Did a pre-fish in Lake Michigan out of Manistique last night before the start of a 3 day tourney yesterday. Lost one king and caught one. Not a real productive evening, but at least we found where the fish were for the openner today. This morning, we got out real early, by 5 am and had a fair day, with 2 kings and 6 steelhead, the largest was just over 15 lbs. WAter temps from 45 at the lure to 56 at the surface.
The largest catch of the day was 13 fish for a total weight of 123 lbs. The had the largest fish, but also the smallest.
Our largest king was caught on a cut bait rig with a green flasher at 75 feet below the surface.
The steeleys were all around 30 feet down and caught on bright color spoons.
Two more days of fishing and here is the outlook according to the lunar tables: http://tinyurl.com/preview.php?num=l92tnd
The weather will be cold and maybe some rain, but we'll give it a good try anyway.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Sault Sainte Marie fishing for Atlantic Salmon
Roger, Leo and I spent Monday and Tuesday this week with Captain Travis White http://tinyurl.com/kpfyhw
Fishing in the St. Mary's river was a little different than i'm used to with a pretty strong current using fly rods for trolling while casting a leaded jig with a Gulp minnow (http://tinyurl.com/lzlmcg) on a 7' 6" medium weight rod with 6 lb test line. I intend to try the same on Lake Michigan and Lake Superior for Coho and King Salmon. It's a blast to fight a larger fish on 6 lb test line and light tackle. Especially the Atlantic Salmon, a hard fighting fish that jumps out of the water, sometimes 5' high! See a live cam and lots of fish at: http://tinyurl.com/lmqvf3
The weather was cold for this time of year and the barometric pressure was really low, which affected the feeding of the fish in a bad way. According to the captain, Atlantics like the sunshine like us human beings. If the sun shines they feed, and when it's cloudy, they are hard to catch. In spite of the rain and cold, it was a real learning experience and relaxing to be away from the office. I just wish we had the Atlantics here in the Copper Country, since it's a 5 hour drive for us.
Locally, we hope to get out on the scum line this weekend for Coho, Steelhead and Lakers. It's starting to look better almost every day, except when we get lots of wind. Chck out the latest temps here: http://tinyurl.com/mrqjpn
If you on twitter, foller me at: http://tinyurl.com/kommmx
Fishing in the St. Mary's river was a little different than i'm used to with a pretty strong current using fly rods for trolling while casting a leaded jig with a Gulp minnow (http://tinyurl.com/lzlmcg) on a 7' 6" medium weight rod with 6 lb test line. I intend to try the same on Lake Michigan and Lake Superior for Coho and King Salmon. It's a blast to fight a larger fish on 6 lb test line and light tackle. Especially the Atlantic Salmon, a hard fighting fish that jumps out of the water, sometimes 5' high! See a live cam and lots of fish at: http://tinyurl.com/lmqvf3
The weather was cold for this time of year and the barometric pressure was really low, which affected the feeding of the fish in a bad way. According to the captain, Atlantics like the sunshine like us human beings. If the sun shines they feed, and when it's cloudy, they are hard to catch. In spite of the rain and cold, it was a real learning experience and relaxing to be away from the office. I just wish we had the Atlantics here in the Copper Country, since it's a 5 hour drive for us.
Locally, we hope to get out on the scum line this weekend for Coho, Steelhead and Lakers. It's starting to look better almost every day, except when we get lots of wind. Chck out the latest temps here: http://tinyurl.com/mrqjpn
If you on twitter, foller me at: http://tinyurl.com/kommmx
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