The last two day's have been very good fishing considering the conditions. Thursday, I found myself fishing salmon out of the port of Frankfort. The big pond was once again all riled up and it was like being in a washing machine for the first few hours of the trip. The waves were 4-8 foot and coming from three different directions. We had a hearty crew and battled through it(even after a little chumming)! The action started slow, but finished with a bang. We caught 12 total fish with a real mix of species. The only one missing for the Great Lakes Slam was a Brown Trout. We did land a 9.5 pound Coho salmon, a real dandy. I hope this is a sign of things to come for this fall. Most of he action was on Silver Horde green splatter plugs(riggers) and a blue "Chilly Willy" Silver Streak spoon on a double core. The fish were starting to move up in the water column to the 75-95 foot range.
This morning we were fishing Grand Traverse Bay for smallmouth. We had really nice conditions to start with this morning. The fishing started of with a few bites here and there with mainly small fish. As the morning continued on we found some nice two to three pounders that were willing to cooperate. A front blew through around 9:30 and the wind picked up out of the North, churning the bay pretty good. The bite slowed for almost 45 minutes as we repositioned and fought the choppy water. Then the fish god's smiled on us and we found a few more fish that were willing to bite. In all we landed 34 smallmouth, not bad for a morning fishing trip. Today's gear consisted of a Castaway drop shot rods with a WaveSpin DHxl reel spooled with 8# Vicious fluorocarbon line. We fished drop shot rigs in 16-25 feet of water.
Until next time Good Luck and Happy Fishing!
Capt Chris
