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I have watched it since 7:30am. It has been calm all morning. Looks like NOAA blew another one.

2 1/2 tablespoons paprika 2 tablespoons salt 2 tablespoons garlic powder 1 tablespoon black pepper 1 tablespoon onion powder 1 tablespoon cayenne pepper 1 tablespoon dried oregano 1 tablespoon dried thyme Combine all ingredients thoroughly. Put aluminum foil on grill and coat with olive oil. Put salmon on foil and sprinkle bayou blast seasoning. Cook for 5-7 minutes and flip. Sprinkle bayou blast seasoning on second side. Cook for another 5-7 minutes, or until done.

Important details about my report. I was prefishing for the WMFL event that was suppose to be fished on Sunday. I ran to Duck Lake to get away from the other boats. We caught a couple fish at Duck Lake and trolled back to Muskegon. The surface temp in from of Duck Lake in 70FOW was 65 degrees. At 30' down, it was 54 degrees. The surface temp in front of Muskegon in 70FOW was 60 degrees. This cold water was from the piers to 1-2 miles North. At 30' down, it was 48 degrees. There is a large pocket of cold water in front of Muskegon, and this is where most of the fish are being caught.

WOW.....There was a LOT of boats out fishing today! I fished with Silver One, smalls, and my two sons. I opted to stay away from the crowd, and we ended up 6 for 9 today, 3 coho and 3 kings. We fished 50-80FOW. We left the dock just before 6am. We caught a coho on a Stinger prototype on a 3 color. Here is Hunter still in his PJ's reeling in the coho. It was a bumpy and he did not want to change into his clothes until we got in. We caught a coho on a half core with a Stinger Mixed Veggie. We caught and lost a king on a Monkey Puke J-plug on a full core. We caught a king on a green ladder back J-plug on a full core. We lost a big one on an 11" Protroll double pearl white with a Siggs Rigs Blue & Pearl Crinkle trophy fly. This was on a rigger set at 55' We caught two and lost one on a Protroll prochip8 Blue Bubble flasher with a Siggs Rigs Aqua Blue Glow pulse fly, on a wire diver set on #3 with 90' of line out.

Nice job Jay!

These 2 bucks are less than 1/2 mile from my hunting grounds.

Check out the head gear on these two I video taped tonight. SyHUdhr4tbQ

Check out this bathymetry viewer. It takes some playing around with, but you can zoom right in and get gps cords with it. I have a post on how to use in located here. You can also check Mapserver.

I shot the video with a Sony DCR-SR45 Handycam. I had a tripod set up.

Here is an 11pt buck and 3 others in a bachler group. This is less than 2 miles from my house. flfhONBMNgk

Here is an 11pt buck laying down in an alpha field. This is less than 2 miles from my house. _Vq6MGMpZbE

I got a quick shot of this buck as he was running away. This is a couple of miles from my house. v1yIEdElwGI

LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- 900 AM CDT FRI AUG 8 2008 THIS AFTERNOON NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS. WAVES 3 TO 5 FEET. TONIGHT VARIABLE WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHWEST OVERNIGHT. WAVES DECREASING TO 1 TO 3 FEET. SATURDAY SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 1 TO 3 FEET. SATURDAY NIGHT NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING NORTH AT 15 TO 25 KNOTS BY MIDNIGHT...THEN BECOMING NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. WAVES BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FEET. SUNDAY NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS BECOMING NORTH. WAVES 4 TO 6 FEET. What time will you make the decision on Saturday if the tournament is a "GO" for Sunday?

Here is the near shore forecast. GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL MI-WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER MI- PENTWATER TO MANISTEE MI- 403 AM EDT FRI AUG 8 2008 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY TODAY NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS DECREASING TO AROUND 10 KNOTS LATE IN THE DAY. MOSTLY SUNNY. WAVES 3 TO 5 FEET SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FEET LATE IN THE DAY. TONIGHT WEST WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS BACKING SOUTHWEST BY LATE EVENING. PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. WAVES 1 TO 2 FEET. SATURDAY NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS VEERING NORTH 15 TO 25 KNOTS LATE IN THE DAY. PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 1 TO 3 FEET BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON. SATURDAY NIGHT NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS. PARTLY CLOUDY. WAVES 3 TO 6 FEET. I checked the webcams and it looks pretty calm to me.

Looks like it may be a little bumpy this weekend. Here is the offshore forecast. I am fishing Saturday, and possibly Sunday. Sunday depends on the crew. This is Michigan......maybe the forecast will change in an hour. TODAY NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS. WAVES 3 TO 5 FEET. TONIGHT NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS BACKING TO SOUTHWEST. WAVES 2 TO 4 FEET. SATURDAY WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 2 TO 4 FEET BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON. SATURDAY NIGHT NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 KNOTS. WAVES 3 TO 6 FEET. SUNDAY NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS BECOMING NORTH. WAVES 3 TO 6 FEET. SUNDAY NIGHT NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS. WAVES 3 TO 5 FEET.

I covered 5 miles getting the videos. I took other videos also.

I am like everyone else and read the reports. You can find almost everything you need in the reports. ie...water temps, how many FOW, how deep down, trolling speeds, directions, techiniques(divers, lead core, riggers, etc...), and what baits to use. You can eliminate a lot of unproductive water by reading the reports. If I can not find a report from Muskegon, I look for reports at ports that are near(Grand Haven and Whitehall) it. Usually I can duplicate the depths I find at these ports and get them to work in Muskegon. I have a really good idea on where to start, and what I will use before I leave the house . In the early spring I watch the satellite photos, looking for warm water. During the summer, I usually dont check the satellite images. Instead, I mostly go by the fishing reports and the wind directions. A West wind on Lake Michigan will pile up the warm water along Michigan, and blows the warm water away from Wisconsin. As the warm water is blown out of Wisconsin, it pulls the cold water in close. An East wind on Lake Michigan will blow the warm water away from Michigan, and pulls cold water inclose underneath, close to shore. Look for a couple of days of hard blow for this to happen. A South or Southwest wind on Lake Michigan will push the warm water up from the South along the Michigan coast. A strong North or Northwest wind for a couple of days on Lake Michigan will push cold water along the Michigan coast. This is when I target shallower water.

I sharpen all my hooks. Before I start, I check to see if the hook is sharp on my thumb nail. My goal is to get the hook to "stick" with little pressure as I try to slide it across my thumb nail. I sharpen all of my hooks with a small hook sharpening file I picked up from walmart for under a dollar. I sharpen 3 sides, and always sharpen towards the point. I hold a treble hook so there is one hook on top pointing away from me. I do 5 strokes with the file on the left side going toward the point. I do 5 strokes with the file on the right side going toward the point. I do 5 strokes with the file on the top going toward the point. I then check the point on my thumb nail to see how sharp it is. I put very light down pressure and move the hook away from my thumb. If it does not leave a scratch, or leaves a light one, I will look at the point and decide which side/top needs a couple more strokes with the file. My goal is to make it "stick", when I slide it across my thumb nail. When it "sticks", it's sharp!

I changed the video modification for posting videos on the site. I am in the process of making a tutorial on how to upload them to youtube, and how to post your video in a post. After I have the tutorial made and posted, everyone should be able to upload videos to youtube and post them in their posts. I am hoping to be able to imbed videos from my video site here also.

Here is a 7pt in velvet I video'd at another location last night. B9IE-418W7o

I shot this video last night. I had the video camera zoomed all the way in. You can tell it was not on a tripod. I will break out the tripod tonight, hope I get a better video of them. HtYOrR5rwMg

Hey Frank....Maybe you caught all of the other fish on the Bay!

Nice report Duane!

Chat starts at 8pm if anyone is intersted.

Chat starts at 8pm if anyone is intersted.