DIRTY DOG

It was pretty warm Sunday , seemed to be a lot of boats out , but every one was scattered , no one to the north , I think to to the mud flowing that way .

I also fished south haven Sunday from 11am to 3 pm and did very well , they were about a mile south and in 35-40’, fast and feriuse at times.

Yes sir 11.39lbs, it actually had some spawn let in it.

Did a shake down cruise on the DIRTY DOG 3 before putting it in the slip for the season. A fiend and I left the dock around 8:30 after we had a no show and headed south to Saugatuck. We fished 15-25 fow and finished the day going 14 for 17 with 8 coho, 2 nice browns, 2 Lakers and 2 small Kings released Here is a list of what took fish sorry I forgot Peice of paper to take a pic of the baits, next time. 1) Red and Black Thin Fish on a hi line. 2) Gold and Org Thin Fish on a hi line. 3) Margarita Silver Streak mini on a 2 color 4) Smurfet Silver Streak mini on a1 color 5) UV Mixed Vegi Silver Streak mini on a 3 color 6) Hot Lobster Silver Streak mini on a 3 color Direction didn’t matter , down speed was 2.8-3.0 and water temp was 40.4. and hears the catch not a bad 4 hr tour.

LOL , no , but there was a boat that came into Yacht Basin to refuel that was from Wisconsin, and had a very nice box of coho and steelhead . One of the charter capt told me this.

I hear that John , I put 2 bills in it Friday and I think I went Thru almost all of it., but it the weather hold and overtime is reduced, I may just do it Sunday.

Holland 9-23 Had a great day, decided because the reports from 100-200fow have been dismal at best . I decided to Fill the DD3 up and take a long distance run offshore, and it paid off very well with a finish 10 for 18 with only one lake trout , the catch consisted of 3 nice steelhead , 1 lake trout and 5 nice coho. We left the dock around 8 am because im a firm believer the off shore fish bite better later and set up in 215fow and trolled straight west to 270 with only one 9 lb laker to show for it , there was a lot of marks in that area 100 down , just like every one has been seeing in the shallow water for the past month. At this point we made the decision to pull line and make another 12 mile run to 300 ft , at this point we reset and continued our west troll out , we had a fair amount of action but not a lot of fish in the boat , we decided to make a turn back to the east at the 360' area and as soon as we did the action resulted to fish in the box! With two new boat records , one was a 15.3 lb COHO, and the second and most impressive was a 17.41lb steelhead wich will be heading to the taxidermist. We continue to take fish and steady action all the way back to 290' were we ended the day , as a side note , we didn't mark any fish beyond 300 ft. Here is a list of what worked and our two master anglers! 1) Silver Streak UV Blue Dolphin 90 down on a rigger 2) Silver Streak UV Hat aTrick on a 350 copper 3) Silver Streak UV Slap Shot on a 400 copper this was by far the best, it took 9 bites and was ran on both 400 coppers 4) Silver Streak UV Lite Green Diva on a high diver out 200 5) Silver Streak Pink Pantys on a 300 copper I did run higher line , heck every thing from a 100 copper all the way to a 400 in 50' increments but only took fish on the deeper rods. surface temp out there was 72.6 and it was 64.1 at 95 down , best speed was 2.7-3.1 down And here are the two master anglers, and other pics from the day

Holland Steelheaders first annual Veterans Outing Just reminder for those that are not members, and those that are. This Saturday is the first every veterans fishing outing for the Holland steelheaders , where we as a club are taking a large group of veterans out for a day of fishing to show our appreciation for all they have done for their country . We are asking the public to come down to the Holland State park about 12:15 and line the north pier to show your support to all of our service veterans and your appreciation for all they have done and sacrificed. Nearly 50 boats will be escorted by the US Coastguard and Ottawa Co Sheriff department from Lake Mi to the Yacht Basin Marina

Results and standings for July 15 Thanks to all that came out to fish this event and to all the sponsors, this event was sponsored by Big Weenie Brand and Lakeshore Tackle and Fire arms

Fishing is still far out of Holland if you don't mind fishing for a mixed bag. Friday I left the dock at 5:30am with my dad and a couple old friends and set up in 70' near Tunnle park and headed south west. We set up from top to bottom with 4 divers , 6 coppers and 2 riggers and ended the day about 11:30 going 14 for 17 with 2 steelhead , 6 kings 3of them were shakers and let go unharmed, and 6 lake trout. what worked is as follows. 1: Silver Streak Sponge Bob as a slider on a rigger at 60 2: Silver Streak Green Dolphin Glow back on a rigger at 60 3: 8" Closer Spin Dr and Chrome and yellow spin and glow in a rigger on bottom 4: Chrome Dodger and green glow spin and glow on a low diver on bottom 5: Lemon Berry flodger and same spin n glow as above on low diver in bottom 6: Chrome Frog spin dr and pickled sun shine on a hi diver back 200 7: mag Silver Streak S.O.G. Glow on a 250 copper 8: Silver Streak lite green diva on a 200 copper The best depth was 120, speed at the ball was 2.4-2.7 and best direction of troll was S.E.. hope this helps here is a pic of the catch , sorry for not haveing picks of the baits lately but I can't seem to remember to bring a few sheets of copy paper to the boat.

Grand Haven 6-2 thru 6-4 Had the pleasure to be part of the Bigger Bi$$s this weekend for the Grand Haven Offshore Challenge and we did fairly well for our standards. We prefished Friday and started infront of port Sheldon about 6am in 100 ft. On a NW troll and finished a little north of Grand Haven in 280ft around 1pm. The catch that day was 14-17 with 3 coho, 7 kings ranging from 2-14 lbs and 3 lakers from 13-17. Lbs and 1steelhead close to 13 lbs. Saturday we took off from the piers at 6am and ran south to port Sheldon and set up in 80ft and did a NW troll out to 120 picking up a couple small kings by 8 ,so we decide to run back to grand haven and spend the day grinding out the big trout , and had 3 in the box by 10 am when the tournament was cut short do to a storm coming across the lake , we ended up weight 5 fish with 2small kings and 3 big trout in the 8- 16 lbs range. sunday we figured there was now way they would cancel so we wan out to 190 and set a spread from top to bottom , and ended the day 9-12 with 3 salmon and 6 trout Witch was enough to put us in 9th place and 2nd in the 333 we never changed much of you spread all weekend , what work is as follows. 1) UV Yager Bomb on a 7color 2) Sponge Bob on as a slide in a rigger at 55 3) UV Blue Dolphin on a 200 copper 4) Blue Hulk on a rigger at 65 5) Dream catcher spin dr blue spin and glow on a 600 copper with 2 6oz dive bombs 6) Uv Mountain Dew Spin Dr with a chrome yellow spin and glow in a low diver back 670' 7) Closer spin dr with a blue spin n glow back 600 on a low diver. And hear are a few pics of the nicer fish.