Happy Independence Day!

 Fishing has been on the slower side for silver fish.  We have been catching 8-14 fish per trip with the majority being lake trout mixed with steelhead and a few kings.  We have been fishing 110-160, shallower in lower light and deeper as the sun is higher.  We have been targeting lake trout with riggers on bottom and high divers back 300-400 ft.  Our low diver back 140-200 have taken a handful of silver fish with big weenie meat rigs.  Blood Run coppers in 150-450 have been taking a few steelhead and kings pulling spoons on the higher stuff and meat rigs on the deeper.  Have a great Fourth!

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6/23-6/24

 Fishing is improving.  We are no longer fighting the full moon.  We are averaging around 15 bites a trip.  Trout are biting corner rods with spin n glows and some divers with paddle flies just off bottom.

Silver fish have been biting coppers ranging from 50 copper  all the way to 450 coppers.  The best copper rods have been the 50,175,250 and 450 coppers.  With standard size spoons and 8 inch paddles with green flies.  

Enjoy you weekend on the water. 

Mike Flinsky 

Rod Boss Sportfishing 

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Happy Father’s Day 6/17-6/19

Picking up decent numbers of trout with a few silver fish mixed in. Averaged around 10-15 bites per trip. The full moon played some havoc with the bite this weekend. The early bite was good with a little lull in the middle with a strong late bite. Most of the trout bites came early in the trip and the silver bites came later in the trip. 

The king bites came in spinny flies and 8 inch paddle and flies on a 225 copper, high divers just off bottom. Meat bites came on 400, 450 coppers and low divers back 220. The spoon bites all came 100,125,200,350 and 450 coppers.  Hot Jordo, natural born killer, starburst, Mongolian beef and helmet.  

Most of the trips was spent in the 110-150 fow with 120-130 fow providing most of the bites. 

Mike Flinsky 

Rod Boss Sportfishing 

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Rod Boss Sportfishing 6/1 - 6/9

 

 Fishing remains strong. Picking up good fish in good numbers. Fishing from 160-180 fow seems to be the best water currently. Strong spoon bite. Using standard size spoons on coppers ranging from 100 to 450 feet have all taken multiple bites per trip. Spinny flies on diver rods have been work with high divers set back 350 and low divers set back 220. Green flies behind Trout candy 10” spin doctors and all chrome spin doctors have been working the best. Downrigger rods set between 45-85 with spoons on main and the sliders have taken multiple bites over the last few weeks. 

Mike Flinsky 

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Black Pearl 6/13

Fishing remains good out of Holland.  We have been fishing north in 130-200ft.  The majority of the catches have been chinook salmon with a few coho, steelhead and trout.  Blood Run 75-250 ft coppers with regular stinger spoons have been our top catchers.  The same spoons on outdowns 45-65 down have been good.  Our divers have been slower but producing our bigger fish with Big Weenie meat rigs.  Highs back 200-300 and Lows 120-200.  Green/chrome and UV/yellow have been best.

 

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Black Pearl Report 5/27

 Fishing is very good out of Holland.  Salmon are being caught from Saugatuck to Port Sheldon in 120-180 FOW.  100-300 Lengths of Blood Run copper with a mix of regular size spoons have been rocking fish.  Blood Run wire divers back 200-230 on highs and 90-120 on lows have been taking bigger fish.  Downriggers down 40-70 with spoons have also been good.  Have a great Memorial Day.

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Black Pearl 5/9/22 Report

Salmon are showing up off Holland from the beach out to 70ft of water depending on the day and species targeted.  The coho have been between the sand bars along the beach out to 30ft.  We have been targeting them with body baits on flat lines and short cores.  We have taken kings from 25-70ft depending on where the warmer water ends up that day.  3-7 colors of leadcore, 100-200 coppers and riggers down 15-25 ft have been best.  Stingray, Mag Silver Streaks and Fuzzy Bear spoons have been most productive.  

Tight Lines,

Mark Rapson

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The fishing hasn't been very good in the past couple of weeks. I've talked to several fisherman and its been tough in all depths lately.  I heard of one great fishing trip, but he took his friends across the lake to Wisconsin for the weekend!

With our 4th of July cookout coming up, I still need some fish for the grill, so despite the dismal outlook, Kent, Tony, and I headed out last night and started fishing at 6:30.  It wasn't too rough, but by 6:40 Tony was sea-sick and I wasn't feeling too great myself.  But by 7 we hooked into a monster on the down rigger, 55 down with a magnum Green Dolphin.  It was a great fight and we didn't see the fish until it was right behind the boat and we new it would be big, but the it size surprised us; WOOH! Kent helped guide it in while I netted.  We were so thankful to get it netted smoothly on the first attempt as the line broke just as it fell in the back of the net. This King went 24.8 lbs and was the biggest fish we've caught in long time.

We hoped catching the fish would settle his stomach, but it didn't, so we turned around to head back in, promising that we would quit soon and get back to land.  On the way back, we had another screamer on the big dipsy set at 100, on 1, with a pearl fish catcher and fly.  We new we had another monster, but this one broke the swivel on the old snubber behind the dipsy and we lost it.  

So, 6:30 to 7:30, 1 for 2, with the action in 125 to 130 FOW.   

Maybe it was because we had low expectations, but catching that 1 fish was so much fun! 

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Report from 4-10-21

 From Z-Dock: We were a steelhead away from the grand slam. 

-There are lake trout throughout the water depths of 40 feet to 200 ft and normal size spoons are best on downriggers and divers. -There are coho shallow from 5 feet of water to 20 feet. Mini streak spoons on 1 color of lead or size 5 flicker shads on flat lines are best. 

-brown trout are also mixed in with the coho on the same baits.

-small king came on a 3 color lead on a thin fish. 

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So, In hopes of being able to cook Salmon for our annual picnic, we went out fishing last night, despite all the bad reports.   Unfortunately, this report is that good either...   Craig, Kent, Ryan and I fished from 6:30 to 9 pm in 80 to 120 FOW and ended 1 for 3 and did catch a nice 8 lb King.  It was 80 down in 90 FOW on a Mag Glow Flounder Pounder. 

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Sunday July 29^th:  Cleared the pier heads just before 6:30am to hunt fish till lines up at 1:00pm.  Steelhead – could not find one.  Downrigger bite was happening and the kings were back.  Didn’t bother with 300’ copper since the water was so warm.  Worked my way outside of the fleet to about 155 FOW.  Pick up a young king on downrigger 60’ down with a fish flash / spoon combination at about 7:30am.  Took another hour before getting bit again in 145 FOW on SWR down 80’ with a holographic spoon on the business end.  Waited until 12:30pm for the next bite.  On a SW troll in 135 FOW passed a boat going North dragging a yard sale but fighting a fish on one of the lines.  Wishing that was my boat, I bumped SWR off the bottom and boom, tip up and at the end of the battle, I was rewarded with a 20lb king, hook out in the net no less.  Belly was full of bait fish.  Dipseys were silent and not a factor in the hunt and the water was warm on top.  Everyone is running long lines, some managed well and others not so well.  Need to have patience and avoid running over lines this time of year – unless of course, you must.

Capt Dick
Fin Warrior

I committed to fish at sun up rain or shine and the weather & waves were perfect.  Not hot, no flies but lots of nats.  I also was reminded why I like fishing the low traffic evening bite.  Sun up is akin to government cheese being handed out at the trailer park.  Boats roaring by throwing out wakes as your setting lines, vessels not understanding who is stand on and who is give way in a crossing situation, 360 loops to get the boat running <150' off your gunnel out of harms way.  But that's OK, I will be back out tomorrow.  The bait fish are sparse and bite has slowed down.  My last three trips produced fish with empty bellies.  Went 2-for-3 this morning.  Banged a steelhead as I was setting lines in 100 FOW on 3-set dipsey 130' out with a evil alewife on the business end.  Then nothing for hours till the other 3-set 125' out dipsey roared to life with a 13.5lb king.  Black spinny with a black/gold fly did the deed.  That same rod got spanked about 20 minutes later however, the fish broke off the fight very quickly.  As I was pulling lines, double orange crush on a 2-color copper, 10' down on a rigger, the last rod in the water popped but it likewise was gone as I picked up the rod.  Coming in, there were still small pods of bait fish inside 100 FOW at about 20' down.  Likely why the steelhead are still in the skinny water.  Need to pick up ice for tomorrow morning :)

Capt Dick
Fin Warrior

Dropped lines at 4:00pm for a few hours of pre-Fourth of July fishing.  Worked the 120-180 FOW north of the harbor with the action coming in 135-155 FOW.  Landed 3 steelhead, one last year adult at 12+lbs and one modest coho.  No kings on this trip.  Steelhead appear to be be big and abundant this summer.  All the action was on riggers, 65-80' down.  Proctologist fly on a 8" chartreuse spinny  and magnum holographic spoons continue to work well.  Just one drive by on an orange crush dipsey and no action on the full copper line.  Top water is beginning to warm up.  Water flies are back but not too bad - get the flea flicker line out.  And of course the biting flies are always around when its hot and flat.

Capt Dick
Fin Warrior

Got out Wednesday evening with Tom and Jeff.  Went 5 for 7.  Initially set up out the the harbor mouth in 120 FOW on a north troll.  For the evening, worked 140-115 FOW both north and south half way to Port Sheldon and short of the sliders.  Boated two 12.5+ kings, steelhead 11.6lb and 8.6lbs and one small laker.  Proctologist fly on a 9.5" chartreuse spinny 55' down on the SB aft rigger got hit 3X.  The tail gunner holographic spoon set up the SB side rigger with light line, 65' down and  70' out got hit 3X.  And one runner, likely a steely hit a double orange crush spoon on a dipsey about 40' down - we did not boat that one.  Surprisingly, port side SWR was untouched all night.  And no action on 100' and 200' of copper.  The only action on 300' of copper was a massive tangle (thank you Mr. Steelhead) that decommissioned the set-up.  Figure the spinny was doing the heavy lifting most of the night.  Chatter seamed to be slow.  Believe we had a lucky night coming in better than most boats.

Capt Dick

Friday was a beautiful night to be on the water. Got 5 of the 6 rods to go. Wonderbread J-Plug on 300' of copper, SWR 70' down w/ green dolphin hologram, down rigger 80' down with a watermelon hologram spoon took a 10lb steely, and both dipseys fired at 50-55' down on a 2 set with a UV green dolphin and a mag black fin tuna that took a 10-12lb king. Little to no chatter on channel 68 other than a few comments on washing lures.

Capt Dick

I've heard the fishing continues to be good for Kings.  My boat is having engine work, so I won't be out fishing for a while. 

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I've talked with a few customers and the fish are biting.  Big Kings are being caught west of Holland   Good Lake Trout and Coho reports too from Holland to South of Saugatuck.  Get out there for some good may fishing!

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 Craig and I gave fishing a shot last night.  Beautiful night on the Water!  The fishing was slow and we went 1 for 1 fishing from 80 to 140 FOW.  We caught a 15 lb Lake Trout on a meet rig down 100 in 128 FOW.


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I had heard that fishing was pretty good this past week and saw that Bending Limits had a dozen on Friday Morning.  Craig and I went out from 6:30 to 9:30 Friday evening, but only had one hit and nothing to show for it.  We fished from 100 to 175 and didn't see much on the screen either.

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I finally made it out fishing!  Last night Capt. Jim and I took the Rhino out for the first trip of the year.  Jim grabbed a bunch of his gear as I hadn't even been on the boat yet to take inventory.  We didn't know where to go or what to use, but between 7-9:15 we went 7 for 10 (we missed the first 3).  There were 6 nice kings, with the biggest at 15 pounds, and 1 coho.  100 to 140 FOW, mostly around 50 down.  Lead, Copper, Downriggers and dypsys all went.

It was a really great trip and I hope the fishing continues!


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