Post by greybeard on Jul 26, 2019 7:35:56 GMT -5
I couldn’t have asked for better weather for fishing the last two days. First day at Milwaukee with longtime friends who each have their own Salmon rigs. Started in 70 feet of water off the filter taking a 19.5 pound king on a five color with an old Raider blue night magnum, unfortunately the last one I own. It took it down to the gill rakers and bent the spoon so hope the new wobble will work. We kept going north till past the wreck with no more action. Lots of stories being told as we between the four of us had 182 years of trolling experience in Lake Michigan.
We heard from Stosh who said the day before he had a couple of bites in 165. So we headed out to that depth and trolled south. We were rewarded with a 5# king wire Dipsey 150 LOC white flasher bull frog fly. Another one came on 35 foot rigger same set up. One other shaker released.
Surface temperatures in the low 60s and water in the low 50s down 30 so conditions were favorable. Tell that to the fish! Speed up a ball 2.6 to 3.0 on the DRX-10. Maiden voyage for new Panoptic’s that did not start working well untl later in the morning. I think I have a battery issue. When it did work it was fun to see the fish come into your set up’s. You can see all three downrigger‘s and the flashers along with both wire Dipsies when less than 120 feet of line out. Fascinating.
I changed crews and off to Port Washington fishing with longtime friends but only 140 years of experience on Lake Michigan!! They did a fine job of scouting via fishing and friends reports and we had four nice ones in the box before sun up working 95 to 115 feet of water north of the harbor. Red Rider said blue had been working so pulled out an old Fuzzy Bear mag cobalt blue extended glow spoon I decorated with black tiger stripes and covered with UV tape on 4 a color that took three fish and same spoon on seven color another.
Action was fairly steady at least for this year. We broke out the blueberry donuts and after one bite Green Machine was rewarded with a nice king on a 90 foot rigger with white lighted pro troll and half green glow fly. It quickly became a double with the dark blue glow spoon on the seven color. Reid put out a green flasher double aqua fly down 53 that took a nice fish. Wire Dipsy White Bechhold 70 feet of line Brad’s purple frog another three-year-old. Similar set up with glow Big Al and purple frog on 150 copper took a fish. Twice that 150 copper had a little fish on it and wonder how many bites it would’ve had on that side of the boat plus wondering if it sort of killed the spread. 35 foot downrigger with white flasher and bullfrog fly another three-year-old.
Surface temperatures from 53 to 56 and 44 down 40, 48 down 35. Speed at the ball on the DRx-10 2.6 to 2.9 and not much for current. Marks were plentiful with intermittent pods of bait. Boated 12 fish and nine were kings with the largest 19.6 pounds. Eight were nice three-year-olds finding 4 fin clipped and two wire tagged thanks to our creel guys at the fish cleaning station.
First attempt at You Tube video and not edited: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUfoCV6Rng8
Lucky me to have six great friends like these to spend quality time with. Life is good!
Grey Beard
We heard from Stosh who said the day before he had a couple of bites in 165. So we headed out to that depth and trolled south. We were rewarded with a 5# king wire Dipsey 150 LOC white flasher bull frog fly. Another one came on 35 foot rigger same set up. One other shaker released.
Surface temperatures in the low 60s and water in the low 50s down 30 so conditions were favorable. Tell that to the fish! Speed up a ball 2.6 to 3.0 on the DRX-10. Maiden voyage for new Panoptic’s that did not start working well untl later in the morning. I think I have a battery issue. When it did work it was fun to see the fish come into your set up’s. You can see all three downrigger‘s and the flashers along with both wire Dipsies when less than 120 feet of line out. Fascinating.
I changed crews and off to Port Washington fishing with longtime friends but only 140 years of experience on Lake Michigan!! They did a fine job of scouting via fishing and friends reports and we had four nice ones in the box before sun up working 95 to 115 feet of water north of the harbor. Red Rider said blue had been working so pulled out an old Fuzzy Bear mag cobalt blue extended glow spoon I decorated with black tiger stripes and covered with UV tape on 4 a color that took three fish and same spoon on seven color another.
Action was fairly steady at least for this year. We broke out the blueberry donuts and after one bite Green Machine was rewarded with a nice king on a 90 foot rigger with white lighted pro troll and half green glow fly. It quickly became a double with the dark blue glow spoon on the seven color. Reid put out a green flasher double aqua fly down 53 that took a nice fish. Wire Dipsy White Bechhold 70 feet of line Brad’s purple frog another three-year-old. Similar set up with glow Big Al and purple frog on 150 copper took a fish. Twice that 150 copper had a little fish on it and wonder how many bites it would’ve had on that side of the boat plus wondering if it sort of killed the spread. 35 foot downrigger with white flasher and bullfrog fly another three-year-old.
Surface temperatures from 53 to 56 and 44 down 40, 48 down 35. Speed at the ball on the DRx-10 2.6 to 2.9 and not much for current. Marks were plentiful with intermittent pods of bait. Boated 12 fish and nine were kings with the largest 19.6 pounds. Eight were nice three-year-olds finding 4 fin clipped and two wire tagged thanks to our creel guys at the fish cleaning station.
First attempt at You Tube video and not edited: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUfoCV6Rng8
Lucky me to have six great friends like these to spend quality time with. Life is good!
Grey Beard
