05-19-2010-Northern Lake Michigan-Manistee

Captain Steve Hamilton of First Class Charters reports from Manistee.

Fishing was OK for us today considering the last week has been so cold and
rainy and lots of wind.
We had a mixture of Salmon, Steelhead and Lake Trout. Fished straight out of
the harbor from 125 to 375 ft., our top numbers were 12 to 16. Used lead
core-10 to 15 colors, riggers were down as far as 100 to 150 ft. There was
really no pattern, used a variety of lures: Pro King Mag Hornet, Stinger
mixed veggies and Hello Darlin-DW Super Slim. White flashers worked good
with lighter green flys. Also used the bigger trolls on the bottom for Lake
trout.

The Salmon fingerling’s from our Manistee net pen project were released on
05/14, they doubled in size and were very healthy.