Saturday, June 29, 2013

Friday night, I took out my friends visiting from Mexico.  It was a great night to be out, except for all the flies.  We fished from 6:30 - 9:45pm and ended 2 of 3, with a 7 lb Steelhead and a little king.  We started out deep and fished the 180 - 210 area, and while we marked fish 40 to 100 down, we couldn't get any takers.   We worked our way back in and took the steelhead 80 down in 85 fow on a Mag Lemonberry.  The Steelhead put up a great fight for Efren and put on an aerial show for all of us.   Just before finishing for the night, we took the little King on a green fly and dipsy, 170 back set on 1.5 in 80 FOW.

While it wasn't big numbers, it was better than being skunked.  I'm still a few fish short of a picnic (Marina Party on the 4th), so I'm planning another trip or 2 before then.

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Saturday, June 22, 2013

Skunk! Paul, Mark & I fished all over but only got two bites. We fished from 6:30-9:30 & from 65 to 190 fow. Maybe next time...

Monday, June 17, 2013

Ryan and I took the boat to South Haven for the Weekend to stay and see a bunch of movies at the Waterfront Film Festival.  The plan was to fish on the way down and on the way back.  We fished Friday morning from 5:30 to 11.  Things started off great as we were setting lines in 80 FOW off the Saugatuck channel.  We got a nice king on a 4 color lead and bloody nose spoon as we were setting up the lines.  Unfortunately this was the only action we had all morning as we fished all the way to South Haven in the 80 to 120 FOW range.

Then, on Father's Day, on the ride home, we got a couple miles North of South Haven and thick fog set in.  We ended up never dropping lines as the fog lasted the entire ride back to Holland.  We spent the long trip going slow with the eyes stuck on the radar and sounding the horn as when we thought boats were around.  Besides a large sailboat crossing our bow off Saugatuck, it was an uneventful, trip - except for the hundreds of small black flies that covered us...

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Saturday, June 8, 2013

Well, Mark and I gave it our best last night, but came up with a skunk.  We had one nice fish on, but it spit the hook.  Our only bite came 80 down in 130 FOW on a Wonderbread Magnum spoon.  It was a little bouncy but we tried most directions and fished from 80 to 180, marking most fish in the 100 to 130 area.

I did hear a report from the morning that they didn't get anything until they made it out to 190.  We just didn't make it that far...


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Friday, June 7, 2013

Sorry for the delay, but unfortunately I haven't had anything great to report. Over the past week I went out twice.  The first was a dinner cruise fishing trip with Kris last Friday.  We fished from 6-8pm and ended 1 for 3, mostly fishing in the 120 - 160 depth range.  The nice 5 lb coho that we caught came in 65 FOW on our way in - We basically made one large circle to the North after leaving the channel.  For a Friday night, it was remarkably quiet on the water with only a boat or two out there.

The 2nd trip was Wednesday night.  Ryan and I fished mostly in the 120 to 140 FOW and marked a lot of fish 40 to 80 feet down, but we couldn't get anything to go.  We ended the night going 1 for 1 and bringing in a 7 lb king on a 12 color Lead, with a black spoon with green and white.

Hopefully another trip this weekend.  The Lake has been pretty flat so its been fishing friendly for most any boat and anyone!

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