Holland 6/4 Sun-up

[zgrinder on Fin Warrior]

Left the harbor at 5:30AM, fished 6:00 to 11:00AM.  Set up on a North troll.  Lots of boat traffic as it was a beautiful morning.  Had 3 hits releasing 2 small kings before the 15knot gusts from the SE turned the flat lake into 2 foot chop.  That was not in the forecast.  During the blow, SWR took off on a long slow run.  It was rolling on the back of the boat, the downriggers were singing (two parked, SWR and the Depth Raider down), could not gain any ground on the fish.  No choice but to holster the rod, rip the two dipseys and proceed with neutral drops to gain ground while keeping out of boat traffic (when fishing alone, this is absolutely exhilarating to land a fish).   Finally got the king to the back of the boat and it was not ready to come aboard, meanwhile the rigger lines are singing louder, boat rocking, eerie storm like, all adrenaline to land this fish.  Missed it on the first swipe (or two) but got it in the hoop, broke the fitting lifting it over the transom (15.7lb king weighed in the slip).  SWR popped twice almost immediately after setting it down again and a shaker hit while tagging the line into the downrigger ball – could not keep the line from being bit during the blow.  Once the blow subsided, so did he action.  Two hours of next to nothing other than a good boat breakfast I made before casting off.  Trolling South I found next to no action until I got out in front of Holland harbor.  While pulling lines, a bonus 8lb king hit and 5lb Coho bit SWR.  Everything fisherman look for when pulling up for the day.  Charts and pics below.

#	Time	Fish	FOW	Latitude	Troll	Rod	Bait Depth	Bait
1	6:20 AM	King 5lb	144	42o 48' 0"	N	Dipsey 1-set	41	Green Dolphin UV / MI Stinger
2	6:40 AM	miss	144	42o 48' 72"	SE	Downrigger	40	Green Dolphin Foil
3	6:55 AM	King 3lb	143	42o 48' 09"	SE	Dipsey 1-set	39	Green Dolphin UV / MI Stinger
4	7:10 AM	King 15.7lb	155	42o 48' 20"	N	SWR	63	Tuxedo Blue / MI Stinger
5	7:45 AM	King 3lb	153	42o 48' 80"	N	Dipsey 1-set	49	Green Dolphin UV / MI Stinger
6	8:05 AM	miss	154	42o 49 71"	N	SWR	setting	Tuxedo Blue / MI Stinger
7	8:18 AM	shaker	157	42o 50' 69"	N	SWR	63	Tuxedo Blue / MI Stinger
8	8:19 AM	King 8.5lb	157	42o 50' 69"	N	Dipsey 1-set	46	Green Dolphin UV / MI Stinger
9	9:30 AM	shaker	159	42o 49' 72"	N	Dipsey 1-set	43	Green Dolphin UV / MI Stinger
10	11:03 AM	King 7lb	148	42o 49' 03"	SE	Dipsey 1-set	46	Green Dolphin UV / MI Stinger
11	11:28 AM	Coho 5lb	131	42o 48' 06"	SE	SWR	42	Tuxedo Blue / MI Stinger

This one is going in the smoker

The champs of the day

 

 

[CAC]

Thanks for the report. We fished Port Sheldon 6/4 from 6am to 11am am and experienced the same conditions including both the surprise 2 footers and the thick boat traffic. We started north in 155 and got our only keeper coho on the starboard rigger on the slider down 60 with a standard wonderbread. We caught 2 shakers on the 5 color and lost 1 nice king on it. It had a standard bloody nose on it.
We went back out from 11:30-2:30. The lake had calmed down to nothing. And we out as far as 220 without another bite.

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[littleboat]

Nice report, well done.

I normally don't fish the weekends or holiday due to traffic. But seeing the future weather report, knowing bad weather/wind was coming back, I figured I better get out. I couldn't believe the nearly empty parking lot. l launched later then you ( wished it had been earlier now). 1st lines were in the water but not until 8am. I went 5 for 5 with a 8lb king being the biggest. Lots of shakers/ dinks. Lots of boat traffic and I felt the big gusts also, quite the surprise. Fished the same area, but not as successful as you.

Congratulations!

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