Fish inside the bar

[westrate]

4/14/2008

Fishing out of Saugatuck, this past week was very good producing a few steelhead and brown trout, some small coho and chinook (2 to 5 pounds) and some very good size lake trout. The best fishing was between the Kalamazoo River and the Holland piers in 20 to 5 foot of water. The weather and lake conditions kept us off the lake during the weekend, however the lake was flat during the middle of the week.

Fishing along the shoreline, the best method was slide divers fished 20 foot out with small gold stingers pulled 20 to 30 foot back. We also caught fish behind the planer boards with silver/blue, gold/orange and orange stickbaits and white/black Hot n Tots fished inside the sand bar. We never caught a fish off the downriggers even though we fished then different depths and different distances back.

Fishing off of the Kalamazoo River piers was very good with good catches of brown trout on spawn. Fishing for steelhead in the river has slowed due to high water, but should improve as the water levels comes down.

As the water warms we should find that the fishing will improve. Check back for more information or contact me at [email protected] for an update.

[upperlimits]

fished out of holland Sun. am. went 2 for 3 south of the piers. gold and orange jointed rapala (flat line) caught 1 and green dolphin scorpion on shallow rigger took another.both cohos. 6 to 20 fow.

[DIRTY DOG]

nice job guys ,COME ON WEEKEND

[Priority1]

WTG guys.

[CAC]

Thanks guys. We'll all have tight lines soon!

[upperlimits]

Fished this morning(thurs.)south of holland. nothing right on the shorline. moved out to 30fow and picked up 1 coho 12ft down on green dolphin stinger,right in front of halfway creek.water was really muddy in close.water temp around 47deg.

[Priority1]

"Fish inside the bar"

I know a lot of fishermen that do just that. The fish caught tend to be larger. And the only hazard is falling off a stool.

[upperlimits]

fished south of holland again this morning.6to30fow never had a hit.conditions seemed perfect.water was still alittle muddy.first skunk of the year.oh well. any word on st.joe or s.h.?

[GLF]

any word on st.joe or s.h.?

Its still happening in St. Joe.

[upperlimits]

Thanks! I think I will give that a shot in the morning.

[Crazy King]

9 cohos and 2 browns out of St. Joe on Thursday. 55 degree water during the middle of the day.