When life gives you lemons ? Yesterday afternoon my charter for today canceled on me ?♂️ I put out a quick open spot on Facebook and Chelsea snapped up the spot Chelsea brought her son Milo, her dad Doug ( my old boss - the sheriff of Alcona ret.) and her mom Linda ( my magistrate - current). Weatherman said this is the last nice day for a few, so we made the best out of it and hit the water. We didn't have three lines in when the rigger went off and milo brought in a true sea monster ? a 15.5# lake trout ? bang, bang the other two rods went off and a ten lber and a seven came aboard. No rods in the water. Couldn't get more than four rods in at any one time, we had multiple doubles, a triple and non stop action for three hours before we limited on giant fish ❤️❤️❤️ We caught 14 fish and lost one. Two over fifteen lbs, two at fourteen and the rest with the exception of two all weighing in around nine or ten lbs.... We had trouble getting the boat on plane coming in as there was so much weight on the back of the boat ?? Chelsea gave this trip as an early birthday present for Milo, a few more years and he's gonna be my mate on Felecia ? this was my best trip as far as catching giant fish and a cooler full as a charter captain ?❤️. I explained to Milo, this is the exception and not the norm for fishing, so set your expectations to lower ? but, enjoy the victory as this doesn't happen all the time... Thank you Chelsea for filling in my booking and turning a lost charter into a spectacular trip ❤️❤️

You know how they say, take a kid fishing? Well my new montra is, take a trooper and a couple veterans fishing ? the fish feared us today ? We took State Police Trooper Jerry, his father Randy and brother in law Mark out of Harrisville this morning, both veterans ?? Oh my ? three lines weren't even in the water when the first fish was hooked ? then it was lights out ?, with Jerry catching big fish of the year on the Huron side weighing in at 16.2 lbs ? But then Randy and Mark both brought in two fifteen pounders hooked at the same time for the first of two triples today. We pulled the Lake Trout gear and increased speed trying to find Cohos or Atlantics in the area, nothing doing, but the Lake Trout apparently didn't mind smaller spoons and three and a half miles an hour ?i can't even with these fish this spring. We ended up catching seventeen fish this morning releasing a few once our limits were taken. Five man limit inside of four hours ? crazy. What a great day on the water ? my mate Andy worked his butt off today as he ran the entire deck ( my auto pilot quit in Pentwater last week ?♂️) I had to old school drive the boat today ? What a fantastic fishery we have here to watch these guys fight these sea monsters was great fun. Randy explained they fight way better than a bluegill and checked off one of his bucket list items. Thank you for fishing with us gentlemen and thank you for your service #fishcopcharters #micharterfishing #familyfriendly #oscoda #Harrisville #alpenamichigan #michiganoutdoors #finnspoons