Wednesday, July 29, 2015

 I fished with Capt. TJ in the Tuesday Night Steelheaders League.  We ended 4-6.  We mostly targeted Lake Trout, but they had moved out of TJ's normal hunting grounds so the action was slow and we couldn't get the 5 fish that we needed for the weigh in.  We ended up trying for kings in the last hour and picked up a nice 14lb king around 95 FOW but that was it after the 3 Lakers we took earlier around the same depth.  For the night, we were 4th in the league for the Biggest Box and probably 3rd for the Biggest fish.  I thing the biggest fish went to a 16 lb Lake Trout.  Most boats struggled only catching 2 to 4 fish.



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Monday, July 27, 2015

Sunday Morning:  3 for 4.  Slow action overall.  South wind pushed warmer water into the east bank.  Laker and Steelie hit in 150-160 FOW.  Coho (surprise) came on lead with meat and a large paddle on the business end in 115 FOW.  Fished close to Saugatuck.  Did notice a scum line about 110 FOW but no notable action.  Small flies and biting flies - it was very buggy out there today.

Capt Dick
Fin Warrior

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Saturday, July 25, 2015

From Captain Rich on Fin Warrior - Fishing 90 - 110, Picked up two steelhead last night. One on a dark colored J-plug I painted myself out on a full core and the other on a Dipsey 40' down with Monkey Puke on the business end.  Ran meat but no takers.

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Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Great weather last night, so the Tuesday Night Steelheaders went on as planned.  I fished with Capt. TJ on Bending Limits and we targeted Lake trout and went 9 for 12 fishing in 80-90 FOW down by Saugatuck.  At the end of the night we switched things up and tried for kings, but without any luck.  At the weigh-in, our top 5 fish came in at just over 50 lbs which was second place for the night, while the top boat had a 60 lb box and the biggest fish caught was a 14 lb king.



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Friday, July 17, 2015

Tony, Paul and I fished from 6:30 to 9:30 last night and ended 2 for 4 with a 8 lb steelhead that came on a 3 color on a reg. size  green/white pro-king with an orange back.  The other fish was a 13 lb king that came on a green fly and spin-doctor with spots on dypsy.  We had a real big king get away as well.  The best action was on on a NE troll 85 - 95 FOW.

Lots of steelhead have been caught off the pier in the last few days.


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Thursday, July 16, 2015

My Son Ryan was home for a a couple days so I took him out fishing last night. We caught an 8 lb Lake Trout and two King Salmon of 5 and 12 lbs.   We had the action around 95 to 110 FOW and the trout and one king came on a full core with a magnum white and green spoon with 5 big spots.  The other king came on the same old green/pearl fish catcher and orange mirage fly that has been working so well for me this year.  We didn't have any meat out last night and only fished from 7 to 9:30pm.

I'll be giving it another try tonight provided we don't get too wet...

The sunset was pretty great!

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Tuesday, July 14, 2015

This report is from the Fishing Pols:  Went out Saturday PM and washed lures for several hours before boating a nice big king that pushed 15lbs in 110 FOW.  Didn't try for any Lakers so I can't comment on the Laker fishing.  Ran spoons, plugs, meat and flies mostly in the white/blue/green combinations.  Very few marks on screen.   Capt. Jim


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Friday, July 10, 2015

Thursday night

Shane and fished from tunnel park north to about a mile south of port sheldon and back. We ended 1 for 6 with a small king on a meet rig 60 down.  We had a 10+ lb steelhead on full core put on a big aerial show before it spit the hook. A purple and black pro king magnum on full core took 4 hits.  Its too bad we couldn't keep the fish on the line.  Most action was around 120.


Thank you,
Wade

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Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Unfortunately the Tuesday Night Steelheaders League was cancelled again because of big waves.  If you are planning a fishing trip, don't pick Tuesday, as its the Big Wave day-of-the-week...

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Thursday, July 2, 2015

Well, it wasn't the best night to go out fishing, but I have a Marina Party on the 4th that I haven't caught enough Salmon for, so despite the weather, we headed out around 6:30.  I heard that some Kings were caught North in 140 -160 FOW, so Dave, Paul, & I pounded our way North in the 3-6 footers, then headed with the waves on a SSE troll.  We only fished 5 rods because of the tough conditions and it wasn't till we made it to 130 FOW outside of Holland that we missed the first bite, 60 down, on a white/green magnum with spots.  Shortly after, the lead core with a purple and black Pro-King magnum started ripping out and kept going with drag cranked up.  Boom, its double time, the dipsy went with a green fish catcher and home-made orange mirage fly.  As I was bringing in a 7 lb king on the dipsy, Dave had his hands full on the lead core as he ended up submarining the large planer board and the line just kept going out.  Not wanting to loose the fish or the gear, we pulled the other 3 rods and backed down on the board/fish.  The board finally popped up and Dave was able to bring in this beefy 14 lb king.  We fished for another hour until 9:30 and the waves calmed a bit, but no more action to report.

I'll probably head out on Friday night in order to make sure there enough filets to put on the grill Saturday.

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Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Unfortunately the Tuesday night league was cancelled last night due to waves.  We fished for almost an hour, but didn't have any luck in the 110 to 130 range.

If it's not rough out, I'll give it a try tonight.


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