EdB

Nice job and nice pics, those are some great kings! Congrats on a strong finish in the tourney.

Today was the only day I fished this weekend. We made a family trip to the UP camping for a few days and got back late and I slept in Saturday. I needed it. We almost hit a wolf that darted across the road in front of us when we were up north. It was a great trip with the kids. Today, we ran 18 miles south to Little Point and set up in 130 ft of water. Trolled that south to the point and turned back north. We had great early action, doubles and triples, all real nice kings. Got 15 by 9:30 and headed in. Fish were coming from 47 to 90 down on riggers with mag moonshine spoons crabface, do de k, carbon 14. Hi Divers out 120 to 140 with chrome/mt dew and tuxedo spin doctors with blue fairways flys were steady. No hits on a full core, 200 and 300 ft coppers with a moonshine blue jackel on the 300 and a yeck jerid on the 200 were very good. My boat is fixed and ready to rock but I fished with my neighbor Steve today on the Widowmaker. This box had such a nice average size, we hung it on the rack. Nice tuna's today, they were screaming drags! Some boats did good fishing north on the bank today too.

Congratulations on slammin them, that's a nice box!

Nice job Bob, the wind has been ripping here in Ludington all day.

Same here but with double divers, we set the low divers first. Once they are down and you start a hi diver outside of them, the hi diver will never catch the low since it will be above and outside it. You have to keep a thumb on the spool and keep them digging the whole time so the hi diver is pulling away from the boat, the key is to not to let them go back quickly. Same when resetting them while fishing.

Got to love that!

Good job in the tourney Jeff!

Nice job Shane!

We are headed home Sunday afternoon so we'll miss you Nick. My cell is 231-233-4471, give me a call on your way up and I'll let you know how we did and where. My cell does not work good inside my place. If you get voice mail, I'll call you back when I get a cell connection.

Sounds like a good day, always nice to be on the water and have some fresh salmon back on land.

Thanks for the report on St Joe.

Thanks for the report Capt Ron!

Nice box Mark

That's the kind of action that gets your adrenelin pumping.

Nice catch Bill

We'll be there Fri Sat and Sunday that weekend so maybe we'll see you around Nick.

Nice catch Alan!

Nice job!

Just awesome Bob!

Thanks Aaron, it is at Johnson's. Had 5 nicks/gauges on the bottom side. Not sure if they came from rocks on the highway or hitting something on the lake, maybe a combination of both. None were large but enough to let some water in and the bill won't be to large either.

Fishing continues to be very strong in Ludington as long as you put the boat over the fish. With my boat down for another week, I fished on 3 different boats with my neighbors. Gotta thank my buddies Ron, Mark and Mark! The fish thinned out on bank south of Big Point this weekend. We fished there Friday, made one pass down the bank and went 1 for 2 by sunup, not good. Turned it west and trolled out to the 42 line and went 1 for 2 on the out troll. Ended our day 2 for 4. It was slow for other boats fishing north. Saturday, we turned left and ran 18 miles to the dunes north of Little Point. Made a troll down to the light and back toward Ludington and got our limit of 15 by 9AM. Fish were coming on half cores down to riggers 80 ft down. We fished 90 to 120 ft of water. Just red hot action before sunrise. Sunday, we stayed closer to home and set up in 105 ft of water in the 53's south. Trolled southwest just outside the nets to the 49's working our way out to 140 ft of water. There was a nice surface break in the 49's and we finished our day working that east and west out to 170 ft of water. Got our limit of 10 and lost 4 by 8:30AM for my buddy Mark and I. It was more of a steady pic today, lots of steelhead being caught in that area, we got 4 steelies today. We fished mostly moonshine spoons early and changed to more chromes after sunup. We ran spin doctors on the divers. Standouts this weekend were a mag moonshine carbon 14 and daisy cutter on riggers down 60 and 60. A MS crabface on a full core. A yeck jarid on a 200 ft copper. A mt dew/chrome blade spin doctor and blue fairways fly on a hi diver out 120 to 150ft. A glow frog spin doctor and green glow squid was real good in the first hour each day. The Offshore Classic this weekend was a big success. There was an increase in boat numbers. There were more boats bringing their 10 or 12 fish than ever before and it came down to catching larger fish in the both the Pro and Am divisions. Some real nice boxes up and down the leaderboard. Big fish was 24 lbs with a few kings in the 20 lb class. Congrats to Polecat and Flys Down for their wins in pro and am. My boat is due out of the shop next weekend after some fiberglass repairs are done. Good luck fishing!

Nice job Mark.

Nice job Aaron

Nice catch!

Fishing is great in Ludington. My buddy and I got our limit Friday AM, had a 4 man crew Saturday AM and our landing ratio was very bad, only boxed 9 for a lot of hits, well over 20. We did not fish evenings. We fished from 00's to 04's, 100 to 120 ft of water early, out to 280 ft later. 1/2 cores were great early, then full cores and 225 coppers did better later. Riggers from 30 to 60 ft early, hit some fish down 75 ft later. Divers out from 90 to 150 ft. Spoons and spin doctors did the damage, here is a pic of lures from Friday. Had some issues on Sunday when I found my boat taking on water when we set down after the run out. The bilge kept up and we got back in safe. Broke out the life jackets for the first time ever. We could not find a crack in the hole but think it may be over the trailer bunks. I'm headed back up Wednesday to do a better assessment, going to take my goggles and spash her at the docks and check it out. If you have a good recommendation for someone who does glass work in the Ludington area, let me know? I already got rides lined up with my buddies so I can still keep fishing, thank God for your friends.