Fair Haven 5/6 Shakedown

[jonboat]

Fishing Report

Your Name / Boat Name: The Bubman

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TRIP OVERVIEW

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Date(s):5/6

Time on Water: 7-10:30 AM

Weather/Temp:

Wind Speed/Direction: NE

Waves: 1-2

Surface Temp: 50-53

Location:Fair Haven

LAT/LONG (GPS Cords):

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FISHING RESULTS

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Total Hits: 9

Total Boated:6

Species Breakdown:King, Browns

Hot Lure: Silver/blue Loco, silver/blue Thunderstick jr

Trolling Speed: 3.0 GPS

Down Speed: 3.0 GPS

Boat Depth: 12-30

Lure Depth: planers

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SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS

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Got out after the sun was up, heading East out of the chute, and followed some advice I read here on LOU to throw a line out the back while putting out my spread... we didn't even get a board in the water and had a fish on - a teen-king on a Loco. Came unbuttoned while trying to net it (yes this was my shakedown, and I was rusty). Put it back out and got back to putting our spread in the water. Had another king on a couple minutes later (had one board and 2 lines set up), again, on the Loco. This one simply came off on its own about 20' from the boat. The Loco almost got me Finally got all the lines set and my son in law was up when the first release popped, he got a nice 11.5 lb king in 30 FOW on a blue/silver Thunderstick jr. Next up was my 12 lb brown, same bait, same depth. The rest were cookie-cutters we got on zig-zag from 12 to 35 FOW. Took one on black/silver Thunderstick jr, the rest on Loco or blue/silver T-stick jr. 6 for 9 was a great shakedown, and the kings in 30 FOW were a nice surprise.

Here are our two biggest fish of the day:

[rdebadts]

Nicely done!

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[MeatHunter737]

That's a good day!

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[mrclean]

We went out last night but didnt get a thing. Beautiful night for a ride. they were at the 20ft range for sure but seemed a little too docile. Just for laughs and giggles we went out to 125 ft. lol....should have stayed in around the 20ft range.

[jonboat]

Funny extra piece of info... We had 5 in the box and were in shallow in front of Blind Sodus, about ready to call it a day. I decided to go out deeper and work back toward the chute then pack up. I bumped the throttle up to 3.75 MPH to make my turn a little sharper, and wouldn't you know, the outside line on the outside board pops with the final cookie-cutter to fill our limit. That outside board must have been doing 4.5 -5 MPH!!!!!!! Weird how that happened. All hits the rest of the time we were out came right at 3 MPH. Nothing at all slower than 2.75, and that was the only time I bumped it up over 3.

[elevatorman]

Nice fish well done.

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