Pentwater 5/28 AM 5 for 6

[Mega Byte]

There were a lot of boats fishing Pentwater today.  We ended up motoring out near the front of the pack, but setting up outside of them in 140 FOW.  Most of the boats where in 80 to 100 FOW.  We had a busy half hour where we took 5 hits and boated 4.  I wanted to spin around and go back through that area but there were a ton of boats behind us and we were running a lot of lines and decided to keep heading S.  We tried a few different angles and depths but couldn't get anything else to fire to the South.  With the boats scattering, we spun it around and picked up our last fish which was a Coho.  We started setting lines at 6:30 and pulled them at noon.

Based on the radio chatter and some people I talked to at the dock, it was a slow day.  Many boats had 1 or no hits.  I did reach out to a charter buddy and he got 11, but he excels at getting lakers for his clients.  I didn't ask what kind of fish he got but I'm pretty sure he could pull 11 lakers off the moon.  Knowing him though, he probably got a mixed bag.

We ended up going as deep as 215 and as shallow as 135.  We only marked a single fish all day.

Time		FOW	Toll	Fish	Bait	Pole
7:10 AM		165	SW	King	Bloody Nose RV spoon (mag)	Rigger stack, down about 40'
7:20 AM		169	SW	Steelhead	Orange micro spin doctor & green/gold fly	100 Cu
7:23 AM		170	SW	Miss	Bad Toad RV spoon (mag)	Heavy Slide Diver, #2 setting, out 100'
7:28 AM		170	S	King	White Spin Doctor w/ Pickled Sunshine fly	300 Cu
7:39 AM		167	S	King	Green Jeans (normal size)	Rigger down 80'
10:29 AM		173	NW	Coho	Orange micro spin doctor & green/gold fly	3 Color

 

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[CJ428]

An impressive report and a cute little girl -thank you. 

[Mega Byte]

She got her personal best today, which was a 16-pound King.  She turns 7 in August and loves to fish with me on the big lake.

[Rockin' Randy]

Great report Megabyte. When you get a chance, tell me more about that fishing log. Is that a phone app or computer chart you made up? Looks pretty cool

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[zgrinder on Fin Warrior]

I know how frustrating it can be to get on some fish and not be able to double back over due to boat traffic.  Like you, most often I fish outside the fleet.  I am impressed you have enough time to capture all the data when the fish are hitting - thats double the work.  Thanks for the report.

[Cadilac Grills]

Awesome report


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[Bigbones]

Beautiful fish for a beautiful family!  Thanks for reporting, and the great pics!

[Mega Byte]

When you get a chance, tell me more about that fishing log. Is that a phone app or computer chart you made up?

It's just an Excel file. I have an idea for an app, but I haven't made time to develop it yet.

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[Mega Byte]

I am impressed you have enough time to capture all the data when the fish are hitting - thats double the work.

It helps when I have a couple other adults on the boat, as long as my driver stays awake. When it is just me and the kids, it is more challenging. I need to teach one of them to do the logging for me.

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[Jmiron25]

Everything about this post is Awesome ✌ That young future Captain catching her PB 100% pure Joy as a Dad !!!! Thank you So much for ur reports !! They have helped me learn to dial things in ( Takes yrs of learning the tides current and winds !! Great report and Again thank you for sharing ALL !! Tight lines and Fish on