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  1. Reel-Deal
    Fished from 4 pm to dark, went 4 for 10 - 1 king, 3 coho 0 for 4 in the first hour, thinking it was going to be a busy one, but nothing for about 2 hours. Then some somewhat steady hits. Found a good slick straight out and Fished it north and south after trying out to 265 for. Good bait, decent marks, good Temps, all aligned, just not more hookups. Wire dipsy out 150' fired a few time with flasher fly, meat rig 85 down took 2 of the fish landed, and 300 CU with carbon14 took a few hits. Seemed nothing in particular was being productive so just stuck with it changing just a few things up before dark. Beautiful evening on the water...tight lines and blessings! Sent from my SM-S906U using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App
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    Can anyone tell me if there is another fish cleaning station available around Muskegon - the one at the state park is our of service the last few times we fished - thanks!
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    Very good, what time did you fish? Sent from my SM-S906U using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App
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    Sorry for the late report - Hit the water about 4:30 PM - my crippled brother-in-law just steered - and myself. Set up in 120 NW of port - south of lighthouse. It seemed pretty slow going for some time - by about 6:00 we were 0 and 2 - with a nice steelie getting off of 100' copper with double orange crush spoon. Marked good amount of bait south of Big Sable Point...went about 1/2 mile north of point and turned around, not until we got south of the lighthouse in about 150 FOW - we had our first real rip on 300' copper with mag Moonshine green happy meal - king ripped a few hundred feet of line then after a few minutes of hanging on - got unbuttoned - sitting 0/3 then - within 30 minutes +/- of sunset - we lost 2 more and landed 3 - all kings 20#, 10#, 6# 20# hit the deep rigger 105' down on mag Blue Jackal 10# hit rigger 60' down on mag Green Knight 6# hit rigger 60' down on mag Green Knight No dipsy bite for me - couldn't get going - just a 6 rod spread - 2 riggers, 2 dipsy's, 2 coppers on boards... BTW - wind was persistent out of the south - and the water was really sloppy in my 18.5' Spectrum - still good to get some fish in the box - tight lines!
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    ALL excellent advice - I would only add a few more salient points.... 1 - You didn't mention what speed you were trolling - that's critical, and I like to start around 2.5 MPH then speed up or down if fish are not being triggered to bite - use a zig-zag pattern when trolling to speed up and slow down the baits on the inside/outside of your set up. If you find them hitting on the outside of your turns - then speed up your presentation a bit - if they hit on the inside when you turn - slow down a bit and continue to dial that in. That's tells you what speed you should be centering around, don't be afraid to speed faster - sometimes 3-3.5 MPH is the ticket. If you don't have a down speed sensor - then watch your rigger cable angles when you get a strike to help discern the proper speed at the ball. 2 - Color is important - but most things blue/green/orange etc - will trigger hits - so don't get too caught up chasing a bunch of baits - start with the basics. Moonshine RV spoons, some green, white, blue patterned spin doctors or flashers, and some similar colored flys with the correct leader length (rule of thumb is 3-3.5x length of flasher = leader length in inches. 8" flsher = about 22-24" leader for fly... 3 - Temps are & can be important this time of year - find those temp breaks and fish them at angles when you find fish and stay on them until speed/colors/etc turns on - don't leave fish and bait to find other fish - unless you have to! Attached is an article that you may find helpful too - we are heading up to Muskegon or Ludington Friday & Sat. - we hope to find some too - tight lines... The Stability Zone.docx
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    It's been many years since I put in in GH - question - is there a DNR ramp at that port? Thanks!
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    Nice Sent from my SM-G977U using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App
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    Good job!
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    Great job!
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    Sorry for the late report - fished 3:30 PM - 10 PM - finished 7/8 First time out of Holland, and based on reports, we headed out to 150 FOW, didn't mark much but set up and continued NW to find some fish. Water was 56 on top - 39 deg. 85 down. Ran an 8 rod spread - 4 boards, 2 dipsies, 2 DR. DW 85 down was our deepest rod. It was slow - but we managed to box a steelhead, laker, and king before 6:30 - but then nothing but 4 more kings - all jacks - all released - until sundown The hot spoon was double orange crush on 100' copper and holographic watermelon on 3 color we didn't kill it for sure - all fish were in the 5 pound range - but couldn't find the big ones for sure. Tight lines!
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    Awesome - thank you - I plan to be on the water tomorrow later afternoon to dark - then o'dark thirty to about 11 am Friday - I will reach out - channel 68?
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    Heading out to fish out of Holland Thursday and Friday. Anybody has any insights and where to start in the afternoon on Thursday or morning on Friday that would be great. I've got all kind of setup so I can cover about anyting just haven't fished at all this year and trying to get back into the game, appreciate any insights, thanks and tight lines Sent from my SM-G977U using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App
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    Nice - we fished Thursday from 3 PM - 7 PM - and were 1/2 with a small jack king we released - but we fished the mudline from 30-45' - marked some good fish but just couldn't get things going - tight lines!
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    Well done!
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    Well done! Sent from my SM-G973U1 using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App
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    Good job - What did you catch - and what size?
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    Awesome! Good job!
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    Ah, very good - thanks Jason - I appreciate it...we plan to be out Thurs. - Sat. - and I will post the reports - thanks again!
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    Nice work - did you start marking fish - or did the screen stay quiet?
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    Does anyone have any info on fishing out of Muskegon for coho or kings? Thanks! Sent from my SM-G973U1 using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App
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    Sold - sorry!
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    Will ship, you have to pay shipping cost...may consider separating items... Price is $325.00 + shipping unless you pick them up, thanks for looking! Message me or call/text me at 517-449-7931 Sent from my SM-G973U1 using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App
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    NE blow most of the day, got on the water about 9, fish to 3:30 went 2/3 Many marks and boat, very few catching... Fished south of Linwood in 14-18 fow, all hits past the 16' mark, blueberry muffin spoon, crawler harnesses Sent from my SM-G973U1 using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App
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    Maybe this will help - the amount of backing should be - IMHO - the MAXIMUM you can add to the reel that you can - so I have a 6 rod copper set - which I put together myself - if I have one that has 150' copper - I have about a 20' leader of mono on the business end - then I back that with as much 50# braid I can - this allows me to put out a bit more backing in between the copper and the board - then I can put out any length I need to put the board at whatever distance from the boat I want. You can gain a bit of depth with more line between the board and the copper by increasing the length. As I understand it - some actually add an inline weight between the lure and the copper to gain more depth too...not sure if that helps - just my 2 cents...
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    Awesome, may be out there next week Sent from my SM-G973U1 using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App
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