Muskegon 7-1 pm

[Ravbowhunter]

Took my brother and a friend who had never been out on the big lake out hoping for some action, the big lake more than obliged.

We set lines at about 5:15 in 75fow and trolled a 270 out to 130fow. Only had one taker on the trip West and that came on a 300' copper with a mag yellow tuxedo in 115fow. My G-D Churchs TX 44 dove on me again and I lost the fish. I bought two of these boards and this one always seems to dive when a fish of any weight is on it. The other board just got a 13# king and was just fine. Am I doing something wrong?

We decided to head north in 130fow and didn't do much. Turned and trolled East and picked up a nice 6# steelehead in 115fow on the copper rig again. Decided to work a South troll between 115 - 130. We found fish in schools and out buddy was able to boat a 15# king. As soon as I handed him the rod, the fish took off and my buddy looked at me like, "Oh S**t!" After an epic battle, he boated the beast!

Here are a few more pics.

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[fishsniffer]

nice job guys ..thanks for the report and pics

[N II Deep]

Looks like you had a blast - great job

[mriversinco]

Very nice job. Gotta hate those nets!

[CAC]

Good job Ross. I like the picture of the fish and the truck! Sorry to hear about your loss to the **** nets.

[Hooked Up]

Nice fish, great pic's!

[Paulywood]

Good job! I ran my TX-44's for the 1st time yesterday and had no issues. I'm not sure what is causing your's to dive. Maybe just double check that the arm is facing up, the line is run through the bottom slot in the rear and the pin is also on the bottom and that the weights are on the bottom. Just a few ideas. Good luck.

[Nailer]

Sweet!!