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...]
06-22-2017 South Haven, Michigan
Captain Matt Strong reported hot steelhead action out of South Haven. … [Read more...]
Lake Superior – Marquette 06-20-2017
Nicolet Shores Fishing Charters reported nice catches of Lake trout and salmon being taken on Lake Superior from the port of Marquette, Michigan … [Read more...]
06-21-2017 Alpena Michigan Fishing Report
Captain Steve from Chum Bucket Charters - Alpena reports:"Chris scheduled a trip that won't be forgotten anytime soon. 24 fish morning had the reels working overtime!!! The trip started with a double that proved dad's fish was a tad smaller and she reminded him of that frequently. Then within the hour they had landed thier limit and then some. Fish after fish with doubles, triples, and even a quadruple made for nonstop action in the Laker spot. We then wandered out for a chance at the fish she had her heart set on, a Salmon. It didn't take long to hook one up but shook the hook loose with a wierd jump near the boat and the lure flew one way and the fish went the other. She said that she is coming back to settle the score soon." Chum Bucket Charters steve@chumbucketcharters.net … [Read more...]
June 17, 2017 Fishing Report—Saginaw Bay
This week has seen Saginaw Bay’s best walleye fishing all summer. Reports of excellent fishing and limit catches came in from all around the bay by mid-week. Friday, our crew boxed a four-party limit of 32 in just three hours while fishing south of Pt. Augres in 31-33 feet of water. There were a lot of little fish in the fishery, and we released a good 20 or more! (Speaks well for the future!) The keepers were all 16-18 inches with a half dozen hitting the three-four pound mark. This could be a repeat of the summer of 2014, which saw record catches of Saginaw Bay walleye! Speed and color of harness blades were not critical all week. We ran three-ounce in-line weights ahead of the harness on the starboard side and three-ounce bottom bouncers off the port side. Both were set to run at 20-25 feet. As usual, the bottom bouncers easily out fished the in-line pulled crawlers. I also use size three blades on all my harnesses behind the bottom bouncers, while my first mate was running … [Read more...]
Harbor Beach Fishing Report 06-09-2017
being taken Straight out and North of the harbor using Dodgers with Spin and Glows and clean spoons close to the bottom. Green or blue colors have been working well. Start out in 80 foot of water and work your way out until you find where they are setting. Try for some Steelhead close to the color lines using 5, 7, and 10 colored lead lines with bright colored spoons on the Offshore boards. A few Atlantic’s were taken in 90 to 120 foot of water with spoons off the downriggers fishing top to bottom. Some nice Bass have been taken casting in close to shore with body baits. Keep those lines tight, Captains Ken and Janice Deaton J-Lyn Charters Harbor Beach MI … [Read more...]
Walleye Fishing Great out of Linwood
Captain Mark Pieniozek of Reel Fish'n LLC reports good catches of spring walleye on the Detroit river. … [Read more...]
Coho Fishing is Hot in Southern Ports
Bending Limits Sportfishing Charters of Saugatuck Michigan reports excellent catches of Coho on body baits-on flat lines, 1,2,3,4,5 colors of lead core with copper back mini streaks have been very good. We’re also catching fishing down deep. anywhere from 55 to 280 feet down on the downriggers!!! These fish seem to like spin doctors and Big Weenie flies. Our best fly as always is the Proctologist. These fish really seem to change the baits they’re biting on, on a daily basis. One day they really want the flies, the next they seem to love the spoons. The key right now is it run as many rods as possible, with as many different baits to start out with, and let the fish tell you what they want!<a … [Read more...]
8-1-2016 Saugatuck / Holland fishing Report Lake Michigan
What a great week of fishing off of Holland and Saugatuck. The creels ranged from 10 to 20 fish per trip with lake trout exceeding 20 pounds and Chinook reaching the mid 20 pound range. In addition to the Chinook salmon and lake trout there were steelhead up to 12 pounds and coho pushing 10 pounds. Every day we had kings hit our lures run from 30 foot down to the bottom, however we did not catch the kings every day. A 20+ pound king will take off 600 foot (or more) of line with the initial hit and were it goes is anybodies guess, however you can bet that it will be into other lines producing tangles and often lost fish and gear. The salmon, as I said will hit 150 foot copper to 350 foot of copper with spoons and flashers and flies and they also hit on the flashers and flies that we ran on the bottom for lake trout. So basically you fish from 30 foot to 110 foot and what hits is often a surprise—often lake trout but some time steelhead, king salmon or coho salmon. Silver and UV … [Read more...]
Lake Michigan Fishing Report from Saugatuck Michigan
What an interesting week this has been. Though out the week, when we left the dock we never knew what the day would produce. We started the week like we ended last week with 90% of the creel consisting of lake trout and the remaining 10% being steelhead and kings. By Wednesday the creels consisted of 50% lake trout and 50% kings and steelhead. Thursday and Friday produced creels consisting of 90% kings and 10% lake trout and steelhead. By Saturday we were back to primarily lake trout with an occasional silver fish. Fishing between fronts on Sunday we caught some coho along with some steelhead, lake trout and kings. Even though the fishing was unpredictable, the size of the fish was very good with catches having an average of 11 or 12 pounds per fish. The kings that we caught this week ranged from 16 to 22 pounds. We got to a point in the middle of the week were we decided that “less was more”. We had to reduce the number of copper lines and divers we ran because the kings would hit and … [Read more...]
07-27-2016 Lake Huron -Harbor Beach Fishing Report
Some nice Lake Trout are being taken in 80 to 100 foot of water working the bottom with dodgers and spin and glows, and clean spoons off the downriggers covering the 50 to 100 foot down areas. Try glow, green alewives, orange crush, black and white, and purple with pink spoons for your best colors. There are still some Pink and Coho Salmon being taken out in 90 to 130 foot of water areas on clean spoons run down 20 to 55 feet. Try running some clean spoons on the Offshore Boards as well, 2,3,5,7, and 10 colored leads should work. Some nice Steelhead are being taken near the color lines out in 85 to 100 foot of water areas as well, on bright colored spoons off the boards. A few Walleye were taken on small spoons, thunder sticks, and crawler harnesses in close to shore working the 20 to 60 foot areas. Some nice Bass were being taken in close to shore casting small body baits. Keep those lines tight, Captains Ken and Janice Deaton J-Lyn Charters Harbor Beach … [Read more...]
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