This One's A Keeper!

Saturday Morning

The morning temperature was in the low 60's. Winds were out of the North 10-15. Waves 3-4 ft.

JPlugs were the lure of the day. We picked up our limit of 6 King Salmon.

Thank you John, for the posting and the very nice photo of Doug and an 18# King!

UPDATE: Saturday Evening - First trip out that we've gotten nothing at all. Same for Daryl.

Next Planned Trip: Monday 09/03/07 Perch Fishing with Joe and John?

Friday Morning Catch

No, this isn't something they caught in Lake Michigan. The guys didn't send a photo today, so instead, I posted one of my fish.

This mornings catch was 4 King Salmon and 1 Steelhead. The winds were light and out of the West, lake was calm. Not catching anything until we changed the hootchies from the inside setting to the outside setting. (Thank you Daryl for the good tip!)

Happy Fishermen

This post was guest written by John.

Thursday Morning: Winds were out of the southwest 5-10 mph. Waves were 1-2 ft. with a morning temperature that was in the upper 60's. The best bait was Glow Squids and Green Dipsy Divers. The Kings came in a flurry, up to 3 at a time!

Thank you Capt. Doug for picking the RIGHT SPOT!!!

Bird's Nest and Lucky Strike

Doug's boat (Bird's Nest) and Daryl's boat (Lucky Strike) in their slips at the motel's marina. It's around a 6 minute ride down the river to Lake Michigan.

Wednesday Morning's Catch

Here is this mornings catch, 6 for 12. It was a nice day with winds out of the East, 5-10 mph.

Looks like the rain has stopped and it warmed up a bit.

If you click on the photo you can enlarge it for a better view.

Fish Guts and Beer Gut?

Well, here is the photo the guys emailed today.

Since they just emailed the photo with no explanation, and didn't call and leave a phone message, I'll just have to guess that this is today's catch, and from the looks of it, this must be the cleaning station. (Looks like blood and other nasty stuff on the table)

Come on guys, your photo

composition needs some improvement.

Oh well, at least you can catch fish!

Wet Start to Fishing Trip

It's wet and cool in Manistee. Have 7 King Salmon so far. (2 for 6 Saturday p.m., 4 for 4 Sunday a.m., and 1 for 3 Sunday p.m.) Nice fish ranging 8 - 14 lbs. We have been using Dipsy's and JPlugs. The motel is very nice. Coming into the harbor is not nice - it's like 100 boats coming into the harbor at once with very poor lighting. Also a challenge getting my boat into the slip at the motel, with a fast current and not much room. By the time the boat is in the slip I have about 6 inches on each side of the boat!

John H. was at the cottage in Rogers City over the weekend and they were unable to get out because of the wind.

Time for bed, as we'll be up at 4:00 am to fish again!

On the Road Again!!! (for Salmon)

Finally!! Heading up to Manistee, Michigan, for salmon fishing on Lake Michigan. John and I brought the boat home last Saturday to get it ready for salmon fishing. Joe, John and I worked on it Saturday and Sunday. I continued working on it this week.

We'll be staying at the Manistee Inn and Marina. The motel is right on the river with its own marina. About a 6 minute boat ride to Lake Michigan. We plan on returning home August 26 or 27.

Looks like the fishing should be good. I'll try to update the blog from Manistee.

McDonald's

Fished with Daryl before work. Temp in the morning was in the lower 70s and by noon it was in the mid 80s. The wind was out of the west less than 5 knots with hardly any waves. We started trolling for walleyes by the Toledo Water Intake without any luck. We were marking a lot of fish but no takers. Moved to McDonald's and started perch fishing and we only caught a couple of fish there so we headed to the E buoy. Made a couple of moves there and then we went to the S buoy. Started to catch some perch and then it was time to leave. Kept 22 perch for the day. John H. is going to help me bring the boat home on 08-11-07 to get it ready for salmon fishing.