We set up off the bank north of Ludington today. The down temp was 65 degrees down 85 feet on our Fish Hawk. We rode a while in the dark before our first rod went. it was a 275 coper with a mag Fuzzy Bear Orange Slice. A 255 copper with a Green Splatter Back Captain’s Choice Cut Plug was next. Followed by our chute rigger down 110 with an 11″ White Slick Paddle/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly stacked with a mag Fuzzy Bear Yellowtail.
We landed 2 out of 3. The fish on the chute took the stack. We made a long downwind troll. 
Our best rod was our chute rigger down 110. It went a total of 5 times. One time for the stack and 4 times on the DW Paddle. We had several fish hit our coppers that didn’t stay hooked. It’s frustrating to have those hit and runs. We missed a fish and took a Coho on a 250 copper with a Wonder Bread Captain’s Choice Cut Plug. Our 225 copper with the Green Splatter Back Cut Plug went twice too. We took a big King on our 375 copper with a mag Fuzzy Bear Yellowtail. Our port out downset at 85 with a pair of Soda spoons went twice. On a tip from Capt. Russ Sopor on Overkill we put an 8″ Black Slick Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine out 190 on a low wire #5 Deeper Diver on our port side later in the morning. It took a big King, and we lost another King right at the back of the boat on it. Our meat rig never went today. The Lake was beautiful, and we had plenty of action to make it a very good trip. We use Dreamweaver Premium Strips in all our meat rigs and Morgan’s Tackle copper and wire.
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