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Nice job on the fish!

This plant is an exerperiment with cohos there. It will be interesting to see what kind of surf and river fishery they produce in the next few years. Some coho jacks run after one year in the lake. The fish will be placed in the pens next week. Sent from my SM-G920V using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App

The Net Pens are In! Thanks to a collaborative effort between Ludington Charter Boat Association, Great Lakes Salmon Initiative, and MDNR (Jay Wesley, Mark Tonello, Paul Stowe). We are experimenting with net penning and coho plant of 50,000 fish at the Ludington State Park. Special thanks for the physical effort on Wednesday of Micah, Shawn, Shane, Richard, George, Scott & Cory (from Captain Chucks ll ), Lauren, Steve, Brian, and several others from Dreamweaver and Consumers Power Company (I apologize if I missed a name) The king plants have not shown good returns in the Sable the last few years, probably due to the predator pit of lake trout stacked up in 40 ft of water when the smolts are moving out. Kings smolts stay in close for a while when entering the great Lakes. We (GLSI) advocated for trying coho this year and the MDNR agreed. It will be interesting fishing off the point in Aug and Sept in a few years. Hoping for a solid coho return. They head offshore after smolting so there may be better survival. Sent from my SM-G920V using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App

Nice start Kevin, does not get better than having your daughter as first mate! Sent from my SM-G920V using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App

Nice catch! Sent from my SM-G920V using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App

That's a great start to the season, nice catch! Sent from my SM-G920V using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App

I hope so too.

Just shows the hypocrisy of the MDNR. They tell us we need to reduce predators, they cut huge amounts of kings but still stock huge amounts of Lake trout. Then they take the Lk Trout Wisconsin has cut and plan to plant them in Michigan waters. How is that good for the lake. Sent from my SM-G920V using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App

There were a couple trollers in Michigan City last weekend, talked to 1, they had 1 brown.

Always better than work for sure! Sent from my SM-G920V using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App

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Should have fished the river today. Started at Michigan City, about 15 guys there. No one had caught a fish when I left at 11am. Stopped by New Buffalo, no one was fishing. Went to St Joe and fished 1-1/2 hrs, no fish caught on the entire pier when I was there. A couple were caught in the AM. At least the 2lbs of brisket from Larks BBQ ended the day on a high note[emoji4] Sent from my SM-G920V using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App

Thanks for sharing Russell. I always prefer to spend my tackle money on lures that had some recent success. Sent from my SM-G920V using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App

Welcome to GLF Jim. Sent from my SM-G920V using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App

Welcome Gene, I fish over there in May and June. Should be a great season this year with a huge year class of walleye reaching legal size. Sent from my SM-G920V using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App

Glad you're bouncing back quickly! You picked the right time of year to get this done. Hope you good to get on the water by spring! Sent from my SM-G920V using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App