Ludington Area Fishing Reports

We fished north of Ludington today setting up in 100 feet of water (fow) off the Bath House. We worked on and off the shelf between 70 & 110 fow all the way north down to the 05’s. Our first pass was good. We had 9 bites and boated 7 fish. Two Kings came on an 8″ White Crush Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly. We had 1 on the chute rigger at 65 feet and the other on a 300 copper. Both the starboard wire divers went. The high wire was a 10″ Kevin’s Girlfriend Spin Doctor/Green Mile Big Water Meat Rig and the low was a 10″ White Killer Spin Doctor/Total Chaos Big Water Rig. We missed 1 and got 1. A 10 color lead core with a Yeck Lighting went 3 times and an out down set at 55 ft. went twice. When we turned back and started our south troll the action all but stopped.  We didn’t have another bite until we got to the point. That came on a 10″ Yellow Sparkle Spin Doctor/UV On Ice Big Water Rig 200 out on a high wire diver. We only had 2 more bites after that. The 10 color with the Yeck Lightning took a fish and we missed a Steelhead on a SS Starburst. The early bird got the worm today.

Good fishing continues in Ludington! We fished south west of Ludington today setting up in 80 feet of water (fow) in the 55’s and putting it on 240 troll. We had 5 rods set when we hit our first fish, a King, 45 down on an out down . It took the free slider. From that point on the action was steady. We got out to 140 fow before we made our turn to do an in troll. We came back in to 70 fow before we turned back for our out troll. We finished up in the high 53’s in 150 fow. Our lead cores were definitely our best producers. We were running 3, 5, 7.5, & 10 color cores. We were running Super Slims on them all. The Starburst on a 3, UV Mixed Veggie on the 5’s , Wreaking Ball on our 7.5’s, and the UV Blue Dolphin on one 10 color & the Orange Signature Series on the other 10. Hard to tell which one was the best. They were all good. We were also running two 250 coppers with meat rigs. One didn’t go , but the other went 3 times with a 10″Purple Sparkle Spin Doctor/UV Purple Big Water Meat Rig. Our wire divers took a couple fish but were no big deal until we put a 10″ White Killer Spin Doctor and Big Water Tackle’s new Total Chaos Meat Rig on a low wire out 100. It went 3 times in less than an hour. Our best action was between 100 & 130 fow. We are using Dreamweaver Premium Strips in all our meat rigs.