Ludington Area Fishing Reports

Fished a 2 boat bachelor party trip with Capt. Adam and 1st Mate Logan on the Moonlighter this morning.  Port 7.5 color core went 2 times with a mag Fuzzy Bear UV Green Jeans. Port 10 color core went twice with a Lucky Charms Captain’s Choice Cut Plug. Starboard 10 went twice with a Natural Glow Captain’s Choice Cut Plug. Port 225, Starboard 225, and Starboard 200 coppers all took fish with Natural Glow Captain’s Choice Cut Plugs. A 250 copper with a mag Fuzzy Bear Soda took a rip but didn’t hook up. Port wire divers were the hot rods today. Port high wire diver out 150 went several times with an 8″ White Slick Flip Fin Paddle/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly and a few more times out 200. Port low wire diver out 100 went a bunch of times with a 10″ White Slick Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly. Starboard high wire diver out 185 went 3 times with an 8″ White Slick Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly. Port out down set at 80 went twice with a mag spoon. Starboard out down set at 75 went once with an 8″ Custom Flip Fin Paddle/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly. Our chute rigger went 4 times with a 11″ White Slick Paddle/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly, 2 times down 75 and 2 more times down 85. It got a little rough this morning. Our crew were all first time Lake Michigan anglers, and they held up well. We use Morgan’s Tackle copper and wire, Dreamweaver Deeper Divers, Dreamweaver Ninja Boards, and Dreamweaver Premium Strips in all our meat rigs.

 

Our first bite came in the dark on a 200 copper with a Natural Glow Captain’s Choice Cut Plug. Only had a couple more board bites. They were both on 225 coppers with Dreamweaver Natural Glow Plugs. Our divers were our best rods today. Port high wire was out 175 with an 8″ White Slick Flip Fin Paddle/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly and later out 200. Starboard high wire was out 185 with an 8″ White Slick Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly. Later we dropped it back to 225 with a 10″ White Slick Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine Dreamweaver Meat Rig and it took a big Coho. Port low wire was out 120 and later out 150 with a 10″ White Slick Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly. Starboard low wire was out 110 and later out 135 with an 8″ White Slick Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly. Port out down set at 65 went twice with a pair of SS Sodas and once down 70 with an 8″ White Fish Scale Flip Fin Paddle/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly. Starboard out down went twice with a pair of Green Glow spoons and once down 75 with an 8″ White Slick Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly. The Chute rigger went 2 times down 85 and 2 more times down 100 with an 11″ White Slick Paddle/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly. Our crew this morning did a good job on the rods and landed some nice fish. We use Morgan’s Tackle copper and wire, Dreamweaver Deeper Divers, Dreamweaver Ninja Boards, and Dreamweaver Premium Strips in all our meat rigs.