After a couple of weeks away from the “action””, I am going to give it a try Saturday. I know there has not been a lot of good reports, but the time and opportunities are running out! I have the crew all lined up and just need some cooperative fish!
The marine radio will be on! 68,72,78
Art
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Good Luck Art. Let us know how you do out there
Good Luck Art >
I’m planning on heading to the Big Pond the last week of August. My brother is coming up. Not sure where on the pond we plan to go. Hope your report helps me decide something 
I was going to go this weekend but after reading all the dismal reports, decided to wait and hope for better prospects next weekend.
Good luck Art!
I was going to go this weekend but after reading all the dismal reports, decided to wait and hope for better prospects next weekend.
Good luck Art!
X2!
Scored Three fat kings in the upper teens from the depths out far. All egg filled and dark. The staging has begun. Cold water no where to be found. Out to 165 feet the water at its coldest 54, 75 ft down in some isolated pockets. Otherwise 60s everywhere from top to bottom. Managed a major victory going 3 for 5. The first 2 were a near double. Netted the first as the second rod started screaming. One spoon bight as the sun popped over the horizon on 200 copper- moonshine glow shadow, then downrigger down 75 with crinkle blue glow fly/ blue tape flasher started screaming. 350 feet of line later it stopped and we fought the waves and fish to the net. Missed another screamer on the same setup after a five minute fight. Third fish on wire dipsy out 178 with Mountain Dew flasher and chartreuse frog fly with 20 foot leader. Missed another a short while after resetting.
I am considering a career change. The forecast was for 1 foot waves building late. Yeah right! 2-3 were common with some 4s and the occasional 1 footer. The only small waves were right near shore and a lot of boTs opted early to head that direction.
The radio chatter was all- is anyone catching anything? The Most fish any other boat that was in at the cleaning station was 1- almost all lakers. Hence the victory- had more fish in the boat then many had gotten hits.
My only regret today was not running the full flasher fly program. Why? First hit on spoon followed quickly by FF. I think I could have done better if I would have switched everything out to the spread that has worked “well” for me on previous trips. FF often seem to work better for me, with the full out spread with a solitary trailing spoon in the mix.
Pictures of the downriger fly that has been hit every trip this year. It’s getting sparse! Oh and of me holding all three kings as one buddy said there was no way I could hold them all up together! LOL
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Nice job Art.
Way to go Art. Glad you were able to score a victory on the kings and keep you FF streak alive. The reports sure have been mixed all summer so I guess the best time to catch them is whenever you can get out there and give it a try.
Good luck and keep at it.
Dave
Nice Job buddy! I got out saturday morning for a couple hours but had to call it early as it was getting pretty snotty out there and was supposed to get worse. Found myself in 130 and having a heck of a time trying to turn back into em, so pulled to plug before we ended up spending the day in Michigan….
Anyways, we got 4 in two hours. Couple mature\ dark kings like you had. Once nice silver three year old. And the obligatory laker. One spoon bite for us on a 7 color right away, and the last three were all FF bites. Rigger, dipsy, lead and copper all took a fish, so draw what you want from that.
Craziest thing to me is how quickly the conditions flipped this year. We had nothing but cold water all year, then we get one week of bad winds and everythings bath water out ten miles. Just crazy. Anyways, unfortunately, like you saw as well, silver four year olds won’t be around for much longer. It’s getting to be mid- August and the fish are starting to push in, cold water be darned.
From now on, it’s fish for stagers, spawners or go out deep for little fish. Sad to see a short summer coming to an end so quickly….
Good to hear you guys are getting a few anyway.
Better than the proverbial skunk!
Nice hair cut Art!
Now your gonna have to keep that noggin covered or it’ll get sunburned.
Yeah, did that already- forgot the hat this weekend.
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