jimbobber

wild at heart went to 190 last sat he marked tons of fish but no takers

Lake mac is open and yes the ramps are in.Pretty shallow lookin tho.be carful not to back in to far. jimmy

I quess i am wrong about the diameter of the blood run ,not sure of the dia. but i do know it will fit on a cv 55 . sorry jimmy

Blood run is not selling it on line yet but will have it some stores soon , he will also have good hard numbers on the depth curve by may , go to bloodruns face book page for up to date info.It will fit onto a cv 55 ,it is only .002 bigger in diameter than 45 LB m organ copper. Im gonna be running it this year and will report on how its working. jimmy

I like BR better, morgans tends to kink up more and is harder to get strait again ,it also seems to break eaisier after being kinked, also BR is smaller and seems to come off the reel better. Just my opinion. jimmy

These are my go to set ups, the green echip is a custom tape job.

i took a ride to the lake today the east end is open water , 1/3 of big bay is open, across from chippawa point on the south side of the lake there is open water, it wont be to long now. the water is crazy low on mac this year we will definitly need to pay close attention to the shiping channels when going in and out this year. jimmy

I replaced the last of the baby blue "79" vinyl inside, added 6 more holders to the rocket launcher, need to buy and install a stereo,move my forward hatch to seal of better,and clean,clean,clean, and organize all the gear.Also hopeing to get a lift to put at the dock this week, then figure out how to put it there.

ive heard a sail boater started the petition,he was afraid to sail in octobor cus of the hunters , but i know lots of home owners complain about the noise from shooting on the lake. i live by one of the bays myself and it can be loud ,but it doesnt bother me any,i would be there doin it but i dont want to deal with the hunter harassment.

Welcome Matt, you will like it here on this site lots of good fishermen and women I fish out of Holland give me a shout anytime. Jimbobber

:rtfm:JUST A HEADS UP TO ALL DUCK HUNTERS THAT HUNT LAKE MACATAWA IN HOLLAND PARK, TOWNSHIP IS HOLDING A PUBLIC MEETING ON MARCH 6 AT 6:30 TO DISCUSS CLOSING LAKE MAC TO DUCK HUNTING !! SO IF YOU WANT TO ADD YOUR IMPUTE PLEASE ATTEND THE MEETING ITS AT THE TOWNSHIP HALL.

I would highly recomend fish hawk! Love mine i have the old head but new probe,the new probe last all season on one set of batteries,no antennas or special cable needed.

Welcome aboard Eric you will like this site its a great group of fishermen and women.

Austin, Captain Don Alofs of tangled mess charters is one of the first boats in at Holland and would be a great one to go on a teaching charter look up his web site or pm him he is a member on glf. If you want to go with me some time I would be glad to show you the ropes to. jimmy aka jimbobber

just make sure you check the transom and motor mounts for rot tap on them with a piece if metal if its solid ur good if you hear hollow sound be careful. Other wise it should be good for a couple thousand hours if its been taken care of.

once the water gets around 40 deg the fishing will take off, as for how deep to fish that depends on were the fish are last spring we ran to 200 fow in march and slayed the cohos off holland , in tighter they get a few browns, down by st. joe they fish in tight for the cohos, i use all the methods listed above , with spoons on dipseys to start with until the kings start to show up then go to spinnies and flie,small spoons, and body baits are a good start in the spring lots of guys like to run brads thin fin body baits on high lines and short lead cores on boards for cohos . Lakers can be taken in the spring now and those will take spoons with gold patterns ,or chartrueses they will also be in shallow looking for gobys keep this in mind when selecting paterns for them.Early on if the cohos arent around fish the first sandbars for brown trout and steelhead running high lines with body baits and small spoons. Hope this gives you some ideas . jimmy

Definitly be praying for him and his family!

yup can do........... i will get back to ya on that.

lol yeeeeeuuuuup hahhahaha !

Matt, deluew lumber has marine ply wood it was $75 per sheet for 3/4 " last winter.Lowes and menards did not have it in holland.

cant wait to see all the pictures of the kids with there big smiles!!!

i second running the regular dipseys for your high divers set them on 3 low divers on 1 , when setting the high divers over lowdivers ,flop the diver out to the side as far as possible,hold it for a minute til it tracks out then let it back,slooooowly i run 4 divers all the time,the high divers ussually rock right away in the morning then slow down then the deep divers start going. i ussually run high divers 125 to 175 back this range always seems to produce fish.. jimbobber

good job mikie!

The siver dodger was shown to me last year by a fuzzy headed laker taker LOL we been runnin it behind a tin can dodger to Dennis Ende taught me how to laker fish with this a couple years ago .

here is my double set up .