Wednesday, June 24, 2015

I'll be fishing the Tuesday nights Summer Tournament put on by the Holland Steelheaders, with Capt TJ on Bending Limits.  Last night was our first night in the league.  We had a slow start, loosing our first couple of fish.  But, then things picked up and we ended the night 10 for 18.  Don't get to excited, as were running the Lake Trout program and caught only Lake Trout.  We fished in 100 to 130 FOW.  The biggest was 12 lbs and the smallest didn't make the size limit.  We had several in the 10 lb range.  For the night we took 1st place with the Best Box of fish (5 fish weighing 50 lbs total - in this league you weigh your 5 best fish).  Not bad for our first night in the league.

A couple of boats did go for Kings, and the Big Fish of the tournament was a 14lb king.

It looks like it will be Smoked Lake Trout at our marina 4th of July Party!


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Monday, June 22, 2015


This Reports from Capt. TJ on Bending limits:
Lake Michigan fishing charters Father’s Day weekend fishing report!
This past weekend was jam packed with action. Fishing is very good out of Holland.  Friday evening we had 21 bites, but were only able to get 8 of the fiesty fish to the net.  Saturday morning was our best trip, landing 17 fish! 14 Lake Trout and 3 salmon.  Saturday afternoon the bite was a little tougher, but we were still able to land 8 fish. We also landed 3 of the biggest fish of the year on Saturday evening!!
The lake trout are loving our new Yakima spin n glos on the bottom.
The kings continue to want nothing but big weenie meat rigs!  Blue balls again was our most consistent one!!
What a weekend of fishing!   Book your trip now! Dates are filling quickly!
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Sunday, June 21, 2015

Well, with no son around for Father's Day, Kris joined me fishing this morning.  We fished from 6:45 to 9:30 and ended 2 for 2.  The first fish was a 11 lb Lake Trout that bit on a full core in 80 FOW on a UV wonder-bread glow magnum spoon.  We kept heading west and when we finally turned south in 160 FOW we hooked a 15 lb King on a full core with a Snow White Magnum ProKing.  It didn't act like a king as it jumped several times before we were able to get to the planer board.  We headed back east and didn't have any action on the way in.  There were no waves and very few boats out, which was surprising for a Sunday Morning and Father's Day.  By the time we pulled lines, the flies were overtaking the boat.


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Friday night

I had a full boat of friends on Friday night, but we didn't get a full cooler of fish. Marc, Shane, Chuck & I were lucky to get the skunk out finishing 1 for 1 with a small king. We were all over 80 to 140 but couldn't even mark much on the screen.   It was a beautiful night and cameras were used on the sunset instead of the fish.


Thank you,
Wade

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Thursday, June 18, 2015

TJ joined me last night and we fished from 6:30 to 10pm straight out of Holland.  Early on we covered a lot of water with out much action in the 140 to 180 range, then moved in closer.  We ended up 2 for 7 and had a hard time hooking the fish.  We had a real nice steelhead jumping around a dozen or so times before it shook the spoon (lead core).  The two we caught were 7 and 11 lb kings. Green was the hot color with 3 hits coming on silver with green and spots, 1 on a white/glow with green and spots, 2 on green and gold with silver back, and one on greenish fly.  The meat rig was quiet.  The lake was flat, the visibility was questionable at times, but it was a lot of fun at the end of the night when we got the double header going.

I hope to be out there again on Friday.

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Thursday, June 11, 2015

Marc and I fished last night from 7 to 10pm.  I had some good intel from Bending Limits and Black Pearl Charters that the kings were biting in 160 to 180, so we started fishing out deep.  After an hour without bites and seeing nothing on the fish finder, we worked are way back in.  We marked fish regularly in the 135 to 145 area but again, no bites.  Finally during the sunset hour we got a little action as we were headed back east towards the pier.  We pick up a small king on a Lemon Ice Magnum on a full core in 85 FOW and then a nice 14 lb king, 60 down, on a gold magnum spoon with green sprayed on both edges.  The fish seem to be moving around a bit.

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Saturday, June 6, 2015

Went out Friday evening with Mark (D-23) around 6:30 and it was a bit sporty with some big waves rolling through.  We ended 2 for 3.  A nice 7 lb steelhead came on white with green spoon that looked just like the steelhead itself, on  a full core.  A 3 lb king came on a green flasher with home-made orange mirage fly on dypsy 150 back.  Of course, the one that got away felt like a real nice king and came on the a green alwive magnum spoon, 60 down.  Because of the strong North wind and waves, we fished south to Saugatuck from 85 to 65 FOW.  We turned around about 8:30 and headed back toward Holland.  We picked up lines shortly after that as Mark was starting to turn green with the added wave action.

Hopefully we'll be back out there tonight and with this East wind, it should be pretty calm.

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Thursday, June 4, 2015

Had nice first trip on the Rhino last night.  Capt. TJ of Bending Limits road along as well.  The fishing was slow and we didn't mark many either.  We spent most of the time around 110 to 125 and went 1 for 2 on small kings.  The king came on a Mag blue Dolphin Spoon. Heading toward the pier at sunset we picked up a nice 8 lb Laker in 80 FOW on a green fly.   Hopefully I'll be back out there on Friday.

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Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Sorry for the lack of reports, but I hope to get the Rhino launched this week and start fishing on a regular basis.  The word from the Grand Haven Tournament was that the Lake Trout continue to easy to target and the kings are quite a bit harder to pinpoint and find on a day-to-day basis.  Good amounts of kings were caught in the 10 to 16 lb range.

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