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Post by lameduck on Sept 22, 2011 9:11:24 GMT -5
Where do I start tomorrow (fri) afternoon and sat if I want to catch some 2 & 3 year olds...and are there any four yrs outside the harbor jumping etc...This is the last effort for the season...Thanx JP
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Post by BlueCollar Outdoors on Sept 22, 2011 10:00:22 GMT -5
Lame duck theres a thread for kewaunee back a day or 3 on here where guys were doing very well in 200 to 300 mostly 80 to 100 down on riggers or mag dipseys down as deep as you can get them.
Naz did good in 160 just a few days ago, again riggers deep, there is a nice temp break right now around 80 to 100 down.
This is from quantam leap about 5 days ago in kewaunee... Fished off Kewaunee on Friday (9/16) and Saturday (9/17) with good results. We set line on both days around 5:30 am in 150 fow and fished out to 400 fow. Both mornings we had similar catches. We had 10 on Friday (4 Kings, 5 Steelies, and 1 Coho). We had 11 on Saturday (7 Kings, 3 Steelies, and1 Whitefish). We caught the 2# whitefish on a spoon off 300' copper as we were pulling lines on Saturday!! There was a 10 degree temperature break between 90' an 100' down. Riggers 65 - 110' down and dipseys 130 - 200' back took most of the fish. Only a couple fish on the boards. Spoons were better than flies
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Post by naz3 on Sept 22, 2011 11:20:30 GMT -5
JP, hurt my lower back but good Sunday lifting a big log into a trailer but that won't likely stop me from going tomorrow a.m. Give me a shout if you'd like and I can update you, but my guess is the 150-250 range will be as far as you'd have to go, maybe even a bit shallower after all this wind. I'm thinking the temp break might be up higher too. 487-2006 when you get into town, or 883-0686 is the cell I'm using right now until I figure out what phone to get since I broke mine a long while back.
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Post by salty on Sept 23, 2011 7:13:43 GMT -5
check your mail
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Post by fishinglinder on Sept 23, 2011 8:06:07 GMT -5
I heard from my boat mechanic that they got 25 last Sat. out of Kewaunee. Never got past 150 FOW. Started out with spoons and later switched to FF. Back in the dock before 11AM. Some pukers on board. They were in the warm stuff. Will I ever learn, I fished the 300 ft. and not a taker
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Post by lameduck on Sept 23, 2011 9:20:21 GMT -5
Thanx guys for the help.... I owe ya a smoked salmon JP
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Post by ChampionShip on Sept 23, 2011 9:37:53 GMT -5
Skip right over the 150 in Algoma, head out past 250 and point east for a while......
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Post by naz3 on Sept 23, 2011 21:55:42 GMT -5
Champ, fishing was best this morning in 130-200; this afternoon, 150-250; where it'll be tomorrow, who knows? The cold water is roaring with a wild current out there. Here's a photo from this morning, 60 feet down in 80 feet on troll in just to see how cold it would get (48 on the surface there; low 60s where we fished). When I talked to JP an hour or so before sunset tonight, he was thrilled with five. I think Salty and Tony had 6 or 8 at that time. Obsession charter had 23 this morning, 17 this afternoon. Spoons, flies and more all working, mainly in the 35-70 down range today. Attachments:
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Post by ChampionShip on Sept 23, 2011 23:34:21 GMT -5
Looks like with the west blow we caught the fish on their way west- score for having fish in closer than the 300's!
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Post by naz3 on Sept 24, 2011 12:23:22 GMT -5
This morning best was 220-300, with some fish around 150 (JP had three in there). Went 3-for-4 in 220-280 on a wind-and-rain-shortened trip: Dipsy with flasher/fly out 85 and 115 dialed on 3 and reg. spoon down 40 on rigger, two dandy 3-year-olds and a nice rainbow. Boy the fillets are good size from the 3s; should be some whoppers around next year if we can keep the bait alive over winter. Around 7:45 I talked to Obsession and they had a dozen fish. Most privates I talked to had 2-6 in 2-2-1/2 hours.
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Post by mojorisin on Sept 24, 2011 19:41:28 GMT -5
Our water at Port was same coldness on Thursday am with 40s on the surface out of the gap, low 50s at 100fow and it hit 60 at 160fow. Water was very cold around 25' down. I did a solo run Thursday am and played C&R shortly after daylight having gone 12-13 by 8am. Fish were caught from 100-150fow. I ran 3 riggers from 17 to 53' down.
Clam and I fished today and the water warmed some with 60s on the surface everywhere we were. I had low 50s down 60'. We limited out in about a little over an hour (done by 7:15am) catching most from 90-140fow with riggers down 50-69' for the most part. We tossed 3 fish and actually were 13-15 on the short trip.
Lots of nice silver 1 to 3 year olds biting now and they are loaded with spunk. It's nice to read that the fishing is on fire all over. I might be done now. Going bow hunting at Aquaholic's camp in the UP next weekend.
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Post by greybeard on Sept 25, 2011 6:59:13 GMT -5
Mojo,
Great action for you at Port. I wish you would have started a separate thread so everyone would read it and stay fired up for the big pond. This time of yr we start losing our fisherman to football games, deer and bird hunting etc so not a lot of help staying on the fish. The way the winds blow only get about 1 to 2 days per wk that are comfortable fishing so hard to stay on top of them.
The fishery does seem healthy based on recent success at various ports. We had some big number days last fall but not of lot of the bigger "3yr olds". That may have reflected the spotty 4 yr old catches this summer. Soooooooooo lets hope the better numbers this yr carrys over to next summer. I'm pumped.
Grey Beard
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Post by chubby4 on Sept 25, 2011 17:07:59 GMT -5
We did 4 for 7 on our last trip yesterday am. (150-220) Wind and rain take some of the fun out of it. Big boat is in the shed for the winter, I did troll the nearshore dirty water in the 16 footer for an hour this am with no bites. It was a decent season for us but our total catch was down about 30% from last season. Back next week for chores and hopefully some nearshore browns.
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