Paulywood Posted June 18, 2007 Posted June 18, 2007 After seeing all of the bait and fish south of Muskegon friday night I decided to head there on saturday. We hit the water around 4:30 and made a pass in front of the channel. We marked a lot of bait but no fish so we ran out to 70 ft. and set-up. We trolled out to 100' but pulled lines when we heard a thunderstorm was supposed to come through. Found a shaker that we threw back that was on a Blue Dolphin 65' down on a rigger. Ran up and anchored off the pier until about 7:30 pm when the storm had passed (it actually missed us completely, oh well). Ran south about 2 miles when I spotted a buoy that I assume was marking a set of nets. Turned west and trolled parallel to the nets out to 150'. By then it was about 9 pm and we pulled lines and set-up a glow program and set course back to the piers. Trolled in to 50 ft. where we pulled lines at 10:30 pm. Took 1 3 lb. king on a Glow Froggy free slider over a rigger 45' down in about 100' of water. That was it for our trip. We marked a lot of bait and quite a few fish from 100'-50' but couldn't get anything going. Even pulled lines and recharged lures. Some guys out deeper took a few fish but it sounded pretty slow. The chatter from Port Sheldon and Grand Haven sounded like they were having more success than us. It was a beautiful day on the water and a good time for my brother-in-law and girlfriend on their first trip out this year.
Priority1 Posted June 18, 2007 Posted June 18, 2007 Nick,It is GR8 just to get out on the water. The fish are just a bonus. The fish act differently as a storm goes through. Sometimes they turn on just before the storm, but seem to get lock jaw right afterwards.
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