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Ludington Area Fishing Reports

6-1-14 Fishing Report

Fishing continues to be good in Ludington! Nice catches of mostly Kings are being taken. We fished southwest of Ludington today setting up south of the Project in 100 feet of water (fow). The surface temp was 51 degrees where we started. We were running 2, 3, 5, 7, & 10 color cores, a 200 & 250 copper, 4 wire divers & 3 riggers.  Our best cores were our 3’s, 5’s, & one 7 color. We had Dreamweaver Super Slim Starburst spoons on both 3’s, a Super Slim Hit Man and a SS Riverside on the 5’s , and a SS Wreaking Ball on the 7.  We had 3 bites on our riggers. A pair of Fuzzy Bear Yellowtails down 28 took our first fish and we took 1 King and lost another on an 8″ White Crush Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly down 58. Our wire divers were very productive. Our highs were out 130 & 150 and the lows 90 & 110. We had a 10″ Yellow Sparkle Spin Doctor/UV On Ice Big Water Rig on the 130 high and a 10 ” Kevin’s Girlfriend/Green Mile Meat Rig on the other high. Our lows were a 10″ White Crush Spin Doctor/Moo Moo Big Water Rig and a 10″ Showtime Spin Doctor/Blue Moo Big Water Rig. We are now using Dreamweaver’s new Premium Strips in all our meat rigs. They are working well for us. They are cut from Ballyhoo and have a nice bright color. The King (pictured above left) and Laker (pictured above right) were two of the several fish that thought they looked tasty. Our 10 color cores and the 250 copper never took a hit. Our 200 copper with a 10″ White Slick Spin Doctor/UV On Ice Big Water Rig went once taking a big King. We spent the morning trolling NW & SE between 100 & 120 fow.

5-30-14 Fishing Report

We fished a mid-morning charter today. Our crew was part of a bachelor party and opted not to start at our usual 5:00 a.m. start time. We left the dock at 8:40 a.m. and headed southwest of Ludington Harbor. We set up in 100 feet of water (fow) and trolled southwest. The surface temp was 53 degrees. The Lake was dead calm and bugs were in the air. Perfect for Steelhead we thought. Our first bite was on a 3 color core with a Super Slim Starburst. It was about a 3 lb. King. Next bite was a 7 color core with a regular size Dreamweaver Michigan Coyote, another King. We heard reports of good size Kings biting on meat the last few days so we put some out on our divers and 1 rig on a 250 copper.  We were running Dreamweaver’s new Premium Strips on all our meat rigs. The King pictured right hit a high wire diver out 110 ft. with a 10″ Yellow Sparkle Spin Doctor/UV On Ice Big Water Meat Rig. Our wire divers were good. Our other high wire with a 10″ Margareta Spin Doctor/Green UV Big Water Rig out 135 took two Kings. Our low wires were out 130 & 150 and each went once. Our 250 copper with a 10″ Kevorkian Spin Doctor/UV On Ice Big Water Rig went twice. We had a regular size DW Green Signature Series spoon (pictured below left) on a 10 color core that took our two biggest fish. We took fish on 3, 7, 8, 10 color cores, our 250 copper  and all 4 wire divers. We missed two fish on our riggers. We trolled down to the high 51’s and turned back north. We made it out as far as 175 feet, but our best action was around 150 fow. Our crew had to get back to wedding practice so we pulled lines at 1:00 p.m. No Steelhead, but we were more than happy with the Kings. We had great action especially for a flat calm sunny day.

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