Got on the water from 0830-noon with my coworkers kid and his friend from Kentucky. It was fun watching two guys who have never reeled in a Lake Michigan salmon or trout. It didn't take long after setting up for my three color to go peeling back but as Logan was fighting that fish, my five color went screaming out with a nice 10lb chinook. The first fish that hit the three color ended up getting off shortly after the 5 color fired. While fighting the wind and trying to get ba

I took the morning last Friday to take out a friend on Lake Michigan for Chinooks. I had overheard there were chinooks in close with the recent west winds. We started the morning at 0530 in 35fow and it wasn't long after I got all the rods set out before we got bit. I heard line peeling off my reel but with the lack of using my down rigger I couldn't figure out which rod was going off. Once I figured out it was my Shimano TDR down rigger rod I grabbed it and handed it to

Saturday morning at 0300 started off with a bang for the opening day of salmon a rama. Kim and I ended up going 3 for 6 and I missed two chinooks in the 20lb range. One even pulled the hook of the spoon. But for my first time in a year fishing the area we were in I couldn't really complain but had a good laugh while listening to the radio chatter at 0700 when the larger boats were crying 0-0, 0-2 because they missed the bite by a few hours. Thanks to the winds for day th