Wolverine

Thank you for the great report! Our first time out was Friday night this year and we got skunked. We appreciate the info! Tight lines!

Went out Wed and Thurs evenings...both nights went 3 for 6. Kings were moving in closer as the week progressed. I wouldn't go out any deeper than 80' and troll in toward the pierheads. Wonderbread j-plug or wonderbread moonshine glow spoon, and of course spinner/fly combos in either green/green, blue/blue or pearl/blue or pearl/green.

This is not the ideal time of the year to begin learning about salmon fishing in Grand Haven...but, it'll have to do. Early in the evening or late in the morning, run a spinner/flasher and fly combo off one rigger and a j-plug off the other. For the spinner/flasher and fly combo use any color as long it's green or blue. J-plugs to use are silver/green or wonderbread or silver w/red mouth. If you get adventrous, try adding a stacker line using an Elberta Clipper (available @ most tackle stores!). It clips onto your main line and stays where you put it until a fish hits. Make that anywhere from 7' to 10' long. Run a spoon off that no less than 10' above the spinner/flasher and fly combo or above the j-plug. Any closer and you'll risk lots of tangles. This will get you another 2 lures in teh water. When you're in close combat fishing like now, run tight to the downrigger balls -- say 15' to 25' back. Before the sun comes up til about 20 mins after sunrise or about 30 - 45 mins before sunset, switch your lines over to glow spoons. I prefer Moonshine...use a 1,000,000 or 2,000,000 candle watt spotlight ($20 @ Cabela's or Dick's or MC), it'll blast those glow spoons so you can see 'em 15' down! You can also use the lighted j-plugs. Again, use wonderbread or mostly white. Run 2 dipseys set on #3, one off each side of the boat. Use the Magnum size -- blue, green or a crystal color with a white ring. Run a spinner/flasher and fly combo on the side with the j-plug on the rigger and a run a magnum spoon on the other. Get a copy of the Big Lake Edition of the Precision Trolling Guide by Mark Romanack. This will give you accurate info on how deep your dipsey's are running and other ideas for line types, weighting systems and diver tools to use. Last, say a prayer as you make your way out the channel for safety, courtesy from and to others and that you'll have tight lines and doubleheaders...it works for me! Go Blue, The Wolverine