St Joe 5/19

[dan agnello]

Time fished: 8-130
Area fished (GPS lat/lons 0ptional): Straight out from piers
Best depth of water to be over: 110-204
Most productive troll direction: East n west
Depth of hits: 20-88'
Rigger lead lengths: 20'
Number of fishermen aboard: 3
Best lures & colors: or/silv/gr spoon, white flasher n gr/wh fly, double orange spoon, pink/gr/silv flasher with mirage fly
Surface temp: 52-49
Down temp for hits (if known): 52-49
Troll speed: 2.3 - 2.8
Number and kind of fish caught: 4 Coho.

Reel commentary: 114fow 225' copper on yl/or/silv spoon trolling west at 9:10; 10:20 west in 144 fow SB dipsey 140' back on 3 flasher w/gr above; 12:50 204' east port dipsey rigger 45 down on dbl or spoon on free slider; 1:00 194' port rigger down 88' white fl/fly above.
had two other hits on same slider that hooked up but neith stuck.
Trolled all the way to 240 with very few marks n no fish. there were 3 or 4 boats way out past us when we were in 240fow.
4-5 lb Hos.
They Hos had fat beelies; opened one up n stuffed w/alewives.

Like shown on this site with some fat kings all 4 Hos looked well fed n fat n sassy.

0-1s went to calm flat out deeper then after turn at 240' a nice breeze picked up to put ripple on top, then we got 4 hits coming in per above.

Beautiful day out there.

PURE MICHIGAN

[EdB]

Nice catch Dan!

[dan agnello]

Friend was 6 for 8 Friday n 11for 12 yesterday!  yesterday 170-130fow: 7 were kings.

[Martin1950]

Congrats Dan,  A few more good reports out of S.J. and I might have to endure that two mile idle from the launch.

Martin

[dan agnello]

Lol Martin, hope it doen't lul u to sleep. If u fish Erie out of Bolles Harbor u have only 2 blocks to Laplasance Bay/Erie. 

 

[Manorth]

Fished Friday and sunday

Friday went 6-9

spoons on 3,5,7 and 10 colors

spin dr and flies on braid divers and riggers. 2 kings on riggers 2 lakers on same rigger. 2 kings on 5 color green dolphin. Lost fish on 3 color orange crush and 5 color yager bomb. Best water 190

sunday same program 8-11 blue dolphin on 5 color took 2 kings spin dr fly took 1 King 7 color green uv green dolphin took the last king. Orange crush on a 3 color took 4 coho 130-150 fow. Never got a hit on a diver 

[dan agnello]

Manorth

Nice job; friend Chris did almost same as u same days 

Thks for great report.