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I don't think those are all salmon. Got 4 lake trout in port Sheldon today on a 300 copper going 2.7 or 3.0 mph. No other bites.

17 lb mono is way too light. I use a segment of 30 or 40 lb mono behind the lead core/copper and then 40 or 50 lb braid.

They're around. Fishing was really good for a number of boats south of and north of Holland yesterday morning - really early though. Full moon has the bite a little funny right now.

Not much going on for the King Possible today. Went 2-3 (all lake trout) in 170 fow on divers back 250-300 ft with spin doctors & flies. Worked the pierheads for 2 hours looking for steelhead, but it didn't work. Water was COLD down about 5-10 feet below the surface. Lots of bait piles in 20-50 fow north and south of the piers.

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Fished from 7 pm until 9:45. Went 6-9, with 3 decent fish. Started just north of the sliders in 95 fow and pretty much stayed from 95 to 120 fow all night. No troll direction was best. Actually did several large circles. Speed was best between 2.5 and 3 mph (varied a lot with currents as we were turning circles). 1-3 200 Copper with Moonshine Halfmoon Bad Toad (8 lb steelhead) 2-2 300 Copper with Silver Streak Mag Blue Dolphin (2 lb king, 10 lb king) 1-1 Regular Diver back 145 on 2 with 8" Spin Doctor Kevorkian and Glow Poofster Fly (19 lb king) 1-1 Rigger down 90 with 11" Coyote Double UV White Paddle and Poofster Fly (1 lb lake trout) 1-1 Mag Diver back 145 on 2 with 8" Spin Doctor Dragon Slayer and white/green glow fly 0-1 Rigger down 45 with Moonshine Bad Toad RV Wanted to fish into deeper water to do some recon, but didn't have time.

Thanks for posting these. A couple more: Fish-On Bait and Tackle - Nunica (Grand Haven), MI Lakeshore Tackle and Firearms - Saugatuck, MI

In terms of big fish, the wire divers consistently take big fish, but interestingly my biggest fish have come on riggers, or on random setups. Rigger with a big flasher fly down 90-110 feet have taken my two biggest fish, as well as a 2 and 3 color lead core fished sometimes 40 feet above the thermocline. Also flasher flies on long coppers at 3-3.5 mph. I often do use one of the lines on the boat to fish water where it seems odd to find a fish. Another thing, the big fish rarely hit during the early morning or late evening flurry. Often bite later in the morning, or in the middle to late afternoon.

Went out and bobbed around in the chop for a few hours on Saturday evening. Mostly fished in 95-100 fow, and then worked in. Didn't want to venture any deeper due to the east wind. All action was in 95-100 fow at 2.2-2.7 mph south troll. 0-1 150 Copper Stingray NBK (Laker?) 1-2 Downrigger down 39 feet Standard Moonshine Bad Toad RV (Both kings) 2-2 Size 1 Dipsy Diver back 125-150 ft on 2.5 - Pro King White Dragon Slayer with Blue Fly (Lake Trouts) 1-1 Size 1 Slide Diver back 100 on 4.5 - Std Moonshine Halfmoon Green Jeans Also took the time to analyze my spreadsheet this year. I would have though my riggers had been taking half of my fish, but the caught fish have the following distribution: Riggers 33 (26%) - Boards Copper/Leadcore 48 (38%) - Divers 44 (35%). Based on the numbers though I think I've been getting hits at about equal percentage for each presentation. One thing I noticed is that I've been putting more fish in the boat using divers the last two years. That's a good improvement from the previous 3 years when I was only getting 15-22% of fish on divers. Lets know that I'm putting together a better spread. In terms of lures, spoons have taken 59%, and flasher/fly 37%, with body baits and plugs taking 4%. Not sure if I'll make out more than 1 or 2 times in June yet, but I'm planning on hitting the lake hard July/August, if the winds allow it.

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Good trip! Thanks for the report.

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Definitely not the same formation they usually are in. Both by Eldeans and by Yacht Club. Couldn't see the buoy the other morning by Yacht Club and just put the boat on plane, only to pass it on my way to the channel markers.

Does anyone know why the no wake buoy appears to have been dragged 300 feet past where it used to be? It's adding a whole 1-2 minutes longer for the run to the lake. Really ruining my mornings!?