HOLLAND 7 for 12 - INSANE bite after 8pm 7/9/2023

[2MD]

Went 7 for 12 out of Holland tonight on Parker – took the PUG as a good luck charm – if you rub his ears it is like a rabbits foot and just overall he serves as a  good luck charm

Got a slow start mistakenly trying to find em in tight based on some info we had gotten out of GH (for the first 2hrs we only had one hit) but eventually come 8pm had em dialed in real good right in that 115-119fow

Starting at 8pm for about the next 90 min we ran a south troll starting at around Tunnel Park and ending up down off Castle Park and in that time period we had 13 hits and managed to capitalize on 7 of them

All Salmon… no Lakers

Had a couple two or three “biggies” in that 10-15# range that got us real excited & were a blast to fight!

Then though after sunset we connected on copper300 with an insane bite that dwarfed these other guys… fought it for a full 50 minutes jumping all over and constantly emptying the reel and eventually netted in the darkness a 27pound 38.75inch king – our biggest in a while at least for this time of year (we usually get our pigs in the fall for whatever reason)

The crazy thing is that well after 10pm once we netted the big monster that we had slowed the boat down and were taking photos and cleaning blood off the deck and all a sudden the rigger slider goes off (makes sense because there was bait everywhere) so that one was a late night bonus fish to add to the hopper I guess…

Here is what worked for us tonight:

#1 - rigger down 50: dancing anchovy/Mongolian beef combo - miss

#2 - high diver back 160: spotted Richard meat rig - 7 lbs king

#3 - rigger down 66: blue flounder/green flounder combo - 9lbs king

#4 - rigger down 66: blue flounder/green flounder combo - 13lbs king

#5 - high diver back 160: spotted Richard meat rig - miss

#6 rigger down 66: blue flounder/green flounder combo - big king hit slider, came off, and did backflip by outboard in a matter of seconds.

#7 high diver back 160: spotted Richard meat rig - 15lbs king 

#8 rigger down 66: blue flounder/green flounder combo - miss

#9 rigger down 66: blue flounder/green flounder combo - miss

#10 low diver back 130: purple fish scale spinny with yellow uv meat rig - 14lbs king

#11 Copper 300: standard moonshine happy meal - 27LBS King 

#12 Cleaning deck in dark at 10:30 after landing big fish when rigger down 66 took a 10 lbs king

[ZachEno]

Nice job!! And thanks for the detailed report.


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[littleboat]

Great catch.....Keep them coming!

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[zgrinder on Fin Warrior]

That dog is awesome.  The big king battle through dusk must have been heart pounding.  Great night fishing and many thanks for the pics and data.

[FBD]

Cat been demoted as mascot?

300 Copper Happee meal sounds kinda familiar...

[2MD]

thanks guys

and yes Kevin the cat went to live somewhere else bout 2-3 years ago

[WRENCHED 4 IT]

Awesome job that’s the biggest king I’ve heard of this year so far. Really appreciate the info. Hey can I borrow your Pug, I could use some luck.

[2MD]

thanks! and let me check with PUG and see what he thinks... a fishing weapon he is