8-25-12 Fishing Report

Good fishing today in Ludington. We fished south. It wasn’t hot & heavy, but we never went long without a bite on both trips. We worked  130 to 220 fow between the 49’s & 56’s. The fish are coming deep. We varied our rigger depths between 85 & 165 feet with most of fish taken between 115 & 160 ft. down. We tried a few Spin Doctor/Meat Rig combos, but Dreamweaver 11″ White Paddles and Pickled Sunshine Action Flys were our best set ups. We did take 1 King on a 11″ Green Paddle/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly. Our wire divers were good. On our highs we had a 10″ Chrome Kevorkian White Crush Spin Doctor/UV On Ice Big Water Rig  out 370 on one and a 10″ Black White Crush Spin Doctor/Moo Moo Big Water Rig out 400 on the other. Our lows were 10″ White Crush Spin Doctors/Froggie Big Water Meat Rigs. One was out 235 and the other 240 feet. We ran 350 & 400 coppers on our morning trip and 350’s, a 400 & a 450 on the afternoon trip. The 350’s went a few times on the morning trip, but they didn’t take a hit on the afternoon trip. We had a Captains Choice Blue Splatter Back Cut Plug on one 350 and a 8″ Show Time Spin Doctor/Blue Moo Big Water Rig on the other. Our hot copper on the P.M. trip was a 10″ Show Time Spin Doctor/Blue Moo Big Water Rig on a 450 copper. Our 400 was a 10″ Chrome Kevorkian White Crush Spin Doctor/UV On Ice Big Water Rig. It went 4 times. We use Erie Dearie Premium Strips on all our meat rigs.