FISH REPORTS 2003

Saturday, October 25, 2003

The skies cleared and the sun was up. A beautiful frosty fall morning. The only problem was that the fish were not on the reef that day. We fished hard and ended up with 2 trout caught in 20 feet of water near the shore north of Traverse. It was a good ending to a good year of fishing. See you next spring.

Captain Bob
Fish Camp Charters

Friday October 24, 2003

Mixed rain and snow comming down as we headed out. Rough seas and wind. Not the most ideal weather for fishing. We fished the 12 foot reef and had four on with four lines out on our first pass across the reef. All nice spawing size trout. Then they seemed to leave the reef. We fished the deeper water outside the reef and found them again. One of the trout was over 17 pounds. We ended up with our limit of 9 trout and 1 steelhead. It turned into a very good day of fishing.

Thursday October 23, 2003

Launced Steve Haddens boat and fished Traverse Bay looking for spawning trout. Trolled surface lines and downriggers set at 6 feet. Found that our favorite reef had assesment nets on it so we had to troll around the nets. We caught 4 trout and one 28 inch steelhead off the reef in 12 feet of water. Mostly males so the main grout pf spawners is not in yet.

Thurday, October 9, 2003

Winterized the boat and put it to bed. Nice to do it on a calm day with nice temperatures. Hope she rest well this winter so she will be ready to go next Memorial day.

Wednesday, October 8, 2003

Steve and his wife Sandy came up to the camp. We headed out at the crack of 10:00. Lac la Belle was dead calm and beautiful with all the reds and yellows of fall just glowing in the morning sun. The big lake had about a 1 1/2 foot chop once we rounded South Point. Fish were still there and bitting better than the day befor. We caught 11 trout by 12:30, the last two hit while we were pulling the lines and they had to go back. Nice to have a day when you can't keep the trout off the lures.

Tuesday, October 7, 2003

Fished with Joe from Bow Camp and Ed. Hit South Point again and fish were still there. We had many doubles with just two lines down. We ended up with our nine trout in a mornings fishing. The boys ate good up at bow camp as we donated the fish to them. Good thing they had fish as they never did get any venison. Weather is beautiful this week with the Keweenaw in full color.

Monday, October 6, 2003

Took the boat out for a run. Fished off of South Point in 150 feet of water. Landed four trout and kept 2 small ones for supper. Fish were suspended down about 120 feet. Lots of big red marks at 60 feet but they were not trout or salmon and did not go after the lures.

Sunday, September, 7, 2003

Joe and I fished with Bruce on the "Roamer". We got 6 fish, 4 trout and 2 salmon. Had to go out to South Point to find some trout after the fish stopped hitting in the bay.

Saturday, September 6, 2003

Ed Jenson, his wife Ruth, Martha, and Larry went out. We fished out near the point and found a nice school of 3 to 4 pound trout. We ended up with 9 trout and 1 salmon. Had to go back to the bay to find a salmon. Looks like they have left the point. (Martha, need some pictures to post on the web site)

Thursday, September 4, 2003

Fish with Dean and Sue Hanson, her brother Gary and Sue (the head bonker). We tried in the bay and found the salmon near the old wreck. We caught 5 salmon and 4 trout. Largest salmon was 28 inches and the largest trout was 29. Lost a very nice steelhead right at the boat when it wrapped the downrigger cable. Pictures of our catch, Fish picture , Another fish picture

Saturday, August 30, 2003

Fished with Mike Westrick and his son in law. We fished near the fisheries and caught 12 fish. We got both salmon and trout. It seemed like the fish were biting best right near the white fish nets. Fish were from 70 foot to the surface.

Wednesday, August 29

Fished with my brother in law, Joe, and we caught 3 fish in the bay. Pictures of Joe , Joe and fish

Friday, August 22, 2003

Fished with Kal Kemp and his wife. We caught 2 salmon and 3 trout from in Bete Grise Bay.

Thursday, August 14, 2003

Marge and I up early for a trip to Isle Royale. About 3 hours to Rock harbor. Hard to believe but the Park Service has no gas at Rock Harbor. Only one boat in the marina and the place looks like a ghost town. Looks like the park service got their way and have the whole island to themselves. Some day they will be kicked out and the island will return to the people.

We spent two days on the island with Robin, John, and Elyse who own the Kala Moiakka (my old boat) and then went to Thunder Bay. We spent two days in Thunder Bay with our friends Denis and Claudette, Daryle, Rosanne, Daniel and Alicia. From Thunder Bay we headed up the North Shore twords Nipigon. We spent one night in Loon Harbor and one night in Otter Cove. We caught two salmon and two trout at Otter Cove. Kept a fine trout for supper. Back from Canada in 3 to 4 foot seas on August 20. Was a fine trip. Here are some pictures, the dock at daybreak, sunrise on Keweenaw Point, dock at Isle Royale, bull moose, cow moose, Thunder Bay, Our friends boat, sleeping giant, Sibley Peninusla, Otter Island.

Sunday, August 10

Fished with Mike Lorimer, We caught 9 fish from near the point.

Thursday, August 7, 2003

Fished with Kameron, Edwin, Denny, and Bill Stocker. We ended up with 11 fish from the point. Picture of Captain Bob and Uncle Bob, Kameron the hatchet man, the fishing crew, our catch.

Wednesday, August 6, 2003

Fished with the Klei's. We caught 9 fish from out by Montreal Point.

Saturday, August 2, 2003

Fished with the Spencers from Quinnesec, Mi. We caught 14 fish from Keweenaw Bay. Spence, Andrea, Tom and Tina had a good day on the lake. (Andrea, please email me some pictures to post)

Friday, August 1, 2003

Fished with Brent Welch and Ryan, Jacob and Dusty (I hope I have the names right) from Eagle Harbor. We caught 15 fish out in Keweenaw Bay. (Brent, please email pictures to post on the web site).

Monday, July 28, 2003

Water temperature is now up to 57 degrees in the bay and the fish are moving on us. We caught 12 trout and one salmon in the same spot that had all the salmon in it yesterday. We fished with Mike Francis and his two sons, Fred and Brent, and his dad Norm. We caught 12 trout and 1 salmon. Was a great day on the water. The large 15 pound trout was caught by the little guy. It was quite a battle. Here are the pictures. Picture 1 Picture 2

Sunday, July 27, 2003

Bill Schilz, Greg, Aren anc Pat went out for an afternoon trip. We caught 12 salmon and 4 trout. Bill, please send me a picture for the web site.

Saturday, July 26, 2003

Fred Sjoquist and his neighbor Sam came up from Iron Mountain. We scraped together a crew of "expert" fishermen to make up a great crew. We added Ed, Bruce and Emil to the crew. With this experienced crew the fish didn't have a chance. We caught 17 trout and 10 salmon. Ya gotta look at these pictures. Picture1 Picture 2

Friday, July 25, 2003

Chris Carswell came up with a crew to fish Stannard Rock. Waves were too big so we fished the bay. We caught 10 fish in the bay. Did not get a picture of the fish so Chris if you read this send me a picture to post on the web. Fished with Chris, Mindy, Lance and Jay

Thursday, July 24, 2003

Went out for an evening fish with Denis, Darryl, and Darryls son from Canada. We fished in shallow water in the Bay and got 4 trout and 2 salmon. Fish were hitting 35 to 40 feet down. Here is a picture of them with their catch.

Wednesday, July 23, 2003

Had a very good charter with Glen and Carol Schubert and his fishing daughters , Linda and Kristy, grandson Billy, and Tim boyfriend of a daughter. The gals were the "fish hogs" on this trip as very few fish were water released. I may have to get a bigger cooler. Here are a couple of pictures of the Schubert crew and their catch. The grandson caught one close to the 15 pound mark.

Tuesday, July 22, 2003

Fished with Dave Kangas out of Cedar Bay. Fish are still suspended in the upper 70 feet of water. Lots of bugs and small minnows in the Coho and larger smelt or white fish in the Trout. Attached is a picture of Dave and Dave with their catch.

Sunday, July 20, 2003

Fished with Paul Herman, His son and daughter in law, and a son in law. We caught 10 trout and 2 salmon. Picture of catch. Picture of crew.

Saturday, July 19, 2003

Dan Kemp and family were up for our 40th reunion. We took some time off from the reunion and went fishing. We caught 10 trout and salmon. Salmon were on the top and trout were down 65 feet. Attached is a picture of Dan and Crew. A Fish Picture of our catch

Friday, July 18, 2003

Fished with Ed on the Prime Time. We caught 10 fish out in 95 to 110 feet of water. All trout and salmon were suspended down 35 to 75 feet. Seas were calm and it was a great day on the water.

Wednesday, July 16, 2003

Fished with Glen Copeland and crew. We caught 12 fish fishing in 95 feet of water down 25 to 75 feet. Most were lake trout. Attached is a picture of Glen and Chris with the catch.

Tuesday, July 15, 2003

Fished in the bay with Chuck McCleat, Eric and Bruce . We caught 9 trout and 1 Salmon. Picture attachedof the crew, fish picture

Sunday, July 13, 2003

Emil and Bonnie came down and we got 5 fish, 1 trout, 2 kings, 1 steelhead, and 1 coho. We fished in the bay in 90 to 120 feet of water. Fish were down 35 to 50 feet down. We lost a couple of larger kings. Going to have grilled salmon steaks for supper tomorrow.

Saturday, July 12, 2003

Marge and I made a "short" trip out in the evening to test the new camera that I installed on the boat. We tried near the surface over deep water, nothing. Then we tried in the shallows about 65 to 70 feet of water and caught 3 larger kings and lost 2. Looks like the larger kings are showing up in the bay. Coho were surfacing all over the place. Marge said that this was the longest "short" trip that she was ever on.

Thursday, July 10, 2003

Fished with Joe Hancock and his family. It was rough so we stayed in Bete Grise Bay. Only got one trout and lost 2. What a difference a day makes.

Wednesday, July 9, 2003

You should have been here today!!!! Fished in the bay with Donald and Andrew Peterson. We caught 15 trout and 1 salmon. Trout and salmon were suspended in 90 to 110 feet of water and down about 55 feet. Water temperature was 53 to 55 degrees on surface. It was a great day on the water. Picture 1, Picture 2

Tuesday, July 8, 2003

Fished Stannard Rock with John Koicsek, Luke, Zack, Alex, Jerry and Red from Wisconsin. We had a 3 foot sea running from the South East all day so it was very rocky. We kept 10 fish and trew several back, the largest of which was about 15 pounds. Lots of fish showing up on the fish finder but they were not bitting very well. I wonder if all the fishing pressure is starting to show up. I think the fish are getting smarter and smarter just like the trout in Yellowstone. Time will tell. Pictures of the crew. another picture

Tuesday, July 2, 2003

Chartered with Max and Linda Woodbury and their sons Max and Joe. We had a nice catch of trout from the shoal water in Kewenaw Bay. Max and Linda were staying in Eagle River in their summer rental home, www.greatsandbay.com. We got blown off the lake in the morning so we went back out in the afternoon and caught 6 trout and one king salmon. See picture of the Woodbury Crew, If it ain't chartruse it ain't no use, Our friend the eagle, going out, Max junior, this one didn't get away, joe with trout, fresh salmon

Sunday, June 29, 2003

First mate Marge and I went out to look for some trout farther out. Water temperature had warmed up to 50 degrees so we fished near some shoal water. Found the lake trout down 55 feet in 65 to 90 feet of water. We had our limit in a little while so we moved and tried some other spots. Had to throw some trout back as there were quite a few trout up near surface near some bug slicks. See picture of First Mate with fish and Captain and a 30 incher.

Friday, June 27, 2003

Fished with Vince, Caral, Bob, and Arv in the bay. Was windy so we stayed in close. Fished mainly in 45 to 55 feet of water for salmon. We caught 5 King salmon. See attached pictures, Cooler of fish, Fish catching crew

Tuesday, June 24, 2003

How does a charter captain take a vacation? He goes fishing. Steve and I got our Canadian fishing licenses and headed 52 miles out into the middle of Lake Superior for a day of Lake Trout fishing. We caught 54 lake trout in a 4 hour period. We had many doubles with our two lines in the water. Most fish were caught jigging and we caught fish from 245 feet to 32 feet. Fish were everywhere but they were not very big. They were a very dark trout with big heads and bodies. Will post some pictures of the trout after we get some developed. Here is on with Steve holding a more normal looking trout. It was one of the most memorable fishing trips that either one of us was ever on. Never had trout fishing that good. May have to do this again next year. Our scorecard.

Saturday June 21, 2003

Fished Stannard Rock with Jim Ritzenheim, his son Kris, and son in laws Steve and Gordie. We left early and seas were calm all the way out to the rock. We fished for some small trout in 60 foot by jigging. Fish were there but not bitting to good. There were bugs on the surface and some trout were surfacing around the boat. (Where were our fly rods when we needed them) After we had some nice eater trout in the cooler we moved to deeper water and some bigger trout. We filled our limit of 5 to 6 pound trout mostly by trolling. Took a cruise by the lighthouse and trolles surface lines. Picked up a fairly large trout that was caught and released. See attached picture of Jim and trout, Gordie and Steve, Jim and Steve, Ritz with fish, Steve with fish

Tuesday, May 27, 2003

Memorial day weekend. We fished off Smith Fisheries and South Point. We caught 31 trout in three days between all of the boats that were out. Best luck seemed to be jigging in 140 to 160 feet of water using jigs and sucker for cut bait.