Ho'ing It Up In South Haven - 4-18-09

[GLF]

We made a last minute change in our plans last night, and decided to head to South Haven and avoid the armada at St. Joseph.

I took my brother, his son, a friend of my brother, and my sons Hunter and Wyatt. We left the dock somewheres around 7am, and pulled lines at 2pm. We ended the day 12 for 12. We had 10 coho, and 2 small jacks.

http://www.greatlakesfisherman.com/gallery/files/1/southhaven_539413.jpg

These are the baits that took fish for us today.

http://www.greatlakesfisherman.com/gallery/files/1/baits.jpg

The 4" ProTroll with the Siggs Rigs Blue Green & Gold Crinkle coho candy went twice. The 8" Protroll blue bubble flasher with a Blue & Pearl Crinkle Trophy fly went once. The stingray size glow frog and double orange crush went once. The thin fin went once, the clow colored x-rap went twice.

Everything we got came from 30-54FOW. Downriggers at 15, wire diver on 3 with 60' of line out, 2 and 3 color cores, and high lines behind 100' behind boards. I kept the speed around 3.0 on the gps going North and South today.

I took a picture of the DIRTY DOG, and fishsniffer on the way back in.

DIRTYDOG
http://www.greatlakesfisherman.com/gallery/files/1/dirtydog_711125.jpg

fishsniffer
http://www.greatlakesfisherman.com/gallery/files/1/fishsniffer_507887.jpg

Here is the end result of a hard days work on the lake. YUMMMYYY!!!!! :D
http://www.greatlakesfisherman.com/gallery/files/1/dinner.jpg

[Jari]

Cool!
Everything seems different over there, even the fish comes up all done and fileed. Is it even peppered?

[GLF]

Cool!
Everything seems different over there, even the fish comes up all done and fileed. Is it even peppered?

LOL :lol:

At some of the launch ramps, they have fish cleaning stations. Usually this is a big stainless steel table, with some cutting boards on it, some spray hoses, and a grinder for grinding up the remains. This makes it nice so you do not have to stink up the garbage for a few days waiting on the garbage man to come.

We cleaned the fish there before we left.

[Jari]

Thoughtful of them. One day I'll be there trolling for the big ones...