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Lines down at 7 in 114 fow. Took a 9 lb steel before we got the 4th rod down. RV moonshine mag flounder pounder down 45. Then did the long troll till twilight. Next bite finally came at 915. 16 lb king on a mag moonshine bloodynose in 80 fow down 50. While fighting the king the other rigger went off down 40 with a standard flounder pounder. Rodney ended up losing that fish so the king got caught up in that line and the wire diver. Closed out night trying to undo that mess in the dark LOL. Pretty busy out there tonight with boats

Lines down at 630PM in 120fow straight out. Immediately start marking fish and consistently marked fish in 120-130 fow all night. Lookers, runners, just hanging out. Most marks 60-80 down. Changed out numerous times but could get nothing to go until the sun was below the horizon. Took an 18 and 16 lb king right around 9PM in 130fow. both fish bit standard sized spoons. One on a 150 cu and one on a free slider with the rigger running at 50. Free slider fish cleared the water 3 times. Saw a guy at Snug with a 29lber. Ran meat, flies, mags, and plugs all night and the 2 old standbys took the bites, blue jackal and blue whale. Pic of my son with an 18lber

It's been very cool watching your fishing partner grow from toddler to young lady. She had the hot hand on raffle tickets again!

It will Nick. We run regular size mono dipseys on 1 out 40 to 60 with great success. Rod is parallel or one notch up.

Are your weights getting caught in the diver?

I hear rock music in the background and you singing "I can't drive 1.5!!" Remember in the fall and spring you're going to want to run stickbaits at .9 to 1.2 to catch the big girls. Stein and I went out in March this Spring and had a ball catching 3-7lbers. Buy some bags and join the slow side LOL

I love running spoons on the bay when they're working but the majority of fish have been biting deep and on meat. You were in the right spot Nick just needed to be running harnesses. Boxed 24 on Sat in 4 hours and 17 on Sunday in 3 1/2 hours last weekend in the same area.

difference is minimal. Maybe 5-6 feet.

wasn't the releases fault. Just a weird series of events. I highly recommend them

Took some rookie friends out for a sunset cruise. Left the launch at 7pm ran the crowded river and were met with 10-15 sustained out of the NW and 2-4 foot chop. Mostly 2's with the occasional 3-4 foot trios. So much for a relaxing hour of fishing. Beat our way out to 180 and decided that was far enough. Turned our ass to the wind and started headed SE. Setting line #6 the 3 color with coho candy goes off. My friend lands her first ever big lake fish. Cookie cutter 3lb ho Tried to get her to kiss the fish but this was as close as she would get Next came a shaker on a wrecking ball on a slide diver 130 out Had a free slider bite on mixed veggie on a rigger 45 down. Rod was absolutely hammering. Grabbed the rod and felt all kinds of weight. Turned around with a huge smile on my face saying this is a BIG fish. Start to hand it back to my buddy and the rod rockets out of my hands and into the drink. I guess the look on my face was priceless In 17 years of fishing the big lake this is the first time that ever happened to me. Bring the rigger up and low and behold the line is still in the release. So I turn around and say watch this. Well I was thinking I was going to handline in a fish and a rod and reel but the fish was gone. My friends were laughing for the next 30 minutes over that one. Figure it was a big king or steely on the slider that took a quick run as I was handing the rod back. Chamberlain release was set pretty tight so instead of releasing it pulled the rod out of my hand. Took another shaker on a reg size flounder pounder on a 150 cu. No hits after the sun started hitting the water. Hits were between 175 and 160 fow straight out. Surface was 52. Pretty fun for about an hour of fishing in bumpy conditions

Nice job out there. Heard you on the radio a couple times. We drew the short stick today never finding a group of fish to work over. We had lines down at 6 and fished till 11:30 with 3 shakers and 2 4lb ho's to show for it. We spent the first 2.5 hours heading out to 240. Most people were doing better in the same water you were in

Like the guys have said a 9.9 will absolutely work. A 15 will probably be nicer but also pricier. Honda's are nice because of their high amp alternators.

Yes. Mysis

Good Job. You must have been South of me. I never saw another boat all morning

Lines down at 7am and up at 10:30. NW heading out to 190fow. First bite was 8:15. 5-5 19-24 inch cohos 218-221 fow was the zone Mag flounder pounder went twice 65 down rigger Mag UV flounder pounder went twice down 90 rigger popper fly clean on a 200Cu went once. Ran FF combos and assorted body baits with no luck SOG was 2.5 and surface temp was 42 All fish still packed with shrimp

It's a 22 Islander. One of the reasons I like to go solo every once in a while. If I'm not feeling it in a spot I can pick up quick and try something different. My goal was kings and browns. Should have hit the river water first, ran the beach, and then chased after the deep fish but the thought of quick tasty coho kept dancing in my head as I was assuming the seas would get worse as the day went on. Spent 4 hours running the same program as other succesful guys out there but couldnt find the fish.

Launched at 5:40. Only trailer in the lot. Heard about the deep coho bite so ran out there and set lines at 6:20 in 170 fow worked out to 200 in a 1-2 foot chop. Picked up and ran out to 250 and worked my way back into 220. Nothing. Picked up and tried the river water in front of Saugatuck at 9am. A few marks but no takers after a few passes. Started in towards the beach and picked up an 8lb laker in 35 fow on a spoon near bottom. Threw him back. Popped a 6 lb colored up buck brown about halfway to Holland 50 feet off the beach on a J7 brown trout colored rap. Wind switched to SW then died down around 11am and the lake went flat so I ran back out to 160 and trolled around there picking up one ho on a spoon down 100. Ran paddles and flashers all day with no takers. Dirty water in front of Saugy was 47. Beach temps were 44-45 Anything past 150 fow was 40 degrees. Nice day on the water. Very few boats .

I would have thought the temps of the river water would keep the engine compartment warm enough to not worry at all. I trailer my I/O and my first trip was the second week of March. I put a work light in until this past Friday when I saw temps would be below freezing for over 36 hours straight so I put anti freeze back in. Way too much fishing to pass up when putting anti freeze back in only costs 10 minutes and $12 in pink pop.