Ludington Area Fishing Reports

After the great action we had yesterday it was hard not to turn south as we were leaving the Ludington pierheads. Heavy fog, a stiff southwest wind and a good report from a friend made it easier to try our luck closer to home.  We headed straight out with a little north it and set up in 110 feet of water putting it on a north-northwest troll. Our Fish Hawk showed 50.2 surface temp. First rod in took off with a nice King. It was a low wire Deeper Diver with a Two Face spoon. Second rod in fired with another King. It was an out down set at 55 with a DW Green Jeans and a Super Slim Green Jeans free sliding above it. The King took the free slider. The rod went again later but it was a drive by, no hookup. Our chute rigger set at 65 with a big White Slick/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly took a King. It was our only flasher bite. Both our high Slide Divers took a fish. One with a Super Slim Magic Man and the other with a Yeck Fireball. One of our bigger fish came on a 250 copper with a mag Fuzzy Bear Green Jeans. Our low wire Deeper Divers took fish. One out 45 and the other out 55. The action was fast, and our crew did a great job on the rods. We had their limit before 8:30 am.  Didn’t use any meat today but when we do, we use Dreamweaver Premium Strips. We use Morgans Tackle copper and wire on our copper and diver rods.

Big catch of the early season today. We went south again fishing basically the same water as yesterday. The overcast skies with a little rain made for very good King Salmon fishing. All our fish came on spoons except 3 that took an 11″ White Slick Paddle/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly 65 down on our chute rigger. We put out a 225 & 250 copper the last 45 minutes of the trip with 8″ Spin Doctors and Dreamweaver Pickled Sunshine Meat Rigs. We took a hit on the 225 with a White Slick Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine Meat Rig but it hit and was gone before we got to the rod. Our high Slide Divers were hot. We had a clear one with a ring out 75 with a 50 ft. lead and a Super Slim Magic Man on the starboard side. On the port side it was a white Slide Diver no ring out 95 with a 50 ft. lead and a Yeck Fireball. They both went several times but the Magic Man took a couple more fish. We had a Super Slim Spotted Magic Man on a 7.5 color core that took 3 fish. Our low wire Deeper Divers had DW Mag Two Face spoons on them. Starboard out 65 & port out 45. We took two fish on each and lost a couple on them too. A 10 color core with a Mag Fuzzy Bear Green Jeans went twice. We had a Regular DW Green Jeans on a 7.5 color core take a nice King. Our crew did a great job on the rods. We only lost one fish that was hooked up. We missed a few that didn’t hook up that were probably Cohos. We use Dreamweaver Premium Strips in all our meat rigs and Morgans Tackle copper on all our copper rods.