Two Rivers/Manitowoc, Lake Michigan

Short run off Manitowoc Monday evening.  My buddy Glen in pic has fished with me since I C-clamped a board across a 14ft. Mirro Deep Fisherman and used two home made riggers; still fun 4 decades later.  Anyway, short run off Manitowoc Monday evening perfect conditions with a one foot chop from the West.  We had a few days of Westerly and things were set up for a bite with cold temps down and a few fish showing up near the Piers on Sunday.  I ran 3 staggered riggers long leads and 2 braided 10ft. dipsy rods all with spoons.  The Number 1 dipsies had rings on and I had them out 105ft. and 115ft.. down maybe 40ft..  Set at 6:40PM in 50ft. and we did an out to 80ft. and in again to 50ft. - nothing.  Turned out a second time to 65ft. and set the auto-pilot staying near that depth the rest of the night.  Next to nothing on screen no fish no bait didn't matter about 8PM the 42ft. rigger regular size bloody nose 82ft. set back fired.  Stopped at 775ft. on counter and we eventually netted it 30 minutes later.  Shortly after that netting my 52ft. rigger went and both dipsies probably within a minute of each other.  I pulled the remaining two riggers didn't want a 4th fish on into dark.  Luckily these two old farts somehow got that triple into the net by 9:15PM and I pulled.  We ended 4 for 5 with Kings from 8# to 24#.  The nice Lady at Popp's cleared the boxes off their UPS area for me early this morning and I got a 24# 5oz weight on the larger King for a local contest.  Fish stomachs had ZILCH and the big King was a Male the other two larger fish were Females.  Good Luck.

My son and I were surprised at the number of Trailers already launched at 3:50AM Saturday morning at Manitowoc.  We later discovered a local popular Tavern had their annual Fish Derby today.  Drizzle; somewhat rough with steady waves moving South to North I had 6 lines in at 4:25 in 65ft. of water.  I ran double dipsies a wire and a braid off both sides and 2 riggers. We trolled into the waves never turning until I pulled at 7:15AM.. Never got deeper than 75ft..  Early on things were good half way down and deeper; when things slowed my riggers were good 5 to 6ft. off bottom with long leads.  All rods had mag glow spoons.  We missed 4 and netted 6 with 3 nicer Kings and a larger Steelhead in pic..  Surface was 67-68 and things are warming down fishermen with probes should be able to see some kind of break the rest of the Summer.  I had several good chats with 3 young men, 1/2 my age from Minnesota this week at the cleaning station.  They came from 100 miles North of Duluth to Manitowoc and fished day and night most of the week.  I liked their system, one guy filleted, one cleaned the fillets and the last guy vacuum packed. Good Luck.

Fishmaster39,
Thanks for your report ! Glad to hear that the salmon co-operated with the Full Moon ! Was wondering if you or anyone else , were out there tonight with the Full Super Moon ? What worked best for you ? Any glow in the Darks ? What depths seem to be most productive ? 
Good Luck & Wet Nets <(((((<

FM39, check your messages. 

Reel riot and Fishinteach,
I nailed them on Saturday night so they do bite at night. Actually, with the clear skies and the full moon they will be probably feeding once the sun goes down through the whole night into the morning bite. The night bite right now has been more productive for me than the morning bite.

Also never forget about the midday bite during a full moon!

Fishmaster39,
Ive heard that fishing for Kings during the day after a full moon , is usually poor, as the Kings do feed in bright moonlight ! Were very interested in your results ! Please post good or bad !
I guess thats why the DNR doesn't allow fishing in inland Harbor waters such as Port Washington Wis., 30 minutes before sunrise or 30 minutes after sunset , to protect the spawning Kings after Sept !5 !!!! Moon or no Moon !!! 
Good Luck & Wet Nets <((((<

Fishmaster, kings don't bite at night. Lol

I might be going tomorrow night to fish the moon. I have an extra spot in my boat if anyone wants to get out? 

One of the Best Days I ever had on Lake Michigan!

docks are in and log is pulled at manitowoc marina