Rockin' Randy

Nice catch! Been there recently? Sent from my SM-S928U using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App

Thanks for the info Littleboat. Nice looking boats! Sent from my moto z4 using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App

Out of curiosity, what does the autopilot run? Mine is a 2003 with I/O. Not sure if that makes a diff. But it's cable steering and not hydraulic. Sent from my moto z4 using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App

Love the Trophy. I wish mine was green and an outboard. I have the 2152 with same hardtop, but all white. Sent from my moto z4 using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App

Nice eaters. Glad you made it through safe. I've had that experience a few times when I had a short sided 18'. I am not fond of the boat using colors or work lights that are so bright it ruins my night vision. There are a couple of charters out of Frankfort that do that and it makes it hard to see. I have taken to turning my headlamp on bright and shine back at them, but their work lights are so bright, I don't think it bothers them. I think the spotlight needs to go back in my boat when the salmon fishing kicks in gear. I wish there was some enforcement about using only running lights in the harbor and channel. Good luck fishing! Prime time is almost here. Sent from my moto z4 using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App

Thanks for the report. Sent from my moto z4 using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App

Set up lines in Betsie bay and trolled out. Mainly fished straight out in 30-60 fow most of the morning. Picked up a 13.5 pound lake trout on a Salmon Candy brown edge flasher with blue fly. Had a second hit on that combo, which was on a 150' weighted steel setup at around 2 mph. The second fish was a screamer. Took the board to the back of the boat fast. Fought it for 3-4 minutes and suddenly it was gone. I haven't heard of any kings near Frankfort yet, but it sure acted like one. Maybe a large coho? I don't know. Water temp here was a lot warmer than Ludington. 42.5- 44.3 most of the morning. Pulled lines around 10 and headed for breakfast at the Lighthouse Cafe. Tight lines. Sent from my moto z4 using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App

Cool, see you out there. Sent from my moto z4 using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App

Got the boat back from storage the day before and rushed to get everything aboard for the last day of beautiful weather. Went straight out to about 50 fow and just drove a bit trying to figure out a game plan. Wasn't marking anything so decided to just check out a few spots. Maybe a dozen other boats were out and basically all scattered. One up by shore, a couple out deeper, some south, some north. I headed towards the shelf and stopped several times to check for fish. Just wasn't marking anything. Eventually, I started marking a few and decided to switch motors and drop lines. Ran one rigger and two planers. This was the first time trying out new Amish trolling bags and it took a little time away from fishing setting them first amidships, then towards the bow. The jury is still out on those. They worked fine, just not sure if they helped much in any way. Anyway, I did get an 8# Laker on 150' weighted steel. I was running a brown edge Salmon Candy flasher and bluish fly on that line. The other planer had a Thunderstick for a while, then flasher and fly. I tried several different spoons on the rigger. I didn't go super shallow as I got out just about sunrise and most boats were moving out already. It was a fun first trip and hope to get out soon again. Tight lines! Sent from my moto z4 using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App

Cool. I recall Megabite doing something similar. The clipboard sounds like a great idea. I like the latitude/depth idea for location rather than longitude. I may have to print some blank sheets out and give it a try. Through there years I've started several little notebooks for salmon, ice fishing, etc, and they always seem to get misplaced. Thanks for the tips. Sent from my moto z4 using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App

Great report. Sounds like one of my fiascos. Do you do that spread sheet on your phone, or computer? Or is it some kind of app? Just wondering. Nice details. Sent from my moto z4 using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App

Great report. Sounds like it was quite a battle. Sent from my moto z4 using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App

Finally got out fishing a couple of mornings on the 14th and 15th. On the 14th fishing alone I got skunked. Marked a fair amount of fish off the shelf but couldn't get anything to go. Mostly targeting kings or the suspended marks. Water temp was pretty cold way up high. Northeast winds and 40° 50' down. Not many fish at the cleaning station on morning of 14th but one guy had 3 nice kings out of 8 hits, and shared most of them came 40-60 down in about 120' fow. He was fishing a little south. So on the 15th I woke to southeast winds, started a little sw where he had done well. Marked a lot of fish right off the bat but couldn't get anything to go. Oh, he caught all of his on spoons the day before and I was using mostly flashers. So I started this morning with all spoons. Had a buddy too so it was nice being able to run six lines. Had a king hit on a Moonshine Bad Toad on the wire slide diver, set on 1.5 and out about 37. I could mark it on my FF and it was only about 28-30' down. Lost that one at the boat. Eventually put a few flashers down and got a nice king on 200' weighted steel, with a DW Kevin's GF and Salmon Candy vegan rig (Mercy UV). We only fished until about 9:30. A lot more people bringing in fish on the 15th. But the boats were really scattered all morning. There were zero concentration of boats anywhere. Some were right in the shallows like spring brown fishing, some at the hole, point, and out at several hundred feet. The DNR weighed my king and took scale samples. It was 23.8 and 39" long. So it qualifies for master angler. Lol. Anyway, I expect the fishing to just keep getting better from here. Tight lines! Sent from my moto z4 using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App

Thanks for the report. What a crazy thing to happen. I usually replace my hooks with better quality ones, but never gave a thought to the rings. Sent from my moto z4 using Great Lakes Fisherman Mobile App