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9/21/2008 Coho's are hereMatt and Rachel came out Sunday morning and we got some Coho's going in the harbor on white hooches and Aqua glow flies from KRW. Then as soon as it got light out we took a few kings down 15 feet on green ladderback plugs. After that the bloody nose chrome jplugs were working on the slide divers. We had a couple of rips right away on chrome slide divers, but they were gone as fast as they hit. These were the first coho's I have seen this month. It is a good sign.
9/20/2008Eddie brought out some friends to fish this afternoon. We got into the steelhead while it was sunny out We caught 3 steelhead right on the surface and they jumped and danced their way in. You have to check out these pictures. We also caught 6 kings, ending with a double just as we we going into the harbor. It was nice and calm at first, but the wind kicked up around 6:30pm, and the rough water shortened our trip a little.
9/13/98 Carl, Carolyn, Ruth & Jerry Carl, recently retired joined us again this year for a fishing trip on calm waters this time. They boated all the fish that struck our lines. Twice this evening we had to put the boat in neutral to get the line in. I wish I had a picture of Jerry's big one. Maybe Carl will email me a copy to post. It was the bigest clod of seaweed I have ever seen on a fishing hook. We could have put it in a hanging basket outside on our porch. Shortly after Jerry brought that in, we caught 3 fish in a row, and had a great time doing it.
9/12/2008Gail, Russ, Brad and John came fishing this afternoon with us. We caught some real nice fish and talked about everything from England to computers. I hope that Laurie and their 3 year old can come fishing next time.
Carl and Emily Our next door neighbors came and caught some nice salmon this afternoon. We tried fishing where we caught the fish in the morning, but that didn't work out. When we trolled into the pierheads, we caught all 4 in 4 consecutive passes through the mouth of the river. We decided to call it an early evening, and we all went to the Tuscan Grill for some delicious food. Carl and Emily, who own Russell's blueberry farm on Frost Road, brought a blueberry pie, which we ate for dessert. In one of the pics you can see the patch designed to stop seasickness, which did not work for Carl, and did not work for my sister in law Paloma. If you need something for seasickness, stick to either dramamine available over the counter (original formula) or meclizine (available only by prescription - but without the drowsy side effects).
9/6/2008amKathy, West, Michael, and Kristy fished this morning. The wind has been from the nort for the past 4 days, and the bait fish were schooled up near the beach and pierheads again. We had lines set by 5:40 am and waited for the first tindge of daylight. I could just see the rod tips, when the first fish hit the dipsy. The rush continued for about 45 minutes, and then it was done. We caught 4 nice fish and then we searched for more for 3 hours. We went out into deep water, and finally found some 2 and 3 year old salmon in 100 feet of water. We ended up with five fish.
8/25/2008 MoatesJohn and Curt came out fishing again with Kurts family. They caught some fish, most of which didn't release the downriggers. We had a great time with them, and John brought some of the best smoked salmon out. I will have to find who makes this and post the recipe or link so others can try it.
8/24/2008 IanIan brought 4 of his friends up to Manistee fishing for the day. We found big fish all afternoon in 3-5 foot waves. I think we finished up with 13 fish out of 18 hooked. Ian caught a 22.5 pound salmon this evening. There were some other fish that broke off on a 50 pound test leader! The fish seem to really be cooperating in the afternoon. If the warm weather holds this could go on way into September.
8/24/2008 Nat Nat bought this trip as a birthday gift for her father, and then caught this huge fish, which she had a little help landing. They got into some good fishing even though the waves were 3 to 5 feet high.
8/23/2008 McCaulScott, Ken, Tom and Matt enjoyed a very nice evening on the lake. Kind of quiet night, low waves, and ended up with a triple. They had a really good time, and the guys from Indiana caught their first Salmon.
8/23/2008 HermHerm and company got into a few fish, but really the fish never got started real good. We lost a real nice fish, that Otto tag teamed on. I took a short video of the rainstorm that overtook us. I will get it posted to the gallery in the next few days.
8/21/2008 Ron RussRon and the guys fished the pierhead with me tonight, and we caught some real nice hogs. Check out these pcitures.
8/18/2008 GatesEd, Bill and the guys returned for another round of salmon fishing. They caught some real nice fish, with the afternoon being better than the morning. Unfortunately the group pic didn't turn out as well lit as I had hoped. I am still learning this new camera, and I didn't set it for a nightime picture.
8/17/08 AyersMatt, Holly, Ha\yden and Ray came up to catch some hogs at the pierhead tonight. Even Hayden, age 7, caught a big fish - his first. We had a lot of fun
8/17/08 Scott BartlesonScott and his family came out fishing. We didn't fins a lot of fish this morning, but we sure had a good time with everyone. The fish we caught were really good size though.
8/16/08 Jim MIller's Cousin's They arrived from Indiana and showed us how to catch the hogs at the pierhead, and we also caught one 3 miles south just off the beach.
JohnMiller8/10/08 John brought a friend and his son to fish salmon on Lake Michigan. this was their first time and we managed to catch a few nice fish this overcast rainy, misty morning just off the beach.
JohnMiller8/10/08 John brought a friend and his son to fish salmon on Lake Michigan. this was their first time and we managed to catch a few nice fish this overcast rainy, misty morning just off the beach.
Jul 25, 2008 Kathy & Wes We had a nice double one which they landed both the fish. It was fun fishing with this group.
Michigan salmon fishing 7/17/2008 - 7/17/2005 This is Jason's first salmon. This weighed almost 19 pounds, and was caught in Manistee. We had four fish on when he landed this. The fish were down 110 feet in 135 fow. They came on fishcatchers and KRW flies, mainly the riverside, and aqua green glow, but Ken made me a special fly with a red head and glow white skirt that hooked up on 4 fish. I think we finished up 7 for 16 on this trip. The weather played a big role. The fish were biting before 7:30 am real good, and this thunderstorm cell rolled in just south of us. We turned and trolled north to go around it, but the fish turned off as it passed. We went 3 hours without a bump, and then lost a couple jumpers, and I switched colors to a aqua gree fly on a green fishwcatcher, and that started to catch some fish.
Michigan Salmon fishing charter with Captain Ed June 7th 2008 Capt Ron, Joe, Fred and Joe, a group of veterans from Detroit, fished with me today and caught this box. and his veteraFishing has improved with the south wind, but the big fish have not arrived yet. Our best baits were Stinger's Killer Blue and a ProKing green/white with some silver prism tape added to the back of the lure. Almost all the fish came on the riggers 99-110 feet over 150 -250 fow. There were no hits on the dipsy's, shallow downriggers. We had multiple rips on the lead core, but we only managed to hook up on one steelhead. The Killer Blue accounted for all the fish, and it didn't seem to matter whether we fished a magnum or regular size lure.