GLF

Is that an 11" flasher?

Nice job Joe! You could have used those fish in the tourney.

Drew, What does the dnr say is causing the slime?

Welcome aboard Jay! The Stinger Challenge was a good time. I have plans in the making for next years Stinger Challenge already. We look foreward to having you around. If you need anything, let out a yell! Mike

The first part is tempting, but a day of running 15 colors of lead! :eek: I have two words to say about 15 colors of lead. DIVE BOMB

I will take Adam on my team any day! Not sure about Phil though. Hopefully its not a package deal. Great hat Adam!!!!!!

Did you take your grandson out with you????

Outstanding!!!!

Nice job Mike! Fish like that are what wins bass tourney's. Now get out on the big lake and catch some real fish! :D

I added the video.

WOW!!!! Another great day on the water!

Quality time with the wife! Nice job Rich!

Rob, You will to upload the photo to the gallery, or another photo host, and copy and past the link to the photo. See this post on how to do it.

I had the pleasure of fishing with Priority1 and his friend Jack for the Stinger Challenge and today. We ended up 12 for 16 or more. We are not 100% sure on the number we lost. We caught fish from 130FOW to 220FOW. Fish came on 1/2 cores to 105' down on a rigger. After the Stinger Challenge, Frank(P1) mentioned that he would like to do some "early" fishing. we agreed to leave the dock at 4:30am. My wife had today(Sunday) off, so I ran my sons back to Otsego on Saturday evening and stayed at home. I finally got to bed around 10:30pm. I was up at 2:30am, and on the road by 2:45am on my way back to Muskegon. I had rigged the lines Saturday before I left with a full spread of Stinger NITRO's and flashers. I got to the boat around 4:05am and started charging the glow in the dark spoons. Frank and Jack showed up around 4:20am, and we was casting off by 4:30. We motored out to 130FOW, shut down and started setting lines. I had just finished setting the 3rd line when the 1st rigger popped. This ended up being a nice king on a NITRO blueberry, set at 121'. The next rod that went was a wire diver set on #3 with 300' of line out. This was another nice king. I scambled to get the video camera set up while the fish was on. Unfortunately, it was done making runs by the time I got it set up. Here is the remainder of the fight. nm4rk79iDVA We caught another fish on the NITRO blueberry, and a NITRO green fireball. From here it was kind of a blur. We caught fish or took hits on the following Mistinger Stingray size spoons. Double Orange Crush NBK Green Parrot Blue Dolphin Killer Dolphin Freakin Veggies Green Dolphin Multiple fish were caught on riggers set at 105', and 86'. We also took 1 fish on an 11" protroll flasher(double white) and a Siggs Rigs Blue Mist fly. This was my hot combo last season. Priority1 in action. Priority1 with a steelhead. Jack catching another.

Excellent Jason! Make sure to take your cousin back out when he comes back!

WTG salmonslammer! Its about time the Kings show up!

If you fished in the 2008 Lake Michigan Stinger Challenge, we would like to know what worked for you. Here is the lure package and the names. If you caught multiple fish on a bait, please say which bait it was. Make sure to include the baits that had hits. Top row, left to right 1 Diehard(Prochip 8 flasher) 1 Craigs X-Mas(Stinger size) 1 Orange Killer(Stingray size, on a gold hammered blank) 1 Cory's Bait(Stingray size) 1 Carmel Dolphin(Stinger size) 1 NBK(Prochip 8 flasher) Bottom Row, left to right 1 Blue Machine(Magnum size) 1 AREA-51(Stingray NITRO) 1 Killer Blue Dolphin(Stingray size, prototype) 1 Freakin Veggies(Magnum size)

After two long days, yesterday is kind of a blurrrr. We ended up 5 for 8....I think?????? We got a little late start. We shut down in 100FOW, put the boat on a West troll and started setting up. Our first fish was about a 12lb king on the Freakin Veggies. This was on a rigger set at 86'. I am not sure where my voice recorder is. From here, I do not remember what took what. What I do know is what worked and what did not work for us. We took fish or had a hit or multiple hits on: Blue Machine AREA-51(NITRO) Craigs X-mas Orange Killer Killer Blue Dolphin I do remember our last fish came around 11:30am. I had just popped the rigger and let it slowly start to rise when a lake trout grabbed it. This was the Blue Machine. Unfortunately, we could not get the flasher/fly bite to work We fished from 100-220FOW. We caught fish on 3 colors of lead to 120' on a rigger.

Way to go EdB! Did you cheek all of those walleyes? Any photos?

Way to go Adam(aka fish slayer) Phil and Terry! I need to borrow Adam the next time I head out.

I have the website software set up so that a computer can not register, and send private messages, nor post. I can not prevent a human from registering, sending private messages, or posting. For some reason, some people have nothing better to do than to send spam private messages about buddism to everyone. I have deleted all of the sent private messages this person has sent, deleted their username and banned their ip. Sorry about the spam private messages.

I need to grab a shower, and hit the bed. I will give my report tomorrow after I get back from fishing. :D If you give a report, please tell everyone what you caught them on. If you took any pictures, please post them. Thanks, Mike

Here are the results from the 2008 Lake Michigan Stinger Challenge. Everyone was limited to 6 rods and had to fish the exact same lure package. Anglers were only allowed to weigh in 5 fish. They received 10 bonus points for each chinook or coho and 15 bonus points for each brown trout, lake trout, or steelhead they weighed in. There was 15 teams that participated in the event. There was 62 fish weigh in for a total of 395.7lbs. The BIG fish of the event was caught by Rob and weighed 15.85lbs. 1st place with 5 fish and a score of 107.3pts was dajumboman. 2nd place with 5 fish and a score of 105.90 was Rob. 3rd place with 5 fish and a score of 101.10 was DIRTY DOG. 4th place with 5 fish and a score of 95.8 was Unreel. 5th place with 5 fish and a score of 93.15 was GLF. 6th place with 5 fish and a score of 92.50 was Big Treble. 7th place with 5 fish and a score of 87.9 was fishsniffer. 8th place with 5 fish and a score of 85.65 was Just In Time. 9th place with 4 fish and a score of 68.75 was wook. 10th place with 4 fish and a score of 66.25 was tltorrice. 11th place with 4 fish and a score of 64.12 was gadget. 12th place with 4 fish and score of 61.25 was Far Beyond Driven. 13th place with 3 fish and a score of 60.3 was CAC. 14th place with 3 fish and a score of 40.70 was Redeye. 15th place with 0 fish was Hotdog71. Sorry....no picture. A Cannon Mag 5 downrigger at the weigh in. This was won by DIRTY DOG. I need to thank Michigan Stinger for offering us the lure packages at a GREAT price. I need to thank Capt Gary's and Michigan Stinger for the downrigger donation. I would also like to thank everyone that signed up and participated in the 2008 Lake Michigan Stinger Challenge! Mike(GLF)

There will be 15 teams at the challenge. I do not have any more lure packages.

Here is the marine forecast for Saturday. SATURDAY NORTH WINDS 5 TO 15 KNOTS. SUNNY. WAVES 1 FOOT OR LESS. The tournament is a GO. Here is my cell phone number in case anyone needs to get ahold of me. 269-207-8024 Mike