Captain Steve Hamilton of First Class Charters reports from Manistee.

Fishing improved today, 06/29/10. Rough seas but got some nice Salmon and
Lake Trout. The current was much better and we went straight out, a little
South in 100 to 200 ft. Our best lure today was the Moonshine Wonderbread.
Hopefully good weather this week end and no wind and lots of fish!

Captain Steve Hamilton of First Class Charters reports from Manistee.

Fishing is still decent, fished all last week and had some nice Kings, Lake
Trout and some Steelhead. Some boats are going South, all the way to the
point and others up North by Arcadia. We have fished both places and also
straight out in front of Manistee. Boats straight out are starting on the
shelf in about 65 ft. of water and out to over 300 ft.
Have had alot of current the last 2 days, hard to get a good troll.
Using Spin doctors and DW big paddles. KRW green glow flys and Auqa gold
glow and Riverside. Spoons are still the Yeck Double Mint, DW Super Slim:
Hello Darlin and Thriller. Also heard good reports of the modified Carmel
Dolphin, a Stinger Lure.
Also meat rigs have been the top bait.
Good Fishing!

Captain Steve Hamilton of First Class Charters reports from Manistee.

Fishing has been decent, fish are still scattered.
Boats going straight out and trolling to the 9’s. Boats making the trip to
the point are getting good numbers of fish.
Straight out the best depths have been 125 to 300 feet.
Hi divers 200 back, riggers 40 to 60 feet and lead core 3 to 12 colors.
Salmon,Steelhead and some Lake Trout.
Yeck “doublemint lure and the white prism. White DW spin doctors with a new
KRW fly: the witch doctor. Also green glo fly.
DW Riverside SS and a new big paddle DW white with UV tape.

Captain Steve Hamilton of First Class Charters reports from Manistee.

FLASH-FLASH-FLASH

Don’t know how long this will last but nice catches of Kings being caught in
the harbor in Manistee. Anything green glo, both spoons and flys. Green
dolphins and NBK’s. Divers back 25 to 35 feet, with white DW paddles and
Spin Doctors. Natural fish not planted. 10 to 15 fish a trip, moving through
to the river.

Captain Steve Hamilton of First Class Charters reports from Manistee.

Fishing has slowed down this week and past week end, some rain and wind and
more rain expected. So not alot to report!
I have seen a few Salmon brought in to be cleaned and today nice Lake Trout
being cleaned at the dock.
Not a good concentration of fish, still scattered. And the fish are not on
the feed, but that can all change in a matter of days.
Boats are going a little South out of the Harbor, still using lead core-5 to
10 colors, divers back anywhere from 50 to 125 ft.and the riggers can vary
dependent on the time of day.
Yeck Spoons are still good-Salmon Stomper and the DW SS in Riverside and Fly
Girl.
We have seen some fish caught on a lure called the Shoe Horn, in a variety
of glo colors! Check it out! It has a flat head.
Of course the KRW fly-Green Glo and a new one called the Witch doctor.
And the stand bys of the Spin Doctors and DW Paddles, with white slick tape.
We will keep you posted of the week end fishing and will soon have lots more
to report.
Good Fishing!

Captain Steve Hamilton of First Class Charters reports from Manistee.

Fishing has improved and we had a nice catch of fish this past Monday. A
mixture of Salmon and Steelhead.
We fished in the Tight Lines for Troops on May 24, 2010. This is a fishing
event that we participated in that veterns of our armed forces fished on
approx. 30 charter boats from Manistee. Close to 200 vets participated in
this fishing experience. On our boat we had Army, Navy and Air Force.
We fished straight out of the Harbor in about 120 ft to 425 ft. Our best
hits came on lead core, 5 to 10 colors out. Our water depth that was most
productive was 266 to 325 ft.of water depth.
We fished straight out and went north some. Our top 10 numbers were 16/17.
We used a variety of lures,green with glow and pearl. Green and Blue
dolphins and some oranges.
We use alot of DW super slim lures: Magic Man, Riverside, Fly girl. We also
used divers, about 100 to 125 ft back. Our downriggers were not very
productive, the one hit we had on a downrigger came at 117 ft. down.
The fishing should get better with each day and as the water warms up.