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Port of Holland MI - Dock Report |
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| Holland Dock Reporter: Brad Keen his dad and brother have been fishing out of Holland since the 60's. They have all helped run fishing charters out of Holland and Saugatuck for years, and Brad's dad and Uncle owned their own charter boat in the 80's. But for the past few they have been fishing for pleasure. | |
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| Apr- 15- 10 - Some perch are being taken from the piers. | |
| 11- 26 -09 - Pier anglers are taking steelhead and whitefish. | |
| Sept 19 09 -
- Brad's
Report - We had
a good morning. While we heard of some nice catches in the channel,
we ran out deeper. We had our best luck between 130 and 150 FOW. Riggers
down 95-135 with flashers and flies working best, wire dipseys back
200+ also worked well. We ended the day with eight fish. Three BIG
three year old Kings (a great sign for next year) as well as the biggest
lake trout we've caught in 5+ years. |
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| Sept 8 09 -
- Brad's
Report -Saturday
9.05 - What a beautiful day for fishing, we haven't had many nice
weekends this summer. We had our best luck in 120 FOW, finishing the
day with six fish. We caught 3 Steelhead on two and five color leadcore
lines with small Stinger Spoons.
The other fish came on riggers 65-90 down.
Monday 9.07 - Another great day weather day on the Lake! We had
our best luck between 135-150 FOW. Riggers down 90 and wire line/magnum
dispeys with flashers and flies were the best. We finished with
five fish on nine hits. |
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| Aug 17 09 - Brad's Report - "Saturday morning was a perfect morning to be on the Lake. Flat, sunny but not too hot, no bugs...just not quite as many fish as we had hoped. The big salmon moved away from where they had been all week long and no one seemed to be able to find them. We caught six fish, five salmon in the 5-10 lb range and one lake trout. We had our best luck first thing in the morning, just as the sun was coming up. We were in 85 FOW, riggers down 65-80 and wire dipsies back 120 ft. Flashers and flies and Moonshine spoons worked the first at first light. Later in the morning we got out as deep as 140 ft. We marked a lot of fish and picked a couple up throughout the rest of morning." | |
| Aug 03 09 -Brad's
Report - This
weekend we fished in the Big
Red Classic for the first time. We were excited to see how we
stacked up against other good fisherman, however the weather didn't
cooperate. We were called off the Lake Saturday morning by 9:00 and
never could leave the dock Sunday morning. The tournament was called
off...until next year I guess. When we were able to fish Saturday
morning, we had our best luck between 90 and 120 F.O.W. off Holland.
We caught a nice 15lb King on a wire dipsey with a green flasher and
fly. We also picked up a small King on a rigger down 65 with a white
flasher and fly. |
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| Jul 14 09 -Brad's Report - Saturday morning a strong thunder storm rolled through around 5:30 and pushed back our start time until 7:00. The storm also seemed to scatter the fish and made for a tough morning. We ended up with four fish. Two 12lbs Kings, one nice Steelhead and a small Lake trout. Our best depth was around 110 ft. Our action came on braid dispseys back 180-220 with fish catchers and flies and on a dodger/fly combo 95 down on a rigger. | |
| Jun 18 09 -
Salmon and trout are still being caught however
the fish are scattered and way out, which makes it harder to take
good catches. |
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| Jun 9 09 -Brad's Report - Saturday June 6th the fishing was a little slower than last weekend, but steady. We ended with seven fish, nothing over the 7-8 pound range but all great eaters! Our best luck was in 170-180 feet of water straight off the harbor. 7 color leadcore line with a small bloody nose Stinger spoon was our best rig all morning, taking three fish. A large fish catcher 120 feet down the center rigger also did well. We heard reports of boats catching steelhead in 300 + feet of water. If you're willing to run out this far this could be a good option for a few weeks until the bigger salmon come back. | Click
image for larger view  Stinger Bloody Nose |
| Jun 4 09 - Perch
fishing has started to pick up in 70 feet of water north of the piers.
Try minnows just off the bottom. Boats trolling in 80 to 100 feet
of water were catching chinook, coho and steelhead. |
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| May-28-09 - Boaters were taking a mix of salmon, steelhead and lake trout. Green and chartreuse were good colors | |
| May-15-09 - Dock Reporter Bud Lawson - Fishing out of Holland is great, we caught 15 yesterday morning we fished south in the 100' range 50 to 70 down, lead full core, down riggers and dipzy's all were working, 15 kings and 2 lake trout, just one great morning. A Dreamweaver Blue Dolphin spoon was our hot lure for the day. |  |
| Apr 23 09 - The good news from here, is that perch fishing off the pier and between the piers is producing some limit catches. | |
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