South Haven, 14,15,16 May

[Jim F]

We moved the boat down to South Haven from Saugatuck on Friday and fished along the way. The had at least 25 bites and kept 19 fish the largest being a 17.5 Lb. King. Most hits were on the dipsy's and riggers we were fishing between 80 and 110 FOW. Most of our fishing was between the ball and finished about 8 miles north of SH. Saturday we struggled to catch our 10 fish. We had two different set-ups bit off; a Howie fly behind a white e-chip pro-trol blade running 90 down on the chute rigger and a spoon on the outdown rigger. At the end of the day we had a terrific rip on the low diver but it did not hook up. We ended up with an 88 Lb box which was a little disappointing. Sunday was a better day and we boated 14 fish and turned in a weight of 101 lbs. The fish were a little deeper at about 140 FOW. We even took one fish on the chute trolling 170 FOW 160 feet down. We are looking forward to fishing Grand Haven in a couple of weeks. Sorry for the late post;)

[GLF]

Nice job Jim! What is your boat name?

[Jim F]

The name of our boat is "Tenacious II". We fish an '89 27' Sea Ray Amberjack. Tenacious I is a 23' Sea Ox which we still have for sale and would make someone a heck of a deal on. Not a thing wrong with the Sea Ox we just got such a good deal on the Sea Ray we could not pass it up and it sure is nice to have more room to carry a few more people along.

[fishsniffer]

very nice

[Just Hook'n]

Hmmm 27' Amberjack. I know someone who fishes that boat.

[Priority1]

Thanks for the report Jim. Better late than never. Nice box of fish.

[DIRTY DOG]

great job jim!