Saturday, June 28, 2014

 Paul, Dave, and I went out from 5:30 to 10:00 and it was a pretty slow evening.  Action seemed a lot slower when you consider I was fishing with 3 poles earlier in the week and last night we had 8 out.  We ended 3 for 4 and got a couple of nice fish.  When setting up the first was a 13 lb king we picked up in 90 FOW 50 down on a magnum green/white spoon with large black dots.  We stayed in that area for a while, but with no luck.  We headed as deep as 210 then turned back around.  We picked up a double in 180 to 190 and landed a nice 12 lb Steelhead on a white pro-king with orange ladderback on 4 color lead. The other half of the double was probably the biggest, but it spit the hook and it was a full core with glow green dolphin.  We took one more as we were pulling lines in 135 FOW on full lead core.  Nothing hit the 2 flies that were out on dipsies.

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Wednesday, June 25, 2014

I skipped out of work a little early on 6/24 to go fishing as it looked like the fog was clearing.  It was clear for a mile or two, but then I was back in the fog again and it wasn't until much later when I found a clearing North of the channel.  I was alone and fished the same set up as Sunday, but this time from 3:30 to 8:30.  The Green Dolphin glow on lead was hot again and took 3 of the 4 fish as I ended 4 for 4 on the day (2 kings, 1 steelhead, 1 laker).   A orange ladder back on glow spoon took a 4 lb steelhead on a slider.  This steelhead danced around on the top of the water all the way to the cooler where it actually jump right in my net.  I felt pretty good about landing this one after seeing a great airshow!  Once again the fish were on the small side so I am a little worried that I won't have enough for the 4th of July Picnic...

The fog cancelled my fishing trip with Paul and Dave this morning.


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Monday, June 23, 2014

Well, on Saturday too many fish got away so I decided to see if I could put a few of them in the box on Sunday.  I took a solo trip around the same time, 1:30 to 5 in the afternoon.  Again, there was a lot of action, but the bites were light again and I lost several fish and ended 4 for 9 on my 3 rod set up with 2 small kings and 2 steelhead.  Most of this action was around 200 FOW.  Because flies weren't working much on Saturday, I went with 2 riggers down 40 to 60 with 2 sliders and also one full core lead line all with spoons.   The full core with a green dolphin glow was the hottest and went 3 of 4.  I had good action on the sliders too, but couldn't get the fish hooked.  One of them was a half green and half silver pro king that has an orange sticker on the back side.  This spoon's been doing well all year.  So, for this afternoon trip, I'd call it a success, except for the size of the fish.  The best fish was an 8 lb steelhead.  There was a also a lot of fog and small black flies which kept it from being a perfect afternoon.


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Sunday, June 22, 2014

Paul and I had a nice afternoon fishing trip on Saturday, June 22nd.  We fished from 1:30 to 5 and ended 2 for 7 in 150 to 200 FOW.  There was enough action to keep us excited, but the bites were light and the fish was usually off the line after the initial strike.  We ended with 9 and 3 lb kings.  A glow green dolphin spoon on lead took 3 hits and a variety of other spoons got hits too.  The 2 dipsy fly set ups were slow and only took one hit.


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Friday, June 20, 2014

Hey - I'm sorry the reports have been lacking, but I haven't had the time to fish too much lately.  I did go out twice in the last 2 weeks.  The first time was on June 12 when my family took a trip down to South Haven.  We went 5 for 8 in 85-110 feet of water on our way there.  A bloody nose spoon on lead core took 3 hits while a home made orange mirage fly on green and mirage flasher took 2 fish on a dipsy.  The kings were small but we took a nice 10 lb Steelhead.
Next, on June 18, Shane and I went out after the storms and got skunked and had no bites.  We marked a lot of fish in the 85 - 95 FOW range but couldn't make it happen.  I blame it on the storm (of course its not technique).  Hopefully I'll make it out tonight or this weekend.

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