Rod Boss Sportfishing 7/20

 The lake flipped and a full moon  the water inside is colder than the water out deep. You can’t always fish the pier heads and expect to be productive.  However when the lake flips it is a good opportunity to try something different  

We fished the pier heads today.  White body moonshine spoons Happy meal, black pearl, green jeans, dirty white boy, mean jeans, solid glow, green jeans half slice, helmet, raster goose were all good spoons.  On 2,3,5 colors and 50,125,140 coppers.  Small diameter divers on 2 diver rods. 

We went 20-30  with our 4 man limit.  

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Rod Boss Sportfishing 7/7/2024

 Fishing is about as good as it gets.  80-90 fow of water to start and then maybe sliding out deeper if the fish move out.  Spoons on coppers 125,150,175,200,225 have been really good.  Happy meal, dancing Alwewife, U of M froggy, Shelly snack and green pirate have all been productive  high divers out 80-150 with meat rigs and low divers out 70-90 with spinny and paddle flies have been very productive also.  Riggers with spoons down 35-60 and chute down to bottom have been picking up a few trout here and there.  Start early as the bite shuts down on the sunny days.  

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Black Pearl 4th of July Week

 Solid fishing out of Holland this past week despite the lake rolling.  Catches of king salmon, steelhead and lake trout are the norm.  Fish have been scattered from 75ft-160ft with the majority being caught 30-70 down.  Riggers 40-60 down with spoons and paddles have been decent.  Divers back 160-200 on highs and 90-110 on lows with a mix of meat rigs and flasher flies.  150-400 coppers with spoons on the higher gear and flasher/flys on the deeper stuff.  Happy Fourth of July!

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Rod Boss Sportfishing 7/6/2024

Fishing continues to be great.  Big numbers of big fish around at the moment. Make sure your equipment is where is should be or you could break stuff off.  

80-110 fow in the morning has been good.  125, 150, 200, 259, 300 coppers have been productive spoons like Happy meal, dancing anchovie and u m froggy on the high coppers and spinny and paddle flies on the lower coppers have been best  Divers with meat and flies have also been good.  Highs back 150-200 and lows back 80-110.  

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Black Pearl Sportfishing 6/24

 Fishing has been stellar out of Holland the past week.  Catches of 10-17 fish per trip with kings, coho and steelhead.  Sea fleas are getting thick so time to put Sea Flea line on your riggers.  Riggers 60-90 down were decent with flasher/flies.  Blood Run wire diver back 180-240 on highs and 100-160 on lows were very good.  Blood Run 200-400 coppers were also good.  We had flasher/fly set-ups on nearly every rod.

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Rod Boss Sportfishing 6/21/24

100-110 was good to start then moved out to 120-140 both north and south trolls were productive. North troll was better. Coho spinny and flies on chute down 53 and high divers back 150 were good. Low diver back 90 -120 were decent 8 inch paddle and flies. Corners down at bottom spinny flies were also good. Straight out to the north and back. No takers on meat tonight  

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Rod Boss Sportfishing 6/15/2024

Today was pretty good fishing. 90-100 was really good to start both north and south trolls. Then moved out to 140-150 both north and south trolls were good. High diver back 350 meat and low diver back 200 spinny fly. To start high diver back 150 low diver back 90 with spoons went well.  Spoons on higher coppers and meat and fly mix on deeper coppers. Whites were good early, Purples and blues were good both early and late. 

Black Pearl-Memorial Day 2024

 Fishing out of Holland has been pretty slow the past week.  Catches have been 3-6 fish per boat of mainly kings and a few lake trout.  Low light fishing in 80-100 ft has produced mature kings but the bite window is short.  Once the sun is up fish are being caught sporadically out to 240ft.  Our best rods have been Blood Run wire divers back 140-200 on the highs and 100-120 on the lows.  We've had best action with Big Weenie meat rigs and DW Spin Doctors.  Hopefully fishing picks up soon.

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Black Pearl 5/6/24

 2024 is off and rolling out of Holland.  King salmon are scattered but showing up in decent numbers.  We have caught fish from 80-150 FOW the past week.  We took fish on 150-300 coppers, wire divers back 180-230 on highs and 90-130 on lows.  Riggers 40-90 down also produced.  We ran spoons on our coppers and outdowns with regular Silver Streaks and Stingray sizes being the most productive.  Divers with flasher flys and meat rigs produced.  Hopefully we get some stable weather and less wind this next week.

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