Michigan Fishing Reports

05-16-2012 Southern Lake Huron

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:41:50 +0000

Capt. Ken Deaton of J-Lyn Charters reports from Harbor Beach: The fish will be shying away from the boat with the water as clear as it is right now so be sure to run your lines back a ways to get the best bite. Lake Trout fishing is still fair to good. Try straight out, and North of the harbor in 60 to 120 feet of water, using the dodgers with spin and glows close to the bottom. Try clean spoons off the downriggers, fishing 50 feet down to the bottom for best results. Green, Blue, Black and Silver colors should work for you. A few Salmon are still being taken in the 50 to 80 feet of water areas. Try straight out, South and North of the harbor. Working deeper as the sun comes up, using clean spoons off the 2, 5, and 10 color lead lines. Clean spoons and body baits off the dipseys, and downriggers are still working, fish the top 25 to 50 feet of water using blue, green and black colors. Steelhead fishing is fair with some being taken in the top 20 to 40 feet of water. Try straight out or North of the harbor, fish the color lines for best results. Be there early for a good bite. Put out some long lines on the boards, bright colors of spoons, small, and regular sizes for best results. Start in 40 feet of water and work out as the sun comes up. Fish from 20 to 60 feet down in 50 to 120 feet of water. Brown Trout fishing is fair, working the 30 to 50 foot of water areas. Use bright colored spoons 7 to 9 feet down back 100 feet, working up and down the shore. Walleye fishing is slow, try North and South of the harbor working in the 20 to 40 feet of water areas. They are still scattered so keep looking. Clean small spoons, hot n tots, and crawler harnesses will be your best chance. Try for perch inside the harbor along the channel or South by the cemetery using minnows. Keep those lines tight

05-09-2012 Southern Lake Huron

admin — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:16:30 +0000

Capt. Ken Deaton of J-Lyn Charters reports from Harbor Beach: Lake Trout fishing is fair. Try straight out, and North of the harbor in 60 to 100 feet of water, using the dodgers with spin and glows or flys close to the bottom. Try clean spoons off the downriggers, fishing 50 feet down to the bottom for best results. Salmon are still being taken in the shallower water of 20 to 40 feet. Try straight out, South and North of the harbor. Working deeper as the sun comes up, using clean spoons off the lead lines, dipseys, and downriggers, fish the top 25 to 35 feet of water using bright colors for best results. Brown Trout fishing is good, working the same areas. Use bright colored spoons 7 to 9 feet down back 100 feet, working up and down the shore. Steelhead fishing is fair with some being taken in the top 20 feet of water. Try straight out or North of the harbor, fish the color lines for best results. Be there early for a good bite. Put out some long lines on the boards, bright colors of spoons, small, and regular sizes for best results. Start in 40 feet of water and work out as the sun comes up. Fish from 20 to 60 feet down. Walleye fishing is slow, try North and South of the harbor working in the 20 to 40 feet of water areas. They will be scattered so keep looking. Clean small spoons, hot n tots, and crawler harnesses will be your best chance. Try for perch inside the harbor along the channel or South by the cemetery using minnows.

05-06-2012 Southern Lake Huron

admin — Mon, 07 May 2012 12:08:20 +0000

Capt. Ken Deaton of J-Lyn Charters reports from Harbor Beach: Salmon are still being taken in the shallower water 15 to 35 feet. Try straight out, South and North of the harbor. Working deeper as the sun comes up, using clean spoons off the lead lines, dipseys, and downriggers, fish the top 25 foot of water using bright colors for best results. Brown Trout fishing is good, working the same areas. Use bright colored spoons 7 to 9 feet down back 100 feet, working up and down the shore. Lake Trout fishing is slow to fair. Try straight out, and North of the harbor in 60 to 100 feet of water, using the dodgers with spin and glows or flys close to the bottom. Try clean spoons off the downriggers, fishing 50 feet down to the bottom for best results. Steelhead fishing is fair with some being taken in the top 20 feet of water. Try straight out or North of the harbor, fish the color lines for best results. Be there early for a good bite. Put out some long lines on the boards, bright colors of spoons, small, and regular sizes for best results. Start in 50 feet of water and work out as the sun comes up. Fish from 20 to 60 feet down. Walleye fishing is slow, try North and South of the harbor working in the 20 to 40 feet of water areas. They will be scattered so keep looking. Clean small spoons, hot n tots, and crawler harnesses will be your best chance. Try for perch inside the harbor along the channel or South by the cemetery using minnows. Keep those lines tight!

Central Lake Michigan

admin — Sun, 06 May 2012 19:48:47 +0000

Captain George Freeman reports from Ludington:

North to the middle of the 01′s and set up in 180 fow. Our first rod down took a nice King. It came on the chute rigger down 159 ft. with a big Dreamweaver Paddle/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly stacked with a regular size Yeck Lighting spoon. It took the stack. We worked between 180 and 250 fow and trolled north to the 05′s and then back to the 02′s. Our best action between 200 & 220 fow. These spring Kings are feisty. We hit 17 fish and boated 11 of them, 10 Kings & 1 Coho. Every thing was deep. Our top rod was the chute rigger. It had 5 bites, 3 on the Paddle and 2 on the Lighting stack. A low wire diver out 243 ft. with a 10″ Showtime Spin Doctor/ Blue Moo Meat Rig went 4 times. A high wire diver out 240 ft. with a 10″ Mountain Dew Spin Doctor/Big Water Tackle Cold Steel Meat Rig went twice. A regular size Fuzzy Bear Frosted Veggie on a 400 copper went twice and a magnum Fuzzy Bear Modified Blue Dolphin on the other 400 copper went once. A pair on regular size Yeck Lighting spoons on a out down set a t 100 ft. went twice and a regular DW Blue Glow Dolphin on the other out down at 115 ft. went once. The temp was pretty much the same from the surface down to 160 ft. - 40.2 to 40.9.

05-05-2012 Central Lake Michigan

admin — Sat, 05 May 2012 13:32:31 +0000

Captain Ed Stowe of Stowaway Charters reports from Ludington: The brown fishing has slowed down because of all the winds of the past week. But we are still catching Lake Trout in from 8 to 20 ft on SS brown gobies and Pearl Bombers. We were only ably to fish the point 1 day. Our best was 120' to 160' down on the riggers with Moo Moo teasers. Low wire divers at 185' and 220' took fish. A 400 copper with a DW mag blue Dolphin also took two hits. Good Fishin.....Capt Ed

04-27-2012 Central Lake Michigan

admin — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:46:30 +0000

Captain Ed Stowe of Stowaway Charters reports from Ludington: The fishing has slowed down because of all the North winds of the past week. Also, I drew the first season and was turkey hunting for the first three days. Called in a beautiful gobbler, 24 lbs, 10" beard and 1" spurs. It has been hard to get out and the water temp has fallen with the north winds. The lake has gone from 50 degrees to the low 40s. We went out Thurs AM until the wind forced us off. We took a Brown in front of the Lincoln on a Storm nat. perch. Took a Laker at the first curve on a black and gold Rapala. Pulled and ran to the bath house in 160' of water and set up. Took 2 kings 160' down on a blue paddle with blue bubble fly, took 1 king on a 350 copper with a blue dolphin. Took 1 King on a 400 copper tipped with a blue jackel moonshine and then it got very rough and windy. Good Fishin.....Capt Ed

04-21-2012 Southern Lake Michigan

admin — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:42:14 +0000

Capt. Russ Clark of Sea Hawk Charters reports from St. Joseph: Fishing has been excellent out of St. Joseph, MI. We've had limit catches daily being mostly KIng Salmon with a few Coho, Steelhead, and Lake Trout mixed in. The fishing has been best between 80' and 160' feet of water. The fish have been coming between 30' and 120' feet down. The best have been spoons such as Silver Streaks in Green Dolphin, Blue Dolphin, Lemon Ice, Yellow Natural born Killer, and Purple Smurf. Stingers have been working well also in similiar colors. Five, eight, and ten color lead core has been working we good, as well as 300' copper off the Church Walleye boards. Dipsy divers back 80' to 200' with spoon or Spin Doctors has been very good as well.. Fishing north or south has both been good out of the port. Good fishing, Capt. Russ

04-21-2012 Central Lake Michigan

admin — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:36:34 +0000

Captain Ed Stowe of Stowaway Charters reports from Ludington: The boat is back in the water and ready for the season, and just in time. We are having a very good year for Brown Trout in Ludington so far. I have taken 63 so far and I think we still have 2 to 3 weeks of good fishing left for the Brownies. Also there are good numbers of Chinook on the point right now. The fish are deep, in excellent shape, fiesty and most important very hungry. Best baits for the browns are stick baits and smaller spoons like DWSS, Yecks and Stingers. For the salmon it has been mostly Spindoctors and flies and big paddles with meat rigs on the wire divers, riggers and 350 and 400 coppers. Moonshine spoons are also producing. Good Fishin.....Capt Ed

11-02-2011 Lake St. Clair

admin — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:40:49 +0000

Capt. Frank Piku From Captains Franks Fishing Charters reports from Lake St. Clair:

A report from a happy Grand dad

Went fishing yesterday with my son and Grandson on lake St.Clair.We was in Canadian waters fishing for perch.Once we arrived at the fishing hole after a 45 min.boat ride we had to break the ice in the minnow bucket to get the bait,I thought to myself I MUST HAVE LOST MY MIND,I looked at my son and Grandson with there rosy red cheeks and the smiles on there face,We were in heaven together catching fish.A day i will never forget.Love you guys, Papa”

you too can bring your son or grand son too. just call me Capt frank 305 509 1547

10-30-2011 Lake St. Clair

admin — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:22:58 +0000

Capt. Frank Piku From Captain Franks Fishing Charters reports from Lake St. Clair

WEATHER WAS GREAT!!! LIGHT WINDS OUT OF THE South made our trip to the Canadian side of Lake St. Clair an easy ride. We fished off the Bassett River in 20’ of water and the Perch were schooled up.

Using light spinning rods and Perch rigs with minnows we had no trouble catching 200 nice Perch releasing all under 10” We even caught 3 nice Smallmouth Bass too.

The big surprise was a 44” Muskie that grabbed one of the Perch on a light tackle rod. Terry the angler of the day fought this to the boat and everyone got a good look at her. When the net touched her tail she went ballistic and broke the line. A quick release was easy this way.

Now is the time to take advantage of the fall Perch run and also the BIG ladie muskies that are fattening up for the winter.

We are fishing till end of November Just give me a call for a date Captain Frank Piku 305 509 1547

Come aboard my Bertram 28’ sport fish.