tltorrice

I was watching the Luddington Web Cam this morning and it didn't look bad. Lots of boats out fishing.

Thanks Frank, That is brilliant! I have never thought of running lead core off of a down rigger. Don't worry about the Secret, I won't tell anyone. LOL. Tom

Jim, What is the SWR setup. I have heard SWR mentioned several times before. What does it mean??? Thanks TT

Team tltorrice will be there. I appreciate all that Caz has done for the league.

Good job Mike and crew. I also find that if I get away from the crowd it is much more pleasent, and I usually keep picking away at the fish.

Nice video. I can't wait to be back on the water!

I caught a Salmon last Saturday in Manistee with a Lampray on it. It was killed.

Nice report JoeMan. Nice to see the fishing getting better in the northern ports. I fished Manistee last weekend and did good as well.

Wow!! Sounds like a blast. Reading about this makes me want to get out there. I will be in Muskegon Next weekend. It is going to be a long week. Good job guys. TT

Nice job Frank!! Are there any Walleyes left in the bay?

Ken, I also have a reservation at the camp site. I will be in the Tent Section and will look for you. I am not sure what time I am getting on Friday Night it might be very late. Tom

Nice report Mike, I have had good luck with these "Killer" Pattern spoons.

Pat (tanglefactor2) and good friend Steve and I fished the evening of 7/26. We ran south of the port at 6:00pm and set up in 120 fow for a south troll in 1-3 foot waves. We ended the night with 7 for 8 all kings in the 10# to 18# range. We had two doubles. Our port rigger did a lot of the work. I have been running a clean spoon with a free slider on 14# test line. NBK and Blue Killer. The other rigger had a blue BTI Meat Rig with Home made Herring Strups. That took 1 fish. Dipsy Diver with a NBK Spin Doctor and a Howie green Howie fly took fish. We also landed two on full core on a white glow ladderback J-Plug. It was a good fun exciting night. I can't waite to do it again.

I keep thinking that I am paying almost $5.00 a gal for Diesl Fuel, and they are dumping 400,000 gallons of it into the river?

I have a Lowrance 337C and love it. However I know what you mean about being on the phone for support. I had to send mine for repair and they have a swap out program. Send in your unit and $200 and them send you another that works. That took two weeks which is a long time if you spend any time on the water. As far as the performance of my unit I do like it. I also have no other experance with other brands.

Wow! Nice catch. TT

Welcome Cody. You will like this site. Nice kings in Ontario I would chase them too if I could. TT

Nice boat. It looks like it has a nice roomy dance floor.

Thanks Capt Craig The net I saw in 305 fow was marked with a staff and flag at one end and a white buoy on the other end. I thought it looked similar to a trap net. I have the coordinates on my graph in my boat. I will be at my boat tomorrow and will get those coordinates. Thanks TT

Frank, There were several net sets to the south of the port. I had a list of the nets I kept referancing. However I did find a net out in 305 fow that was not on my list. Anymore you always have to keep your eyes open for them. As far as the fishing, sometimes you fish when you can. The weather did not cooperate with us this weekend. I am hoping to his Lake Erie on Saturday.

I have been off of work for two weeks to help my contractor build a garage for me. I took Friday and Saturday to head north to Manistee for some Salmon fishing. The fishing was very good the catching was very SLOW!. We drove up on Friday morning and was on the water by with lines set by noon. We fished til 5:00pm with only one small salmon to show for it. That came on a Luddington Special on a half core. We also had another hit on a Dipsey Diver but it didn't stay long. That came on an old beatup alwife pattern. Saturday we got on the water around 6:00am and fished til 01:00pm no hits. We came back later that evening 5:00pm but the storms kept us off of the water. The reports from others at the launch was SLOW also.

:grin:Congratulations Rich, kids are great.

Chris, the Fishermans Landing boat launch also has a campground. My crew and I will be camping there as well as others. Here is the link if you are interested. http://www.muskegon-mi.gov/community/parks/park.asp?ParkID=7 This is a nice campground with showers, fish cleaning station and a freezer. Hope this helps. Tom

Nice batch of fish Frank. You sure do have the Saganaw Bay fishing down. TT

Use Bolles Harbor, it is a little deeper and much quicker to get out to the lake. I would come out of the channel and go south to the dumping grounds. You will see other boats in the area. This produced very nicely for me last year at about this time. I am think of going this weekend and that is where I am heading. Don't be afraid of pulling some meat. Crawler harnesses on Bottom Bounsers 2-3 oz.