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Holland morning of 9/5
jdh replied to 2MD's topic in Michigan Waters Fishing Reports - Salmon and Trout
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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.
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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.
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Port Sheldon. 8/21 am
jdh replied to jdh's topic in Michigan Waters Fishing Reports - Salmon and Trout
We started in 90 fow straight out of port. Trolled SSW into 150. Then bounced around between the different 160 to 120 and back. North troll was more productive. Most of our fish hit near some decent schools of bait. Once we trolled off the bait (marks disappeared) the hits stopped. I was worried about the north wind kicking up so we trolled north and left the fish and didn't get any more hits. Should have stayed in the productive water. Two of us on the boat this time so was nice to set 6 lines -
Still fishing, and here's the report so far: 7/10 with 5 kings 2 coho. Mostly fishing in 120-160 fow. 2-2.5 mph ball speed. 10 lb king. Downrigger down 60 with flounder pounder. 10 lb king. Slide diver back 145 with white plug. 5 lb king. Downrigger down 75 with flounder. 3 lb coho. Slide diver back 145 with white plug. 5 lb coho. Downrigger free slider, ball down 55, stinger blue dolphin. 2 lb king. 400 copper. Silver streak green dolphin. 20 lb king. Mag diver back 185. Green meat rig. Three missed were: Downrigger free slider ball at 55 (coho), blue dolphin. 300 Copper (steelhead), flea-4-all spoon. Mag Diver back 115 (coho) pro king flasher. Will pull lines soon.
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Port Sheldon. 8/14 Evening
jdh replied to jdh's topic in Michigan Waters Fishing Reports - Salmon and Trout
Sounds like that was you. Spoke to a three different groups that did well in deeper water. -
Port Sheldon. 8/14 Evening
jdh replied to jdh's topic in Michigan Waters Fishing Reports - Salmon and Trout
King was on the 8-inch paddle. Laker was on spin doctor. -
Motored up close to Grand Haven. Started around 6 pm in 100 fow on a SSW troll. Trolled out to 150. Then trolled east back into 120 fow and trolled SSW into 140 fow. Pulled lines at 9 pm. Went 5/5 with 4 kings and 1 lake trout. Only 1 king with good size. The others were around 3-5 lbs. Flea-4-all spoon on the 300 copper took thee fish. Green flasher flies took the bigger kind and the lake trout. A bit bumpy but overall a nice evening on the lake. Will try to get out a few more evenings this week. Some boats at the ramp had done pretty well in coho and steelhead in 200-300 fow. Heard that 400 coppers we're working well out there.
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Launched at 5:30 got to the pier heads and almost turned around. Waves were much larger than expected given the buoy was report 1.3 footers at the time. Stuck it out and took us 45 minutes to get to 90 fow. Fished from 90 out to 150 and then turned back in and tried 90-110 fow. Went 3/3 all kings. Two about 3 pounds and one about 20 lbs. Pulled lines at 9:30 am. 400 copper with double trouble took the big king. 400 copper with green jeans and downriver at 95 with white paddle took the two small fish. Probably going to try again in the morning. Hopefully it's not as wavy.
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Thanks for these reports. I've been wanting to go out there for several years and just never make it. Maybe this year I'll give it a shot!
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I think the winds dictate where people fish off of Ludington. Bait can get pushed around. Most of the time I've fished, I've gone pretty straight out - and I've done very well in the past. I do know people will run north to the point - but I think that's more in July and August.
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Thanks for the replies. I have all the gear - copper, leadcore, wire dipsy, mono dipsy, etc. I think I just need some more time on the water to figure things out and get on some patterns. My goal this weekend is to clean up the boat and get everything organized and labeled. That should help on the water. I need to get this figured out! -JDH
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I'm getting frustrated with fishing this year. Haven't been able to get away from work when the weather is nice. Been too wavy when I've been free. Finally got a day I could take off work and hit Ludington this morning. Fished from 6:30 am til 12 going 3-5. 1 king and 2 drop back rough steelhead in the boat. Other two bites were kings. Bite from 80 to 220 fow. No pattern, other than 3 bites on blue dolphin. Still trying to figure out how my boat fishes. But I feel I can't catch fish anymore. Other boat were reporting 5-10 kings in the box. Need to learn to adapt to what's working I guess. I shouldn't complain, but I'm cranky and running on little sleep! Al that said, it was an awesome day on the water with my dad this morning even if the fishing wasn't great for us.