Capt. Dan Tebo of D’Ann Marie Charters reports from Grand Haven:
We are fishing from 80 ft. – 110 ft. out.
We are fishing from 60 ft. down to the bottom. The water temperatures are changing daily now and so we need to watch the temperatures to determine whether we fish out deeper or in closer. Right now, it seems each day is different in Grand Haven.
We all lost our trips Sunday due to high waves. A few boats went out and were back in within an hour or so.
We are using 250 and 300 coppers and 10 and 15 lead cores.Green and Yellow plugs are going well for us lately. .We have been getting good results with white paddles and white flies, white paddles with green flies, and blue paddles with blue flies.
If you are interested in booking a trip with us, contact us at: Capt.Dan@dannmariecharters.com or: dannmarie2@aol.com

Captain Ron Westrate of CoHooker Charters reports from Saugatuck:

The fishing this past week has slowed some what, however we still caught
between 7 to 12 fish per trip. The creel consisted of chinook salmon
that weighed over 20 pounds and lake trout over 12 pounds and an
occasional steelhead. The best depth was again the 80 to 90 foot depth
however by the weekend we also caught fish out to 160 foot of water.
There are some fishermen that are going out at 4 in the morning and
taking some nice fish in 50 to 60 foot of water.

Early in the week we had some good luck with 200 copper, however by the
end of the week we fished primarily 300 and 400 foot of copper with Ace
Hi plugs (glow green lightning, glow black lightning, green glow, green
glow ladderback and wonderbread). The divers are pulled at 100 and 200
foot early in the day and then lengthened out to 300 and 200 foot as it
get brighter. On the divers we are pulling echip flashers (white blue
wiggle, white glow mountain dew, green silver and white slick glow) with
Rapture flies (oceana, no see um green, green hypnotist, and last
supper). On the downriggers we are fishing near the bottom and pulling
11 in echips (white glow, white slick glow and white mountain dew) with
Rapture green flies (green hypnotist and wild fern).

With the rough water conditions on Sunday, we did not fish so it will be
interesting to see what happened to the water temperature on Monday. For
information or charter reservations, email me at
captron@chartermichigan.com.

Captain Ron Westrate of CoHooker Charters reports from Saugatuck:

The Ace High plugs made by Silver Horde are beginning to produce some
very good salmon when pulled on copper. This past week produced catches
from 6 to 18 fish per trip in the 70 to 90 foot depth. There where also
some nice 4 year old salmon caught out in 160 to 180 foot, however the
most productive was the 85 foot depth. The chinook salmon dominates the
catch, however some lake trout, steelhead and brown trout showed up the
the creel.

On the 200 and 300 copper the Ace High plugs (glow green back, glow
green ladder back, glow green lightning, glow black lightning and green
splatter back) produced very well along with the silver mountain dew
flasher and green fly. The dipsy divers produced very well at 100 and
200 foot back with Pro Chip and Hot Chip and Stinger E chip flashers
(white blue wiggle, silver blue wiggle, silver mountain dew and white
slick) with Rapture (oceana, blue bubble, green hypnotist and green no
see um) flies. Downriggers produced at 65, 75 and 65 foot down with a
variety (these changed daily with white glow, white slick, green glow,
etc.) of 11 in E chip flashers and Rapture flies.

Good fishing with good size chinook salmon and lake trout should hold if
we do not get any drastic changes in weather or water temperature. For
more information or to make a charter reservation, email me at
captron@chartermichigan.com.

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.