Great White,

If you look at http://www.michigandnr.com/FISH/MasterAngler.asp you'll see the only fish listed for Lake Huron is 19.8 lbs. The state record is 53 pounds out of Superior. I would say and 18.3 lber is an awesome fish, to be proud of!

 

I caught a 14.5 lb laker in the st clair river this fall.It was big believe me.A 15lb laker is much longer than king Salmon weighing 15lbs.

 

My dad caught a 20.3lb laker in 1995 off of Grindstone city at the tip of the thumb. We were charter boat fishing, and this was one of the biggest fish caught off that charter boat that year. It was caught off of some reef about 7 miles out in 115 foot or so.

 

Only Master Angler Laker entered for Lake Huron in 2003. It was just shy of 21 lbs.

It is the largest one reported to the DNR since 1999 where a guy got a 28 lb laker. But that 28 lb laker is messed up, It says Marquette county, but caught in L. Huron.

The fish gods rewarded us that day, cause as we were motoring out, we found a boat dead in the water and dragged them in which took a good 1/2 hour out of our fishing time. The Labatt the guys gave us for towing them in.

 

In 2002 a charter out of port austin caught a big laker that went 25 pounds if i remember correctly. But the majority of the lakers in the area run in the 8-12 pound range.

 

A Laker that was nearly 17# won the 2003 Detroit Steelheaders Big Fish Quest.

 

Are lakers those fish that some people catch that are not silver??? I have not seen too many of those lately....LOL!

Randy,
I seem to remember you out looking for some of those in the Last Chance tourney last year....and the year before......etc

 

I have caught two in the mid 20's. This was about 6 yrs ago. One was in Harbor Beach and another in Pt Austin. Before fishcatchers, I used to fish my Dodgers at 3.5 mph and "spin" them for kings. Both fish hit spinning dodgers on divers. Go figure.

 

Besides Stannard Rock in Lake Superior, the waters off the Thumb produce some of the largest Lake Trout in the state. 15-18lb class fish used to be very common off the reef. We have broken 18+lbs (MasterAng) many times and one at 21.7 lbs in the late 80s. These big guys are very old and becoming more and more of an oddity, most off the LTs the last couple years, as Termie said average 8-12lbs. There has been a 24 & 25 caught around us in the last couple years as well.

West Side: Another friend pulled a 28lb out of Grand Haven in May a few years back...