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Made the trek to Ludington today. Lots of reports of full coolers. But maybe for better fishermen than me. Ran north and out into 400 fow. Trolling NNE for now. "Coho" spread out with spoons and flashers and 1 plug. Will see what happens!

Back in Lake Mac. Got a lake trout on a 400 copper. That's was all.

In 185. Sun has set. No new bites. Been having marks all the way out from 80-140 down.

Worked from 115 to 175 so far. Strong currents so it’s NWN troll for us. Lost 1 on a downrigger at 105 with a mag flounder pounder. Lost another one on big white paddle at 115 ft down.

Welcome. Where do you mainly fish?

Ended up 1-10. Lost a giant steelhead on a plug on a diver. Picked up the speed for that bite. Was running 4.0 at the ball.

No bites for past hour. Still toughing it out to try and get one nice one. Got 3 meat rigs within 20 feet of bottom in 110 fow.

I know I'm not, but it feels like I'm doing something wrong. All fish last night and the first fish today and all bites today have resulted in fish tangling up in their own line. Be it plug or flasher fly they are wrapping up in it. Had to retie each line after every bite.

And lost another one.

Lost a couple more.

Fishing now. Went from 70-125 with 1 king and lost one. Both plugs. Not marking much. Bait appears to have scattered. Had lines in at 6:15

I packed it in after the last message. Took an hour to make it back to the pier heads.

4/7. Coho on downrigger and spin doctor. NW wind has me worried. You'll be fine though.

3/6. King on the downrigger on chrome spin doctor and green fly. 5/6 lines have been hit.

2/5 right now. 100 fow. 1 coho 1 laker. Plugs spoons meat rig been hit so far. 5 color 300 copper Diver back 130 200 copper 300 copper 1 Downrigger broke so it's out of action.

Went out this evening with another buddy. Managed to get him his limit. Same overall program as the morning. Went 6/9 1 300 copper - double trouble - 3 lb king 2 downrigger at 67 - flounder pounder - miss 3 300 copper - double trouble - 5 lb steelhead 4 downrigger at 55 - flounder pounder - 5 lb coho 5 diver back 109 - white plug - 5 lb king 6 diver back 125 - green spin doctor meat rig - 8 lbs coho 7 downrigger at 43 - flounder pounder - miss 8 diver back 111 - white plug - miss 9 250 copper - orange flounder - shaker king

Arrived early due to the tournament and was the second person to launch this am. Made it out to 80 fow by around 5:20 am and had our 6 lines set by 5:35 am. First fish bit at 5:55 and it was steady action from there on out - ended 11/13. Took fish number 11 while pulling lines after hitting our limit at 9:25 am. Generally was pretty busy boat wise but everyone we saw was being polite and considerate to other trollers. We fished from 80 out to 100 and back a few times on south trolls, then worked out to 140 and stayed between 145 and 125 trolling north (NE/NW). Speed 2.3-2.7 at the ball. Found fish everywhere. Lets see if I can get the bites down correctly: 1 250 copper - moonshine orange flounder - 3 lb king 2 downrigger at 40 - bad toad moonshine - 8 lb coho 3 300 copper - mag moonshine double trouble - 12 lb king 4 250 copper - moonshine orange flounder - 14 lb king 5 downrigger at 55 - bad toad moonshine - 10 lb coho 6 300 copper - mag moonshine double trouble - 3 lb king 7 downrigger down 67 - green 8" pro-king paddle and meat rig - miss 8 250 copper - moonshine orange flounder - 3 lb steelhead 9 downrigger down 67 - green 8" pro-king paddle and meat rig - miss 10 diver back 195 - green spin doctor and meat rig - 8 lb steelhead 11 downrigger down 67 - dreamweaver flea 4 all - 12 lb steelhead 12 250 copper - moonshine orange flounder - 18 lb king 13 downrigger down 89 - green 8" pro-king paddle and meat rig - coho