Made it for the fourth time in March this year.  Two buddies jumped on and we trolled out the channel.  We were greeted by 25 knot winds and 2-4 seas at the pier heads.  We looped to the north to ride the waves and tucked in behind the piers.  After making some loops, we caught a lake trout off the rigger with a Northport Nailer in Dark Monkey Puke (22) stretched back about 100'.  That fish had the long distance release about 30 feet behind the boat, but we got a good look at it.  Laker all the way.  Immediatly after, we landed a brown on the 4 color on Northport Sunfire (69).  Over the next 2 hours we pecked away and finished with a double on a steelhead and another laker.  By the end, Sunfire (69)took 3 bites on the 4 color and 1 on the flat line with 1oz, Green Dolphin (14) took one on the 3 color, Dark Monkey (22) took one on the rigger, Superior Sunset (35) took one on the 2 color.  Finishing 6 for 7, all bites on Northport Nailers.   4 browns and 1 steelhead went into the box, with one laker tossed and one long distance release laker.  One brown went 11.5# and another went 9.5#. We ran several body baits and a couple flies with no luck.  It was mostly sunny, rather windy with 2-4' waves from the South.

Captain Paul

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