Ludington Memorial Weekend

[EdB]

Couldn't get there until Sat night due to a wedding. That was a bummer. My 2 neighbors tore up Sat morning and pulled limits. Woke up Sunday to storms, decided to push back our start to 6:30 to let them pass. Fished on a buddies boat and set up in 70 ft of water in front of Pentwater. Got 2 kings setting rods, a yeck fireball on a half core went off in my hand as I was putting the board in and the other came on a moonshine green shorts on a 7 color. After we got our last rod in, we saw the dark skies to the north were moving south and after 2 quick lightning bolts, we pulled and went in. Lots of lightning on the ride in but we got to the docks before it got over us. Monday was windy, could have fished some rough water but we didn't.

[Nailer]

We where all the way down to ltl Sable point when that storm went through. We did not get hit, but the wind made a mess of the lake in a hurry.

Too bad for the foul weather Ed.

[EdB]

It looked worse than it was but I'll run from lightning every time. We contemplated running south to miss it but didn't want to fish that bad. I'd rather can a trip due to storms when we didn't need to than stay out when we shouldn't have.

Edited May 30, 2012 by EdB

[N II Deep]

Nothing wrong with being smart and being safe to fish another day.