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.

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

Lake Trout are being taken in the 120 to 140 foot of water areas North of the harbor. Try using plain spoons off the downriggers or the ghost dodgers with spin and glows down on the bottom. Best colors have been glow in the dark, white with pink dots, and black.
Some nice Steelhead continue being taken in 120 to 140 feet of water using 2, 3, 5, and 10 color lead lines off the boards, or try some spoons off the monofilament line with the Offshore tadpoles and put them off the boards. Lines off the downriggers back 50 and down 60 are also working. Bright colored small Pro King lures with orange, pink, yellow with silver, and red with green are still working best.
Walleye are being taken Straight out and North of the harbor with some limits being taken on crawler harnesses, small spoons and small body baits. Try Gold, root beer, perch, purple and green with red colors. I would also suggest using spoons and body baits trolled fast to cover more ground till you find where they are setting. Try starting in 25 foot of water and work out to 60 till you see where they are.
Salmon fishing is slow but a few pinks and kings are being taken mixed in while fishing for the Lake Trout and Steelhead in the 120 to 140 foot of water areas.
Perch fishing is slow, you might try South of the harbor by the cemetery in 25 to 50 feet of water with minnows.
Bass and Pike are still being taken inside the harbor and close to shore casting small body baits and spoons.

Keep those lines tight,
Captain Ken and Captain Janice Deaton
J-Lyn Charters
Harbor Beach MI
www.jlyncharters.com
810-542-0426

Captain Steve Hamilton of First Class Charters reports from Manistee.

Fishing continues to be awesome in Manistee. Some days are better than
others and have had quite bit of wind but still able to go out each day.
Still good both morning and evening, we have just been going straight out
and some days a little to the north of the piers. 200 to 400 feet of water.
Downriggers are 45 to 75 feet and divers 250 to 350 back and meat rigs are
the trick. We have been using KRW meat rigs (Strike Zone and Holo Red) with
the Big Weeenie attractor: Black Moongoose. Anything UV too! DW paddles with
UV tape both white and black paddles.
Silver Horde Ace Hi plugs first thing in the morning: Blue and Green Spatter
and Double white glow and Double glow with a black latter back and Green
glow with a black latter back. Glow, meat and and UV!
Good fishing to you!

Captain Ed Stowe of Stowaway Charters reports from Ludington:

The fishing is really heating up at Ludington the past couple of weeks. The action is spread from the 5900’s up to the 0800’s. The break is down at 75′ but we are taking fish from 60′ down to 125′. The early bite just gets better and better. Almost any moonshine early, with the DO DE K and the Raspberry Carbon doing the best for me, and the Silver Hoard ace highs on the cores and coppers are taking fish. Spindoctors with Green Crinkle and later 11″ paddles with meatrigs are a good bet either on the riggers or the wire divers. Good Fishin…..Capt Ed

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

Some nice Steelhead are still being taken in 115 to 130 feet of water using 2, 3, 5, and 10 color lead lines off the boards, or try some spoons off the monofilament line with the Offshore tadpoles and put them off the boards. Lines off the downriggers back 50 and down 60 are also working. Bright colored small Pro King lures with orange, pink, yellow with silver, and red with green are working best.
Lake Trout are also being taken in the 115 to 130 foot of water areas North of the harbor. Try using plain spoons off the downriggers or the ghost dodgers with spin and glows down on the bottom. Best colors have been glow in the dark, white with pink dots, and black.
Walleye are being taken Straight out and North of the harbor with some limits being taken on crawler harnesses, small spoons and small body baits. Try Gold, root beer, perch, purple and green with red colors. I would also suggest using spoons and body baits trolled fast to cover more ground till you find where they are setting. Try starting in 30 foot of water and work out to 50 till you see where they are.
Salmon fishing is slow but a few pinks and coho are still being taken mixed in while fishing for the Lake Trout and Steelhead in the 115 to 130 foot of water areas.
Perch fishing is slow, you might try South of the harbor by the cemetery in 25 to 50 feet of water with minnows.
Bass and Pike are still being taken inside the harbor and close to shore casting small body baits and spoons.

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.