07-27-2006, 11:10 PM
Went up to St. Joe, Michigan to do some salmon fishing with the guys on the 24th.. Had a blast.. The fish were running deep around 44 to 53 feet in about 58 degree water.. The first couple hours we were skunked out completely.. Then we switched over to green striped spinners and the fish finally started hitting..
First fish was a small Coho, but then we got in to the king salmon.. The biggest was about 12 pounds and was landed pretty easily.. I always seem to get the athlete in the group.. Had a 10 pounder hit and run out nearly 60 feet of line before he thought about slowing down.. Took nearly 20 minutes to get him back to the boat.. It was a blast..
The last couple fish were lake trout.. Also down right on the bottom.. One was caught on the drop weight while it was dragging bottom at 51 feet..
Only caught 10 fish total between 4 guys and 7 hours.. But it could have been worse, we could have been at work..
Steve -
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First fish was a small Coho, but then we got in to the king salmon.. The biggest was about 12 pounds and was landed pretty easily.. I always seem to get the athlete in the group.. Had a 10 pounder hit and run out nearly 60 feet of line before he thought about slowing down.. Took nearly 20 minutes to get him back to the boat.. It was a blast..
The last couple fish were lake trout.. Also down right on the bottom.. One was caught on the drop weight while it was dragging bottom at 51 feet..
Only caught 10 fish total between 4 guys and 7 hours.. But it could have been worse, we could have been at work..
Steve -
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