Martin1950

Thanks for the fish-porn

That she-King was full of eggs and the Ho was stuffed full of Ales. And he had some pretty orange meat for this time of year. And YES, it was great to get out on the water again.

South Haven 7/18/'17 After almost a month of being land-locked I pulled the cover off Eleanor and washed her keel heading N/W out of the Black River. Netted a nice little 15# she-King at 102fow w/ a DW Green Dolphin down 55ft. While lifting the King the braided super-slide diver screamed off but no one was home be the time I got to tilt the rod up. The only other solid hit was on a DOC free slider. Netted a plump little 5.8# Ho. The bugs and fleas were bad. But w/ the light wind, sunny skies and the flat water it made for a great boat ride. Martin

Dan, you are a braver man than me. I won't fight all those week-enders for nothing. Guess ya got your engine fixed. Martin

The steelie action wasn't bad yesterday, even saw two working the surface out deep. Martin

fishing out of South Haven yesterday morning. So with great reluctance I grabbed Eleanor and went for a short drive to the launch, 13 miles. Powered to 80fow, pointed her W/NW, deployed DR. w/slider, 250X30 CU and a 250x45 CU., nothing but spoons. After a long boat ride at 160fow, the 250x30 Cu dragging a Mx. Veggie, rewarded my patience with a nice little 5# steelie. At 180fow. I pulled a U-Turn and headed in at a roaring 2.5sog. At 130fow that 250x30 burps and nothing, then it burps again, still nothing. I waited a couple of minutes and reeled it in to check the spoon for line rap after two Hit-n-Spits and I was glad I did. Redeployed and went back to killing flies. At 126fow that same Cu burps again and then the board got turned in to a bobber as the drag screamed. After 20 min. of long runs and bobbering the board several times and numerous head shakes, I boated the feistiest 9# steelie I’ve ever caught, I would have sworn it was a King, it never jumped and stayed deep. My next trip out I have to remember my Colombia fishing shirt and the bug spray, and yes, the water fleas were a problem on the DR lines. Martin

Hey "D", great chatting w/ ya. I get ya up this way so you can catch your own back-up bait when ya can't buy store bought. A lot of people have seen this post on brining whole Ales for meatheads before so I'll just post the link. Chat w/ ya latter, Martin

Not a bad report and pictures ya Ole Fart. But I had to laugh when I saw your "track", what, you have a drunken sailor at the helm? Great report and ya had a lot of fun. Welcome to the East side of the pond. Maybe next time. Martin

South Haven, 5/13, Heavy Crew Don’t like fishing 4 in the boat but when my recently married fishing partner, Neil, asked about taking out his 16 year old step-daughter and her boyfriend I said OK. About 0700 we powered out to 60fow, turned North and started the lay-out and then turned West, 2@DR’s, 2@Braided Divers and 4 assorted Copper. Green and Orange Crush free slider took most of the fish with the balls down 55 + 65. DR w/Green Dolphin got one, diver out 150 w/ a watermelon scored, and the other diver out 165 w/ a mixed veggie scored. The only action on Copper was when we were clearing lines and speed reeling, 2 more “Ho’s”. ALL these fish were boxed under the clouds, not a single hit in the sun shine. Best water 110’-115’, East/West troll at 2.3-2.5 sog. Ending 9 for 11 w/ 2 Kings, one throw back, 2 Greasers and the rest were “Ho’s” And we let the kids land all the fish. I think we tired them out. Martin

Dan, I'll be up your way again Sat. AM. even though I HATE weekend fishing One of my normal fishing partners is a new husband AGAIN and his new teenage step-daughter and her boyfriend want to go out for their 1st. time on the Big Pond, this ought to be interesting!!!!!!! Just wish I had a good vid. camera. Martin

South Haven, 5/10/17, AM So much for “Best Laid Plans” for today, so I made the best of it by going fishing for the 1st. time in quite a while. Straight out the river and dropped in at 60fow. DR down 50’ w/ free slider, 250x30 CU and 200x45 CU, all with spoons. Crossed 70fow and the DR blows, nice little 15# King on Orange/Green free slider. Reached 90fow and turned around. At 85fow the 250 CU runs, netted nice little 8# King on a Mixed Veggie. Turned back out at 60 and banged a 17# Greaser at 75fow on the DR w/ a Green Dolphin down 50’. Turned again at 120 for home and hit a much smaller Greaser on the 200 CU w/ a Purple Smurf at 70fow. Hated to pulled lines and head in. E/W troll at 2.5 sog cross current. The fishfinder screen was pretty quiet, just a few bottom huggers and nothing mid column. All 4 fish were packed full of Ales. Sorry Greek, didn’t think to call ya at 0500hrs. Mr. Easy, nice meeting ya, better luck next time. Martin

That's some of the best news I've heard this week, "in close", other than becoming a grandpa again plus a great-grandpa again. Reel nice box of fish, Thanks for the fish-porn. Martin

In all my years of fishing out of there I've only used that cleaning station once. We had a "long distance" seat filler AND I wanted to show off that 24+pounder I caught 2 years ago. One of the many benny's of living only 14 miles from the launch. Martin

Dan, glad ya had a good day out deep, great report. That's a little farther than I like to go solo in my little 16 footer for some peace and quiet. Gee, look's like a bomb went off at the launch site. Martin