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Good job Mike! It was good to hear some fish were back in close. I have had my boat home for three weeks but haven't had a chance to work on it. My daughters house in Dexter got hit by that tornado so I have been doing cleanup instead of fishing. I hope to have the boat ready this coming week. If you are in St. Joe and need someone to fish with you just call 269-281-1092 as I just retired and should have plenty of time to fish. Have a great day on the water!!!

We ended the morning 5 for 7 getting 4 kings and 1 steelhead. We set lines at 80 fow and didn't find any cold water until 115 fow. We went to 140 and back in. Our best depth was 123.Fish came on the following: King on mountain dew spin doctor/green fly 110 down on rigger in 120 fow. Next came a triple in 123 fow: King on Dreamweaver lemon ice 70 down on a rigger King on Mountain Dew spin doctor/green fly 110 down on rigger King on blue/yellow pro king on a full lead Last fish came as we were pulling lines a steelhead on the same pro king spoon on the full lead in 122 fow. It was good talking to Mike on the MC2. Do you trailer your boat or dock it in St Joe? Have a great day on the water!!!

I bought Big Jon captains pac 11 years ago and have yet to replace any parts on any of the four. They have been very durable for me over the years

I would love to be back out Thursday afternoon, but I will be working. I hope you have a great evening!!

We fished from 6:30 to 9:00 going 8 for 11. We fished a couple miles north in 100 to 140 feet of water. All 8 were kings First fish came on a green/white spin doctor 90 down on a rigger in 138 fow. next one came on a mountain dew spin doctor on full lead in 135 fow. Moonshine Happy Meal on a dipsy 200 back on 3 setting in 124 fow. Then a double MD SD with a green fly on a rigger 80 down in 131 fow and a MD SD with a green fly on a rigger 70 down . Then a MD SD on full lead in 131 fow. Then we ended with a double with bothfish coming on a white SD with a green fly in 128 fow. One was on a rigger 80 down and the other on a rigger 70 down. Have a great day on the water!!!

We fished 7:00 to 9:30 this evening going 4 for 6. We fished straight out of the piers in 80 to 95 feet of water. All four were kings 6 to 8 pounds. First fish came on moonshine flounder pounder on a rigger 65 down in 80 fow. The second came on a blue spin doctor with a blue fly on a dipsy set 120 back on 1 in 82 fow. The third fish came on moonshine happy meal on a rigger 60 down in 93 fow.The fourth fish also hit the happy meal 69 down on a rigger in 85 fow. Have a great day on the water!!!

My most consistent producing spoon for kings has been the dreamweaver magnum lemon ice followed by the green dolphin.

Churchhill farms is the group of bright colored homes about two miles south of the pier heads

We took a four man limit of perch in two and a half hours this morning. We were in 27 feet of water about a quarter mile south of churchhill farms. There were 20 perch over 12 inches in the catch. It is the best we have done in two years. I hope they stick around for a while. Have a great day on the water!!!

We set lines at 6:00 AM in 55 feet of water and went west. At 59 fow we took a king on a green spin doctor with a blue and green fly on a dipsy 120 back on 1. At 66, 80, 86 we took lakers all on the tin can with a green fly on a rigger bouncing the bottom. In between we lost two fish on the full core. At 9 we heard our first crack of thunder and picked up lines. The lake was flat with no flies!! Have a great day on the water!!!

I have been eating fish twice a week for the past 50 years with a lot of it being lake trout. I have 30 pounds of smoked lake trout in my refrigerator right now. I have had no health issues. This isn't the first time we have been told to stop eating the fish. I just trim away more of the belly area on lake trout. I will continue to eat what I catch! Have a great day on the water

We took advantage of a flat lake to run out to deep water. We set in at 200 fow and went on a west troll. Our first fish a king came on a dreamweaver monkey puke on a rigger 60 down in 234 fow. The second fish came on a blue spin doctor with a blue fly on a dipsy out 135 feet set on one in 247 fow. Fish three a laker hit a dreamweaver lemon ice on a rigger 90 down in 246 fow. Fish four a king came on the lemon ice on a full lead in 241 fow. Fish five a king came on a green/chrome spin doctor with a green fly on a dipsy out 175 on a one setting in 241 fow. Fish six a steelhead came on a gold with green dots stinger on a half core in 244 fow. Fish 7 a laker came on a yellow/blue pro king on a full lead in 244 fow. Fish eight a laker came on a lemon ice on a rigger 80 down in 246 fow. Fish nine a king came on a stinger mixed veggies on a rigger 70 feet down in 242 fow. Fish ten a laker came on the blue/yellow pro king on the full core Fish eleven a coho came on the monkey puke on a rigger 60 down in 239 fow. Fish twelve a laker came on a stinger blue dolphin on a rigger 70 down in 240 feet of water. Fish thirteen a king came on the lemon ice on a rigger 75 down in 239 fow. Have a great day on a water!!!

Where are all the silver fish? We went out this morning and fished 70 to 120 fow. We went 3 for 6 on lake trout. I was running only 0ne rigger on the bottom and that took all three fish. It was a tin can with a green and white fly. The fish came in depths of 99, 103, and 106 fow. Tomorrow I am looking for perch. Have a great day on the water!!!

We set in at 70 fow a little north of the piers and trolled northwest out to 120 . We picked up one king and 7 lake trout. The king came on a blue and yellow pro king on a full lead in 104 fow. Three lakers came on a tin can with a blue fly and four came on the tin can with a green fly. They all came off riggers on the bottom. The water depths were 96,99,104,105,112,115,116. Have a great day on the water!!!

Due to a late evening bass fishing trip Friday night we got a very late start this morning. We came out of the piers at 8:30 and was going to run out to 100 foot to set up but we saw a boat in close with a steelhead on so we decided to set up in shallow. We had four rods in the water when a dipsy with a green spin doctor and green fly took off. We netted an 8 pound sheephead. It was the biggest one I had ever seen. It came in 35 feet of water. Fifteen minutes later we got a steelhead on a red thin fin behind a board. We worked 20 feet to 50 feet of water until noon and had no more releases. Not hearing much action for perch we came in. Have a great day on the water!!!

We set lines at 6:30 in 70 fow straight out of the piers. At 80 feet we took a steelhead on a blue spin doctor with a blue fly on a dipsy 135 back on one. At 90 feet we took a coho on a lemon spin doctor with a green fly on a dipsy 150 back on one. On the way back in we took another steelhead on a full lead with a dream weaver lemon ice. We pulled lines at 9:00 to look for perch which we never found. Have a great day on the water!!!

I have been using the Chamberlain releases for two years and love them. I have not tried the stackers yet but they should work equally as well.

We went straight out of the piers and set in 100 fow at 7:00 PM. We took a west troll and took a king in 130 fow on a dreamweaver glow frog 45 down on a rigger. We hit 150 and not marking anything we turned back east. At 135 fow we took a laker on a lime spin doctor with a monkey puke fly behind a dipsy 125 back on 1. At 130 fow we took a king on the same dipsy set up. At 115 fow we took a king on a moonshine flounder pounder 50 down on a rigger. That was all the action we had except for the flies biting. The surface temp was 60 and at 65 feet down we had 51. We picked up lines at 9:30. Have a great day on the water!!!

We got to the ramps this morning to find they were under water. We launched anyway and started the day with wet shoes. The fishing wasn't much better for us as we went 2 for 3. We set up about 6 miles north of the piers and worked 60 to 80 fow. I didn't go deep because my passengers had to be home by noon. We lost our first fish which was a king when it went around a dipsy line. It came on a dreamweaver green dolphin. We then took a laker on a half core with a blue and yellow pro king in 78 fow on an east troll. As soon as the laker was in the net we took a king on a blue spin doctor with a blue bubble fly behind a dipsy 80 back on a 1 setting. It came in 75 fow. We then trolled the next two hours with no hits. There was no radio traffic at all so I heard no other reports. I didn't mark any bait all morning. Have a great day on the water!!!

Our first trip of the season went well as we went 9 for 10 and everything worked on the boat. We fished a little south of the A frames in 20 to 35 fow. Red thin fin behind a board took 3 coho and one laker. A blue and orange thunderstick behind a board took one coho. An orange dodger with a white fly on a dipsy 40 back on 3 took one coho. A red and silver pro king on a dipsy took 3 coho. Have a great day on the water!!!

After working for three weeks in Alabama I finally got back on the big pond. We didn't start until 10:00 due to the rain. We set up i n 80 ft and took our fist fish in 83 fow. It was a Laker on a lime green spin doctor with a monkey puke fly 80 down on a rigger. At 90 fow we took a king on a full lead with a yellow /green J-plug. At 104 fow we took another laker on the same rigger set up 80 down. We turned back east and took a double on two full leads. One with the same J-plug and the other on a dreamweaver lemon ice. I put the J-plug back out and just put the rod in the holder when it went again. We finished the day at 2:00 with a king on a dipsy 200 back on 1 with a green/white spin doctor with a dolphin fly. We ended with 4 kings and three lakers. Have a great day on the water!!!

We fished straight out of the piers in 65 to 75 feet of water Sat. evening. We took 5 kings between 9:00 and 10:00 PM. The first one came on a moonshine happy meal on a full lead in 70 fow. The next one came on a moonshine flounder pounder on a full lead in 69 fow. Then came a double. One on a green spin doctor with a dolphin fly on a dipsy 100 back on 1 in 71 fow and the other on a blue spin doctor with a blue bubble fly on a dipsy 80 back on 1. The last fish came on a moonshine flounder pounder on a rigger 60 down in 61 fow. Have a great day on the water.

We took 4 kings,1 brown, and 35 perch this morning. We fished straight out of the piers in 40 to 50 fow. 2 kings and the brown came on a stinger monkey puke 30 down on a rigger. 2 kings came on a red/silver pro king 35 down on a rigger. We then found 35 perch all over 11 inches in front of the A frames. Have a great day on the water.

My vacation week started out great. I took my 93 year old parents and son out perch fishing. We took a four person limit in 32 fow off the A frames south of the piers. At least a half of them were over 10 inches and the rest between 8 and 10. It was the best perch trip we have had in a couple years. Usually I miss the good fishing by a day or two. Tomorrow we hope to look for some kings before perch fishing. Have a great day on the water!!!

We set up about 2 miles north of the piers in 120 fow. The first rod in the water went before I could get another one set. A king came on a green and orange pro king 60 down on the rigger. We trolled out to 150 fow with no more hits. We turned back East and took a laker on a green spin doctor with a monkey puke fly on a rigger 80 ft. down in 125 fow. Put that setup back down and five minutes later took another laker. We turned back out and took another laker on a dreamweaver green dolphin 90 down on the rigger in 134 fow. We then pulled to go perch fishing. Have a great day on the water!!!