Fishing Report

We fished up north again today. We left at 6:00 a.m. yesterday morning. We thought we would have a better King bite today by leaving at our usual time of 5:00 a.m. this morning, didn’t happen. We set up in 110 feet of water (fow) south of the Bath House and trolled north. It took a while before we hit our first fish, a small Laker took the stack on our chute rigger down 80 ft. The stack was a Super Slim Green Ghost. We took a King on a 7.5 color with a glow spoon and missed one on an out down set at 55 with a pair of glow spoons. We took a Trout on a Tin Can Dodger/Spin n Glo  and missed a fish on a 10″ Black Slick Spin Doctor/UV On Ice Big Water Meat Rig out 120 on a low wire diver. It was a slow pick all morning. A 10″ White Crush Green Prism Spin Doctor/home made Pickled Sunshine Action Fly meat rig on a high wire went 3 times, twice 200 out & once out 230. A regular size Dreamweaver UV Super Bread on a 200 copper went once and a UV Yellow Leopard Frog took a trout on a 250 copper. Kept a couple Lake Trout and threw back six small ones on the Tin Can/Spin n Glo combo bouncing bottom. We spent most of the morning working between 100 and 130 fow.

We took part in the inaugural Fish On For Freedom event today in Ludington. It was put on to show  appreciation to veterans for their service to the country. We went north and set up in 110 feet of water on the bank. First rod in was a 7.5 color core with a regular size Blue Benny Fuzzy Bear Spoon. Before the board got into place it was dragging back with a Lake Trout on the other end. We took King on that same rod later in the morning. Second fish was a 17.6 lb. King on a 11′ white Paddle/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly 92 down on the chute rigger.  We took a good King on a 300 Copper with a 10″ Green Bikini Spin Doctor & a prototype Dreamweaver meat rig.  A 10″ White Crush Green Prism Spin Doctor & a homemade Pickled Sunshine Action Fly meat rig  went twice on a high wire diver out 170 the first time & 210 the second.  We missed a good fish on a 250 copper with a 10″ Chrome Kevorkian Spin Doctor/UV On Ice Big Water Rig. The rest of our Lakers came on a Tin Can Dodger/Green-Chartreuse Spin n Glo  bouncing bottom. Our crew of veterans, Bill Downing, John Rodgers, Joseph Tyron and Paul Kazmierski and first mate Austin Tomasek  did a great job and had a good time on the trip. The 17.6 lb. King landed by Joseph Tyron took the Big Fish Award and our team won First Place with a 3 fish total weight 42.35 lbs. It was a very well run event. Thank you to event organizers Brad Hackert, Adam Lamb, Shawn Pomorski, and Adam Knudsen. Job well done!