Holland 10-2 PM

[Long Lines]

A couple of friends and I took the afternoon off work and hit the water out of Holland yesterday at around 2:00 PM and fished until after sunset.

Motored straight west to 180 fow where we started setting lines. Trolled west to 235 and turned back east as the Lowrance went blank. Best marks were in 170 - 200, caught all of our fish on west and east trolls in 185 - 220. Crazy thing is we took all of our hits from 2:30 - 4:00 or 5:00 and then nothing the rest of the night. Cold water (<50 F was down below 100' mark).

4/5; two steelies and two kings

100 copper with DW SS, Captain Gary's Orange MI Dolphin took the nice steelie right away.

Rigger down 90 with UV blue dolphin came unbuttoned shortly after release.

250 copper w/ Moonshine, Happy Rock took a king.

300 copper with Moonshine, Blue Jeans took a king and a small steelie.

Beautiful evening and had a great time; hope this isn't the last trip!

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[JWheeler]

Nice way to spend a day that you blew off work for!

Thanks for the report

[N II Deep]

Very nice Jason. looked like a great day on the lake.

[joelsanders]

Nice pictures too!

[tronner]

Great report and looked like a great day to be out on the water.

[Gnarf]

Nice steelie!!

[hawghunterII]

I was out there from 5 until 8:30, think I talked to you on the radio. Thanks for the fishing report. Ended up only 1 for 1 laker 100 ft down on a green paddle/green fly in 175 fow. Hope to get out there again tomorrow.

[Priority1]

Jason, GJ playing hooky.

[Long Lines]

Thanks Keith from Hawghunter and everyone else. Feel free to give me a shout on the radio...if i am out there i will gladly share info with anyone. Learned a lot from guys on this site...can't say how many posts my fishing partner Nick and I have read from guys like Nailer, Dave Ash, Ben Lubbs, Dirty Dog, Wild at Heart, Far Beyond Driven and many others. Lots of good tidbits of info on this site from helpful people; especially for those getting started or struggling finding the bite. Will try to be as helpful as I can given my still very limited experience.

Its on my list for mext year to play hookie more often!

[Just Hook'n]

That second image is gorgeous....great day on the water...almost makes me wish I was not hanging from a tree in the woods.