Ludington Area Fishing Reports

We fished north of Ludington setting up off the Bank. The surface temp was 59 degrees. Our Fish Hawk Probe temp down 65 was 46 degrees. The Southeast wind really picked up when we started setting lines. It was blowing so hard I had to man the helm. We only had a few lines in the water when we hit our first fish. It was  a King that took a Half Bad Toad on an out down set at 60 feet. We doubled up when another King hit standard DW Soda 70 down on our chute rigger. It got pretty crazy after that. Our coppers and lead core rods started getting bit and so did our divers. Both low wire Deeper Divers went 3 times each during the trip. Our starboard low had a an 8″  Two Face Flip Fin Paddle/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly. The fin was deployed. The port low wire was out 100 with an 8″ White Slick Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly. Our 3 color cores both had Orange Crush spoons. One was a Super Slim The other was a Yeck. The SS went 3 times and the Yeck twice.  Our 5 colors with a Half A Snack and a Yeck Fireball both took fish. A 7.5 color with a Hulk Super Slim took a King. Our 200, 225, and 250 coppers all got hit. The port Slide Diver out 150 with a 50 foot lead went twice with a nag Happy Meal. The starboard Slide Diver with a Lance’s Two Face took a nice Steelhead. The surface temp had dropped to 53 degrees in the 01’s when we pulled lines. We use Morgan’s Tackel copper and wire.

We set up off the Bank this morning. The surface temp was 56.5 and our Fish Hawk probe temp was 46.4 down 45 feet. We got a late start. It was full daylight when we started setting lines. Our chute rigger down 70 fired right away with a pair of standard DW Soda spoons. It was a nice King. It put up quite a fight before we boated it. Our starboard out down set at 56 with DW Chilly Willie and a Super Slim Chilly Willie took a hit but it didn’t hook up. A fish hit a high Slide Diver out 150 with a 50 ft. lead with a Lance’s Two Face. That one didn’t hook up either.  Our 2nd fish was a Steelhead that took a mag Dreamweaver Green Jeans on a 225 copper. We didn’t have another bite until we were north of the Point. A small Coho hit a Super Slim Orange Slice on a 7.5 color core. Just before we turned back south we took a nice King on our other Slide Diver out 150 on a Coyote. A Steelhead hit on the fast side of the boat in the middle of our turn on a 3 color core with an SS Double Orange Crush. That one got away. No more bites on the south troll so we put it on a 270 troll and headed out deep. We took 2 Steelhead out here. Both on 3 color cores. One on a SS Double Orange Crush and the other on a Yeck Double Orange Crush. It was slower today but the weather was beautiful and we did get fish. We use Morgan’s Tackle copper and wire.