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St. Joe River Trip Friday 11-12-10

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Greylion

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Posted: 05:18pm - Nov 12,10

I went and fished the St. Joe River in Berrien Springs, MI today with Johnny Lazarich and Luke Zubek and it was a stellar day. The weather was near perfect for a mid November day, 63 degs. and sunny for most of the day. We caught a limit of 9 fish, 8 steelheads and 1 lake trout. We left my house at 3:00 A.M. for the ride to Michigan and were eating breakfast at the Bob Evans off exit 29 when it opened at 6:00 A.M. Michigan time, which is an hour earlier than Illinois. We met Bill Doak, of Four Season's Charter at 6:30, fished until 2:00 P.M. and were back in my garage by 3:30 or so.

Most of the fish were caught with spawn on a 3 way river rig, but 2 were caught on an orange gold flat fish.

Here's some pictures of the day.

If you have never fished the St. Joe or even if you have and are looking for a good charter in the next few months to scratch your fishing itch, give Bill Doak a call, he's a great fisherman and really knows that river.

http://www.fourseasonscharters.com/trips.html

Jim

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Posted: 05:34pm - Nov 12,10

Great post Jim.

Thanks

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Posted: 07:17pm - Nov 12,10

Looks fantastic... Miss fishen that good old river...

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Posted: 07:35pm - Nov 12,10

Great Day at the "River". :gpost

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Posted: 11:37am - Nov 13,10

Awesome job, guys. Glad you had a great day.

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Greylion

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Posted: 02:15pm - Nov 13,10

Thank you gentlemen.

Jim

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Posted: 02:38pm - Nov 13,10

Man I have to give that a try one Day. Great post guys. Keep it up.

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Posted: 07:16pm - Nov 14,10

Nice Jim!! I raked the leaves Friday, I hope I am done!

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Posted: 05:52am - Nov 15,10

went to the Joe on Sat. only found one, you guys must have cleaned them all out. Great post! I'm gonna have to try fishing down river a little farther.

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Posted: 06:39am - Nov 15,10

Now that sure is a successful trip.

On a side note*, never saw an anchor like this before, can you explain.

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Posted: 07:34am - Nov 15,10

Chain anchors are used alot up in Michigan rivers. You need lots of weight to hold a boat loaded with guys and gear in current. Conventional anchors dig in and are prone to hang up on the ever changing bottoms of rivers, trees, rocks, etc. Best to use something that just lays on the bottom and the shear weight holds you. I have a 16 and a half foot boat and I quess my anchor weighs around 45 lbs. The one shown may weigh close to 100 lbs. No sharp corners to catch on anything. Hope this explains it.
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Greylion

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Posted: 07:42am - Nov 15,10

Exactly what cdxdog said about the chains.

Mrcoho1

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Posted: 08:13am - Nov 15,10

Nice hat Jim!

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