FBD

I had the same bit.

Was about 2 miles south of you in 60-70'. I think as the fish finder would not fire and I had to keep bouncing bottom with a rigger. Thought I was getting my first skunk of the year but pulling lines found a 4# hook jawed buck king that was tan and ready to run on the 200' copper. Then a 3# sheep on the s w r down 36, both on mag moonshines.

In tournaments it gets gray. Who hasn't had a fish pop off just ad you're netting it but still managed to scoop it up? Illegal fish. Ad an observer, I would not say a word. Fish hooked just outside the mouth? Fish on a j plug that rolls and ends up hooked in the gill plate?

Have swung back and netted Lakers that fell off but did not swim away. Don't think it's legal. But I do think it's ethical.

Find where the cold water meets the bottom and beat the bottom 10' to death then raise lures into warmer water as it gets dark. Presentation doesn't seem to matter as much as location.

This was a floating mat in about 20' before the lake shallows up. Felt like we were driving through pudding and then we stopped...

Not much going on. Most excitement was reeling in my copper so a Hydrosport plotting a line like a drunk failing a sobriety test, with five people in it, none of whom thought to look forward, didn't run over it. Only to find mussels on it from setting up too slowly in 60'. Full core had them too. It was a junk.line type night and both were buggered up. Slid inside to 75' at night and just when I thought I was getting my first skunk, and my crew was,a kid who is Jonah to catching kings, we took a suicidal 3# on a green glow ace hi off a half core. While he decided to fight in the net and make a mess after not fighting the whole way in, white paddle wire diver gets rocked. Aaron did a great job and we out z 14# king in the boat at 9:30. Hit the biggest pile of weeds ever in the middle of Pigeon Lake and had to push pole through them using the net handle.

I've never found mouth color to work well. We go by spots on the tail. Well spotted, king. Little to no spots, coho. We had a brown many years ago without a single slot on it's body. Froze it and took it to Plainwell to ask them about it. Shape and where we caught it said brown but it looked like a steel...

I have one, don't run.it much. Let's talk.

Lake flips closer to shore long before the temp comes up on the buoy.

Last year she lost her mojo - actually it went to another crew member of ours that hit on three of his five tickets compared to one of our 28. This year she had it back going 3/30. Did you know I'm not even allowed to touch the tickets anymore? The middle daughter would rather dunk worms than troll but my little boo kept opening the cooler and looking at the fish. Hopefully a good sign.

Remembered how much I love the Four Winns and will find the $ ( $$$$$$$$$ I'm afraid) to get her fixed. Until then, back to the 14'.

Had the mechanic get the boat running and against his advice took it out, even though I and the crew knew full well the coupler was trashed. Boat fired up and ran great, did not over heat, managed to avoid the weed bombs all over the lake. Got to the end of the pier motored up and it spun. We could make 5 mph and Wild at Heart was kind enough to offer a tow if needed so we decided to chug out. 40 minutes later we got to where wecwsnted to be. One of the crew is a sailor and I'm an engineer so we reckoned a plan that would put us at the dock on time. Fish finder also decided to puke only to slowly come to life at about 10 am, so we set up at the buoy. First hot a huge 4# king in the white spinny green fly, huge as it did not trip the diver. Then a miss in the glow green dolphin on the other wire. Good hook up on the white spinny again, fought like a big laker, 19.4# king. Then a 2# brown on the Michigan berry on the full core. Turned at 8:15 on time and headed back south. Big rip on the glow wonderbread on the 300 copper. And then it happened. 200 copper with the bloody nose got ripped so hard we soon lost sight of the board. Pulled the junk lines and circled it, ruining our timing. Got it to the leader, this fish was HUUGE! and then it was gone. Bummer. Ended up at the pier right at the poker run. That was cool. At 4.5 mph. Had a heck of a time at the dock with the boat handling, thanks to the guys in the Sea Ray and Holiday that gave me room and let me cut in line. Same as last year we had the fish to win but didn't get them all. Congrats to Coralee on another high finish.

How far out is 25-35' of water in that area? Releasing 20" walleye. That's awesome.

Fish half night crawlers on the bottom in the channel to lake Michigan. If you can put up with the gobies you will get channel cats, so small, some not.

Ramp? 14', Jeep, 4 low. I launch at places kayakers shy away from and there's never a line. We had the windows down this morning and drove by someone with poorly aimed sprinklers just down from the launch. That will wake you up.