jimbobber

Fished out of holland last night ,started out in 85 fow and slowly fishe on a sw troll not much happened the first couple hours then the last 1 1/2 hour we finaly got where the fish were 110 to 140 fow 45 to 65 down were busy til after dark pulling 2 steel and 6 kings and looseing at leat 6 more fish so ended 8 for fer 14 or something like that. what worked for us: jp slammer glow fire dog on rigger down 65 on rigger (took multiple hits) jp slammer king killer on slider (took multiple hits) jp slammer blue dolphin on full core jp slammer mi. blue berry on ful core white slick coyote with green mirage flie on dipsey 165 back silver streak super screw on 225 copper silver streak lemon berry on 225 copper we tried for trout last night to but could not find them , it was cooler on the lake than on shore but the bugs about drove us insane but had a great night with a couple good buddies.

nice Job guys!

sorry for the late report but here we go. the weekend started with a last minute invite from Catain Don of Tangled mess charters to go out friday eve ( Had to make deal with the devil to cancel plans with the wife but i went lol!) also had Nick Eager ,and Billie along,any way we went out south of holland in 90 fow, started by fishing for lake trout by the time we got to saugy we had caught 11 trout kept 9 and a couple of steelhead, we turned around set up for kings ,sped up ,and the fun began by the time we got back to holland we had 9 kings in the box and we lost a bunch cus we had 5 triples and a quad!! we ended the night with 18 fish in the box with at least another 15 bites, thanks captain Don for a great night! This is a pic of the cooler this is a 150 qt. cooler could have fit a couple more !lol Saturday am i took an old high school buddy out of holland ,fished the same water as the night before but the bait and fish were gone:( so after an hour with only one small king to show for our time we started to fish for trout and quickly added 3 of them 1steelhead and another king so we ended up 6 fer 12 what worked . A tin can and spin-n-glow bouncing on bottom for the trout, glow fire dog on 300 copper took a king,white and green e chip with pickle sunshine on dipsey also took a couple of silver fish. Had a great day with and old friend! url=h[ttp://www.greatlakesfisherman.com/gallery/showimage.php?i=6228&c=2] Sunday we decided to try fishin for perch first only got 6 of them in 2 hours so we started to troll . Set up in 85 fow and fished for trout dragging tin cans an spin-n-glows took 8 lakers thru back 2 undersize fish , then we turned back to holland set up for kings but could only muster 2 of them , ended the night 8 fer 14 the kings came on the green,white echip with pickle sunshine flie on dipsey back 175. Had a great weekend with lots of friends!!

cool concept mike.

Thats friggin Awsome way to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!

fished out of port sheldon last night by m-45. started in 40 fow trolled out to 100 the farther out we went the coldr the water was so we went back to 45 where we were marking bait messed around in there all eve going 3 fer 4 1 coho,1 steelhead ,and one throw back king. things that worked: white and green e chip and pickle sunshine flie on high diver back 125 set on three. modified michigan sunset jp slammer on 3 colors of lead. killer green glow jp slammer (aka happy meal pattern) onfull core. was kinda slow and by the sounds of it from the grandhaven tourney it was slow all weekend but still a great night to be on the water with good freinds !

Tony , the boat ia great! doesnt leak a drop and got it all tuned up by advantage marine and its runnin like a top! Also added the auto pilot luv it!!!

well i went out fishin in the rain tonight just cant help my self it really is a sickness LOL any way went out to 58 fow and started there had 6 bites in there but only kept one small one on ,lost a nice mid teens king at the net and a nice steelie on 5 color the rest were short strikes, so we decided to move out when we hit 89 fow all heck cut loose we had a quad on only three guys so this was busy, we managed to get 3 of those fish into the boat ,just as we landed the third fish another rod went off ,landed that fish a very nive king around 17 lbs , get lines back in the water ( or most of them) and we hook up to a double!!! got both of them fish in two nice kings again . all in all we went 9 for 16 or more (lost count of bites) we tossed one small one back,and had to keep three small ones the rest were 12 to 16 lbs what a great end to a oh hum night! what worked : glow fire dog jp slammer on full core and 250 copper kiong killer on 5 color grean white e chip on high diver back 150 white slick paddle on wire back 65 mag dipsey white slick spinnie with mirage flie back 150 on braid rigger down 50 free slider orange high ball jp slammer blue dolphin on full core

I would second the originator charters, hes a very good fishermen and his boat is top notch!!

nice job mikie!

it is smart to isolate your electronics from the motor , do this by switching the switch over to the starting batterie while trolling turn it back to both to charge the deep cycle when running in or out. ive been doing it for years still on the same batteries as 4 yrs ago. jimmy

ok im going to chime in on this subject i guess, As a small tackle manufacturer i can tell ya its expensive to donate product to such a large tourney. If i did donate i would like the "average Joe" to get them cus the "good fishermen" have their personal sponsors who help them with their tackle. I no longer give stuff to charter captains any more cus when i do i never hear from them again ( even tho they use my stuff) cus they cant becouse they are in with other bigger sponsors.So i just give a little cash when i can.As for the weigh 5 ,,,,,,,,, I am one of those guys who fishes a lot and can put 10 t0 15 fish in the boat but with the weigh 5 i fished for big fish cus it was going to take big fish to win so it was much tuffer to even get my 5 and i did not the first day. But i did get lucky and got that big fish , i was fishing a big fish program but still it was a lot of luck involved . You can say what you want about catching tons of fish but fishing for big fish adds new strategy to the tourney and i like it personally .I think the commitee puts on one heck of a great tourney with great payouts , meals and other events , the more people that enter the more they can raise for the great charitys! If weigh 5 does this than by all means they should keep it that way. Just my 2 cents.

here are a few pics of today and also i have to say thanks to TJ Twill23 for the use of his boat and equipment today!

it was a great time captain and was a pleasure, hope we can help again next year!!

wtg TJ you wamped me this weekend!!!!

they were probly steeelies and yes a flat line would work great for them,

pre fished friday for the michigan steelheaders challenge , we fished 115 fow to 130 fow and every where else without much luck we went 4 fer 7 on friday morning and 3 for 9 in 85 fow for the tourney on sat. went out tonight and fished for a little more than an hour went 2 for 4 in 130 to 160 fow then the storms started to move in so we ran for home. While we were out we caught a 10 lb king that tangled our swr , 250 copper,and 300 copper !!!! lost both coppers but saved the 2 colors of lead. Thanks to all who participated in the mish challenge it was a huge succsess we had 43 boats in it ,the fishing was tuff but there was still lots of fish brought to the scales the big fish was a 17 lb plus lake trout.

Great job Erik you spanked me today!!

nice mid day trip!

Nice Job Todd ! Give me a jingle any time you come over be glad to give you info again. jimmy

nice job Joe!

ya hope we can get a box like this next weekend it was at least 100 lbs today!

The fishing is still hot out of holland , we went to 100 fow and set up got a 12 lb laker while letting the 300 copper out with a laker taker jp slammer, then started to get fish quick enough we couldnt get all 9 rods out ,finally got em all in and turned around in 190 fow, got back to 160 fow and hooked up on a quad:eek: we had just 3 of us so we let two of em just run til we got the first ones in the boat then we pulled in the other two by then we were in 100 fow turned and hooked up to a double got them in and then kinda picked away at en til 11:00 and pulled lines with 13 in the box we only thru back one small king today kept one coho the rest were 8 to 16 lb kings. things that worked today: HOT! wire dipsey back 95 set on one with a greencrincle and white crinckle paddle with a pickle sunshine flie. HOT! wire dipsey back 100 set on one with a white slick paddle and pickle sunshine flie. HOT!fire line dipsey set on 3 back 150 with a white slick spindoctor and mirage flie. HOT!fire line dipsey set on 3 back 175with a white crinckle,and green crinckle e chip with a pickle sunshine flie. 300 copper with a laker taker jp slammer ful core with a modified mi. sunset jp slammer rigger down 65 with a orange fuzzy glow frog rigger down 45 with killer green glow jp slammer 250 copper with king killer jpslammer

Holland has lots of hotels and yacht basin has transient slips for around 35 bucks a night the fishing has been pretty good around here, there is a very good tackle shop south of holland in saugatuck( lakeshore out fitters) that will have every thing you need for tackle, and a west marine in holland for any safety equipment you may nead.If you decide to come down to holland give me a jingle and i can give you a hand , i am prefishing friday am for a tourney so will be out there on that day for sure but i could give you a crash course on the port and on setting up your riggers. Just pm me if you are coming . jimmy vanbrocklin