Ludington Area Fishing Reports

We started at the Ludington Pier Heads in 40 feet of water. Our first King came on a on a low wire diver out 40 with an 8″ White Crush Wonder Bread Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly. We doubled up when another King hit a 5 color core with a #3 Glow Black Ladderback Plug. A Coho took an orange glow spoon on a 2 color core. A second Coho hit a Thunder Stick 20 down on an out down. We had 3 more bites before we headed out to deeper water but didn’t get good hook ups. We set back up in 250 feet of water. Our first bite came on a 8″ Kevin’s Girlfriend Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly out 100 on a Slide Diver. It broke off. We rode for a while with no bites until our chute rigger down 110 with an 11″ White Slick Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly fired. It went again a little later. We missed a fish on our starboard out down set at 95 with an 8″ Green Dragon Slayer/Liquid Sunshine Action Fly. We took a King on the port out down set at 110 with a 2 color core and a mag Blue Spotted Dolphin. A 3 color core with a Yeck Double Orange Crush took a King and a 5 color core with a Yeck Fireball took a Steelhead. It was nice and calm and a beautiful day on the Lake. We use Dreamweaver Premium Strips in all our meat rigs and Morgan’s Tackle copper and wire. We pull our lead cores and copper with Dreamweaver Ninja Boards.

We set up in 110 feet of water. It was 52 degrees down 50 feet. We had all our rods set before our first bite. It came on an out down set at 55 on a glow spoon free sliding above a mag UV Wonder Bread. We had a Wonder Bread Captain’s Choice Cut Plug down 50 on our probe rigger that took a King early.  We missed a fish on a high diver out 150 with an 8″ White Slick Dreamweaver Flip Fin Paddle/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly. It went one more time and we didn’t get that one either. We broke off a big fish on a low wire Deeper Diver out 100 with an 8″ Kevin’s Girlfriend Spin Doctor/Froggie DW Meat Rig. We took a King on our port low wire Deeper Diver out 110 with a 10″ Black Slick Green Dot Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine Dreamweaver Meat Rig. Port 7.5 color core went twice with a Yeck Double Orange Crush. Starboard 7.5 color core missed a fish and took a Coho on a #3 Glow Black Ladderback plug. Lost a fish on a 10 color core with a mag glow spoon. Took a King on a 250 copper with a Glow Black Ladderback plug. Took a Trout and a King on our port out down set at 100 on a 2 color core with a mag Fuzzy Bear Orange Slice. Starboard out down set at 85 with a Green Dragon Slayer Flip Fin Paddle/Pickled Sunshine Action took a Trout. We dropped it down to 125 feet and took a Coho. Our chute rigger with an 11″ White Slick Paddle/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly stacked with a standard Spotted Blue Dolphin took 1 bite at 85, 2 bites at 105, and 1 bite down 125. One of the bites down 105 came on the stack. Our crew were experienced fisherman, and we still lost several fish. Some days they just don’t want to stay hooked up. We use Dreamweaver Premium Strips in all our meat rigs and Morgan’s copper and wire. We pull our lead cores and coppers with Dreamweaver Ninja Boards.