salmontime Posted June 25, 2009 Posted June 25, 2009 Yesterday through this weekend marks the farewell tour of my old cannons. The tour kicked off with a last minute trip to Keweenaw bay last night. Got out late, but still managed to catch three kings. A friend of mine is moving away this week, and he wanted to get out in the boat one last time. Here he is with the catch... (Sorry, camera phone pics aren't the greatest)
GLF Posted June 25, 2009 Posted June 25, 2009 Nice job Josh! I seperated your report from the other thread, and put it in the fishing reports section.
A-Fishy-Anado Posted June 25, 2009 Posted June 25, 2009 Nice catch Josh! We have nothing left but lakers in munising bay:mad: I think we are going to try Fairport this weekend. No good report from there yet but they have to turn on some time and i want to be there when they do!!
Vitalidle Posted June 25, 2009 Posted June 25, 2009 Nice catch Josh! We have nothing left but lakers in munising bay:mad: I think we are going to try Fairport this weekend. No good report from there yet but they have to turn on some time and i want to be there when they do!!Nice catch! Keep me posted about Fairport eh!
salmontime Posted June 26, 2009 Author Posted June 26, 2009 Just thought I'd share some pics from a trip a couple weeks ago when I took out a couple friends on Keweenaw Bay. This was the biggest one. 31 inch King, anybody got a guess on the weight, I'm not good with that stuff and I don't have a scale. Just know it tasted GREAT! 5 fish in total. 2 kings 2 coho and a lake skunk It rained that day, but the best thing about rain is the cool rainbow afterwards. This rainbow turned the water red it was so bright!
A-Fishy-Anado Posted June 26, 2009 Posted June 26, 2009 Nice Josh and thanks for sharing the fish porn!! I am happy to see those riggers will be put to good use!!
Priority1 Posted June 26, 2009 Posted June 26, 2009 Josh, Nice pics. A nice way to send your buddy off. Hopefully he will be able to return soon.
Captjimtc Posted June 30, 2009 Posted June 30, 2009 Thanks for the report Josh! I'll be up there for a week around the 4th of July and cannot wait to hit Keweenaw Bay again...
salmontime Posted August 4, 2009 Author Posted August 4, 2009 Hey Guys, I had the chance to take a first timer out last night. A buddy of mine from my softball team had never been salmon trolling. The salmon didn't let us down! We got out around 6:30 and trolled until 9:00 with only 2 lakers in the boat, and you could see the worried looks on their faces. Then we finally hooked a salmon, about a 3 pound coho. My buddy gottem up to the surface and the fish threw the hook. At this point he was really worried he missed his only chance at a salmon. Then came the 15 minutes of fame. We hit two nice kings on the next pass, then turned around and hit another king (6 pounder) on the way back. The fish had darted at the boat and dove under the trolling motor and got wrapped up, so i reached over to pick him up and the net some how fell in the lake. I hurried to throw the fish in the livewell and cranked the boat back around to get the net. Once we got the net back, I told my friend to let out the flasher fly rig to 45 feet on the line counter reel, and I started to crank up the downrigger. I no sooner got about 4 cranks on the downrigger and a nice coho come up and slammed the flasher fly rig my buddy was holding on to. Got that that fish in and then the action went dead. Just like I told him when we left the boat launch. "Sometimes it can be 4 hours of nothing for 15 minutes of fame."
Adam Bomb Posted August 4, 2009 Posted August 4, 2009 Nothing like a little chaos to make for an interesting evening. Nice job out there. Im sure your buddy is hooked now.
A-Fishy-Anado Posted August 4, 2009 Posted August 4, 2009 Damn Josh.....you are on them! Everything i have been hearing as of late says that has been the best south shore fishery this year by a long shot. Keep up the good work!!
salmontime Posted August 20, 2009 Author Posted August 20, 2009 It had been almost 2 weeks since my last fishing adventure. Had to get my fix last night. Got 5 Fish (3 King, 2 Lakers). Some good eats here. Oh yeah, went home last weekend and found one of my dad's old nets and changed out the netting with my POS net. I forgot how easy it was to net a fish when the fish don't fall threw the gaping holes in it. Sad though, landed alot of fish with that net, just wasn't getting the job done anymore. Here's the proof.
A-Fishy-Anado Posted August 20, 2009 Posted August 20, 2009 JoshThose are some nice healthy kings from the dead sea.....I may have to make a trip to the KB. You did better there than some did in fairport last weekend!! Keep up the good work and again thanks for the report:D
Big Tuna Posted August 20, 2009 Posted August 20, 2009 Damn Josh, you're making me jealous. I'm hoping to have my boat up and running by Saturday. After seeing those pics the parts will need to be overnighted. Hope to be on the water this Sunday AM. I was tossing around the idea of heading down to Fairport next weekend but might have to head up your way instead. I'll call if I'm heading up.
A-Fishy-Anado Posted August 20, 2009 Posted August 20, 2009 Big TunaFairport should heat up again if we get this sustained north blow for a few days like they are talking. We had to go 130' down with the probe in 150fow to get below 55 degrees:confused: This should mix it up a bit....best of luck if you make it down there and stop back in and give us a report wherever you decide to fish......and welcome to the site!! If you get a chance stop into the welcome center forum and introduce yourself. There is a great bunch of guys here that are willing to share a lot of info!!
Nailer Posted August 21, 2009 Posted August 21, 2009 Salmontime, Nice Catch!Big Tuna, welcome aboard.
Big Tuna Posted August 21, 2009 Posted August 21, 2009 ya, i've been poking around here for a while but finally decided to post. my user name is larson19 on some of the other forums. i've talked to you before Bromley. How much longer until you're a daddy? September, correct? ya, i was hoping this north wind would pull up some cold water down there. now i know how you felt without a boat this summer, sucks. i had some engine troubles a few weeks back down in fairport and i'm having some problems finding parts. i'm was hoping to have everything together by tomorrow, but it's looking like some of the parts won't be here until Monday. I have a buddy that's never been to Fairport yet that's making the trip down with me. If you here of any reports down that way Bromley, keep me updated. I'd rather hit Fairport for one last trip of the year if the fishing is good. Our last trip down there (7/31-8/2) he hit our limit every trip out.
A-Fishy-Anado Posted August 21, 2009 Posted August 21, 2009 TunaThe boat situation really hurt this year as it took me the better part of 2 months to get everything situated with BRP but it was worth the wait now with that new power head behind me now. Only problem i have now is that the baby is due in the next 3 weeks and have to be on stand by or at least somewhere that there is cell phone coverage....which rules fairport out!! I was a little nervous being there last week even. A buddy, Daybreak on up angler, is headed down to manistique for a week in his new tiara so i should have some reports as he will run south close the fairport waters. Good luck and i will post up if i hear anything!!
Big Tuna Posted August 28, 2009 Posted August 28, 2009 The boat is done.... She's heading up to the marina Sunday AM for the rest of the season. I should have some reports Monday. Josh, you going to be out at all this weekend?
salmontime Posted September 3, 2009 Author Posted September 3, 2009 going out this weekend with a friend. what station will you have the radio on?josh
Big Tuna Posted September 3, 2009 Posted September 3, 2009 I'm usually on channel 68. I'll have the boat ready. Bring your favorite set-up and we'll have a friendly compatition...... See you in the morning.
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