5/16/12  Ramp and parking lights for Manistee, MI's are on backorder.  So, it looks like there will be light ...eventually.  Manistee's First Street Launch ramp is now collecting launch fees by a machine located as you pull in the entranceway.
              Warmer temperatures  is on the way for Manistee this weekend.  80s for Saturday.  Sunday is the high 70s.  Seas predicted are in the 2 to 3 foot range. This weekend looks like great opportunity to wet a line for all central Lk. MI ports.

5/15/12  Got a tremendous lesson during the editing process in my latest underwater movie.  Fish hooked on the far right corner of their mouth have a tendency to run towards the starboard side of the boat during the fish battle.  I'm sure you've seen this.
              Never noticed this before with cross coursing fish before.  Fish turn their full body to opposite of where the hook is stuck in their chops. Click underwater Action
              Seeing this brought leader abuse into a new light.
              The range on my underwater video camera is between 30' to 40' in full sun about 1' to 2' below the surface.  The glint, reflection, or flash of a Salmon' s side is noticeable well before the fish comes into view. Like the reflection my flashers give off.
              Plan is to capture more video on this subject with a chase boat.
              During editing I was able to slow-motion the action frame by frame.  Seeing a Salmon tail undulate with power ripples going down thru it ...was truly amazing to me!

5/15/12  Website member SteveO aka Steve S reported in with a glowing review about the King catchin' out of Kewaunee, WI.  Deep fish, like 120' to 160' down over 200 fow.
              SteveO's King stud rig was the 2012 4G SUV combo deal accounting for the majority of their 26 fish caught during last weekend.  Click Kewanee, WI Kings
              Another good report came from Sheboygan, WI with website member Bad Medicine in double figures on a short trip/maiden shake down cruise for 2012.
              Manistee, MI the trailer boat fleet is averaging around 3 to 8 fish per trip.  Complaints are building concerning the lack of lighting in the boat ramp area.

5/14/12  Can you spare 5 minutes?  Do you have a high speed net connection too? 
If so, ...then my new multi-scene underwater Salmon movie is ready now at You Tube.
               Main theme the King Salmon we caught and videoed underwater on 5/10/12. 
               Ever wonder what a fish does before it goes in the net from their point of view?
               Ever wonder if a fish caught 170' down can be released, then what it does?
               Ever wonder how much underwater distance visibility there is at high noon?
               Ever seen exactly how a Salmon's tail propels in thru the water?
            
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