Ain't crappie, fun though
Just got back from St. Joseph, Michigan. Several members of The Q Joint met there. We cooked some fine BBQ two days for a group of Lake Michigan fishing captains and they took us fishing for salmon & lake trout. Heckuva deal, everyone was happy!
I came home with 3 two gallon ziplocs full of big fillets. Caught 4 king salmon, 2 coho salmon, 2 lake trout - 8lb. 12 oz was largest fish. One of those big fillets rubbed with some seafood seasoning and drizzled with honey then cooked in a smoker sure eats nice. ;)
The lake was flat, no wind, unusual for Lake Michigan. And it was FOGGY. We used GPS all day. Fished out of a 17' Lund Mr. Pikie with 140 4 stroke Johnson. That Johnson was impressive, trolled all day at 2.4-2.6 mph and zipped us up to 50 mph when needed. The Lund has $12000 worth of RayMarine electronics on it, graph, GPS. Marine radio. Sirius XM radio with 1000 watt amp & good speakers. We turned on the tunes and trolled big spoons, caught fish.
Some pics -
The Lund. Nice boat for big water.
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Capt. Mark Crawford at the wheel, my buddy from San Jose, CA, Paul Brun, on the right watching the lines for action. We had 9 rods out at various depths.
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Assortment of king & coho salmon, lake trout.
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My two best fish. Top is a coho, 8 lb., 12 oz. Bottom is a lake trout, 6 lb., 4 oz.
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It was FOGGY! GPS served us well. Can you see the other boat about 75 yards away?
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Some of what we fed them (and us). This is a 10 lb. dry aged prime rib roast smoked to perfection, med. rare. It's resting before slicing.
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My plate-O-grub. Slice of smoked prime rib, couple baby back ribs, BBQ beans, grilled asparagus, some salad - GOOD EATS MAYNARD!!!
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golly eeeee why in the off topic
that is main board stuff, sounds like,looks like, a heck of a trip, glad you had a great time..........:)
