Ludington Area Fishing Reports

The wave height reading at Ludington weather buoy was reading 2.6 ft. when we headed south this morning. We set up in 130 feet of water and did a  south trough troll. The waves felt bigger than 2.6 ft. but with both sea anchors deployed it wasn’t too bad. We had 3 riggers in, 4 divers and 2 coppers in when the chute rigger with an 8″ White Crush Spin Doctor/Liquid Sunshine Action Fly down 110 ft. took a hit. We didn’t get it. A high diver out 300 with a 10″ White Slick Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine Dreamweaver Meat Rig went next. It was fighting like a big King. A #3 pink glow plug on a 200 copper went then a 8″ White Crush Spin Doctor/Liquid Sunshine Action Fly 85 down on an out down took off, a triple header. We had 3 triples today and a double. The high wire out 300 went 1 more time and the other high wire out 220 then 260 with the same White Slick/Pickle Rig went twice. We were also running the same rig on a 350 copper and it went twice. We had a Natural Glow Captain’s Choice Cut Plug go twice on a 375 copper. Only 1 low wire bite. It came on an 8″ White Crush Spin Doctor/Liquid Sunshine Action Fly out 185. Starting to see a pattern here? They are liking White Spin Doctors and Green Action Fly’s. The waves kept building so we cut the trip short a little after 9:00 and headed in. We use Dreamweaver Premium Strips in all our meat rigs, Morgan’s Tackle copper on all our copper rods and Morgan’s wire on our wire rods.

 

We fished south again today setting up in 120 feet of water and putting it on a 240 troll. We just got all our rods set when the chute rigger down 90 with an 8″ White Crush Spin Doctor/Liquid Sunshine Action Fly fired.  It was on for a while then got off. Our 300 copper with a 10″ White Slick Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine Dreamweaver Meat Rig went next. It was fighting like a big King. Then a low wire diver out 185 with an 8″ White Crush Spin Doctor/Liquid Sunshine Action Fly took off. Next was the high wire diver on the same side with the same rig that was going on the 300 copper and we missed a fish on an out down set at 75 feet with a pair of regular size DW Blue Skinny Jeans. All three of the fish on were big Kings. We had to slow the boat way down, put in a sea anchor and work neutral to get them in the boat. They turned out to be the 3 biggest fish of the day. While were backed way down we took a big Coho on a 200 copper with a #3 pink glow plug. We took a double later in the morning on a 350 copper and a high wire out 220 with a 10″ White Slick Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine DW Meat Rig and we took another King on that same 350 and missed another one on the same high wire. They were liking that White Slick Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine rig today. We use Dreamweaver premium strips in all our meat rigs and Morgan’s Tackle copper on all our copper rods and Morgan’s wire on all our wire rods.