Captain Rick Konecki of Wipe Out Charters Reports from Alpena:

Walleye are being caught at and around the Thunder Bay River in Alpena.
# 18 rapala are working good also there are a few people vertical jigging in the river.
Have a great weekend

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

Salmon fishing is good with some Kings, Coho, and even an Atlantic or
two being taken South of the harbor in 25 to 40 feet of water. Try blue
dolphin silver streaks off the downriggers 6 to 15 feet down. Dipsey
divers out 22 feet with spoons, green, blue and orange colors have been
good. Try three ways off the offshore boards with a big lip bomber on
the bottom and a spoon over top for added action. Fish the mud lines,
the fish are setting right along them. If you fish the clear water get
your lures back away from the boat.

Lake Trout are being taken in close as well using the same methods as
for the salmon.

Brown Trout are South of the harbor in close to shore. Get your lines
back from the boat, top to bottom, just be careful in close with all the
rocks. Spoons and body baits are working well, blue, yellows and green
colors are working well.

If you want to try for some perch you might try inside the harbor along
the channel and by the lighthouse using minnows.

Be safe, and keep those lines tight!

Captain Ron Westrate of CoHooker Charters reports from Saugatuck:

We only fished one day this past week with only lake trout showing up in the creel, however Thursday, Friday and Saturday boats reported some nice chinook being caught up to 19 pounds. We caught the lake trout south of the Douglas Beach to the point from 50 to 60 foot of water where the water began to clear. The boats that caught the salmon found them in 40 to 50 foot of water between Saugatuck and Holland.

The water temperature is the same from top to bottom and we caught most of the lake trout in the bottom 20 foot however some also hit flat lines and 3 and 5 color lead core. All of the fish came on spoons (we tried flashers with no success): blue dolphin mixed veggie, green glow, and yellow fin stingers. No color preference, it appears if it came in view they hit it. When I talked to some of the boats that got into chinook salmon, they reported the same thing with fish hitting stick baits, thin fins and spoons in a variety of colors. Probably because of the dirty water from the run off.

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Capt. Bruce Bronner from Kathys Boyz 3 Charters reports from Bolles Harbor:

Fish 4/14/1 in the am. took 15 eyes between 2 to 3 lbs. Drifting with purple hair jig’s tip with a minnow. Also blade bait’s fire tiger,purple,clown and white. Fishing between turtle island and Toledo Lighhouse. Also, the dumping grounds. Water depth anywhere between 8 and 11 feet. I have seen walleyes coming in near the 12 to 15 lb range

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aptain Ron Westrate of CoHooker Charters reports from Saugatuck:

When the weather permits, the fishing has been very good this last week.
Capt. Norm Coffman reported a limit catch of 20 coho and a lake trout
that was caught on Wed. in 20 to 30 foot of water. All the fish were
caught south of the Douglas point. Flat lines with stick baits and thin
fins (in a variety of colors) produced every fish. There were also some
reports of lake trout being caught in 50 to 60 foot of water and one
fisherman caught a few very nice chinook salmon in the mud line off the
Saugatuck piers.

River fishing on the Kalamazoo River continues to be slow with a few
steelhead being caught on their beds.

Perch fisherman are doing well (some reporting limit catches) out of
Grand Haven and one fisherman I talked to caught 25 perch just south of
the Holland piers.

For more information or charter reservations, email me at
captron@chartermichigan.com.

Captain Ron Westrate of CoHooker Charters reports from Saugatuck:

Catches Fluctuate During The Week in Saugatuck

Saugatuck fishing this past week started out with very good catches of
15 to 20 fish per boat but then the catches decreased to 6 to 10 fish
and then by the week end catches ranged from 2 to 6 fish. Most of the
fish were coho in the 2 to 4 pound range with an occasional brown trout
and chinook salmon showing up. 10 to 20 foot of water produced most of
the fish early in the week but on Saturday we caught fish all the way
out to 60 foot and they appeared to be more scattered and in a variety
of depths. The temperature of the water did not change, however the
distribution of the fish changed for some reason.

Early in the week, the best lures and combinations continue to be flat
lines with stick baits in the green, orange and fire tiger combinations.
By Saturday 5 color lead core and the downriggers at 20 to 25 foot
produced most of the action with frog and glow frog Stinger lures and
green black ladder back thunder sticks with some lake trout showing up
in the creel. The Kalamazoo River pier fisherman and shore fisherman
continue to report catches of steelhead, coho and browns on spawn.

No new reports on the the steelhead fishing in the Kalamazoo, however
there are reports of decent catches in the Grand River at the dam in
Grand Rapids. Fisherman in the St. Joe River said that some steelhead
are being caught, however the fishing was slow.

If you want more fishing information, or want information on a fishing
charter, email me at captron@chartermichigan.com.