salmonslammer

We bounced around for 4 hours and picked up only 2 lake trout. We fished 75 to 100 fow north of the piers. The first one came on 10 color with blue/yellow pro king in 92 fow. The second came on a dreamweaver green dolphin 75 down on a rigger in 82 fow. Have a great day on the water!!!

It is a 1999 sportcraft I bought new in Muskegon. It has been a good boat over the years. I just keep putting more holes in it as I add equipment!!

We fished 4 miles north of piers in 80 to 120 fow. We took 5 kings and 1 steelhead. A blue/yellow proking on full lead took two kings. A proking bumblebee on a half core took 1 king and 1 steelhead. A green spin doctor/ green fly took a king and the last king came on a stinger blue dolphin. The fish came at depths of 82,86, 90, 105, 107, and 113. It was a short trip as we pulled lines at 10 to beat the rain!! Have a great day on the water.

We set up 2 miles north of pier heads in 70 fow taking 2 kings while setting up. One on an orange/gold stinger 45 down on a rigger and the other on a yellow/blue pro king on full lead. I thought it was going to be a good day but we went the next 2 hours without a bump. We picked up and ran out to 300 looking for some steelhead but all we found was a king and a laker. The king came on a dreamweaver green dolphin 75 down on a rigger and the laker came on a stinger blue dolphin 80 down on a rigger. Have a great day on the water!!!

It was slow for us today as we never really found the fish. We ended 4 for 6 but never had a bump until 9:30 after setting lines at 6:00. We started at 90 fow and went west to 250 fow. All four fish came 217 to 230 fow. Two kings, one steelhead, and one laker. One king weighed out at 13 pounds. Yellow and blue pro king took one king on full lead. One king came on blue spin doctor/blue bubble fly on dipsy 160 back on 1. The steelhead came on a stinger blue dolphin on a rigger 70 down. The laker came on a dreamweaver caramel dolphin 55 down on a rigger. We plan to be out again tomorrow. Have a great day on the water!!!

Because of the heavy fog I ran 4 miles south of the piers to get away from the boat traffic we couldn't see. We set in at 100 fow and trolled southwest. We took 3 coho on the way out to 165 fow. One came on blue/yellow pro king spoon on full lead in 134 fow. Second one came on blue spin doctor/blue bubble fly on a dipsy 150 back on 1 in 143 fow. The third coho came in 165 fow on a dreamweaver lemon ice on full lead. We turned and went Northeast picking up 7 kings. One on the same blue/yellow proking on full lead in 162 fow. At 160 fow a king on moonshine flounder pounder 80 down on the rigger. at 153 fow on green/orange pro king 45 down on rigger. At 144 fow on gold/orange stinger 44 down on rigger. At 140 fow on orange/green proking 45 down on rigger. At 130 foe on blue spin doctor blue bubble fly on dipsy 150 back on 1. And the last king came at 125 fow on a blue/green proking on rigger 50 down. Have a great day on the water

We fished the A-frames to the power plant 12 to 30 feet of water taking 8 coho. Red thin fin behind a board took 4. 2 came off orange jointed rapala 4 ft. down on a rigger. One on a fire tiger jointed rapala 4 ft. down on a rigger. One came on an orange flasher with a white fly on a dipsy 35 back on 3 . Have a great day on the water!!!

Our first trip of the season went well as everything on the boat worked and we took 6 fish. Because my friend just had knee replacement and the water not being flat I ran to the power plant and trolled with the waves back to the pier heads. We worked 17 to 25 fow with all the fish coming in 18 or 19 fow. Two came on a red thin fin behind a board. One came on orange flasher with white fly on three color lead. Two came on pro spoon bumblebee on a dipsy 35 back on 3. And one came on orange jointed rapala 6 down on rigger. We hope to be back out tomorrow. Have a great day on the water!!!

We set up in 50 fow straight out of the piers and went west out to 140 fow. At 62 fow we took a king on a stinger blue dolphin 45 down on a rigger. At 68 fow we took a king on a dreamweaver lemon ice on a 10 color lead. At 73 fow we took a king on a wonderbread J plug on a dipsy 200 back on 3. At 84 fow we took another king on the same J plug same settings. At 108 fow we took our last king on a green/orange pro king on a 10 color. At 130 fow we lost a steelhead after many jumps. It came on a pro king orange crush on a 5 color. Have a great day on the water!!!!

We had a better day today as we went 8 for 10. We set lines in 70 fow straight out of the piers and trolled south to the power plant. We zig zaged between 70 and 80 fow taking 2 kings on a dreamweaver green dolphin 75 down on a rigger. 1 king came on a 6 inch silver dodger with a white fly on full lead. A green and white spin doctor with a green fly 80 down on a rigger took 1 lake trout and 2 kings. A pearl 6 inch dodger with a white and blue fly took 1 king on full lead. The last king came on an orange and green pro king on a half core. Have a great day on the water!!!

We had two no shows today so my son and I were limited in our spread this morning. We fished 50 to 100 fow south of piers. We finished 4 for 5 . We started with a double of kings. One hit a white and black J- plug on full lead and the other came on a dreamweaver green dolphin 70 down on a rigger in 82 fow. That same green dolphin took a laker in 83 fow. The last laker came in 95 fow on a green/white spin doctor with a green dolphin fly 78 down on a rigger. Have a great day on the water!!!

We thought it would be a great day after our start. We set up a little south of the piers in 60 ft. We took three kings in 15 minutes. The first one in 67 fow on a wonderbread J-plug 45 down on the rigger. The second one in 69 fow on a lemon/lime J-plug 65 down on a rigger. The third in 70 fow on a green/white spin doctor with a green fly. Our only other action was in 85 fow. We had three steelhead on a full lead with a White with black lines J-plug. All three kept jumping til they were gone. It was a beautiful day on the lake. We plan to be back out in the morning. Have a great day on the lake!!!

We started setting lines at 6:20 and at 6:30 we took a 12 pound king on a blue spin doctor with a blue bubble fly 200 back on 1. We thought it would be a great day. At 9:00 we pulled lines to look for perch as we never had another release. We fished 5 miles north of the piers in 75 to 90 fow. I don't know what others did as there was very little radio traffic. We did manage 25 perch before heading in at noon. Better days are coming. Have a great day on the water!!!

I will be out in the morning and will post in the afternoon. If you are out Saturday morning give me a call I will be scanning. Have a great day on the water!!

We went 7 for 8 today. We set lines in 65 fow and went west out to 130 only picking up 1 laker off the bottom in 112 fow on a tin can with green dolphin fly. We turned back in and took another laker off the bottom on the same rigger set up in 104 fow. At 76 fow we took a 12 pound king on a blue spin doctor and blue bubble fly 180 back on 1. At 62 fow we took a steelhead on the same blue set up 180 back on 1. At 38 fow we took a steelhead on a red thinfin behind a board. At 37 fow we took a king on a stinger red hot 20 down on the rigger. The last fish came at 32 fow. A steelhead on a red thin fin behind a board. Would have liked to fish longer but my son had to get to work. We will be back out in the morning. Have a great day on the water!!!

Another slow day for us as we went 2 for 2 again. We washed a lot of baits today trying to get the fish to hit something. We worked the 6's to the 4's 60 to 120 fow. We took both fish in 72 fow. We took a king on moonshine blue flounder running on a half core and a 10 pound steelhead on a stinger starburst on a rigger 70 down. With the winds going back to the south tomorrow should be a better day! Have a great day on the water!!!

We had a very slow morning. We fished 80 to 110 fow and went 2 for 2. We took a laker in 86 fow on a tin can with a green dolphin fly bouncing the bottom. Five minutes later we took a steelhead in 88 fow on a dream weaver lemon ice on a full core. We fished until 10:00 and went to look for perch and didn't find any. The north wind moved them out. I am on vacation this week so I will be back out in the morning. Have a great day on the water.

We fished 4 miles north of the piers in 33 fow and took 175 perch. It took 6 hours to get them as the schools were moving around. We only had a dozen jumbo's and most of the perch were around 9 inches, but they will taste good in December. Have a great day on the water!!!

We ended up 6 miles north of the pier heads in 18 fow and took a 4 man limit of perch. Most were 9 to 10 inches with a few 12's in the mix. We plan to be back out in the morning. Have a great day on the water!!!

Good job on the perch. I will be out Friday morning out of St. Joe looking for perch. Have a great day on the water!!!

I love a cooler full of perch with a salmon on top. Great job!

Thanks for the report. It has been a little slow out of St. Joe. With the forcast of rain and storms today I stayed home to fire up the smoker.

Here's our catch!

My boat is a 22ft. Sportcraft and yes, it was a long ride back in. I tried to fish into the waves,but my dad couldn't stand up so I just kept going out.