South Haven 9-15 - PM Trip

[GLF]

I was joined by Greg(moosky31) and Brian last night, and we had a great night on the water. We got a late start last night do to one of the crew witnessing an accident(they watched someone drive into a tree:eek:) on the way to the boat. The driver was the only person in the vehicle, and he was OK.

We practiced catch and release last night. Had lines set at 5:30pm and fished till 8:30pm. Ended up 5 for 12 with 3 chinook, 1 coho, and 1 lake trout. Ran out to 180FOW and dropped in Found the temp break down 120'. All of the fish came from 185-165FOW. Our best troll was heading SE. This is why I put it as 185-165.

I use 15lb cannonballs. Our best speed was 3.5mph at the ball.

This is what worked.

A rigger parked at 140' with a Stingray size Killer dolphin was our hot setup last night as it went 4 times.

Rigger parked at 150' with a Stingray size Blue Dolphin went 3 times.

The rest of the hits were on wire divers.

The wire(7 strand) divers were on 2.5 with mag rings with 350' and 400' of line out.

1 hit on an Stinger Blue Dolphin prochip 8 with Siggs Rigs blue green hypnotist trophy fly. We lost this set up because the leader broke.

1 on a blue with silver holo prochip 8 with a Siggs Rigs blue and pearl crinkle trophy fly.

1 on a blue wiggler prochip 8 with a Siggs Rigs powder bubble trophy fly.

I do not remember what the last 2 on flasher and flies came on.

I sharpen all of my hooks. 4 of the 5 fish we landed were hooked by the skin in the corner of the mouth.

If the weather cooperates, I will be back out Saturday morning.

[Moosky31]

Thanks, Mike for the fishing trip. I had a great time. What a tangled mess.

[GLF]

  Moosky31 said:

What a tangled mess.

My last two trips have been this way.

[Grant Sadler]

Nice job on the fish Mike, thanks for the info.

[Reel-Deal]

Good job Mike, sounds like the fish were DEEEEP!

[tangled mess]

Mike the next time you are getting bit and they are getting hooked very well. Try change your angle a couple of dregrees

[Just Hook'n]

Nice work boys.

300' back on the wire divers, WOW. That's a lot to reel in. What a work out.

[EdB]

Nice job Mike, where they mature fish still out there or 2&3 yr olds?

[SUPERTRAMP]

GJ Mike and Greg.

[GLF]

  EdB said:

Nice job Mike, where they mature fish still out there or 2&3 yr olds?

They were all 2-3 year olds.

[KJ pluggin]

Nice job Mike!

[JWheeler]

Nice job Mike.

Hey tangledmess, what exactly do you mean to "change your angle"?

[A-Fishy-Anado]

Sounds like it was EXCITING! Nice work:thumb:

[Priority1]

GJ Mike and crew.

[DIRTY DOG]

  JWheeler said:

Nice job Mike.

Hey tangledmess, what exactly do you mean to "change your angle"?

Hey means change the angle of troll, "only by a few degrees", he told me this out of Holland tuseday nite and we never lost another fish" and there mouths were litrialy glued shut.

[Turfwrench]

Nice job. That is pulling them out of the deep blue. Don't envy the long lines, I get enough workout pulling up my downrigger balls from 100'.

[WoLFMaN]

Good job! I'm suprised they're still holding that deep!

[Nailer]

Very good Mike!

[tangled mess]

Mike, another thing when fishing stuff that deep is, make sure you have tight releases so that they hook themselves good if you don't get on it right away