FAIR HAVEN WEEKEND RECAP 8/16 - 8/18

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Fished all 3 days and ended with some great fish and even one on the LOC board.

 

Friday started with a morning trip consisting of my Cousin and Uncle. We started in 250 FOW due to the NW blow from day before. found temps in the basement 160 down. the screen was absolutely loaded between 150-200 down. We hit 350 FOW and started moving rods. Wire Diver out 520, 540, and 560 all took fish as well as 600 Copper - all pulling Spin Dr / fly combos. Largest fish was 24.5 pounds.

 

On Saturday i went out with my Dad looking for one for the LOC board. we started in 300 FOW and found temp and fish exactly where i left them on Friday. we had a slow but steady pick all morning,Took fish on wire divers out 480, 525, and 540, 600 copper, and 180 rigger. Our day eneded when the wire diver out 520 started screaming and didnt stop until 900+, battled fish back to 600 and it went back out over 900. almost an hour later 32.06 King hit the deck and we ran to weigh in.(currently in 4th place). All fish took spinny / fly combos. ended the day with 12, 26, 28, and 32lb Kings.

 

On Sunday i took the morning off to recover from celebrating my LOC fish the night before and went out for and evening trip with Mom and Dad. we started in the 220 range and didnt start seeing fish until the 420 range.fish rod to go was 600 copper after a LONG run and over an hour battle Mom landed her firsh KING @ 26.5lb, and off the copper to boot. needless to say she was excited but tired as hell. after a slow period, I dropped the probe rigger from 140 to 180 to see what it looked like down there. As i turned my back to walk away Mom yells - FISH i grab the rod and hand it to her. an exciting battle and nearly 25 minutes later her second King hit the deck @ 22lbs - a few pics later and a beautiful sunset on the lake ended the night.

 

Overall a great weekend with fish spread from 200 - 600 FOW. almost all fish I took were "out of temp" which is typical of this time of year with the biggest fish coming from the "ICE" water. Also 600 copper was HOT every day loaded with 11" paddles and long leadered flys.