June 24, 2010
GLSFC Special Bulletin

Asian Carp Found in Chicago Area Waterway System
A 20 lb, 35″ Bighead was netted in Lake Calumet, 6 miles from Lake Michigan

One Bighead Asian carp was found on June 23, in Lake Calumet along the Chicago Area Waterway System (CAWS). This is the first physical specimen that has been found in [...]

Capt. Bruce Bronner from Kathys Boyz 3 Charters reports from Bolles Harbor:

Fishing Sister Islands with Minnie Discs and Jet Divers 110 to 120 Back with Spoons. 29 to 30 feet of water. Running Big Discs 55 to 60 Back.
Good numbers of fish, but alot of throw backs. Trolling at 2.5 to 2.8. Water temperature 74 degrees

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Captain Ron Westrate of CoHooker Charters reports from Saugatuck:

Saturday was a interesting, expensive and rough morning on the water. As we came out of the harbor the seas were running about 3 foot and we set lines in 60 foot of water and trolled out to 120 foot of water. It was 9:30 before we had our first hit and good size salmon on 400 foot of copper with a mixed veggie Pro Troll and purple Rapture No See Um fly, which we lost after a short fight. Our first fish was a lake trout on a the same set up on a low diver on the bottom. From 10:00 to 12:00 we had 12 or 13 fish on and only boated 3 with the seas building to 6 foot. Along with loosing fish we broke off and lost 200 foot of copper, 300 foot of copper and a dipsy diver rig and wire line that the salmon ran out to 450 foot. An expensive outing.
Almost ever hit came on silver flashers (silver green, silver mixed veggie, silver blue) and Green Dude and purple No See Um flies. We did have a couple of steelhead hit the Craigs Reverse Christmas on 100 copper (caught one and lost one), other wise every hit was on flashers and flies.
We did find bait in 60 foot of water, however the salmon and trout appear to be in the 80 to 100 foot of water. I think that if you get out at sunrise, you could take them in the shallower water but then most of the action will be just outside the bait. For information and charter reservation email me at captron@chartermichigan.com .

Capt. Dan Tebo,of D’Ann Marie Charters in Grand Haven, reports:

We are taking some nice Kings from 120 ft. out to 170 ft. We are fishing from 40 ft. to 70 ft. down.
We are using 250 – 300 – 400 Copper lines.

Green and blue spoons have been good for us.
We are using white paddles with white flies down deeper.

When the sun is higher, mixed veggies and hog wild have both been giving us good catches, as well.

Captain Ed Stowe of Stowaway Charters reports from Ludington:

The fishing has moved north to the point for the most part, from the 00’s to the 0550’s. The fishing has switched from an morning bite to a VERY EARLY morning bite. 3 Cores, 5 cores and 7 cores tipped with Fireballs and Double Orange Crush are working well. Surface temps are warming up. But the best fishing is in the top 70′, in from 80′ to 150′ of water. Lemon ice, Green gloes and Blue Dolphins on the riggers and White spin doctors with green sparkle flies on the wire divers out to 125′ to 180′. The fish are very fiesty and give a good fight in this cold water. Good Fishin….Capt Ed

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

Steelhead are being taken out on the color lines in 80 to 140 feet of water, try the new Offshore Tadpoles on with your monofilament lines to get them down deeper. The Offshore boards are also working well with 5 and 10 color lead lines with bright color spoons.
Lake Trout fishing is good North, South and straight out of the harbor using Dodgers and Spin and glows fished right down on the bottom. Try medium and large size spoons off the downriggers as well. Best colors are the glow in the dark, purple, pink, yellow, green, and black colors. Work the 80 to 140 foot of water areas for best results.
Some Salmon continue to be caught mixed in with the Lake Trout using medium and magnum size spoons off the boards and downriggers from 40 to 80 foot down in the same depth of water. Try adding Tadpole weights with spoons off the Offshore boards to get the lines down deeper.
Perch fishing is slow, you might try South of the harbor by the cemetery in 25 to 50 feet of water with minnows.
Walleye fishing is slow try off the North wall early morning and late evening casting small body baits and spoons. Try the green, purple, silver and blue colors. Also try trolling out in 30 to 60 feet of water with crawler harnesses, small spoons and small body baits.

Some nice Bass and Pike are still being taken inside the harbor and close to shore casting small body baits and spoons.

Keep those lines tight,
Captain Ken and Captain Janice Deaton