Ludington Area Fishing Reports

We didn’t get our first bite until 7:16 this morning up north. It came on a high wire #4 Deeper Diver out 210 on an 8″ Kevin’s Girlfriend Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly. We ended up with a nice catch. Never hot and heavy, but we did have two doubles. We took fish on a high wire #4 Deeper Diver out 225 with a 8″ Black Slick Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly. Our port low wire #5 Deeper Diver out 110 with a 8″ White Slick Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly took a big King. Our starboard low wire Deeper Diver out 125 with a Stud Flip Fin DW Paddle/Green Gasoline DW Meat Rig fired with a big fish that turned out to be foul hooked. After a long fight with both bags in and working in and out of gear, the hooks puled about 30 ft. behind the boat. A 225 copper with a Broken Nose spoon went twice. The Lake was calm, and the fish were biting. What more could you want on a trip out of Ludington? We use Dreamweaver Premium Strips in all our meat rigs and Morgan’s Tackle copper and wire.

 

 

The water was colder up north this morning after the northwest blow last night and yesterday afternoon. It was 45 degrees down 55 feet on our Fish Hawk. We set up off the bank. The boat traffic was heavy. Our first fish came on an out down set at 62 with a Soda spoon. It was a small King. We took a bigger King on our starboard out down set at 45 with a Wonder Bread Captain’s Choice Cut Plug. We had a Green Spalter Back   Captain’s Choice Cut Plug take a King on a 10-color core.  Our chute rigger down 75 with an 11″ White Slick Paddle/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly stacked with a mag Fuzzy Bear Yellowtail went 3 times. Once on the stack and twice on the Paddle. Our 275 copper with a mag Beefeater went twice. We took a big Laker on a 250 copper with a mag Fuzzy Bear Green Slice. We lost a big King on a high wire #4 Deeper Diver out 225 with an 8″ Kevin’s Girlfriend Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly. It got into our 300 copper and escaped. We lost another big fish on our port high #4 Deeper Diver out 210 with an 8″ Black Slick Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly. This one made a big run and got tangled in our 10-color core. On a day where the bites were hard to come by those two loses hurt. We have tomorrow off and will be back on the water Tuesday morning. We use Dreamweaver Premium Strips in all our meat rigs and use Morgan’s Tackle copper and wire.