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

FISHING REPORT ON PERCHING!!!! LAKE ST. CLAIR

The HOW, WHEN, AND, WHERE

HOW: using snelled hooks, with 1 once weight at the bottom. Baiting with Emerald shiner minnows on each hook.

WHEN: Now is the time for the perch to school up. Best time of the year from October thru November, weather permiting.

WHERE: Most of Lake St. Clair is good but the best is in front of the Grosse Pointe Yacht Club and the South Shore of the lake near Belle River, on the Canadian side of the lake. Best is to charter a knowledgeable Captain that knows the best locations and maybe even his best secret spots.

Call me for a DATE Captain Frank 305 509 1547

Captain Ed Stowe of Stowaway Charters reports from Ludington:
Fishing is slowing down with all the North and Northeast winds of the past two weeks in Ludington right now. The offshore fishery from the 3800#s out to the 4600#s is productive right now. 2 and 3 year old Kings, Steelhead, Lake Trout and Cohos are all out there. Best baits are Reds and Oranges, standard steelhead baits. Best fishing is in the top 100 ft. 5 cores, 7 and 10 cores, 300 and 350 coppers are all producing. Meat rigs on the low wires is a good setup right now. On the point it is warm water where the water temp is 63 on the surface and 59 degrees down 100 ft. The pierheads are slowing down because most of the salmon have gone up the river to spawn. PM lake is also slowing down. Some boats ar casting fire tigers at the mouth of the river and having some success. The Pere Marquette River has salmon in it all the way up to Baldwin. It is best to fish the deep runs and the deeper holes. Best times to fish the river are early AM and just before dark at night. Flatfish, Ping a Ts, and Storm Fire Tigers are top producers in the river.

Good Fishin…..Capt Ed

Capt. Ron Westrate of First Call 2 Charters reports from Saugatuck:

Although we only fished a couple of times this week, the fishing was very good out in 140 foot of water with 15 to 20 fish per trip. In this deeper water you will find 3 and 2 year old chinook salmon, some 10 to 12 pound coho and an occasional lake trout and steelhead. We fished the downriggers at 80, 90 and 100 foot down with the dipsy divers at 100 ft. and 180 foot out and then 450 foot and 300 foot of copper if conditions allowed. Flashers and flies on all the lines with the best flashers being Stinger Echip green super frog, green glow/UV, mountain dew and green glow with any Rapture fly that was green or hypnotist with green beads.

We will be available for charters for the next couple weeks and then end the season. For charter reservations or fishing information email me at captron@chartermichigan

Capt. Ken Deaton of J-Lyn Charters reports from Harbor Beach:

A few Salmon are still being taken but it is on the slow side. Try straight out, South and North of the harbor fishing the 40 to 90 foot of water areas. Working deeper as the sun comes up, using clean spoons off the lead lines, dipseys, and downriggers, fish the top 40 to 80 feet of water using bright colors for best results. You might even try inside the harbor along the channel using J-Plugs, body baits and spoons as some are being taken there.

Brown Trout fishing is excellent inside the harbor! Use bright colored spoons working 7 to 9 feet down back 100 feet, working up and down the channel.

Lake Trout fishing is slow to fair. It will take a few days for them to start feeding with all of the rough water we have been having. Try straight out, and North of the harbor using the dodgers with spin and glows or flys close to the bottom or 120 feet down in the deeper areas. Try clean spoons off the downriggers. Fishing 50 feet down to 120 feet for best results.

Steelhead fishing has slowed with the fronts and rough water. When it calms down 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 still very slow, try North and South of the harbor working in the 40 to 90 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!

Capt. Dave Myers of Cyndie Sue Charters reports from Holland:

Limit or near limit catches on every trip but 1 last week. Lots of nice 3 year old kings with an occasional 4 year old king, lake trout and steelhead mixed in. Saturday was the only “off” day when I couldn’t get a good program together and we ended up 6 for 17. Mornings were much better than in the middle of the day. 120 to 150 feet was very good along with 200 to 250. Pretty much ran spoons all week. Green, blue, orange and red work well, but it changed every day. Downriggers worked best in the mornings, while divers and board lines did better in the middle of the day.

Even though we did not do any perch fishing last week, I did get reports of some boats getting a few in front of the piers about 1 mile out.

Excellent fishing for the smaller fish should continue right through October. I can be contacted at cyndiesuecharters@comcast.net or 616 450-4921 for more information or to inquire about reserving a fishing trip.

Captain Ed Stowe of Stowaway Charters reports from Ludington:

Fishing is slowing down with all the North and Northeast winds of the past week in Ludington right now. From the project up to the three bears the bite is on. The offshore fishery from the 3500#s out to the 4600#s is very productive right now. 2 and 3 year old Kings, Steelhead, Lake Trout and Cohos are all out there. Best baits are Reds and Oranges, standard steelhead baits. Best fishing is in the top 45 ft. 4 cores, 5 cores and 7 and 10 cores are all producing. On the point it is ice water where the water temp is 50 on the surface and 40 degrees down 50 ft. The pierheads are best from early morning and then again just before dark at night. PM lake is doing very good with some nice catches on J-plugs, spinnies on the high divers and meat rigs on the low divers. Some boats ar casting fire tigers at the mouth of the river and having some success. The Pere Marquette River has salmon in it all the way up to Baldwin, with a lot of fish at Scottville. It is best to fish the deep runs and the deeper holes. Best times to fish the river are early AM and just before dark at night. Flatfish, Ping a Ts, French Spinners and Storm Fire Tigers are top producers in the river.

Good Fishin…..Capt Ed