Ludington Aug 29-31

[Adam Bomb]

Fished Ludington the evening of the 29th. We were fishing well away from the crowds and things were slow. Shortly before we were going to pull lines we found some fish. Went 1 for 4 and headed in to get rested up for the morning bite.

Our buddy called us and 3 guys backed out on him, so he wanted to fish with us. Nice timing since he'd already pulled his boat to Ludington from Waterford!....Anyhow, we welcomed him to fish with us. Friday morning we ran out to where we finished up Thurs. night and set up. It wasnt long and things started poppin. By 8:30 am we went 13 for 17. We brought in our 3 man limit of kings, a coho and nice steelhead.

After we got in on Friday we helped Kurt slip his boat at the municiple marina. After making some calls he lined up some crew and invited us along for the afternoon fish. We headed out to 200 fow and set up..nothing. As it got closer to the witchin' hour we moved in to where we'd finished the morning. Once we got there the fish started going. Finished the evening 8 for 12...7 Kings and a small steelhead.

Saturday morning Dad and i headed out to the stomping grounds. After a slow start we found a few fish and then had another lull. Once we figured out which way our fish moved things were poppin again. We boxed our limit of kings and had a very acrobatic steelhead by 7:30 am. Man did that thing crank the dipsey rod!! After jumping at least 10 times and going ape sh** we boated it. It weighed 12.5#...what a beautiful fish. Finsihed the morning 7 for 11....That was the last trip before heading home.

We fished south starting just north of the Projects in 75-100 fow and as the sun was coming up moved south and west into 120-140 fow to keep things going. I dont have a probe, but there must have been a break at the 50-55' mark as the cannon balls were steaming up when i brought them in from that depth...Best speed was 2.2-2.4 S.O.G.(GPS)....Stay away from the crowds...never had a boat less than 3/4 of a mile from us other than Thurs. when we were "hunting" for fish.

Riggers 50-85 down, 30-50 back....Moonshine Blue Flounder Pounder, Carbon 14; Fishlander UG Green Froggy, Silver Horde Dbl. Crushed Glow Rattlin' Plug.

Dipseys(#1's w/small rings) Low Wire 95-145, High Braid 115-150-Dbl. Crush Glow SD w/Glow Mnt. Dew Fly or Blue Glow Bugeye fly, Mnt. Dew Glow Blade SD w/Glow Bloody Nose Fly, Blue Dbl. Pearl Glow SD w/Glow Blue Chaos Fly, and NBK SD w/Green Mirage Fly.

Leadcore-3,5 and 10 color-Green Glow Black Ladderback Rattlin' Silver Horde, Silver Horde Ace High Glow Wonderbread, Moonshine Flounder Pounder, Dreamweaver Mag Super Glow Hot Dolphin were best.

Good Luck when ya get out.

[Adam Bomb]

Heres some slideshows from our trip:

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