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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

2 more hits. Added a coho. 5 color. 200 copper. Divers back 65-95. Downriggers 30-40. Spoon bites.

I think hits were mostly 30-60 down. I'm out now in 70 fow near Saugatuck. 4-5 in the last hour.

Fished 65-140 fow today. 4/5 2 kings 2 steelhead. Speed all over , direction all over. King downrigger at 30 - green super slim King diver back 65 - 8" Mt dew paddle and fly Steelhead 150 copper - moonshine double trouble Steelhead diver back 135 - 8" Mt dew paddle Miss 250 copper - fuzzy bear flea4all Couldn't get the fish to go like we did yesterday.

Lots of boats fishing the mud from 40-60 fow. Fished that for couple hours from 6 to 8 and got 2 kings. 5 color - green superslim Reg diver on 3 back 65 - moonshine founder pounder Moved away from boat traffic at 8 am into 75-90 feet. Stayed there until 11 am. Got three more in the box and lost several fish also. Downrigger at 25 - Moonshine orange flounder Downrigger at 61 - 10" green spin doctor and meat rig 200 Copper - Moonshine Double Trouble 5 color - green superslim Diver back 125 - 10" green spin doctor and meat rig Diver back 125 - 8" chrome/green spin doctor and white/green fly. 5 color - green superslim Ended up 5/9. Good morning on the water. Almost all hits on SSE troll. 2.3 - 3.0 mph at the ball.