Ludington Area Fishing Reports

We fished north today setting up in 115 ft. of water between the Bath House and Point. The water was warm, 62 degrees down 100 feet on our Fish Hawk. We weren’t really ready for that. We put it on a northwest troll. We started marking bait and a few fish near the bottom in 175 feet of water. The temp 120 feet down was 58 degrees. We broke out our 400, 450 and 550 coppers. We tried many different baits and flasher fly combos and nothing worked. We had 3 bites all morning and landed 2 fish, both Lake Trout, all on the same rod. It was our chute rigger with a Trout rig fished on or near the bottom. Our bites came in 180, 200 & 220 feet of water. We fished out to 400 feet north of the Point and back in to 175 south of the Point. Hopefully the north wind will cool the water down. We pull our coppers and cores with Dreamweaver Ninja Boards.

 

We set up north today in 85 feet of water in front of the Bath House. It was 55 degrees down 65 feet. We just finished setting rods when we hit a fish on a 10 color core with a plug. It turned out to be a 3 year old King. I had warned our clients about the lack of fish so we felt lucky to have a fish in the box. We marked very few fish on the south side of the Point . Once we hit the 04’s we started marking big mounds of bait, not many fish but lots of bait. We marked bait out to 260 feet of water. We had a bite on a Super Slim Chilly Willy free sliding above a DW Chilly Willy down 65 on an out down. It was on for a minute but got away. Our third a final bite came on an out down set at 80 feet with a DW Spotted Dolphin. It is very discouraging to see all the bait and very few fish. Waves up to 7 feet are predicted for tomorrow and Wednesday doesn’t look much better. All the wind we’ve been having hasn’t helped the fishing . Hoping things improve by the end of the week. We pull our coppers and cores with Dreamweaver Ninja Boards.