Loaded up the rig and headed over to Lake Michigan to chase some King Salmon. The heat and "slower" walleye action of late summer typically means big kings relatively close to shore and cooler temps up north. While the action wasn't as fast as it had been the previous couple of weeks, we did manage to fill some coolers with salmon that averaged 16-20lbs, with a couple dinks removed. No real hot ticket, as fish were caught on riggers, boards and copper, and both braid and wire divers. Caught a few on plugs and one or two on flys, but they primarily wanted big spoons. Testing out some new and newer patterns of Silver Streak magnums seemed to be the ticket. Anyone that hasn't used Silver Streak's UV spoons are really missing out, amazing to see how many times they actually outperform glow lures in low light conditions.
The water was so warm that using a Fish Hawk temperature and speed probe really made a huge difference. It was amazing to see how warm the water was for lake Michigan. At one point we had nearly a twenty degree temp change at the same depth, instead of the typical horizontal thermocline. Shocker, the kings were sitting in the cooler water pockets gorging on smelt.
Capt. Ross Robertson
www.bigwaterfishing.com
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