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by Captain Dave Koneczny
Reporting on where we have been producing our best fishing should not be a surprise to most angler who have been out recently. For those anglers who wish to get into the September excitement of Lake Superior fishing I will try to get you up to speed and into the fish.
We have been going out the Superior, Wisconsin entry and traveling north northeast about 6.5 to a depth of water around 125 feet where we start trolling. That is well in the state waters of Minnesota. The surface waters are at a temperature of around 60.5 degrees but at depths of 110 to the bottom, the water will be around the mid 40’s to lower. The east breeze we have been experiencing last few weeks have pushed the fish out from the Minnesota Point area to the deeper areas where the depths go to over 160 feet or 9 miles out.
The baits that have been producing the fish catch are Fishlander spoons in green and yellow, blue and yellow, orange yellow and green and a blue pink and yellow spoon produced by Jim’s Flashback. I also use a pink and gold spoon but it is so old that I don’t know if anyone bothered to put their producer name on it. Trolled at around 1.8 to 2.0 knots, these spoons have been keeping five poles working overtime once you locate the fish. My success has been when I run the outside downriggers (we call them the winger rods) at 115 and 120 feet, the center back downrigger at about 5 to 8 foot above the bottom or no deeper then 138 foot and the back corner downriggers at 5 to 8 foot lesser depths then the center downrigger meaning 130 on one corner and the other corner, 125 foot down. To answer your question before you call asking here is where I put the colored baits. Both side downriggers (winger rods) have either the green and yellow or blue and yellow spoons. The center downrigger has the orange yellow and green spoon and it is always the deepest with a gold and pink spoon next to the deepest with the other downrigger working 5 to 8 feet higher then the second deepest downrigger. By the way, all my downriggers have 12 pound weights on them with shaker releases for better control of blow back and strike recognition.
One of the most asked questions I get is on about the type of line I use on the reels. The answer is that I use a 30 pound test Power Pro line leading a 42 to 45 inch long Big Game green colored mono line. Instead of tying the lines together, I use a bead chain with cross locking snaps so that I could add flashers or dodgers if I was to do that. My preference is to just use the spoon without the added flasher or dodger and the proficiency of the baits is greatly improved. I also use Power Pro Line, 60 pound test on my heavier poles used for Dipsey Divers or my outrigger set ups. It holds and tracks the 12 or 16 ounce weights well and I can get to the depths I need to get to with the various setups I use.
As always, I’d like for the anglers to get the kids out fishing and enjoying the fishing experience.
Located at the Superior Charter Docks on Barkers Island in Superior, Wisconsin, the KDK Charter Service would like to remind you that:
“fishing is our business and fish we will”
Captain Dave Koneczny
KDK Charter Service 4894 Drake Road Duluth, Minnesota 55803 888-724-1264 Office 218-343-3851 Boat 218-724-1264 Local
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