Triples on the Chum Bucket out of Alpena this morning, nice big fighters! … [Read more...]
05-04-2018 Lake Michigan Fishing Report – Muskegon
Fun night on the pond fishing with Balls Deep Charters from Muskegon ..we landed few released a few lost a few. Had a great time with Eric and the boys, hope to se you guys again thanks! … [Read more...]
05-06-2018 Ludington Michigan Fishing Report
Captain George Freeman on the FreeStyle Reports: Finally fishing! We took the boat out for a shakedown trip this morning. We started in Ludington Harbor to see if we could catch some Browns. We spent a couple hours trolling there and took 3 Browns and a good size Laker. We missed a Brown too. Three of the bites came on DW Super Slims spoons and two hit F 11 Rapalas. Two of the fish on Super Slims came on a small Slide Diver out 14 ft. with a 75 ft. lead. We were satisfied catching the Browns so we pulled lines and headed out & south to try for Lake Trout. The Trout fishing was real good. It didn’t take long to boat our four man limit. We set up in front of the Project and trolled south. Most of our fish came on wire divers fished on or near the bottom with Dreamweaver Whirly Gigs behind 8″ Chrome Spin Doctors. Our best Whirly Gig was the Chrome Blue Yellow Dot with Glow Wings, pictured below. We took three Trout on riggers. Two came on regular size DW Lemon Lime spoons 40ft. down … [Read more...]
Harbor Beach Fishing Report 08-27-2017
Lake Trout have been taken straight out and North of the harbor in 105 to 130 foot of water. Dodgers with spin and glows and clean spoons off the downriggers close to the bottom have been working. Best colors have been blacks, greens, and purple. Steelhead head have been taken in the same areas using spoons. Try some bright orange, greens, and pink colors. Walleye have been taken straight out and North of the harbor using crawler harnesses, worm burners, small spoons and Hot and Tots. Best colors have been purple, blacks, greens and blues. Bass are still being taken in closer to shore using small body baits. Keep those lines tight, Captains Ken and Janice Deaton J-Lyn Charters Harbor Beach … [Read more...]
SAGINAW BAY Fishing Report—August 15, 2017
The first week of August was pretty much a bust after a three-day Nor’easter scattered walleye all over the bay. But by Friday of last week, the fishing started to improve, each day better than the one before. Yesterday and today three-man limits of 24 walleye were pretty common with a lot of nice fish in the 20-inch class in the mix. While reports from the islands on the east side of the bay have been mixed, westside anglers are having excellent fishing, especially in the deeper water (31-33 feet). Crawler harnesses are still the main tactic. A lot of fish are suspended right now, and a trolling speed of 1.3-1.6 mph has been very productive. The best fishing has been south of Point Augres down towards Buoy One at the mouth of the Saginaw River. Anglers trolling crank baits have also been doing well, and Flicker Shad and Flicker Minnows seem to be local anglers’ preferences. However, it’s still hard to beat Storm’s Rattle Tots. Perch fishing reports are still sketchy, but from now … [Read more...]
08-14-2017 Harbor Beach
The fish continue to be scattered right now. A few Lake Trout have been taken out in 95 to 130 foot of water areas straight out and North of the harbor. Clean spoons and dodgers with spin and glows have been working. Steelhead are slow right now but an occasional one or two have been taken out deep using 3, 5, 7, and 10 color lead lines with bright colored spoons. Walleye are still scattered with a few taken North of the harbor using worm burners, Hot and Tots, and thunder sticks, mix the depth of the lures and water until you see where they are setting. Bass are still being taken in closer to shore casting body baits. Keep those lines tight Captains Ken and Janice Deaton J-Lyn Charters Harbor Beach … [Read more...]
08-16-2017 Ludington Fishing Report
We fished south today setting up in 110 feet of water. First fish came on a 200 copper with a Natural Glow Captains Choice Cut Plug. It was a good size King. That 200 went one more time but we missed that one. A pair of regular size DW Blue Skinny Jeans on an out down set at 50 feet went twice. Our best rod was a high wire diver out 300 with a 10″ White Slick Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine Dreamweaver Meat Rig. An 8″ White Crush Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly stacked with a mag Fuzzy Bear Modified Blue Dolphin 110 down on an out down went twice. One hit the flasher/fly and the other the spoon. Our biggest King came on a 300 copper with an 8″ White Crush Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly. We took a King on a mag glow spoon on a 350 copper and another King on our Trout rig. an 8″ Chrome Spin Doctor/Blue Chrome WhirlyGig with glow wings. The top picture was from yesterdays charter. I attended a funeral out of town and Capt. Russ Soper and 1st mate Corey did a fine job … [Read more...]
Ludington Michigan Fishing Report 08-02-2017
Thank you Jennifer, Mike, Jon and Alex for joining us. The fish were not cooperative with us today. We started in PM Lake and immediately had a rip on 3 colors leadcore with Wonderbread plug. Shortly after we took a nice king on a 4 color leadcore with mixed veggie Captain choice plug, several rounds later we toiled with a nice one on a high diver out 65 with uv white slick 10 inch spindoctor / green moo moo meatrig. The bite shut down do we ran to the 00s and set up in 100 fow. After trolling for a couple hours with no bites we pulled and ran south to 200 fow. We hit a nice steelhead on a three color leadcore / green jeans moonshine spoon and he spit the hook after a run and 3 jumps, circling back we hit another fish on 350 copper with 8 inch Dreamweaver Spindoctor dragon slayer / green mile meatrig. .. that one twisted off also. Rodmaster Fishing Charters Ludington, Michigan >Boat Location: 846 South Lakeshore Drive, Ludington, Michigan, MI 49431 … [Read more...]
Fishing report for Saturday July 22
Thank you Hal, Tim, Kirk, and Russell for fishing with us! Awesome trip with 31 bites and boating 23 fish. We fished little north and south of Pentwater in 80 to 120 fow. Fish bites came on Reg DW gold starburst spoon / 3 color leadcore, Moonshine Green shorts on 150 copper, Moondhine Reg Sarge on 250 copper, dreamweaver 8 in Mountain Dew salmon slayer spin doctor /green ice meat rig on high diver out 110,10 in Mountain Dew nbk spin doctor / uv ice on low diver out 80 moonshine spoon Fishtastic as main on rigger. Reg DW wonderbread spoon as free slider, 8 in Nbk spin doctor with a Mountain ghost whirligig on the rigger, Green shorts spoon on 200 copoer, 8 in Blue bubble spin doctor / blue fairways fly high diver 8 in nbk spin doctor with a yellow meat rig moonshine regular jeans spoon on 5 color, Moonshine magnum Founder pounder on 8 color, Blue jeans as main on rigger. Fuzzy bear Modified caramel dolphin as free slider Captain Gary Rodmaster Charters Ludington … [Read more...]
July 18th fishing report Ludington, Michigan
Thanks to the Wickens team for joining us today! We fished back up north of port this am but the bite was a lot tougher than yesterday. We had 8 fish on and boated 5. The water was 20 degrees warmer with very little bait. We lost a monster king on a 3 color lead core / green jeans spoon very first light. The remainder bites were 8 in netminder spindoctor / blue fairways meat rig on a low diver out 100 ft, rigger at 25 with Blue Jean spoon, 4 color leadcore / naked jordo spoon, and 5 color leadcore / orange green proking spoon. Rodmaster Charters Ludington, Michigan … [Read more...]
SAGINAW BAY Fishing Report—July 15, 2017
The Saginaw Bay walleye bite right now is as good as it gets! Today we fished the 8-11 foot depths off the islands on the eastern side of the bay. Pulling crawler harnesses behind one ounce weights 23-27 feet back at 1.5-1.6 mph, we averaged an easy 10 fish and hour on fish that averaged 16-22 inches. A half dozen fish pushed the scales to four pounds. The action was non-stop from the time we sat down until we limited out. It has been that way since the end of June! Too much cold water has slowed the fishing in much of the deeper waters of the bay, so the key is to find water as close to 70 degrees as possible. We found 71-72 degree water and a very strong bite essentially all along the islands once inside the 15-foot contour. Deeper than that the water dropped to 69 degrees and the fish disappeared. There are countless reefs around the islands where the unsuspecting angler can suddenly find himself in three to five feet of water, so it’s critical to map out a trolling route on … [Read more...]
Ludington Michigan on the Rodmaster
We fished the same area and had 11 fish on... 10 which were big fish. . Karma was not in the catching and only 3 made it into the box. Bites came on high diver out 100 ft with blue bubble spin doctor / blue bubble fly, Downrigger at 47 with moonshine flounder pounder spoon, 200 copper naked jordo spoon, low wire out 120 with frog glow spindoctor / green meatrig, low wire bouncing bottom with green tin can / green spin n glo, and low wire diver bouncing bottom with Dreamweaver 8 inch chrome spindoctor / uv lime green Whirligig. Captain Gary Smith Rodmaster Charters … [Read more...]
SAGINAW BAY FISHING REPORT—July 5, 2017
SAGINAW BAY WALLEYE fishing remains exceptional. The reason? All the west and west-southwest winds have concentrated the fish all along the eastern side of the bay. The water out of Augres all last week was 51 degrees all the way across the bay to 13-14 feet of water near the islands on the eastern side where it suddenly turned to 68-70 degrees. Anglers essentially have the majority of the bay’s walleye population concentrated in 13 feet of water or less, and it’s providing incredible fishing from south of Big Charity Island all the way down south of Essexville. The action is non-stop! What’s working? Just about everything. Hot ‘N Tots, Flicker Shads and Flicker Minnows, Husky Jerks, and Little Rippers are some of the more common crank baits. Crawler’s harnesses are deadly as well pulled behind one-ounce in-line weights or bottom bouncers. A few boats were drifting using one-ounce jigs tipped with Mister Twisters or Berkley “Gulp” Worms. It just didn’t seem to matter what an angler … [Read more...]
Lake Erie Fishing Report for 06-27-2017
Fishing for walleye has been excellent this June. Plenty of shorts and legal size walleye to be caught. We have been trolling crankbaits and crawler harnesses with success on both. Fish are everywhere in Michigan waters. The bite should last well into July. The late summer perch bite should be good because all the captains I know are catching plenty of perch while fishing for the walleyes and good size too. Captain Dan Woodward Blueline Charters www.thebluelinecharters.com Blueline Charters specializes in walleye and perch fishing in the Detroit River and on Lake Erie and Saginaw Bay. … [Read more...]
Saginaw Bay Walleye Fishing Report —June 25, 2017
The wind blows relentlessly. The thunder rolls. It rains almost daily. Some of the worst flooding since 1986 took place last week. Incredibly, it has had little effect on the Saginaw Bay walleye bite. Fishing continues to be excellent from south of Pt. Augres all the way around the bay to the “Slot” south of Sand Point. Limit catches are common whether one chooses to fish the shallow waters or the deeper walleye haunts. The bay is literally loaded with huge concentrations of walleye. Crank baits, especially Flicker Shads, spoons and crawler harness are all highly productive. Color hasn’t seemed to matter on the harnesses, but it has with the crank baits and spoons, so experimentation will be necessary with them. Last week the fish were suspending more in the deeper water, as the best bites seemed to come 10-15 feet off bottom. For us, that meant running crawler harnesses behind three-ounce weights 37-47 feet behind in-line boards while trolling at 1.3-1.5 mph (GPS … [Read more...]
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