St. Joe, 5/6 - 5/7

[Steven Arend]

Fishing Report for the weekend of May 6 & 7

Well I hit the water Saturday morning with a friend and main goal was to target trout. We trolled from 80 ft. to 130 ft. We end the day 9 for 16 with 4 Lakers, 5 Kings. All but (1) laker was returned back into the water to be caught another day. They ranged from 25 to 30in. The kings were in that 8 to 10lb range with (1) going 12lbs.

Sunday the wife forced me to fish in the morning. Her sister was in town and wife made plans for me to take her brother-in-law and his dad out fishing. We head out to 100 ft and I set up a king program in hope to get them onto some fish. We trolled out to 150 ft. flipped it and went back in to 100 ft. and called it a day. We end up 9 for 11 with 1 laker and 8 kings. We had (1) king that was 6lbs the rest were 11+lbs with the biggest at 15lbs. We hit (1) double and (1) triple. We heard on the radio that someone box a 20lb king in 138 ft.

Sorry for the vague report but because of an up coming tournament this Friday and Saturday out of St. Joe, I don’t want to give out to much detail.

For those of you that are fishing the Summer Challenge, I’ll looking forward to meeting you. If you see us at the captain’s meeting or at the weigh-in just stop and say high.

Steve

[DonP]

....Also out of St. Joe.....

Hit the water Saturday morning with my friend Capt. Ed and his daughter. We ended up a perfect 11 for 11 on the day with 9 kings and 2 lake trout. Kings ranged from the "shaker" size up to 12 lbs.... with both lake trout 5-7 lbs.

Sunday morning fished with my friend Mark and his buddy Perry. Fish did not "stick" as well as they did on Saturday as we ended up 11 for 22 with 9 kings and 2 coho. The nice part was that the size of the fish were quite a bit bigger. 2 kings @ 15 lbs each.... 3 kings @ 12-13 each... 2 kings @ 10 lbs. each... and 2 "baby" kings about 2 lbs. each.

Not a bad 2 days of fishing going 22 for 33 overall!!!

And like Steve... sorry for the vague report because I will be joining my cousin on his 34 ft. Sea Ray for the 2 day Summer Challenge on Friday and Saturday.

If we can get some fairly stable weather this week... there will be LOTS & LOTS of fish brought to the weigh-in on both days!!

Nice job Steve... I will probably see you around down there over the 2 days.

Good Luck to everyone who fishes this event!!

[live2fishdjs]

Way to go boys...closest I got to water this weekend was my dock and pontoon hitting bluegills...not the same as a screeming king:mad:

See you Fri and Sat...and bring your wallets:evilsmile

[Steven Arend]

DonP.

I seen your turck at the launch on sunday but I never found you on the water.

Steve

[Thors Hammer]

Fished Sat and SUN on Sunday went 9 miles north of the pier heads IN 160 ftof water. got 2 man king limit in less than an hour. The biggest was 11 lbs. But, good eaters.

[fishin'magician']

Hey guys thanks for the report.
I will see you this weekend down there, we got the boat at west basin marina.

I got to keep an eye out for that capt.ryan guy I think he is on to me ;)

[ahasiec]

Whats the best place to launch a 25ft out near St Joe...looking to maybe make it out there next Saturday if the weather cooperates...

[kds08]

I put my 26 foot carver in at the Benton Harbor launch with no problems. My boats only 5400 lbs. dry weight though, but I would say we had 80 gal. of fuel, 30 gal. of fresh water, and most of the gear. We got it to float no problem but I talked so some others in my marina that said they couldn't put in there; although they were like 28 foot 11,000 lbs.

If you do launch there lock your doors and don't leave anything in the truck!

Good luck!

[fish-on]

the st joe ramp is plenty deep enough to launch any size boat.depth at launch is 6ft+.plenty of water going across river.cant give a fish report for the same reason.have been at the hospital since friday with my wife,she had a heartattack early friday morning.doing much better now and gets to come home today.will be at the capt meeting and will look ya up steve.food wont be as good as your guys events.man still thinking about that apple betty your wife made.lordy that was good.weather looks like its gonna mix it up but thats fishin.see ya on the water

[fish patroll]

fish-on, sorry to hear about your wife i hope everything goes good for her. i am leaving for st. joe in a couple hours to fish in this weekends event,i hope to meet some of you and put some faces to the names, if anyone sees me feel free to say "HI" i will be wearing a "Fish PaTroLL Charters" shirt.

[fish-on]

hey thanks,she's doing fine.just looked at the weather forecast for the tourny and it dont look good.8 to 12 ft with west gales to 35mph.subsideing to 3 to 6 ft friday morn.that will put a smack to everybodys program.:rant::yikes:.love those gale force winds.lake will be so tore up dynamite probaly wont work :lol:

[live2fishdjs]

Glad to hear your wife is doing OK Fish-On.

Where did you get that weather report...I saw something much more manageable yesterday??

[Steven Arend]

NEARSHORE MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
352 AM EDT WED MAY 10 2006

FOR WATERS WITHIN FIVE NAUTICAL MILES OF SHORE ON LAKE MICHIGAN

LMZ844>846-102215-
/O.NEW.KGRR.GL.W.0010.060511T0400Z-060511T2200Z/
ST JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN-SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND-
HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN-
352 AM EDT WED MAY 10 2006


GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON

TODAY
WEST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. PARTLY SUNNY. A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS IN THE MORNING... THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVES 1 FOOT OR LESS.

TONIGHT
NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST GALES TO
40 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 1 TO 3
FEET BUILDING TO 6 TO 10 FEET.

THURSDAY
WEST GALES TO 40 KNOTS BACKING SOUTHWEST IN THE
AFTERNOON. SHOWERS LIKELY AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 7 TO
11 FEET.

THURSDAY NIGHT
SOUTH WINDS TO 30 KNOTS. SHOWERS LIKELY. WAVES
5 TO 8 FEET.

Steve

[Steven Arend]

SOUTH HALF


GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING

TODAY
SOUTH WINDS 10 KNOTS BECOMING VARIABLE EARLY AFTERNOON...
THEN
BECOMING NORTH AT 10 TO 15 KNOTS TOWARD BY EVENING. CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. WAVES 1 TO 2 FEET.

TONIGHT
NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST AND
INCREASING TO GALES TO 40 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS THIS EVENING...THEN OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. WAVES AROUND 1 FOOT BUILDING TO 10 TO 14
FEET.

THURSDAY
WEST GALES TO 40 KNOTS BACKING SOUTHWEST AT 35 KNOTS
IN THE AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL RAIN SHOWERS. WAVES 10 TO 14 FEET
SUBSIDING TO 8 TO 12 FEET LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

THURSDAY NIGHT
SOUTHWEST WINDS 30 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25
KNOTS. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY. WAVES 6 TO 8 FEET.

FRIDAY
SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS BACKING SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO
15 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. WAVES 3 TO 5
FEET SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FEET.

FRIDAY NIGHT
SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS BACKING EAST AFTER
MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. WAVES 1 TO 3 FEET SUBSIDING TO 1
TO 2 FEET.

SATURDAY
EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING NORTH AT 15 TO 20
KNOTS. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. WAVES 3 TO 5 FEET.


Steve

[live2fishdjs]

That second post of Steve's is what i was looking at yesterday and it wasn't that bad...I hope it's fishable Fri and Sat-really looking forward to getting out!

[SalmonSlayer]

The lake is flat as glass out there right now with some DENSE FOG!!!!!!

Well, since I'm NOT fishing the weekend tournament and I DO believe in sharing location of fish, I will post the following report:
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Went fishing saturday to the big pond.
Caught 4 fish....location: IN THE MOUTH
Where are the fish?... IN MY FREEZER

:fish: :fish: :fish: :fish:

Good luck to all in the tournament and I hope the weather holds for you!!!!

:D I'll be pouring cement!!!! YAY!!!

[SalmonSlayer]

Okay, here's my real report:

http://www.greatlakesfisherman.com/gallery/files/2/7/3/3Kings1LakeTroutSm.JPG

3 kings: 2@11.5#, 1@8.5#
1 laker @ 6.5#

Moonshine - flounder pounder on full core
Crippled alewife orange glow on outdown 55' and 65' down
cutbait on wire diver w/ blue glow triple tease meat rig out 145'

70-150 fow

Good luck all and stay safe!

Hey Fish-On....Best wishes to your wife...Sorry to read that. I'm glad she's doing better though. Will keep her in our prayers!

[Steven Arend]

The lake is flat as glass out there right now with some DENSE FOG!!!!!!

I ran down to the north pier to take a look and it was flat as glass but foggy. Heading out on the lake after work around 3:30 to find some fish.

Steve

[fish-on]

wind,wind and more wind.just a little trout chop :yikes:


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FZUS53 KIWX 110833
NSHIWX

NEARSHORE MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
433 AM EDT THU MAY 11 2006

FOR WATERS WITHIN FIVE NAUTICAL MILES OF SHORE ON LAKE MICHIGAN

LMZ043-046-111530-
/O.CON.KIWX.GL.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060511T2100Z/
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
433 AM EDT THU MAY 11 2006

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

.TODAY...NORTHWEST GALES TO 35 KNOTS BECOMING WEST IN THE
AFTERNOON. SHOWERS. WAVES BUILDING TO 8 TO 12 FEET.
.TONIGHT...WEST WIND TO 30 KNOTS. SHOWERS. WAVES 8 TO 12 FEET
SUBSIDING TO 6 TO 10 FEET.
.FRIDAY...SOUTHWEST WIND 15 TO 25 KNOTS. OCCASIONAL SHOWERS.
WAVES 6 TO 10 FEET SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 6 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...WEST WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTH AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SHOWERS LIKELY. WAVES 2 TO 4 FEET SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 2
FEET.

[hunting man]

I thought you couldnt keep lakers yet?

[EdB]

Lakers are legal May 1.