Fished with Joe and John in Manistee, Mi. from 8-12 to 8-16. The weather forecast was looking good except for the day of our arrival. We did not make it out fishing Saturday but we probably could have. The weather held until Thursday when the winds started to blow. We cancelled our morning trip but we were able to sneak out a trip around 11:00 am for a 1 hour fishing trip and that was our fishing for the week. We came home on Friday because the weather so bad. We tried to pull the boat out Friday morning at the harbor but the wind and waves made it impossible. We were fighting 2 to 3 foot waves at the boat launch. We met some people who told us to take the boat up to Manistee Lake and take the boat out there. That worked out perfect. On the way to Manistee Lake the handle fell off the trailer winch. Luckily a city worker saw it happen. He followed the trailer and gave it to us which made for one happy crew.
On Sunday morning we fished straight out of the harbor at the 13 line and went 3 for 4 with the bloody nose fly and the spin doctor the hottest lure. That evening we fished the same area and went 1 for 2 with the bloody nose fly working again and a black mamba meat rig. Monday morning the lake was flat and we headed north to the 17 line and went 1 for 1 with the bloody nose fly again. For the evening trip we headed out to the 15 line and went 3 for 4 with the meat rig catching a couple of fish. Tuesday we left the dock a little late to let the storm pass by and we fished the 16 line and went 1 for 2 with the gray ghost J plug catching the fish. For the evening trip we went to the 17 line and went 7 for 8 with a little bit bit of every thing working. Tuesday night we got a report that they were catching some fish down at Big Sable Point so I figured we would make the run down there in the morning. Wednesday morning we were heading down the river not knowing if we were going north or south to fish. I made up my mind at the last minute and headed north. As the saying goes, "Don't leave fish to find fish!." We went 6 for 6 with a blue dolphin spoon on the slider catching most of the fish. For the evening we went back to the same area and went 2 for 3. Thursday morning it was blowing pretty good and we thought the day would not be good for fishing, but we had a little window where the wind switched a little bit and the waves were about 3 foot, so out we went. Caught one fish on the 300 copper with a light green silver horde.
The Tally for the Week
We hooked 32 fish and landed 25 of them, which gave us a catch rate of 78 percent, which is pretty good. One fish broke the leader line on the copper, 3 were just short strikes and the rest just got off. We trolled for 33 hours and landed 25 fish which gave us a catch rate of .76 fish per hour. We would like to average one fish per hour. Of the 13 sessions we could of gone fishing, we made it out 9 times and we came home a day early. The 25 fish weighed 333.5 lbs. for an average weight of 13.34 lbs per fish. The largest fish weighed 23.5 lbs. and the smallest was 4.5 lbs. Six fish weighed over 20 lbs.
Below is a List of Lures That Had Hits
Black Mamba Meat.............................7
Blue Dolphin Spoon............................7
Bloody Nose Fly..................................6
John J Blue Meat.................................4
Gray Ghost Spoon...............................3
Silver Horde Ace High........................2
Gray Ghost J Plug...............................1
Mt Dew Spoon John J.........................1
Silver Horde Light Green....................1
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