According to the MDNR

St. Joe River – Fish will still be found in the deeper holes until we get some rain and the temperatures drop.

Grand Haven – Boat anglers were taking steelhead and small salmon in 80 to 120 feet of water. The fish were in the top 50 feet and hitting on orange and gold spoons. Pier anglers are catching light numbers of steelhead when using spawn. Menominee were still being caught off the south pier.

Muskegon – Boat anglers are catching trout and salmon about halfway down in waters up to 120 feet deep. Pier fishing was slow however the occasional steelhead was caught.

The last 2 weeks produced some rough water (8 to 12 foot) due to winds that exceeded 60 miles per hour. When we could get out, the fishing was very slow with 2 and 3 year old salmon and a few small lake trout that needed to be returned. The water temperature was the same from the surface to 140 foot down and the color of the water was an opaque green due to the rough water. We caught fish 20 foot down and 120 foot down and from 60 foot of water out to 240 foot of water, whic…

Lake Michigan Fishing Report from Captain Ron Westrate Saugatuck Michigan

Last week produced some very good fishing with catches of 12 to 24 fish per boat. The best depth was 110 to 140 foot of water and some days out to 180 foot of water. Most of the catch consisted of 2 and 3 year old salmon up to 12 pounds with some steel head and lake trout mixed in.

The best method was 200, 300 and 400 foot of copper

Captain Ron Westrate reports on Lake Michigan from Saugatuck, Michigan

During this past week you had a choice: four year old salmon in 20 foot in front the piers or 2 and 3 year old salmon, lake trout and an occasional 4 year old in 100 to 140 foot of water. We took 8 to 12 fish per trip when we fished in front the piers and 12 to 20 fish per trip
out in deep water. There were some boats that fished out in 250 to 300 foot of water for steelhead and 2 year old salmon. After limit catches of perch last weekend, we had a hard time finding perch outside of the rocks where you caught 10 golbies to every perch.

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

Fish have been fishing offshore this week. We have been in 240 ft. to 300 ft. of water, and fishing the top 50 ft. We are getting some very nice catches of Steelhead, Kings, and Cohos.

We are hoping for good weather this weekend for our annual Slammin’ Salmon Fest in Grand Haven.

We will be having a huge fish boil on Friday evening (open to the public). On Saturday, we will have lots of fun things to do all along the boardwalk

Fishing for the 4 year old kings seems to be about over. The good news is the abundance of smaller fish (Kings, steelhead, coho, and lake trout). These fish are very aggressive and will bite any time of the day. This is a normal fall fishery with all fish being caught on spoons from the surface down to 100 feet, anywhere from 130 to 280 feet of water. Catches for the last three trips were 21, 28, and 26 fish/trip.