FIshed Wilson to the Bar Friday150-325FOW marked little. Best water was 150 to 220'. finished 2 for 2 plus a couple throw backs. Saw few nets moving anywhere. All bites came between 20 and 60 down.
Saturday fished in front of the plant east of Olcott, finished 4 for 4 plus 1 dink we drowned and kept. ALso 2 healthy throw backs. all bites came between 20 and 70 down. Five and 7 color lead plus 70 rigger caught fish. Fog was definitley a limiting factor in our range from port. Best water was 125 to 175'.
Sunday AM, returned to the plant East of Olcott, same water fished for a few hrs to produce a steelhead and a drive by on a rigger at 60 down. Foggy.
Best summary I could give was the weekend was a grinder most boats we talked to at the dock did similar or worse. Did get a Coast Guard safety inspection in Olcott tho maybe the weekend trophy was the sticker!
I have poured over all available reports and info. Hoping to share real time details on the water,......share. We have plenty of experience fishing the western basin.
We are a REC group trailering to Olcott from eastern Michigan.
We are 100% rec, no tournament entries.... trying to find some matures for the grill or just some good fishing.
We'll be fishing Friday the 17th thru Sunday noon. We fish Olcott/Wilson and the Oak half a dozen times a year. If you are interested in sharing info on the water "Drop me a line" PMs welcome of course.
We are in a 23 sea-ray full equipped. looking to increase my fishing network.
Willing to share info on other fishing locations.
Mike 810-858-7712
Try a rotator, your choice and a spin-n-glo. Lengthen the lead on the spin-n-glo, we run this about 3-5' off the bottom at 2.2-2.7mph SOG. Lakers take it no problem, Deadly in Norther Lake Huron, allows for other king presentations. multi-species doubles not uncommon for us!
I rebuilt a 1984 sea-nymph center console CC-171. The floor I removed was 5/8" 9 ply marine plywood. I replaced the floor (sole) with 7ply 1/2" marine plywood. finished with 2 coats of interlux 2000e epoxy primer and 2 coats west system primer plus awlgrip. and........ its a little more flexible than I'd like. I'd definitley use 3/4 9 ply if I were you.
I add a snap ring to the spin doctor and " turn the supplied swivel" around. I tie a loop knot on the end of my flies and attached the loop to the supplied swivel snap .
Supply each Graph directly from the battery with the correct size conductor and fuse for protection.
I used 10awg to a blue sea 6 circuit fuse panel with the integrated negative bar, found it all at http://www.bestboatwire.com/ worked like a charm.
Also, maybe but not likely you are getting radio interference from the live well motor.