Reel-Deal

Sorry for the late report, fished straight out from harbor. Set lines at 4 pm in 100' and didn't mark anything worthy of mention. Had a rip on 300' CU but nobody home, then when we hit the 160 fow, boated a 7# king, then from 6:30-7:30 it was fast action until the storm was too close for my comfort. Had 4 more on, 3 hos and threw back a shaker king. First trip of the season, felt good! All fish came on 100 CU with lemon ice and blue dolphin. No takers on dr or dipsies Sent from my SM-G950U using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App

Good job! Fishing on and off all week out of Muskegon, will keep everyone posted Sent from my SM-G950U using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App

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good job!

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Fished with a 2 newbies - went 0-5 Fished from 8:45 am - 2:00 PM - all hits came between 11:05 AM to 1:45 PM set up in 75 FOW - good cold water and lot's of fish/bait marked. Trolled with the waves on a NE troll. Fished in figure 8's between 80-90 FOW - and the first fish hit at 11:05 AM - Was a big king hit the corner DR 65' down with a free slider - hit the slider - popped the rod and the fight was on - handed the rod to the newbies and as the fish hit the top water - made a big run and broke the slider line snap and skipped along the top of the water for about 40-50' with my NK Kevorkian in his mouth. Next hit came at noon - meat/twinkie rig on wire diver - out 225 - fight lasted about 10 minutes and he was off - nice king... Then 30 minutes later - we were in 135 FOW by this time - large steelie hit j-plug on 75 CU - got to the boat - and he jump - crossed a line - and he was gone about 45 minutes after that - I took the wire dipsy with meat to fight this time - got the king almost to the boat - and he spit it - that surprised me - as I was on point trying to get him in - but it was his day! Pulling lines - a greaser hit and we released him. My summary of the day is this - I was very happy to start tagging some large fish - and was somewhat consistent - even though we didn't boat anything - I am very grateful that I was at least producing - and they were big ones - headed out again Thurs. - and on and off over the next 2 weeks

Yea - that was me - I heard you on the radio - meant to say hello to you - but got busy doing something. I will be out tomorrow for most of the day with a few friends - will let you know how it goes. Reel Deal

I remember fishing Lake Ontario with the bait so thick, the downrigger rods would shimmy as we pulled through em. Sent from my SM-G900V using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App

Wow, very nice to hear.... Did you catch anything around them? Sent from my SM-G900V using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App

2 for 4 (or 2 for 2) Hit the water at 6:45 AM - with some newbies - the wife of this guy who came, and whom I never met - really seemed like she didn't want to go from the moment she walked up to the boat at the dock - didn't matter to me - was looking forward to getting out. When we came out of the break wall - seemed far bumpier than forecast - which was not good, for her - she held out - but got sick about 9 - turned out she was quite the trooper. Water was rough - so was the catching...Fished from 90-145 FOW - 130ish had most marks and some bait - good temps down about 50 or so. Had a knock off about 8:15 on a wire dipsy with meat - 150' back - no one home. Had a another knockoff about 5 minutes later on a boom rigger 59 down with mag green spoon - no one home. Hour later - had the corner rigger fire with a blue-cracked-yellow orange bellied Jplug (color???) and boated a 5 lb laker. Pulled lines about noon - and when we did - had a small steelie hit the boom rigger with the mag green spoon. All hits came on a south troll - with the waves. Bumpy ride for the newbies, tough fishing - AT LEAST it didn't look like the dead sea out there like the last 3 times I've fished. Found some fish and bait - so that made me feel a little bit better.

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Way to go!