Lake Trout are being taken straight out and North of the harbor in 80 to 150 foot of water. Try using dodgers with spin and glows close to the bottom and spoons off the downriggers at various depths. The 5,7, and 10 colored lead lines with spoons and body baits off the boards are working also. For Walleye try in the 40 to 90 foot of water areas using small spoons and hot n tots off the 3,5, and 7 colored lead lines. Bass will be in closer to shore. Try casting small spoons and body baits. Keep those lines tight, Captain Ken and Janice Deaton J-LYN Charters Harbor Beach … [Read more...]
08-16-2018 Harbor Beach Fishing Report
Lake Trout are out in the deeper water of 160-200 foot right now. Try dodgers with spin and glows or clean spoons off the downriggers from top to bottom. Walleye and some Atlantic Salmon have been taken North of the harbor in 60 to 80 foot of water using small spoons and body baits. Try some 2, 3, 7, and 10 colored lead lines off the Offshore boards. A few Steelhead have been taken fishing closer to the top around the color lines on bright colored spoons. Bass continue to be taken in close to shore casting small spoons and body baits. Keep those lines tight, Captain Ken and Janice Deaton J-LYN Charters Harbor Beach … [Read more...]
Harbor Beach Fishing Report
Lake Trout are being taken straight out and North of the harbor in 160 foot of water fishing top to bottom. Dodgers with spin and glows and clean spoons have been working. Walleye were taken North of the harbor in 45 to 85 foot of water on the 7 and 9 colored lead lines using small spoons and worm burners. Orange was the best color. Atlantic Salmon were taken North of the harbor in 85 foot of water off the 7 color lead line on small orange spoons. Bass continue to be taken in close to shore casting small spoons and body baits. Keep those lines tight, Captain Ken and Janice Deaton J-LYN Charters Harbor Beach … [Read more...]
Lake Huron Fishing Report
The fish are a little scattered right now with the winds and storms that have went through. Best place to start for Lake Trout will be in 80' of water straight out and North of the harbor. Try some dodgers with spin and glows close to the bottom and clean spoons working from top to bottom. Work your way out to deeper water until you find where they are setting. Put out some bright colored spoons off the Offshore boards using 3, 5, 7, and 10 colored lead lines for the Steelhead. Try for Walleye in a little closer to shore using small spoons, hot and tots and crawler harnesses working top to bottom. Bass continue to be taken in close to shore casting small spoons and body baits. > Keep those lines tight, > Captain Ken and Janice Deaton > J-LYN Charters Harbor Beach … [Read more...]
07-16-2018 Post Austin Fishing Report
Captain Dan Cruchon of Stormy Chinook Charters reports from Port Austin: The cold water and persistent Northeast winds we had all spring has resulted in only fair Walleye fishing. The best action is well west of Port Austin in 20-40 feet of water. Lake Trout has been good, with some exceptionally large fish this year. Nearly every direction out of Grindstone is holding fish, in 110-150′ of water. Many of these fish are suspended, but the biggest ones are on bottom. we are also seeing a lot more Steelhead this year. I have had as many as 10 Steelhead on per trip, but they are hard to get in the boat. These fish are in the top 30 feet. Good luck fishing. … [Read more...]
07-04-2018 Alpena Michign
Captain Steve reports from Chum Bucket Charters - Alpena, Michigan Doug got a perfect day on the big pond for his group. A giant Lake Trout along with 3 beautiful Atlantic Salmon was part of the catch. Lady luck hauled the beast in and topped it off by reeling in a double of an Atlantic and Laker on one downrigger!!! The weather was perfect and the seas were calm. The trips keep getting better for this group every year. The Flintstone spoons, Morgan's copper, and Gatorbait boards did most of the work once again. The Dreamweaver divers took several fish also but no Salmon. Tight Lines All. CBC … [Read more...]
Lake Huron Fishing Report 05-05-2018
Triples on the Chum Bucket out of Alpena this morning, nice big fighters! … [Read more...]
Harbor Beach Fishing Report 08-27-2017
Lake Trout have been taken straight out and North of the harbor in 105 to 130 foot of water. Dodgers with spin and glows and clean spoons off the downriggers close to the bottom have been working. Best colors have been blacks, greens, and purple. Steelhead head have been taken in the same areas using spoons. Try some bright orange, greens, and pink colors. Walleye have been taken straight out and North of the harbor using crawler harnesses, worm burners, small spoons and Hot and Tots. Best colors have been purple, blacks, greens and blues. Bass are still being taken in closer to shore using small body baits. Keep those lines tight, Captains Ken and Janice Deaton J-Lyn Charters Harbor Beach … [Read more...]
SAGINAW BAY Fishing Report—August 15, 2017
The first week of August was pretty much a bust after a three-day Nor’easter scattered walleye all over the bay. But by Friday of last week, the fishing started to improve, each day better than the one before. Yesterday and today three-man limits of 24 walleye were pretty common with a lot of nice fish in the 20-inch class in the mix. While reports from the islands on the east side of the bay have been mixed, westside anglers are having excellent fishing, especially in the deeper water (31-33 feet). Crawler harnesses are still the main tactic. A lot of fish are suspended right now, and a trolling speed of 1.3-1.6 mph has been very productive. The best fishing has been south of Point Augres down towards Buoy One at the mouth of the Saginaw River. Anglers trolling crank baits have also been doing well, and Flicker Shad and Flicker Minnows seem to be local anglers’ preferences. However, it’s still hard to beat Storm’s Rattle Tots. Perch fishing reports are still sketchy, but from now … [Read more...]
08-14-2017 Harbor Beach
The fish continue to be scattered right now. A few Lake Trout have been taken out in 95 to 130 foot of water areas straight out and North of the harbor. Clean spoons and dodgers with spin and glows have been working. Steelhead are slow right now but an occasional one or two have been taken out deep using 3, 5, 7, and 10 color lead lines with bright colored spoons. Walleye are still scattered with a few taken North of the harbor using worm burners, Hot and Tots, and thunder sticks, mix the depth of the lures and water until you see where they are setting. Bass are still being taken in closer to shore casting body baits. Keep those lines tight Captains Ken and Janice Deaton J-Lyn Charters Harbor Beach … [Read more...]
SAGINAW BAY Fishing Report—July 15, 2017
The Saginaw Bay walleye bite right now is as good as it gets! Today we fished the 8-11 foot depths off the islands on the eastern side of the bay. Pulling crawler harnesses behind one ounce weights 23-27 feet back at 1.5-1.6 mph, we averaged an easy 10 fish and hour on fish that averaged 16-22 inches. A half dozen fish pushed the scales to four pounds. The action was non-stop from the time we sat down until we limited out. It has been that way since the end of June! Too much cold water has slowed the fishing in much of the deeper waters of the bay, so the key is to find water as close to 70 degrees as possible. We found 71-72 degree water and a very strong bite essentially all along the islands once inside the 15-foot contour. Deeper than that the water dropped to 69 degrees and the fish disappeared. There are countless reefs around the islands where the unsuspecting angler can suddenly find himself in three to five feet of water, so it’s critical to map out a trolling route on … [Read more...]
Saginaw Bay Walleye Fishing Report —June 25, 2017
The wind blows relentlessly. The thunder rolls. It rains almost daily. Some of the worst flooding since 1986 took place last week. Incredibly, it has had little effect on the Saginaw Bay walleye bite. Fishing continues to be excellent from south of Pt. Augres all the way around the bay to the “Slot” south of Sand Point. Limit catches are common whether one chooses to fish the shallow waters or the deeper walleye haunts. The bay is literally loaded with huge concentrations of walleye. Crank baits, especially Flicker Shads, spoons and crawler harness are all highly productive. Color hasn’t seemed to matter on the harnesses, but it has with the crank baits and spoons, so experimentation will be necessary with them. Last week the fish were suspending more in the deeper water, as the best bites seemed to come 10-15 feet off bottom. For us, that meant running crawler harnesses behind three-ounce weights 37-47 feet behind in-line boards while trolling at 1.3-1.5 mph (GPS … [Read more...]
06-21-2017 Alpena Michigan Fishing Report
Captain Steve from Chum Bucket Charters - Alpena reports:"Chris scheduled a trip that won't be forgotten anytime soon. 24 fish morning had the reels working overtime!!! The trip started with a double that proved dad's fish was a tad smaller and she reminded him of that frequently. Then within the hour they had landed thier limit and then some. Fish after fish with doubles, triples, and even a quadruple made for nonstop action in the Laker spot. We then wandered out for a chance at the fish she had her heart set on, a Salmon. It didn't take long to hook one up but shook the hook loose with a wierd jump near the boat and the lure flew one way and the fish went the other. She said that she is coming back to settle the score soon." Chum Bucket Charters steve@chumbucketcharters.net … [Read more...]
June 17, 2017 Fishing Report—Saginaw Bay
This week has seen Saginaw Bay’s best walleye fishing all summer. Reports of excellent fishing and limit catches came in from all around the bay by mid-week. Friday, our crew boxed a four-party limit of 32 in just three hours while fishing south of Pt. Augres in 31-33 feet of water. There were a lot of little fish in the fishery, and we released a good 20 or more! (Speaks well for the future!) The keepers were all 16-18 inches with a half dozen hitting the three-four pound mark. This could be a repeat of the summer of 2014, which saw record catches of Saginaw Bay walleye! Speed and color of harness blades were not critical all week. We ran three-ounce in-line weights ahead of the harness on the starboard side and three-ounce bottom bouncers off the port side. Both were set to run at 20-25 feet. As usual, the bottom bouncers easily out fished the in-line pulled crawlers. I also use size three blades on all my harnesses behind the bottom bouncers, while my first mate was running … [Read more...]
Harbor Beach Fishing Report 06-09-2017
being taken Straight out and North of the harbor using Dodgers with Spin and Glows and clean spoons close to the bottom. Green or blue colors have been working well. Start out in 80 foot of water and work your way out until you find where they are setting. Try for some Steelhead close to the color lines using 5, 7, and 10 colored lead lines with bright colored spoons on the Offshore boards. A few Atlantic’s were taken in 90 to 120 foot of water with spoons off the downriggers fishing top to bottom. Some nice Bass have been taken casting in close to shore with body baits. Keep those lines tight, Captains Ken and Janice Deaton J-Lyn Charters Harbor Beach MI … [Read more...]
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