Captain Ron Westrate of CoHooker Charters reports from Saugatuck:

We had another good week of fishing even with the rough water and storms that moved through during the week. With the exception of today, we have been taking 8 to 20 fish every trip. Today we fished from 9 to 2 and had a total of one fish on a 400 foot copper. I hope this is due to the fact that we fished in the middle of the day since as a rule the fishing is better in the early hours of the morning and slows as the light increases. This week we caught a number of chinook salmon in the 16 to 20 pound range, a 14 pound steelhead, a 13 pound lake trout and a fantastic 18 pound brown trout.
Flashers and flies continue to produce very well when pulled on downriggers, dipsy divers and 300 and 400 copper. The best flashers are the Pro Troll (silver/green, silver mountain dew, white blue wiggle, white glow and silver blue) with Rapture flies (no see um green, oceana, blue bird, wild fern, green hypnotist and purple no see um). We also had some good luck with Ace Hi plugs (silver red head, green lightning and blue lightning) and Stingray blue dolphin and Nitro lures producing some nice steelhead on 200 and 300 copper.
Perch fishing continues to be spotty with some reports of decent catches in 40 to 50 foot of water out of Holland and 60 to 70 foot of water out of South Haven and 40 foot of water off of Glenn. Again, it has been spotty with the perch being caught at one depth one day but gone the next. There are a few perch being caught in the rocks off the Douglas point, however it is hard to get the bait past the golbies.
The bait is still in the 40 to 60 foot depth and out in 140 to 160 foot depth, so I hope this will hold the salmon and trout in the area. For information or charter reservations, email me at captron@chartermichigan.com .

Capt. Dan Tebo of D’Ann Marie Charters in Grand Haven reports:

Fishing is excellent in Grand Haven right now – when we can get out. The storms this past week made it difficult to fish. Either we were fighting waves and rain or we had to sit out the storms and go out after they passed. Today, we had to cancel our trips. Hopefully, we are done with the rain and wind for awhile.

We are still fishing in 95 ft. to 115 – 120 ft. of water. We are fishing from 65 ft. down to 90 ft.

We are using assorted paddles & flies and spinnies & flies.
An assortment of J-Plugs have been good for us, too
Blues and greens are still the color or choice.

We are catching King Salmon up to 20 lbs., steelhead, a few lake trout, and some browns.
This past week I got the “Grand Slam” on one of my charters.
A grand slam is catching all five species of fish on one trip. It consists of: brown trout, steelhead, lake trout, coho salmon and king salmon. Nice catch, good day!

Happy fishing to you all!
Capt. Dan

Capt. Dan Tebo, of D’Ann Marie Charters in Grand Haven reports:

Fishing is very good here in Grand Haven right now.

We are fishing from 105 ft. out 115 ft. of water.
We are fishing from 60 ft. down to 95 ft.

We are getting excellent catches of Kings up to 20 lbs. and a few lake trout.

I’ve been using assorted spinnies and flies: Chrome/blue spinnies and also Chrome/green spinnies.
Also, assorted spoons – again blues and greens seem to be the best for us.

We are using 225, 300, and 450 coppers and 10 and 15 color lead cores.

Summer is definitely here and so are the fish! Come on out and take a look for yourselves.

Captain Ron Westrate of CoHooker Charters reports from Saugatuck:

We had another good week of fishing with catches ranging for 8-15 fish
a trip. There is a definite early bite with most of the catch coming in
the first 3 hours. Chinook salmon and lake trout made up the greatest
part of the catch, with a few steelhead and coho mixed in. The best
water was 90-110 FOW, but fish were taken from 80-180 FOW. During the
beginning of the week the water was a little warmer and fish were caught
50-100 feet down. The water cooled off on Thursday and fish were taken
30-80 feet down.

Pro Chip flashers and Rapture flies were at most productive
presentation. The best combinations were: blue wiggle flasher w/ a
blue bubble fly, green wiggle flasher w/ a wild fern fly, green slick
glow flasher w/ a hypnotist fly, and a chrome green flasher w/ a last
supper fly. Fish were caught on Sting Ray spoon on the copper lines
throughout the week. Silver orange tip, coyote, glow wonderbread, and
the blue cory spoons were all productive. The dolphin and pearl black
dot Ace Hi plugs on copper also produced some action over the weekend.

Perch fishing was slow out of Saugatuck and Holland, however it was red
hot in South Haven with limit catches being reported.

With a warm weather forecast in sight we expect the fish to continue to
congregate in the 90-150 FOW during the upcoming week. For information
or charter reservations, email me at captron@chartermichigan.com

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 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.