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Thats kind of like finishing Thanksgiving dinner, and then try to eat desert right away. Theres no room left in your stomache, so you drift away from the food table for a little bit, and then head back for desert in an hour.

Nice job Richard. We had a quad last year. We had 3 people on the rods, and left the 4th one hammering in the rod holder. We got the 3 out of 4 in the boat. The one that came unbuttoned was the one hammering in the rod holder.

Looks to be about enough there for a meal, for me. What are you going to eat? Nice job Mike!

Nice job of catching Duane! I believe the Rapala you are referring to is a x-rap, and the color is called Hot Pink.

I wish my wife did not get sick on the boat. Congrats on the pregnancy.

I will get a post together in the next couple of days on how to do it.

Nice job Jim. Fresh fish for dinner!

Nice job of catching this weekend.

Nice job Robert.

Nice job guys. Thats one big lake trout.

Great story Adam! I bet your heart was pounding while he was coming into your calling.

There are a lot of lake trout around South Haven. I am not sure if this is normal or not. I have not kept any, so I am not sure what they are eating.

It was stormy on the drive to the lake, but nice when we got there. We were the first one out. Another storm came in just before noon. After seeing a bolt lightning go across the sky, we pulled lines.

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This was another double we had. This is my son Hunter reeling in a full core with a Lake Trout. The fish got tangled into the center high line we had in the chute with a 3oz Dive Bomb. This was a Stinger Stingray Killer Dolphin Spoon. Turn up your speakers and you can hear the "Fish On" song. PHuuy6YxRMc

This was a double we had today on Lake Michigan. These were both full cores that went at the same time. We landed both lake trout and released them because they are out of season. 84-ELeFIlUY

It was another nice day on the lake out of South Haven. Mark met me at the house at 5:30am, and we headed to the boat launch in South Haven and met Kevin and Nick at the ramp. After the boat was rigged, and put in the water, we left the dock around 7am. We ended the day 10 for 12, with 2 coho and 8 lake trout. We set lines in 50FOW and trolled out to 90FOW. After an hour or so of nothing happening, we spun the boat in shallower. About the time we hit 60FOW, we picked up our first fish. As soon as we got the line reset and came across a hump, both full cores went. These were both lake trout. We got these lines reset, and a rigger with a slider with a Stinger spring chicken went. This ended up being around a 3lb coho. Around here is where I loose track of what order everything went. We picked up a coho on a red/black thin fin on a high line. We picked up 2 lake trout on a ProTroll prochip8 Mountain Dew flasher with a Siggs Rigs Green Apple trophy fly. This was on a wire diver set on 3 with 120' of line out. We picked up 1 lake trout on a ProTroll prochip8 Blue Bubble with a Siggs Rigs Bluegreen Hypnotist. This was on a wire diver set on 3 with 120' of line out. The last fish we caught was on a 1/2 core with a Stinger Stingra gold hammered Orang Killer. We caught fish or lost fish on the following baits. Stinger Stingray NBK(caught 1 and lost 1) on a full core Stinger Stingray Killer Dolphin(caught 3) on a full core Protroll prochip8 Blue Bubble with a Siggs Rigs Bluegreen Hypnotist trophy fly(1) Protroll prochip8 Mountain Dew with a Siggs Rigs Green Apple trophy fly(2) Stinger Stinger Spring Chicken(1) Stinger Stingray gold hammered Orange Killer(2) half core Thin Fin red/black(1) on flat line behind board The surface temp at 90FOW was 44 degrees. The down temp was 42 degrees at 60' down. We pulled lines at noon and came in. Thanks for coming along Mark, Kevin, and Nick! ALL LAKE TROUT WERE RELEASED!

Matt is the owner of Siggs Rigs.

Nice job guys!

Nice looking brown.

That looks good Jarrod. I am glad you will not be on the boat with me today.

I should be boxed out and on my way back in by then. j/k.....give me a shout, and I will let you know how we are doing.

It's a lot of work rigging the boat and then taking care of everything after the trip. I strip my down, including the riggers after each trip. I can see why people take the chance and leave their gear sitting out all the time. Last year, marina gas was over $4.50 per gallon. Boats do not run for free. The bigger the boat, the bigger the expense.

Nice looking rig Chris. Have you put any fish in it yet?

Nice job Bill.