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Is everyone geared up for the salmon run ?
The big lakes have been hot for the last few weeks and if your watching the reports like I have been doing , they are getting closer to shore and the surface .
Night time pier fishing reports are a little sketchy because of all the crowds and comotion that arises because of the first guy to blab the information , so I'll just say it is picking up a bit "IF" your tosssing the right lure .
River fishing , hmmmm , I better shut my mouth about where the fish are at , don't wanna go over and have a couple dozen guys waiting at my hole when I get there .
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Ready ? Ummm no not really. My salmon & steelhead tackle got hit pretty hard last year and needs some work. I've only tied 3 new flies this year and 2 of them got gobbled up by some smallies early spring.
It does sound like some fish are moving in a bit closer to the rivers. Havn't heard of anything actualy in the rivers yet though.
You don't have to tell everyone on here where your spot is. Just send me a PM and I'll meet you there. This upcomming weekend is going to be a bust for me but I plan on doing some "Salmon Scouting" next weekend (Aug 23-24) Let me know.
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I need to pick up sum more trebbles and a new ball of yarn. and a new spool of line wouldnt hurt either....
still have plenty of sinkers...
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if do any salmon this year "doubtfull", I will wait till they come inland a bit....
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That's my way of saying they are in , my buddy just stopped by to show me the 20# king he just cought .
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I try to make it to Hespiria at least once a year for the salmon. There is a nice hole just after the first bend near the dam.
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are ya going to be fishing off he handy camp peir at the dam on the west side this year?
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i have literally been swimming in the muskegon river the last week straight (water is very warm still) and though saw one i thought was a jack turned out to just be a huge bass, even swam in the nice 12 ft hole they like to stage in before going further, nothing not one salmon, so i guess going to have to watch and see what goes by at night, i will keep all posted and let you know what my night of river watching produces
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