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John Philippus
Fri Sep 3 18:24:49 | F Y I It sounds like the big lake will be rough for the next few days but for you guys with small boats; my wife and I have been doing quite well on gills and crappies on Hutchens Lake lately. We did get a few in deep water Wednesday night, should have spent more time there.
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John Philippus
Fri Sep 3 18:15:44 | We shouldn't be giving eash other s___ here but that was funny Allan :-)
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Harald Kronemeyer
Fri Sep 3 17:43:30 | Speaking of fish frys. I was thinking it would be fun to have an ATO chat room fish fry. At a park or something. We could have a big pot luck. Anyone interested in putting something together?
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Mary Zych
Fri Sep 3 12:36:50 | I was laughing too Allan. Thank you! So much for perch fishing this past week....unless I wanted to go surfing on 7 to 10 footers.
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Travis Dorn
Fri Sep 3 09:49:51 | yoU! TeLl,. Him" Allen.(Oops shoulda had captain "proper grammar Dave" proof read that huh?) Lol
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Bruce Renolds
Fri Sep 3 07:00:16 | GOOD-SHOT Allan ! Thanks for my first morning LOL.
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allan zych
Thu Sep 2 21:38:36 | thanks dave for the point out i am trying to work on that but i dont know all the fuctions of the symbols becouse i am 33 and learned how to read at 31 so i would appreciate u being a little sensitve to the lack of correctivness of my post butt thank you for pointing out my foults i will work on them or maybe if it is to hard to hard for u to understand my posts skip over them and go to the next one or maybe when ever i have a post u could proof read it for me and then i wont post it until i have your stamp of approval becouse u must be the smartest @#shole alive PS see how i used the symbols dave ur advice helped me out thanks
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bosman sam
Thu Sep 2 18:17:08 | FOR SALE
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Asking $60 obo
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bosman sam
Thu Sep 2 18:14:19 | Hey anyone had any luck first few days of goose season? If so got any pictures?
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Ryan Devries
Thu Sep 2 16:18:04 | AL,always up for a fish fry,I got some perch and some fresh u.p. walleye I can donate let me know!
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Ryan Devries
Thu Sep 2 16:15:27 | scott,Ive been getting most of my perch this summer straight out of castle park in 50-60 fow.if the lake rolls then they will move in tighter to shore. STEVE VAN DYKE DO YOU WANT TO RUN SOME HOUNDS SATURDAY NIGHT??
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ron schneider
Thu Sep 2 15:36:18 | Dale,890-4009 evenings is best, also for you live bait fisherman crickets, grasshoppers if its dry this will be good for you www.bait stick.com its a liquid glue that you dip your hook into and stick your bait to no more sticking a cricket with a hook cause then its dead I have not been able to find it anywhere
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Mike Zavadil
Thu Sep 2 11:44:24 | Hi guys - I'm an ex-hollander now living in Lans. Please post any Lake Mac walleye reports for me. Waitin for water to cool down so I can start chasing em. Thanks in advance.
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dave smits
Thu Sep 2 09:29:20 | Hey Allan, ever heard of "punctuation marks"??? My goodness, I felt like I was reading one of Ian Balls' old posts.....
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Michael Elzinga
Thu Sep 2 07:03:59 | 2 for 3 last night 165 FOW 75 dwn, one on moonshine one on F/C and Fly. Nice night out. Allan thanks again for returning my fillet knife.
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Steve Van Dyke
Wed Sep 1 23:46:10 | good job on the perch Al and Ryan.anyone kill any honkers today?
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Henry Hofstra
Wed Sep 1 23:30:55 | Wed. night, 9/1, fished on the Jessie-Jo straight of Holland, 5:45- 9:00pm, 150-200FOW. 6:30, 16# king, 165 FOW, DR @67, Moonshine glow Blue Jackal; 7:50pm, 6# steelhead, 190 FOW, 6 color LC, chrome J-plug w/ red lip. 2 for 2. Very fishable with 1-2 foot rollers.
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allan zych
Wed Sep 1 21:31:23 | ryan ive been working 60+hr a week lately we have to get out fishing someday me amber and the kids stopped
by team wassermans house tonite to look at some carpet always a good time hopfully this weekend i can get some fishing in and scott i have no perch advice i dontget out enough anymore the fish we ran across sunday was a fluke but ill take it hay ryan im thinking about having a fish fry this month let me know if u and everyone else is interested
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dale verbeek
Wed Sep 1 20:29:01 | Ron, if you give me a phone number I will give you a call and pehaps show you a few secrets, LOL. Let me know the best time to call. Steel-Head usually start off the piers and surf when the water gets down to 50 degrees.
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scott soodsma
Wed Sep 1 19:55:19 | Ryan and Allan where are you getting those perch? Hope to go out this weekend if the wind lets down. Also wondering do you find it better in the morning? I have a better chance to get out at night but people tell me its not very good at night. Thanks
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ron schneider
Wed Sep 1 17:24:45 | Dale, when I look at the spawn and there are white spots with a pupil looking back is that freezer burn or should I wink at it.? and you say large spawn bags can you clarify ? is that quarter size or do you mean 3" long sacks, I might need to get a net holder/tyer, the wife doesnt want anything to do with this stuff but thats OK too. Thanks for the advice/help its much appreciated
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Ryan Devries
Wed Sep 1 10:10:54 | Al,call me sometime Ive tried you a few times now with no luck.
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allan zych
Tue Aug 31 21:33:45 | ryan me and the kids got 70 in 1.5hrs sunday it was a great time all real nice fish could have filled the boat with the old crew lol
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Darryl #1
Tue Aug 31 16:28:53 | Lee... slow.. water is back up to the 70's. It shouldn't be long though.
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Lee Hoover
Tue Aug 31 13:31:09 | does anyone know how the Holland pier is doing on salmon fishing so far?
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Henry Hofstra
Tue Aug 31 10:21:11 | On the Jessie-Jo, fished Mon. night,8/30, 6:00-9:00 pm straight out from Holland piers 150-205FOW. 6:45 8#king 174FOW, downrigger(DR) at 84' 11" white paddle, white glow fly; 8:15 2# king 185 FOW, DR @70. Then just after sundown on our way in at 8:45-8:50 had 3 rods fire within 5 minutes in 162-160 FOW. 11 #king, LC +4oz dive bomb wt, chrome J-plug w/ red lip; 12#king, magnum wire dipsey set on 2, 175 back, white FC,pickled sunshine/little boy blue fly combo. Lost the other fish on wire dipsey with Moonshine glow spoon. Finished 4 for 5. The lake was calm but wind was picking up as we quit at about 9:15pm.
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Jeffrey Busscher
Tue Aug 31 09:24:00 | We fished yesterday 6:30am-2:00pm...from 80 fow to 225 and back. Caught 1 6lb Salmon. I would appreciate hearing from anyone when they seem to be back in a concentrated area/depth!
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Darryl #1
Tue Aug 31 08:34:59 | Ryan-- Did you get into them last night? If so how many and what size? We tried that area on Saturday with no luck...
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brent kleinheksel
Tue Aug 31 08:23:22 | Hi, I am in need of some fresh caught Salmon / Coho for smoking while I am in Holland this week. I realize you can't sell it to me, but maybe you'd be willing to trade for 1/2 of the finished product? I make a wicked apple cider smoke. Call me at 612-501-2548 or email rentals@rosewoodpointe.com
I can meet you anywhere within 15 miles of Holland.
Thanks! Brent
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Ryan Devries
Mon Aug 30 22:43:59 | PERCH-50 fow south of holland(castle park)
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dale verbeek
Mon Aug 30 20:13:50 | I find that if you rinse the eggs they loose some scent. If they have been froze and not covered in mineral oil they are probally freezer burned. I used to use loose eggs but find skien tied in large spawn bags works best. they seem to give off more odor longer. I think it will be longer for the water to cool off than this weekend but who knows?
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ron schneider
Mon Aug 30 13:24:48 | Dale, these eggs that I got I think they have allready been been rinsed I got them from my nephew who broke his heel and cant do much of anything for 3 months they have been frozen also I am pretty sure they have been rinsed will that matter much, Also I talked to a guy in Berrien Springs that runs a charter and the salmon are in the river down there. The board at the store where Harold set things up for them before being let got says the fish will be at 30 f.o.w. by the weekend
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ron schneider
Mon Aug 30 13:23:52 | Dale, these eggs that I got I think they have allready been been rinsed I got them from my nephewwho broke his heel and cant do much of anything for 3 months they have been frozen alsoso I am pretty sure they have been rinsed will that matter much, Also I talked to a guy in Berrien Springs that runs a charter and the salmon are in the river down there. The board at the store where Harold set things up for them before being let got says the fish will be at 30 f.o.w. by the weekend
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Michael Elzinga
Mon Aug 30 07:06:51 | 1 for 2 sat AM both on moonshine luer down 75ft in 130 FOW. Tough fishing it is going to get better soon.
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ron schneider
Mon Aug 30 05:38:27 | Thanks Dale I will give it a whirl
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dale verbeek
Sun Aug 29 20:46:44 | Tie fresh eggs in spawn bags, do not rinse
in water eggs before tying.Place eggs in small containers and fill with mineral oil.
Freeze containers untill ready to use.Eggs will last for several years and the oil has no odder or taste but will carry the egg scent in the water. I've done this for twenty years now.
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ron schneider
Sun Aug 29 16:31:52 | about a year ago you posted a receipe for cured salmon spawn could you please repost?
It ended up in some sort of oil in baby food jars Thanks
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Jeff Gaul
Sat Aug 28 17:37:05 | nice job Jimmy! Thanks for the post... Hopefully water will cool again... although it was nice swimming today with the family!
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jimmy vanbrocklin
Sat Aug 28 16:28:01 | we fished friday eve and sat. morning in the gold coast tourney.We were 7 for 9 fri eve in 200 to 225 fow fishing down 80 glow fire dog,mixed veggies took two fish each and the rest were on dodgers and flies.Sat morn. we went back to the 200 to 225 water and took 4 hits on a glow fire dog free slider ( all came unbuttoned,)we took one on king killer and the rest were on dodgers and flies ended up 7 for 13 and finished around 17 th in the tourney out of 71 boats.It was tuff fishin in the 3 to 4 foot waves and i am glad to be back on shore!!
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Mike Ockhertz
Sat Aug 28 14:09:02 | Phil looks like waters warmed again, try vanandels for some stragglers. Maybe big lake flattens try perching.
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Kort Nyland
Fri Aug 27 17:37:34 | Went out yesterday morning 2 for 3, and last night 2/2, all in front of the holland pier heads on plugs all 4 landed were kings and the one lost was a steelhead. We tried this morning for 2 1/2 hours in front of the pier but it was obious with the temps that the fish probably scattered already. It sounded slow out there so we went into mac and pulled a 6lb walleye.
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Dave VanderBok
Fri Aug 27 16:56:17 | fished saugy this morn 1 for 2 in 14 to 30 ft of water. both on luers.
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Henry Hofstra
Fri Aug 27 16:50:43 | Sorry for the double post. I'll know next time to be patient and not hit Post Message twice.
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Henry Hofstra
Fri Aug 27 16:45:25 | I also fished out of Holland, this morning (Fri). from 6:30-9:30, 70 FOW out to 145and back to 70 without a hit. It was very rough with 4 footers in my 20' boat. If you had a 30' boat, they were only 2 footers!!
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Henry Hofstra
Fri Aug 27 16:44:21 | I also fished out of Holland, this morning (Fri). from 6:30-9:30, 70 FOW out to 145and back to 70 without a hit. It was very rough with 4 footers in my 20' boat. If you had a 30' boat, they were only 2 footers!!
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Jeffrey Busscher
Fri Aug 27 14:07:09 | We were out this morning--not marking much and no action fishing 60-120 fow. Saw lots of boats fishing 120' and deeper--did anyone have any success out there?
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Kevin Essenburg
Fri Aug 27 13:47:59 | 1/1 last night. Wanted to fish the piers, too warm. Went into 40' and took a king on a pearl J plug setting lines. And that was it. Marked lots of bait balls and some nice hooks at dark.
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Phil Eppard
Fri Aug 27 13:44:41 | Mike Ockhertz......can you give a general vicinity where you are picking up those Lake Mac Eyes? Taking my daughter out on Sunday morning and was looking for a place to start. You could email me instead phileppard@chartermi.net I also understand if you want to keep that to yourself. thanks
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Michael Elzinga
Fri Aug 27 12:12:48 | Darryl, yes we fished while a lot of boats went in, tried glow spoons and paddles etc. Worked our way back in to 60FOW, marked lots of bait but no hits.
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Kevin Lastacy
Fri Aug 27 08:16:21 | Michael was right it was very quiet on the radio, I didn't even take a bump..worked that 130 as well. Good Luck to all the Gold Coast Guys! Good Luck Jimmy!
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Darryl #1
Fri Aug 27 08:04:56 | Mike, do you fish for them after dark?
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Michael Elzinga
Fri Aug 27 07:44:00 | 0 for 2 last night, not much talk on the radio. 130FOW seemed the best.
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Mike Ockhertz
Thu Aug 26 17:38:07 | How come my Mac Eyes look small in the picture? They don't look as good as they tasted.
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Gary Moorehead
Thu Aug 26 15:05:02 | They knocked the kings pretty good in the channel in Grand haven this morning.
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Dave Altergott
Thu Aug 26 07:52:18 | Any salmon showing up at the pier yet? I live on the other side of the state, or I'd be down there checking myself. I heard there starting to show up at St. Joe with quite a few Skams.
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Steve Dykstra
Wed Aug 25 15:03:20 | Went perch fishing yesterday just north of Spyglass in 8-16 fow (from 4:30-7:00). Caught many small ones (3-5") but ended up with 18 ranging 8-10.5". Used spikes but the bigger ones came on cut-bait.
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jimmy vanbrocklin
Tue Aug 24 21:43:34 | team jimbobber with plumb crazy on board will be fishing gold coast!
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Kevin Lastacy
Tue Aug 24 21:27:09 | 1 for 2 tonight (10 color lead with JP Slammer Green Glow) in 95 Feet of Water on East Troll, again 8:15 when both went...
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