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Manistee Sun 8/3 and Mon 8/4 (Read 1108 times)
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Manistee Sun 8/3 and Mon 8/4
08/06/08 at 10:49pm
 
We fished Manistee on Sunday morning/evening and Monday morning (between storms)
 
After the north blow on Saturday, fish were scattered.  However, we found a pod of them on the 14.3 line in 295 fow.  We took a double on each of our two passes and landed 3 for 4 on an east troll.  West troll produced zero.  Fish came on the meat rigs shown in this pic down 187 over 295 (black mamba glow w/red double glow 3fly rig, Secret one with crome/green 3fly rig).  Trolling speed was 2.9 on the GPS.  Saw no fish from the 16's and north on the bank.
 

About the time I figured out a program, the boys bugged me to go swimming.  So we beached the Getaway and hit the sandunes.
 
Had to take a quick pic after jumping over.

 
Fished Saturday night for a couple hours before the storms started rolling in.  Tried familiarizing myself with the area of the 17's and north.....no fish at all up there right now.
 
Sunday morning, the fish were heavy in front of the harbor and slightly south.  Caught 6 thick healthy kings in the 12-14# class in between storms.  All fish came on meat again.
 
Chrome BTI/red 2-fly rig, Gold BTI gold fly rig, Secret One 12" flasher/chrome-green tape 3 fly rig.
 
All fish came in 35-42 fow in front of the harbor, 25 down on riggers and on 5 color lead.  All on meat in shallow.

 
We also ended up with a nice little bag of pan fish off the dock on Sunday.  Here's Andy with one of the perch he caught.  We ended up with a nice pile of perch, gills and rock bass for the fryer.
 

 
Cool pic of the boat and my old man smoking his pipe.
 

 
Had a blast in Manistee.  Those storms were a little spooky though.  I felt like a yo yo trying to keep away from them.
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Re: Manistee Sun 8/3 and Mon 8/4
Reply #1 - 08/07/08 at 1:38pm
 
Nice job Bob, I see you went to the West/Dark side instead of staying home.....Great pics as well, don't know why your running all those meat rigs when you can just catch them clean right off the DR cables.... Grin  #s from Stormy up in Frankfort have been like 18 for 32, 15 for 28 all before 8am on most days and the same in the evening all adult fish!
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Reply #2 - 08/07/08 at 9:53pm
 
Nobody got numbers like that out of Manistee last weekend.  Best I saw from the creel clerk was 1 boat had 10 fish.  That guy probably chanced it and fished through the storms.  Most had 2-3 fish and we wacked 6 and lost 1.    We ran for cover once it got real ugly Shocked
 
It's hard to try and empty the lake with the boys.  Had to take them swimming and fishing off the dock to keep their interest peaked.
 
Going back next weekend for the outing.  Hope to get a couple bigger fish this time.  Biggest so far is only 14#.  Heck we got fish that size out of Huron this year.  There have been quite a few in the low 20's the past few weeks.
 
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