Muskegon - 10/22

[Fish Tank]

Had lines in the water by 3:00 pm and fished until 7:00. We had high hopes seeing the surface temp at 59 degrees and 45 degrees at 70 feet down according to the Muskegon buoy. Started at 80 fow and trolled west, south west all the way out to 230 fow. 

Trolled east and took a good steelhead (12 pounds) on 200 feet of copper on a double orange crush. Took the board under and was gullet hooked. 

That was it. Not another bump. Marked big bait balls and good marks in 110 to 130 fow but no takers. This was a brutal season for us. The worst ever. We have one more trip in us before we take the boat out of the slip. 

...................Fish Tank 

[EdB]

Thanks for the report.

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[mrhookup]

Thanks for the report, we're hoping to get out one more time before calling it a season as well


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[tgafish]

Went out Sunday morning and ended up 2 for 3 with 2 fat 8-10 lb steel.  Tried from 60-190 fow from 8-11am.  All 3 hits were in 130-135.

White Paddle and white fly down 75

Dr Death standard 300 cu

Hello darling standard 250 Cu

Speed was 2.5 SOG

We went into Muskegon Lake at 11 to try for perch.  Had a pretty steady bite for an hour but mostly small 5-6 inchers.  Bite shut down hard after a front blew through

[EdB]

Nice job on the steelhead!

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