Grand Haven July 17th

[HitMan]

Fishing is extremely good out of Grand Haven right now! Limit catches of King Salmon are occurring with an occasional Steelhead or Lake Trout being taken as well. These catches are the biggest and heaviest we have seen thus far this season out of Grand Haven.

The best water has been 130-170 feet of water, with the best action coming around 150-165 feet. Downriggers 85-160 feet down, wire divers back 150-280 feet, braid divers back 250-300 feet, 13-20 colors of lead core, and 300 ft.-450 ft. of copper are producing fish as well.

The best lures of choice have been Stinger spoons in the Stingray size and Rapture Trolling Flies with Pro-Troll flashers. The flasher/fly bite has been getting better and better everyday, so we have been using less and less spoons each day. Consistent spoons for a few bites have been the Glo Dolphin Stingray, Wiggle Stingray, Gator Stingray, and Mixed Veggies Stingray. The best fly by far has been the Oceana Rapture Trolling Fly. This has been working every morning behind an 11 inch White/Pearl Fishscale HotChip flasher, 8 inch Blue/Blue Hologram/Crushed Glow ProChip flasher, and an 8 inch White/Double Crushed Glow ProChip flasher. Other hot combinations have been the 8 inch Green/Glow ProChip with a Hypnotist LG Rapture Trolling Fly, 8 inch White/Green Hologram/Crushed Glow ProChip with a Hypnotist LG Rapture Trolling Fly, and the 8 inch Natural Born Killer Stinger ProChip flasher with a Hypnotist LG Rapture Trolling Fly. Other flies that have been working are the Hit Man No-See-Um Rapture Trolling Fly, Last Supper Rapture Trolling Fly, Green No-See-Um Rapture Trolling Fly, and the Frosted Fern Rapture Trolling Fly, with these all being fished behind an 8 inch White/Double Crushed or Double Slick Glow ProChip flasher.

Fishing is fantastic right now! Get out and enjoy the limit catches of King Salmon being caught right now! Good luck and good catching to all!

[Hollandpiper]

Jon,

Have you been using any meat rigs?

Alex

Fishing is extremely good out of Grand Haven right now! Limit catches of King Salmon are occurring with an occasional Steelhead or Lake Trout being taken as well. These catches are the biggest and heaviest we have seen thus far this season out of Grand Haven.

The best water has been 130-170 feet of water, with the best action coming around 150-165 feet. Downriggers 85-160 feet down, wire divers back 150-280 feet, braid divers back 250-300 feet, 13-20 colors of lead core, and 300 ft.-450 ft. of copper are producing fish as well.

The best lures of choice have been Stinger spoons in the Stingray size and Rapture Trolling Flies with Pro-Troll flashers. The flasher/fly bite has been getting better and better everyday, so we have been using less and less spoons each day. Consistent spoons for a few bites have been the Glo Dolphin Stingray, Wiggle Stingray, Gator Stingray, and Mixed Veggies Stingray. The best fly by far has been the Oceana Rapture Trolling Fly. This has been working every morning behind an 11 inch White/Pearl Fishscale HotChip flasher, 8 inch Blue/Blue Hologram/Crushed Glow ProChip flasher, and an 8 inch White/Double Crushed Glow ProChip flasher. Other hot combinations have been the 8 inch Green/Glow ProChip with a Hypnotist LG Rapture Trolling Fly, 8 inch White/Green Hologram/Crushed Glow ProChip with a Hypnotist LG Rapture Trolling Fly, and the 8 inch Natural Born Killer Stinger ProChip flasher with a Hypnotist LG Rapture Trolling Fly. Other flies that have been working are the Hit Man No-See-Um Rapture Trolling Fly, Last Supper Rapture Trolling Fly, Green No-See-Um Rapture Trolling Fly, and the Frosted Fern Rapture Trolling Fly, with these all being fished behind an 8 inch White/Double Crushed or Double Slick Glow ProChip flasher.

Fishing is fantastic right now! Get out and enjoy the limit catches of King Salmon being caught right now! Good luck and good catching to all!

[Priority1]

WTG Jon. Thanks for the report.

[HitMan]

Alex,

Actually, we have not put one meat rig in the water this year. We used it a lot about 3-4 years ago, but with the VHS issues we have just continued to use it less and less every year. So, no I have not used any this year. The flasher/fly bite has been great, so there hasn't been any need for meat this season. Good luck!

[Line Dancin]

Alex and Jon have you tried using Better Than Bait at all? I bought a couple packs at the fishing show and it has been producing as good as real bait. It also holds up fish after fish. We usually use herring oil from the same people, but during the tourney in ludington i forgot the herring oil at home. What we did was after landing a fish we rubbed the BTB all over the fish, got is good and slimy (to get some sent) and put it in five minutes later we had a fish on. this worked really well during the tourney for us.

here is a link to their site:

http://www.bigwatertackle.com/bw/

Edited July 22, 2008 by Line Dancin
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