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.




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