Muskegon 6/16 pm

[Paulywood]

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]

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.