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Cool! Thanks for the report. Channel looked pretty empty. We'll see how long it stays that way! I'm planning a trip this afternoon and not sure where to look. Thinking out deep or sticking to the channel.

Saw a small boat out there coming north while we were heading south. Maybe that was you. Glad to hear she was ok. I stepped from the dock to the trailer a few years ago and slipped off and slammed my leg into the trailer frame. Thought my leg was broken for a second. Got lucky and just lost some skin and had a big bruise. Also, I almost died slipping on algae in the cleaning station! Caught myself in edge of the counter.

Estimated one at about 20. The other was same length but much bigger somehow. Based on other big fish that I've weighed I would guess 27-28 lb range.

It's like a normal size diver with the big ring. So maybe 40-50 ft?

Coho shook the hook. 85 fow. Slide diver and plug again back 125.

Last fish was a big king. Another Big king in 90 fow. 100 copper with a firetiger thunderstick.

First hit just south of the sliders. White plug on a slide diver back 125. In 80 fow. Marking a few fish here and there.

Just going through the channel. Will post soon!

Wondering if you were north of south? Going out in a few hours.

Nice coho! I need to figure the port out a bit. I know some days the fish are heavy out in front of port but this time they appeared to have been more towards the points. I stopped in the channel to look around on my way back in. The lake has some very large schools of salmon wandering around.

Nothing out to 380 fow. Saw some nice catches at the launch. South was good. North was good.

Made it out to 225 fow. Empty graphs. No fish.

One small king on a rigger down 53 in 110 fow. Moonshine green jeans. Very few marks. In 150 fow now.

Fishing solo. Lines set in 80 fow. Moving WNW.

Not seeing any views on the Open Seats forum so I thought I would try here: Probably a long shot, but I'll be in Ludington and plan to fish Wednesday morning. Will launch from the Ludington boat ramp at 998 W. Loomis Street at 5:00 am. I need to pull lines around 10 am. Fishing solo currently so I have room on the boat. I would like to run more than 3 lines, and could accommodate 2 more people. Boat is a 19 foot Lowe side console with a 120 hp outboard and a 9.9 kicker. I have all necessary fishing equipment. Not planning to clean fish in Ludington, so if we get fish you can get them whole and deal with them as you see fit. Send me a message if interested. -JD *disclaimer: I am not a charter, and am fishing for fun! If the wind forecast is wrong and the waves kick up I will not fish the big lake. Might jig the harbor for a few hours if that's the case since I'll already be up there.

Regarding Note #3: If the fishing reel you have states for example 300 M / 0.45 mm, you can use that info - but convert it to Yards and inches. So 300m x 1.09 = 336 yards. 0.45 mm / 25.4 = 0.0177 inches. Regarding using other line types. It isn't specific to line type. The red text boxes that say Backing/Core/Leader can be changed to say whatever you want. Just as long as you type in a diameter and a length in the respective boxes, it should work.

Posted above. Got a later start launching at 5:30. Didn't do great but got a couple, but I fished 6 am to 8 am only and then had to head in for work.

Sorry. Radio not working. Went 2-2 right before sunrise. Both about 5 lbs kings. In 90 fow. Nothing after that and I have to head in and go to work. I'll try again another morning! Was a beautiful morning on the water.

Thanks for this report. I got a campsite at the state park and will be launching maybe 4:30 am. Can only fish until 7:30/8 so crossing my fingers. Going to be a solo trip so we'll see how I do on the net!