaning up tackle and never having fished here before.

Fished with my cousin and his wife outta his 20footer. 8/17 PM-Ended up 3/4-5. Got out about 430 i think. Made it 50' from the dock and it started to downpour, seriously. Headed up to Point Betsie and set up around 110fow, went from 40fow out to 160fow. Waves were about 0' Fished 2 riggers, 2 dipsy, 150', 200', ~200' + 4oz dive bomb of copper; 6,7, full core lead. Hits all came on flasher flies. 150' copper- Mountain Dew SD w/ No See Um fly- 15# King. Mountain Dew SD w/ No See Um fly on dipsy set on 2 250' back- 16# King. Blue Bubble SD combo on dipsy out 225'- 15# King. Lost fish on same Blue Bubble combo, broke 30# leader half way back from snubber. 8/18AM- Got a late start and headed back to same place on the point on the point. Ended 2/3. A nice 6# steelie and a 8# King. MS Bloody Nose down 94' in 98fow. King on MS Bloody Nose down same. Missed on Nitro Area 51 slider down prob 60'. Headed back in as the waves were building prob-3-4' and we could only fish the north troll due to wind and waves. All a rigger bite, of course only had one rigger left. That was the fishing but we had more time into unwrapping. Being a South Haven fishermen, i was not used to the whole going from 110fow to 40fow in 50 feet. We managed to wrap every rod on the boat i think. Braid dipsy, wire dipsy and 200' copper all got wrapped:grin: Hooked the downrigger ball into the shelf and broke it off while burning up the motor. Down to one rigger now. Retied that dipsy and was letting out when other dipsy took off directly into it, yay!!! Ended up handlining in a 15# king that was out 286'. Ended up shortening 2 copper rods, lost a 6 and 7 colors of lead. Lost a board but found it. A few spoons and a flasher/fly combo. But hey it was a fun time and a learning experience. It was either nice waves and rain or sunshine and big waves. Frankfort is beautiful place that i WILL be fishing again. Too foggy to see much Mon night but tues morn was gorgeous. Lots of boats but most were courteous. Had one guy call before cutting behind told him what i had out and he turned other way:) Only heard of one yahoo going around cutting off multiple people:no: Will post pics when they get emailed.

Sounds like a great catch and some nice big fish. Great story.

Will be fishing Frankfort Monday night and tues morn/day. Will be on 10 give the Nee Hi a shout if ur out. BTW wont actually be on the Nee Hi. Never fished Frankfort before but gonna gove it a shot! I hear the topography is just like South Haven:p. Will post when i get back

Mike nice job out there. Nice talking to ya on the radio. Was a fine day for us little boaters;)

Thanks Adam, he actually did call me Scuba Steve the rest of the day:lol:

A little sunburn, an empty case of beer, some great times and new friends-PRICELESS:) Great day for a swim, didnt really have to talk me into it. Thanks for the great trip Andy and Crew.

Sounds like an unbelievable weekend of fishing. Lots o fish. Ur arms must be tired:D. Ty for the reportand great job you and your crew MAtt.

9 fish with 2 guys is great night. Sounds like flies were the trick. Great catch:D

Nice catch. Sounds like it was quite hot and heavy!! Lots of action and gotta love the divers ripping line.

Great catch. Thanks for the report. Sounds like a pretty good trip!

Awesome catch and a great report with even better pics:grin: Those are some hogs, that tail coming out is huge. Stinks that the hook broke on that monster:(. Sounds like a great couple of days out there. Appears u actually had some nice calm weather too. Great Job!

I get this feelin that if we bring a big cooler, i will get skunked.

Ty for the report. I had to cut off my 200 and 300' copper last night. Yeah its fun. Worth fishing though. At least u guys got the skunk out. I thought Jay caught all the fish out there in last week.