Took a bunch of great guys up to Lake Michigan (St. Joseph. Mi) for a day on the lake fishing for salmon..

The day was great.. The water was reasonable with about 5 to 6 foot rollers coming through.. We didn’t get the big haul I was hoping for, but we did boat our share of fish.. Total fish count was 11 with 1 Coho, 2 Lake Trout, and 8 King Salmon.. Russ got the biggest fish, and the easiest to boat while I got the hardest fish.. Took almost 20 minutes to get him in the boat.. He simply refused to come to the boat.. The fish we did land were all deep (except that one crazy trout).. We were fishing 46 to 55 feet deep in about 58 degree water.. And most of what we caught was on green striped spoons..

And last, and definatly not least, CrankyDave gets the hero of the day award.. This poor guy started feeling the rollers about 2 hours in to the trip.. And he spent the next 5 hours chumming the water for us and not complaining about it at all.. A less dedicated fisherman would have asked to be taken back to the marina costing us at least an hour, possibly 2, of valuable fishing time. So next trip, more Dramamine and less Tequilla seems to be a good plan..

And of course the trip wouldn’t have been any fun at all without our charter captain.. Gary Gamble runs Sundowner Charters.. He’s based in St. Joseph, Michigan and runs charts on both the big lake and the St. Joe River.. This guy knows how to find fish and we’ve been with him on every trip out of St. Joe.. Definatly worth the money to hire a professional charter.. Besides, he cleans the fish after the trip while we sit and drink and tell stories..

Dave, Bill, Me, Bob, Russ, Pete -

~Fey