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15.6# / 40.5”

Tried Holland tonight could not find the kings but did stumble into this. Now my youngest is rubbing in the fact that at ten she’s caught a pike bigger than dad’s best by over a foot. That’s a size four J plug down there it’s amazing we landed that fish. Good thing it didn’t fight at all. Then she backed it up with this while pulling lines.

I like to fish shallow so until about 10/15 or so the lake has to cool down but after that 10-25’ can give up just about anything other than the mature fish that are gone. Just dot the I’s and cross the t’s it can be lonely out there.

Checked the fish stock data base and kings are planted in Saugatuck on even years so it makes sense we are seeing a lot of two year old kings in the mix. Gotta figure out who to give a shout out to at the DNR about the 36k coho we are getting in Saugy now those fish have paid off all season not just now that they are coming back.

Season’s just starting - give it a month to set up and then great fishing until you have to break ice.

Coho hot master angler. Woohoo.

And had a nice hit on the SWR rigger to wrap up and the core broke right in the middle. 3/6 and done if you count the sheep which today is a sheep counting day.

Got a nice coho in the wire on a fly I tied last night. Stripped the gears on a wire reel. Then lost a hit on a half core, then missed a rip on a slide diver, then while working that mess ran over a hump where it went from 51 to 37 right now and buried some gear on the bottom. Cranked a rigger up to 20’ before we could drop it back down a pig coho hammered it. Probable master angler..,

Hoping playing with my phone will make something happen. Big rip 35’ slide river out 60 mag moonshine bloody nose leader snapped. 9# sheep seven color same spoon. Headed out deeper.

Pectoral clip in a king last night. Never seen that before.

Stayed slightly deeper last night in 40-50 just outside and south of 2MD ended up 8/11. At one point landed a fish then ended up with a quad and somehow got three lost the fourth after a long fight on a half core when it got into the only rod still down. One hit on a j plug three on thundersticks three on spoons and the rest on white spinnies right on the bottom including a steelhead. Two fish we lost both broke off and both were big fish.

Look like steelhead to me. White mouth is a give away give them a quick dental exam next time.

That lure selection just says “August”

69 year old guy, 18/19/21 year old female guests. Either grand kids or man I want to hear that story…

Sliders are the big dunes south of Holland. Always been that way not sure why

Options right now: go out deep fish the higher temp break for mostly immature fish Grind where the cold water meets the bottom and hope to wake up those moody matures

Hey man you want to borrow my cooler? Nah, I don’t live too far away…

Ran plugs, spoons, and flashers last night. 7 hits, 6 on spoons, 4 of them mags. I don't think it matters right now just run what you have confidence in.

Took out a coworker who is shore bound but loves to fish. Could not get the 15 horse it idle down so we chugged out on the 4 and then fired up the 15 and when we got out to 80' switched back over to the 4 hp. That was loud. But it could just barely pull a six rod spread at about 2.9mph. We were not out long when an old watermelon nailer out 150' took a ride and a 15# king ended up in the box. While landing that the wire diver went with a live wire spinny but soon was lost; came in with the leader wedged in the back of the treble hook. Switched to the glow program early hate pulling lures that have gone but it was cloudy and getting dark fast. Got that all switched over and well nothing happened. Then more nothing. So I'm like if nothing is happening I'm at least going to point it to port and make up some ground. Slide diver mag moonshine bloody nose goes. That's tearing around like crazy wire diver mag green jeans goes. I grab that fight it in as fast I can nope not a fish just an un-tripped diver. Throw that on the seats as the SWR flounder pounder down 50 is now screaming. Land the diver fish throw that on the carpet somehow it cleared the net just by flipping the net over then get the rigger fish half way in when the full core just buries. Like foot on the transom both thumbs on the spool and cannot stop it. Well we will just do circles around it. At one point I could feel the bump from the knot on the spool. Land rigger fish throw that on the floor on top of the other fish, tell my guest to clear the 7 color. It gets hit as he's burning it in, nice little eater king. So now with just one rigger still down, we point the boat at the core fish. Get the board off, get in about 9 colors and just can't move it. Finally say screw it and shut off the motor and switch the gas hose over to the 15 and get that fired up. While doing this (the weirdest neutral drop ever) a 21# king comes in backwards he had rolled up and lassoed himself. Net that and pull in the rigger and run back in. Well the bow would not come up at this point so we kinda just chugged back in punching through the few waves there were. Fun night.