St. Joe 9/16

[MikeL]

We decided to launch the boat at 7:00 a.m. so we could have a good visual of how to maneuver through the floating debris. It actually was much better than what I thought it would be. There was still a lot of junk floating at the peirheads, so we ran west to 90’ and set lines. Ended the morning going 7 for 8, 5 kings (one shy of our two man limit) and 2 lake trout (released). Took hits on purple/chrome J-plug on braided dipsey set on #3 out 145’, green fly with green flasher on braided dipsey set on #3 out 190’, white glow j-plug on 300’ of 45# copper, green fly on tin can dodger on rigger. Two of our largest kings were on the bottom in 125’ of water. Temp was 52 at 68’ down. It was a great day of fishing and fellowship!

Mike

Battle Creek, MI

Catch 22

[Priority1]

GJ Mike.

[j1musser]

Nice catch Mike! Glad to hear a report for the area. Gonna try to hit south haven tommorrow.

[GLF]

Nice job Mike. Thanks for the heads up on the down temp.

[Fishwhisperer]

Great job Mike! Thanks for the report.

[DangerDan]

Thanks for the report. Looking forward to heading out myself real soon.

[silver one]

WTG: nice to see guys gettin out still and finding fish.

[MikeL]

We did a trip last year out of St. Joe in the middle of October and caught over 20 fish. They were all 2 & 3 year old in 110' - 160'. The hard part is finding a day when the weather will let you out. The only other problem fishing in October is that you are typically all alone out there...good day for a "buddy boat partner.";)

Mike Larson

Catch 22

Battle Creek, MI