Martin1950

Made another solo run out of Lakerville at 0530hrs. today. A little bumpier than I was hoping for but it was worth it. Dropped in at 65fow headed West. DR w/ DW Green dolphin down 55’, 200x45 cu. w/Green Tiger J-Plug, and 250x30 cu. w/ Mag. Stinger NBK. After 2 fruitless releases on the DR, finally sunk the barb on a 6.25# King. Even before I reached for the net, the 200x45 cu starts screaming, a double, in the dark and solo. I tighten the drag on the board line and netted and boxed the 1st fish. Went back to the board line and “CRAPâ€, the counter is reading a little over 600ft and it is a nice fish. The King makes another run and I hear the other board go off. I’m think crossed lines so I snug down the 3rd line and fight my second fish. I net the 2nd King and I can see that I ain’t tangled, I got a 3rd fish on. I cut the hook and leader off the J-Plug and boxed the fish and went to fight the 3rd King. Didn’t even want to look at the counter. This was the biggest of the three but she still came to the net. All these fish hit between 0700-0730hr in 65-75fow. Re-set the rods, trolled out to 110fow and back in, never had another rip nor did I mark a single fish. Pulled lines at 0900hr, way to bumpy for me and a long chug back to port. Weights on the fish in order, 6.25#, 12.3# and 14# and the 2 bigger ones were HENS, more gold in the freezer. Going out tomorrow w/ one of my normal fishing partners and is 12yr. son, If the lake is half of what it was today. I hope we wear that kid out!!!!!! Martin

Planning on hitting it tomorrow early. Martin

Neil, Corey and I launched at 0515. Just a little bumpy for “Eleanor†so we dropped in at 60fow West of the pierheads With 4 assorted coppers with spoons, 1 DR with spoon and f/slider, 1 DR with B/W Black Death UV. meat rig with an Alewife, I started to layout the sliding wire divers with spoons. A violent strike on the spooned DR was missed by the other guys and I was a little busy adjusting the slide diver, 0-1. An hour later the DR with meat gets slammed but no hook-up, 0-2. Same meat rig fires an hour later, this time a 14# King hits the net, 1-3. Next the 4-color chute rod 400 ft back, w/ an orange jointed Rapala rips. Nice little chrome in the net, 2-4. On the turn for the docks, wire diver with mag green dolphin buckles a little. Another dog-gone Greaser to the net, 3-5. Had another fly-by on the spooned DR, 3-6. Trolled E/W at 2.4-2.5. Caught fish for 65-90fow. 3 fish and 3 misses and we still got Corey back to the docks by 1100hr for his Dr. appointment. Can't think of a better way to watch a sun rise. Martin

Thursday AM, No Kings or Greasers but did manage to net 4 Steelies before 1000hrs. Went 4-4. with 1 drive-by. 3 on assorted copper lines with spoons, Purple Smurf, Double Orange Crush and a Mixed Veggie. 1 on DR, some goofy green blue spotted spoon from Cablela’s. Trolled 65-120 fow, 2.5-2.9, East and West best. Friday AM, same area, same spread, same spoons, the only difference, completely different crew and NO FISH. 5 teaser hits with no solid hook-ups.

In the last couple of weeks I made 3 trips to the pier and netted up enough Ale's to last me and my son for the rest of the season +. Here is a small sample. I tried a green one for a few hours last week and it finished just as green as when it started. Martin

Not like it's my fist one.

Last year everything was "natural" with a handful of green toward the end of the season. This year I've had 2 fly-bys on the green and one fish on the natural. Still waiting to try the blue and the red ones. Martin

Launched out of S.J. Saturday AM with a 4-man crew. Dropped in at 65fow headed S/W. Half-way through the layout, our 16 year old Korean exchange student started chumming. In the hopes he would “Man Up†we continued laying out lines. Just as I started working a wire diver w/ meat I could see a Steely doing a tail dance behind to boat. “What the heck, no ones watching the rods ?†Well I finished to 2 wire divers and reset the DR and slider and noticed a chum slick down the port side of the prop wash. We talked with the boy and he wanted to go home, #(&%#^()&%^&*. That was the shortest trip I’ve ever had, oh-well!! Martin

Most of my heads are B.W. whole-bait heads, but I have a few Magnums or Super Mags from another company. Martin

No fire brine, just good ole borax and pickle salt as per video; Now don't laugh, the coloring is from food coloring jell. Tried a few colored last year and they all got hammered. And we're going to give it hell out of South Haven tomorrow evening, six rods, six Ales. Now there is nothing wrong with Big Weenie powder or Fire Brine, I'm just cheap and have lot of time. Martin

FINALLY got chance to get out and collect some bait for this year. Ran out of Ales last fall and tried some herring, not a fish. I’ll be sticking with the Ales. Martin

Not really but we did mark several pods of "Yellow Bellies" from 38-60 fow north of the piers. Martin

3 of us fished 65-130fow. E,W,N,S., 2.3-2.7, with spoons on DR’s with free sliders, 2 copper lines with flash/fly and meat, 2 copper lines with spoons, 2 braided divers with flasher/fly and a meat rig, even flat lined an orange 4†j-plug 400ft down the middle. El Zippo. But it was a great nite for a boat ride. Oh well, maybe next time. Martin

The DR's are SOLD !!!! Thanks for everyone's interest. Martin