South Haven 7/18 Afternoon

[danthebuilder]

Went 3-3 today(maybe 2.5?). 4pm to 8pm. (horrible hours tbh. if you go. go early morning or stay after the sun hits the water). dropped lines just outside the pier head. Went to 100 but bounced around 80-90. Saw some nice bait balls. Couldn't get anything to fire around the bait.

(80 fow east troll)wire slide diver set on 2 out 90. (blueish spoon) This was a nice steelhead. Awesome aerial show until of course I pulled out the camera. I should have weighed it. That was the first time i used a side diver. I probably won't ever use a dipsy ever again. Thanks for that suggestion!

On the copper 200 & 300. I'm really not sure which. I caught a nice perch. I don't remember what lure was on what rod. It got tangled really well. Took an hour to reel in both rods at the same time & untwist. Finally, got the copper all untwisted and cut the leaders & hand pulled in the perch. The entire process took about an hour. Those cv55l's get awfully heavy when you're holding two of them and passing them hand over hand to yourself.

(60 fow east troll)Copper 250 caught the other steelhead. I don't remember the spoon. I was beat after dealing with the perch fiasco.

[flyman013]

Sounds like a good time! Thanks for the report, hope to get out tonight.