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[Dave Ash]

My report from the other day trolling for kings



Well I learned my lesson, I should have sticked with my plan that the N blow brought the bigger fish in close..... It did!!
Fished from 645 till 11 am and went 7-9
5 kings
1 coho
1 laker
With the loss of a 10-15 pounder 30 feet off the back of the boat.
I took advantage of the flat water and ran out to 170 and trolled a 300-330 troll all the way to 215 with a coho and a small dink king. Made the turn to a SE troll and the diver start slamming, it was hitting so hard I could not get it out of the rod holder. After that the next 20 minutes consist of me watching the fish swim back and forth 450 feet away from the boat. Nutral it is.... I would gain 20 feet, put it back in gear and rinse and repeat. After a fun episode with the 12 foot leader on the diver and 4-5 feet from spinnie to the end of the teaser rig a nice king was in the boat.
We turned the boat east and the fish turned on as we worked our way in from 150 to 100.
100-120 had alot of fish ( All on the bottom, thinking lakers)
135 -145 marked alot of fish (Suspended)
165-180 We marked alot of fish early, but the second time through they had moved.
What worked:
BLL Blue Kato 350 copper (3 fish)
BLL Black/Purple 300 copper ( 1 fish)
BLL Stary night 110 down on the rigger (3 fish)
BLL Mag Blue Dolphin behind a fish flash on the 250 copper (1 fish)
BLL meatless teaser rig w double UV clear SD 300 back Mag Dispey (1 fish)
Fish= hits btw;)

[Willem (JD)]

Those first two pictures are great !!!

[andrewdeeley]

i find this fascinating although a little hard to understand. are the numbers you are stating depths? also are the rods bent right over due to being connected to down riggers?

i am intrigued because this looks like fun fishing for crazy sized trout.

[Tony O]

Looks like an awesome time was had.

Would you mind telling what type of rods and reels your are using?

[Dave Ash]

100-120 had alot of fish ( All on the bottom, thinking lakers)
135 -145 marked alot of fish (Suspended)
165-180 We marked alot of fish early, but the second time through they had moved.
What worked:


are depths off of my home port of Holland. All are in Feet



BLL Blue Kato 350 copper (3 fish)
BLL Black/Purple 300 copper ( 1 fish)
BLL Stary night 110 down on the rigger (3 fish)
BLL Mag Blue Dolphin behind a fish flash on the 250 copper (1 fish)
BLL meatless teaser rig w double UV clear SD 300 back Mag Dispey (1 fish)


This is a lure break down and rod caught on...

Big Lake Blue Kato
Brand spoon 350 copper= 350 feet of copper behind the boat. This is a weighted line used on planner boards to run them out to the side.



The pictures of the rods are on down riggers.

The rods are Okuma Classic pros's for great lakes trolling.



I forgot I put the report of the gear. I just wanted to share the pictures. This was a report I posted on a local trolling site.

[Dave Ash]

Most reels are Okuma Convectors on long lines or Diawa accudepths ( on the downriggers)

[cubzzz]

_{Nice fish - I used to live in Davenport Iowa and fish Lake Michigan - that brings back great memories. I fished this last weekend for salmon in Santa Cruz and we caught 14 salmom to 18 lbs in 2 hours of fishing.}