Ludington Area Fishing Reports

We fished north today setting up 2 miles south of the Point. The strong east southeast wind made it hard to get on a good north troll. We tried to stay in 130 feet of water but before we knew it we were out in 180 fow. We hit a small King on a regular size DW Green Skinny Jeans free sliding above a mag Fuzzy Bear Green Skinny Jeans down 75 on an out down. That was our only action for awhile until we turned east in the 05’s. We took the Trout pictured left on a Super Slim UV Blue Dolphin on a 300 copper. It was our first trip since the big southwest blow the last couple days and it was tough fishing. We took a small Salmon on a 175 copper with a Yeck Wart Frog and another Salmon on a Super Slim Green Skinny Jeans free sliding above the same bait 65 feet down on an out down. We took a Laker on a Tin Can Dodger/Green & Chartreuse WhirlyGig down 150 feet on a rigger and another Trout on a Yeck Wart Frog stacked 10 feet above the Dodger/Whirly Gig.

We went north this morning hoping to find a King or two. We set up in 110 feet of water and our graph showed some decent marks near the bottom. We put a big Paddle/Fly combo just off the bottom and a 10″ Spin Doctor/Meat Rig down 95 on an out down. We had a set of spoons on our other out down. A 10″ Dream Catcher Spin Doctor/Blue Fairways Strong Fly out 175 on a high wire diver took our first two fish, a Laker and a small Salmon. We spent most of  the morning fishing between 100 & 130 feet of water. We took 2 Trout on a mag Fuzzy Bear Green Skinny Jeans stacked above an 8″ Blue Bubble Spin Doctor/Blue Bubble Action Fly. We took a couple on a Tin Can Dodger/Green Chartreuse WhirlyGig fished near the bottom on an out down. We took a couple more on a 8″ Chrome Spin Doctor/Blue Chrome Yellow Dot WhirlyGig on a high wire diver. We never had a bite on a lead core or copper line.