Captain Ed Stowe of Stowaway Charters reports from Ludington:

The water on the bank went from very cold to very warm in the past couple of days because of all the south and southwest winds. The fish and the baitfish have become scattered and are very deep in the water column. We are marking a lot of fish and they are in the deeper waters, 125′ down to 160′ deep in from 140′ to 200 ft of water. The fish are from the project to the point right now but with the south wind they will be congregating back on the point. Big paddles with flies, and Spindoctors with meat rigs are producing as are Moonshines on the 300 coppers. Wire divers out from 180′ to 300′ with spindocters and spartan flies are working in the deep waters. Good Fishin….Capt Ed

Captain Ron Westrate of CoHooker Charters reports from Saugatuck:

Another good week of fishing in Saugatuck with 10 to 20 fish in the creel consisting of big salmon and big lake trout. 80 foot of water to 120 foot of water produced chinook salmon in the mid teens and lake trout pushing 13 pounds with occasional steelhead coming in the upper part of the water column.
11 inch Pro Chip flashers (white/glow) and 8 in Hot Chip (white/glow and green wiggle) with a Rapture green No See Um flies produced very well on the downriggers. Wire divers with Pro Chip flashers (white/glow, silver/green, white/blue, white mountain dew) with either Rapture green Hypnotist or No See Um flies produced most of the fish this past week. The steelhead came on 200 copper with Stingray silver orange tip and blue green dolphins.
We did some perch fishing this past week and caught a limit catch in 40 foot of water. When we are running out to fish salmon I see perch in 40 to 50 foot of water. There were reports of good catches out of South Haven in 15 foot of water, so our perch fishing should continue to improve.
For more information and/or charter reservations email me at captron@chartermichigan.com .

Captain Ed Stowe of Stowaway Charters reports from Ludington:

The water on the bank went from very warm to very cold in the past couple of days. The fish and the baitfish have become scattered and are very selective in their biting habits. We are marking a lot of fish but catching them has been a challenge the past few days. With the colder water temps they have been scattered in the column. This morning we got a fish on a 3 color core(15ft) and the next fish came at 67′ down. The fish are from the project to the point right now but with the south wind they will be congregating back on the point. Big paddles with flies are producing as are Moonshine spoons. Fireballs and Double orange crush on the high cores. Good Fishin….Capt Ed

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 Ron Westrate of CoHooker Charters reports from Saugatuck:

Even dodging storms and high winds through out the week, the fishing was
good with 6 to 12 fish per trip. The creel consisted of chinook salmon
pushing 20 pounds, lake trout weighing up to 14 pounds and steelhead,
coho and even an occasional brown trout. The best fishing continues to
be the 90 to 120 foot of water depth, however there are also fish in in
the 135 to 160 foot depth. With the full moon, the bite is best in the
mid to late morning and early evening.

The best lures for us are the 11 in Hot Chip and Pro Chip flashers
(green/glow, white/glow and white/mountain dew) with Rapture flies
(purple No See Ums, green Hypnotist, Green Dude and Frosted Fern). We
are pulling these on the downriggers from 60 foot to the bottom and wire
dipsy divers at 200 foot and 250 foot out. 200 and 300 copper have
produced some nice steelhead and brown trout with Craig’s Christmas and
the orange Corey Stingrays and 400 foot of copper (also 400 foot with 2
oz dive bomb) are producing with 8 in white bladed flashers and Green
Dude flies.

The perch report is good with limit catches south of the Saugatuck
harbor from 60 to 70 foot of water. It is difficult to fish this deep
water however the report is they are catching 10 to 14 in perch.
Yesterday there was some very good catches of perch in 20 foot of water
south of the piers. These were not as big as the deep water perch but
avg. 6 to 8 in.

Reports from Holland to South Haven is good fishing from mid morning to
noon and from 6 PM until dark. If the weather cooperates, we should hold
our fish. For information and/or charter reservations, email me at
captron@chartermichigan.com.