Muskegon 5/23

[Paulywood]

I fished out of Muskegon saturday with John (Prof) and his 2 boys. We had a good morning going 7/12 with 4 kings and 3 lakers. All of the kings were juveniles, we lost of couple of bigger fish but I won't say who lost them:) We were running a little late and didn't clear the pierheads until 6 am. Ran out to 85' and setup on a west/northwest troll. Set 2 riggers and the first one w/ a Northern King Purple Thunder fired. Levi brought it to the boat and we had our first fish in the box at 6:15. After that things were a little hectic. The Purple Thunder went 2 more times (I think). It was set 65' down. The other rigger went twice w/ a mag Green Sexy Shad. It was set 75' down. A wire diver out 200' w/ a Blue Bubble Spinny and Blue Mist Sigg's fly went. We had a flurry on the high divers out 75' and 100' with 3 hits. A fullcore went but I can't remember the spoon. Later on the riggers got going again with a Mag Lemon Ice on an SWR 100' down and a Mag Carmel Dolphin 55' down. All of our fish came in the strip of 48 degree surface temo water. Outside in 46 degree we didn't mark any fish and inside in the 50 degree water we weren't marking fish. Just kept working that 48 degree strip all morning. Gabe did a nice job fighting a few fish and also handling the net for his Dad's monster laker. John spent the majority of the morning driving while Levi helped run the back of the boat. Great job by everyone and I had a lot of fun. We even had a nice fish dinner back at the campground. Thanks a lot guys for coming along.

Edited May 25, 2009 by Paulywood

[fishsniffer]

nice job nick and crew

[fishsniffer2]

Good job guys!

[Priority1]

WTG Nick John and boys. It just don't get any better than that.

[GLF]

Nice job guys!

[Prof]

Hey Nick,

Thanks again for Saturday. The boys and I had a great time fishing and of course, the rest of the weekend … well, what more could one ask for? Good fishing, good company, good food and a couple of beers – just about a perfect weekend. Ruth and Amanda had a great time also - it was great spending some time with you and Shelley. Even the dogs got along!! And yes, I'm the one that lost the BIG one.

Levi is still smiling.

Gabe keeps saying "That was the best fishing trip ever!"

[Just Hook'n]

Nice job Nick. Way to get the kids started early and get them hooked.

[inreeltrouble]

Very nice guys, gotta love it when the kids can't stop talking about it.