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This trip was a long overdue one this year! Hit the big lake yesterday morning with my 3 teenagers. Pointed it north out of East Chicago marina on a beautiful morning, slight 1’ roll to the water on the drive out but still very nice. Setting down over the Illinois line in 55 FOW NNW of the gong. Lines in the water at 6:15am. First rod to go was 3 color lead with a dodger peanut fly at 6:32…first lost fish of the day. Thankfully our average would improve greatly throughout the morning. Starboard rigger 25 down put Allison’s first coho of the morning on the deck at 6:36. It was a steady pic from then to around 10:15 when we hightailed it in before the winds hit. Ended the morning 13 for 15 all coho. Mainly a dodger/fly bite for us with the 2” flys outperforming the peanut flies by a large margin. Startboard dipsey and rigger are were the standouts today. Nothing on the high lines. Lead was a little slow also. 50-60fow mostly, 2.5-2.8mph. 58-60 degree water temps. Lots of nice bait balls marked on the graph which was nice to see. Simply couldn’t ask for a better crew and it surely beats school or work! 

Awesome job and great pics!

What a great day! Congratulations! Thanks for the information!

Very nice! Thanks for the report 

The fish were a bonus. You had the time to spend with your teenage children. The display of fish looked good but the pic of your kids was even better, nice looking family. They will never forget this red letter day with dad 

Great pics, great looking fish congrats!

Nice job! Thanks for the information!
Congratulations