Captain Ed Stowe of Stowaway Charters reports from Ludington:

The weather is cooperating and the kings are in the Ludington area. From the project south to the Red cabin and north from the bathhouse to the 0600s are the best waters lately. We are taking Chinook Salmon,Steelhead and Lake Trout. 3 Cores, 5 Cores, 7 cores and 10 cores are all taking fish. The surface temp is 47 degrees and its 46 down 100ft. Spoons on the cores and riggers and spin doctors on the divers and wire divers.We are taking fish deep-100ft on the riggers and deeper. The fish are very fiesty and give a good fight right now. Good Fishin….Capt Ed

Capt. Ken Deaton of J-Lyn Charters reports from Harbor Beach:

Limits of Lake Trout continue to be taken straight out, South and North of the harbor on Dodgers and Spin and glows fished right down on the bottom. Put out some medium size spoons off the downriggers as well. Offshore boards with lead lines or regular line with the new Offshore weights are working well with spoons. Best colors are glow in the dark, pink with white dots, silver, green, and black colors. Work the 80 to 105 foot of water areas for best results.

Coho, Pinks, and King Salmon are still being taken mixed in with the Lake Trout using medium and magnum size spoons off the boards and downriggers from 30 to 70 foot down in the same depth of water.

Steelhead are being taken on the color lines using Dodgers with Spin and Glows or flys, and also spoons. Bright colors are working best, fish them way back off the Offshore boards for best results.

There still some Walleye being taken off the North wall early morning and late evening casting small body baits and small spoons. Try the perch, silver and green colors.

Get out there and enjoy the outdoors, go fishing and don’t forget to take a kid fishing with you! Memories are made to remember and they will last a life time!

Keep those lines tight,
Captains Ken and Janice Deaton
J-Lyn Charters
Harbor Beach MI
www.jlyncharters.com
810-542-0426

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.

Captain Paul Schafley from Riverside Charters reports from Manistee:

King fishing looks really good. Lots of bait fish. Fish are full of bait. Even seen some smelt in their stomachs. Its been better South down by the Point. The water is cold out front. Spoon bite and Spin Doctors *White” with an Aqua Gold fly. The magnum spoons been good too, “Green Glo” Fishing should only get better as we get some nice weather coming in.

www.riversidecharters.com

Trout Scout Charters of Manistee, Michigan reports — FISHING IS HOT HOT HOT and WE WACKED THEM TODAY, landed over 30 fish from kings, coho’s and lake trout, this fishing is just as good as the summer, we have next week open and the fishing will be hot, we have the 25, 26, 27 still open for may. we had 5 on at once today and 4 on twice and lots of doubbles, so get in on this hot action and warm weather.

Capt. Ken Deaton of J-Lyn Charters reports from Harbor Beach:
Fishing is great! Now that the winds and weather have settled back down
the fish are on the bite big time!

Lake Trout are being taken straight out South and North of the harbor on
Dodgers and Spin and glows fished right down on the bottom. Put out
some medium size spoons off the downriggers as well. Offshore boards
with lead lines or regular line with the new Offshore weights are
working well with spoons. Best colors are glow in the dark, pink with
white dots, silver, green, and black colors. Work the 60 to 105 foot of
water areas for best results.

Some Coho, Pink, and King Salmon are being taken mixed in with the Lake
Trout using medium and magnum size spoons off the boards and downriggers
from 30 to 70 foot down in the same depth of water.

There have been some Walleye taken off the North wall early morning and
late evening casting small body baits. Try the perch, silver and green
colors.

Get out there and enjoy the outdoors, go fishing and don’t forget to
take a kid fishing with you! Memories are made to remember and they
will last a life time!

Keep those lines tight,
Captains Ken and Janice Deaton
J-Lyn Charters
Harbor Beach MI
www.jlyncharters.com
810-542-0426