Ludington Area Fishing Reports

Good fishing continues in Ludington. It was very foggy this morning when we headed west south west out of the harbor . We set up in 75 feet of water (fow) and put it on a 240 troll .The surface temp was 47.8 degrees. Our second rod in was a 3 color core with a Super Slim Starburst. While was attaching the board a Steelhead grabbed it. That was a sign of good things to come. Our action on the out troll was steady. We turned back east in 130 fow. The in troll was a different story. We hit a few fish, but the out troll was much better than the in. Our two hot rods were the chute rigger with a 8″ White Crush Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly and a 5 color core with a Super Slim Wreaking Ball. They both went three times. A 8″ Chrome Frog Spin Doctor/Moo Moo Big Water Rig took 2 Kings. Our out downs were set at 30 & 40 feet. The 40 ft. rigger with a pair of Yeck Wart frogs took a fish at 40 ft. and another one when we lowered to 65 ft. later in the morning. The other out down with a pair of regular size Fuzzy Bear Yellow Tails didn’t go at 30 ft. but took a nice King when we dropped down to 40. A low wire out 90 with a 10″ Glow Blade Mountain Dew Spin Doctor/Mountain Dew Dreamweaver Meat Rig took a King. We also hit one fish each on 250 copper with a 10″ Yellow NBK Spin Doctor/Moo Moo Big Water Rig and a 300 copper with a 10″ Margareta Spin Doctor/Green Mile Big Water Rig. We are using Dreamweaver Premium Strips with all our meat rigs.

We had a short four hour mid morning charter today. Our crew didn’t care for our usual starting time and opted to leave the dock at 8:15 a.m. We headed southwest out of Ludington setting up in 70 feet of water (fow) in the 53’s. Our first rod out, a 3 color core with a Super Slim Starburst spoon, hit a fish and it was game on. It was a Steelhead that got off near the back of the boat after a long fight. We trolled pretty much straight south down into the 51’s. We had decent action hitting fish on a 7 color core with a Super Slim Wreaking Ball, our other 3 color core with a Goldie Locks Super Slim, our out down at 40 feet and our chute rigger set at 56 ft. The further south we trolled the warmer the surface temp eventually hitting 58 degrees. We swung out on our north troll. We hit several fish between 80 & 90 fow. Our out down at 40 ft. with a pair of Yeck Wart Frogs took 2 Kings and the chute rigger with a 8″ White Crush Spin Doctor/ Pickled Sunshine Action Fly took a nice King. Our 2 color core with a Yeck Fire Ball also took a big King. We only took 1 fish on meat, a good size King on a 10″ Yellow Sparkle Spin Doctor/UV On Ice Big Water Meat Rig, on a 200 copper. Our cores weren’t hitting many fish towards the middle of the trip, but we were having enough action on our other rods that we didn’t check them for pups. When we were pulling lines we had 5 small fish between 8 & 12 ” on our cores. Our boards were tracking good so we didn’t suspect the draggers. We pulled lines at 11:15 heading back to the dock with some nice fish and a happy crew.