Killin' It

we have done alot of it in the fall at the pier heads. Mostly during the middle of the night with less boat traffic. 3/4 moonshine jigging spoons have been our ticket.

Show yours off!! I know the tape jobs are not the best, but this was one of my first tape jobs that I got to work this weekend.

Had a buddy fish out of PS Saturday and boxed a 13# laker.

WAH Congrats on the fish. I know alot of guys have been boxing lakers around Holland this week and I can't get them to fire:(

SD I was using was something I tapped up at home. They fly is Quad Glow Special from ITO flies As for speed I have been working the slow speeds 2.0-2.3 as much as possible and then dropping it down to 1.5 every 5-10 minutes for a second and then back to 2.3. This has been producing alot of hits. After the issues with loosing fish at the back of the boat, I have a new BIG net:) Maybe just maybe I wont donkey punch a steelie in the face next time.

Tried that this morning for about an hour with NO SALE!! Going to keep working at it I am going to figure them out sooner or later.

Nice catch.

Here is what the 16# came on The 22 came on:

I was wondering the same thing!!

LOL Figi... "It is a good idea"

Well I had full intention of making it to church this morning.... It did not happen. I got SALMON Fever!! Set out around 7:30 from Holland and planned to run south past Saugy and troll home. I made it about a quarter of the way (50 FOW) and the graph LIT UP!!! I set the boat down with my trolling newbie at the helm and started putting down the the divers and the riggers and took a second to grab a drink and the Diver starts to POUND!!! I pull the rod out of the holder and it was off to the races!!! 15 minutes later my buddy Rich landed his first big lake fish in a nice 16# King. I got the last 2 lines set and I got to eat my breakfast as we trolled from 30 all the way to 70 FOW. I even crossed over the first fish waypoint and the big schools of fish had moved on. I headed the boat south and started messing with some differnt stuff that I had wanted to tinker with and never had time. About an hour later we had a SCREAMER!! on the highline with a Copper/Pink thin fin. I handed off the rod to my buddy again and he did a great job until the very end when he let the tip down and the fish got the hooks in the net and made a grand escape. OH WELL... I learned something that I will discuss later. After an hour and a half without a hit I figued we would head for shore and try to find something in close. After switching out the divers and such I could not remember for the life of me what was on the outside board. I told Rich I was going to pull it and make sure it didnt have any garbage on it. I started to reel it in skipping the board across the top and all of a sudden THE BOARD STOPS!!! Confused I pull back on the rod thinking I had hooked a log, body, ect, and I was in for a SURPRIZE!!! A silver MONSTER started jumping behind the boat. Confused and exited I made the decisison to pull all the lines on that side of the boat because it hit a 1 color for browns. The backer was showing and I could see the spools. We started to turn into the fish to make up some ground as we worked the boat in and out of gear to keep the fish from spooling me. 25-30 minutes of back breaking fish chassing and a new problem presented itself. A king that would not fit in the net!! I had brought the small net because I did not plan on this happening. Rich managed a less then perfect net job, but none the less the fish was in the net. A MONSTER!!! 22.10 POUNDS!! We trolled most of the way back to holland and could care less what happend!!! Side note... I need a bigger net! What worked Half a bubble spin doctor with a blue/green fly (will take pictures later as it is something I tapped up from a nasty old SD) Copper/ Pink thin fin Double green DW What didnt work... Green spinnies and flies Any SS spoons Tin can spin glow ] I FOUND MY EASTER EGG!!

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Anyone going out in the morning?? Looking to trade info in the morning give me a call 616-848-6363

I am going to try and get out in the AM with a carp fishing buddy. I am in the mood for some lakers/kings and am headed out to that 30/50 FOW to see what I can DRAG up. Anyone doing any good on divers yet? If so, what have you been running on them?

So after a long week of getting "stuff" done I managed to get back out on the lake this weekend. Thursday I boxed a couple fish fishing with Ryan. Nothing to exiting nor did I bring my camera. Friday the weather man kept me away from the lake, I needed to get stuff done around the house as well. Saturday- I spent the morning bringing my grandma some lunch and spending some time with her. I made it home at noon to find my wife ready to go fishing. I was not going to question it and I loaded up the boat. We cleared the peir heads and set lines and trolled the skinny water from the piers to Tunnel Park with nothing going. I swung the boat out to 20 FOW and started changing lures. I put a J-7 down on the rigger and got a release less then 10 minutes later. I handed the rod off to my wife Jenn and she caught her first big lake fish from the boat a nice 3 pound brown that had a mouth full of hooks so he went in the box. I re set the rigger and had it go less then 5 minutes later. No one home even though it doubled over after it release.... OH well Trolled back to the pier heads and the wife was ready to go as she had stuff to do for Dinner Sunday. I was not going to complain and turned the boat down the channel. All in all a great way to spend a few hours of the afternoon.

Nope.. I fish 5 days on what a tiara spends in 1

I am going to fish either way. I have 1 hobbie and that is fishing. I will give up eating out, drinking (The one or 2 I have a month) and anything else I have to enjoy time on the water in the boat or on the bank fishing carp in remote places.

Big carp are the same way, they roam around Lake Michigan then come in to spawn and then are never to be seen again till the next year.

The lake??

I did not fish this morning because of the possible weather. Looking back I could have got out early this morning for a few. Fished AM and Pm yesterday and got fish both trips. Went in early last night because my buddie didnt dress his GF warm enough. Oh well I hope to get out Sat night or Sunday morning.

every fish I have caught and cleaned has had stuff in its guts!! Lots of gobys and small perch

Anchor is now in the boat too:)

I now will pass inspection.....

I could not find it via the search option... How does everyone rig there cut plugs?? I was going to rig a few each way and see what turns out the best. I know someone posted a picture of how they rigged them a while back that was differnt then what was put int he videos. Dave

Welcome aboard Mike.