Ludington Area Fishing Reports

It wasn’t exactly calm this morning up north, but it was much better for fishing than it has been the past few days. Our first 2 bites came on wire divers. A high wire out 150 with a 10″ White Crush Spin Doctor/Action Fly Meat Rig took a King and so did the low wire diver out 90 with a 10′ White Crush Spin Doctor/Dreamweaver Froggie Meat Head. A 11″ White Crush Paddle/Silver Addiction Strong Fly 60 down on the chute rigger took. another King. A 225 copper with a Natural Glow Captains Choice Cut Plug and a Fuzzy Bear mag Yellowtail spoon 65 down on an out down also took Kings. We took 5 Kings total during the early morning bite and missed two others. When the action slowed we put a Tin Can Dodger/Yellow Red Dot Spin-N-Glow on the chute rigger and ended up taking two Lake Trout on it. We made an out troll at the Point and hit 5 fish boating four of them. Two were Steelhead. One took a number 5 Clown J-Plug 70 down on an out down and the other hit a 8″ Kevin’s Girlfriend Spin Doctor Green Mirage Dreamweaver Meat Rig. We took a King on a Tin Can Dodger/DW Meat Head down 150 ft. on an out down and missed one on a mag Fuzzy Bear Ali Cat Stacked 15 feet above it. Our last fish came on the high wire with the White Crush Spin Doctor/Acton Fly Meat Rig. We use Dreamweaver Premium Strips in all our meat rigs and Morgan’s Tackle copper on all our copper rods.

Rough water and high winds made for another day of tough fishing for us up north today.  We started out with a double on both port wire divers. The low was a 10″ Green Gator Spin Doctor/Green UV Big Water Meat Rig out 95 and the high was a 10″ White Crush Spin Doctor/Action Fly Meat Rig out 120. The fish on the low wire got off. The big Steelhead pictured left came in on the high wire. It turned out to be a 33.25 inch Michigan Master Angler Steelhead. This is the second one this season caught aboard the Free Style. We took three Lakers on a Tin Can Dodger/Yellow Red Dot Spin-N-Glow fished near bottom. We took another Steelhead and a Laker on a 10 color core with a glow spoon. We had three other wire diver bites that we missed. We are hoping for calmer sea’s tomorrow. We use Dreamweaver Premium Strips in all our meat rigs and Morgan’s Tackle copper on all our copper rods.