wild at heart Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 For 2012 we ended up going 353 for 497 on 39 trips for a 9.1 per trip average.we caught 242 kings 34 lakers 48 coho 22 steel 5 browns 1 tiger troutOur king catch was way up from 2011(130) and our laker(77) and coho(78) were down. The main reason for this is we started targeting kings in April(55) by running out deep rather than running to St Joe to fish for coho. We actually took 8 nice kings in March. We also spent less time fishing for lakers because we were getting kings in deeper water than I usually find lakers(no dissapointment here). The best sucess of the season is that we increased our fish per trip again this year subsantially from 7.3 to 9.1. We were well over 10 per trip at the end of July but had some very low numbers in Sept. Our total of 353 was our 2nd best ever. We took 370 in 07 for 53 trips. We only had 4 trips in Aug, we just could not get out. In May we caught a trout with incredibile markings. Turned out to be a tiger trout. We didn't do much on big fish this year. Lots of kings 15 to 19# but no 20's. Lakers, steel, and coho were smaller on average and browns slightly bigger. No break-downs and a minimal lose of equipment loss made for a very good season. We had 3 trips with over 20 fish and a dozen over 15. Best trip of the year was Friday the 13th of July pre-fishing the Muskegon tourny. We were 15 for 23 with 13 kings over 12#, a #8 steel, and a 7# brown in 2 hours all within 100yds of the peir heads, fishing with my twins. I last fished about 4 weeks ago and my son last wed and there was an incredible amount of bait out in 120 to 140(mountians). Im excited to get back out next year and anixious to see if we can find the kings out deep again in March/April. Best of luck to all, and I would very much like to see others yearly reports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N II Deep Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Thanks for the stats Kevin, let's hope 2013 will be just as good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyman013 Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Sounds like a great season! Good luck in 2013. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishsniffer Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 nice job kevin:thumb: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 WOW! Your team rocks! What kind of spread do you run? No secret stuff of course,just some general info. What the heck is a Tiger Trout? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wild at heart Posted November 28, 2012 Author Share Posted November 28, 2012 nothing reaaly special Tom. typical 9 rod spread of 3 riggers, 2 dipsies, and 4 boards with copper. All the regular spoon and flasher/fly combos that you typically see posted on here. Mountian dew SD with pickeled sunshine fly and Double Trouble Moonshine spoon are always out. 1 rigger is always 1 to 2 foot off the bottom. Best advice is watch these reports for current info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wild at heart Posted November 28, 2012 Author Share Posted November 28, 2012 Oh ya, a Tiger trout is a cross between a Brook Trout and a Lake trout, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hear fishy fishy Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 From what I have read and heard is that a tiger trout is a cross between a brook trout and brown trout. Splake are across between a lake trout and a brook trout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbobber Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 awsome season Kevin it was fun fishin with ya this year again!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wild at heart Posted November 29, 2012 Author Share Posted November 29, 2012 your right Matt, dont know why I put laker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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