Cold water smorgasbord in Saugatuck

[westrate]

June 12, 2006

Cold Water!! The water temperature is 46 degrees on the surface and 42 degrees 10 foot down. The bait is stacked up in the shallow water outside the piers in the river water where the temperature is in the mid 60's and the steelhead and salmon are in this water feeding. We have been taking 8 to 15 fish each trip with 3/4 of the catch made up of steelhead and the rest a mixture of Coho and Chinook. The steelhead are 8 to 15 pounds, the Chinook range from 2 to 16 pounds and the Coho are up to 10 pounds. The large size of the fish make you think that this is August and not June.

We are using flat lines with lures with out weight, 2 color lead core, 3 color lead core and 5 color lead core and any lure that is silver and orange, gold and orange and silver orange and green. Some of the flat lines produced with silver and chartreuse and silver and orange stick baits. Dipsy divers with 30 to 50 feet of line out produced with Dreamweaver and Raider Creamsickle, Sunburst, Orange and Green Crush and double Orange Crush. Once again the least productive method was the downriggers that produced only a few hits a trip.

If the cold water holds, and it will if we keep the North, Northeast and Northwest winds, the bait will remain in the river outflow and more salmon and steelhead should find this "smorgasbord".

[GLF]

Thanks for the report Ron!

[DIRTY DOG]

Thanks For The Report Ron Ile Be Out Sat. And Monday As Normal

[GLF]

Thanks For The Report Ron Ile Be Out Sat. And Monday As Normal

Does this mean we are on for Monday?

[DIRTY DOG]

yes sir it do's i will get with you tomorrow at work