Ludington Area Fishing Reports

We set up in 110 feet of water. It was 57 degrees down 85 feet on our Fish Hawk. Most of our rods were set when our port out down set at 75 with a mag Green Hulk stacked with a standard Green Glow spoon went. It was a Coho and we boated it. The action this morning was very good.   Like Tuesday it is hard to remember all our bites. Our hot rod was our starboard out down set at 85 with a pair of standard Dreamweaver Blue Hulks. They went at least 6 times. Every time it was on the main bait. Our port out downs at 75 then 90 was good too.  Port high wire out 250 with an 8″ White Slick Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly went 3 times.  Port low wire Deeper Diver out 180 with a 10″ White Crush Black Dot Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine Dreamweaver Meat Rig went a couple times early. We swapped it out for a 10″ Black Crush Spin Doctor/Black Gasoline DW Meat Rig, and it went 2 more times. Starboard low wire Deeper Diver out 175 with a 10″ Kevin’s Girlfriend Spin Doctor/Green Mile Meat Rig went twice. We took fish on a 250 copper with a Natural Glow DW Captain’s Choice Cut Plug. Our starboard 250 copper with a #3 Glow Black Ladderback Plug went twice.   After the bite slowed, we put it on a southwest troll for deeper water. 300 & 375 coppers with mag Fuzzy Bear Shelly Snacks each went multiple times.  A 400 copper with an 8″ UV Crush Wonder Bread Spin Doctor/Blue Bubble Action Fly took a King. We took fish on 350 & 325 coppers with mag spoons. Our hot rod out deep was an 8″ Green Dragon Slayer Flip Fin Paddle/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly on an out down set at 85. The fin was deployed. Our port out down with a mag Green Hulk on a 2 color core down 100 went 3 times.  Our chute rigger with an 11″ White Slick Paddle/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly stacked with a DW Blue Hulk only went 1 time. We tried different depths and leads but the only bite came 125 down on the DW Blue Hulk stack. It was a big King pictured below. A lot more bites I can’t recall. Today was our most action-packed trip so far this year. Our crew was experienced and did a great job on the rods. We use Dreamweaver Premium Strips in all our meat rigs and Morgans copper and wire. We pull our lead cores and coppers with Dreamweaver Ninja Boards.

We set up in 105 feet of water. It was 57 down 60 feet on our Fish Hawk. Three rods in and our starboard out down set a 75 with a pair of standard DW Blue Hulks went. We boated a King on the Blue Hulks and missed a fish on a 10 color core with a Green Black Ladder Back Captain’s Choice Cut Plug. We set the rest of our rods a waited for the next bite. We stared to wonder if that was it for the morning flurry. Then it hit the fan. It was game on. The out down with the Blue Hulks went 2 more times. A Glow Black Ladder Back Captain’s Choice Cut Plug went on a rigger 60 down. Our port out down set at 65 with a mag Green Hulk and a green glow spoon went twice. The chute rigger down 85 with an 11″ White Slick DW Paddle/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly fired. Starboard high wire diver out 210 with an 8″ White Slick Flip Fin Paddle/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly took a King. All our rods except our starboard low wire out 110 went. A 200 copper with a Green Splatter Back Captains Choice Cut Plug took a King. We broke off a big fish on a 275 copper with a mag Fuzzy Bear Shelly Snack. We had a Yeck Double Orange Crush on a 7.5 color core that took a Coho. Low wire Deeper Diver out 130 with a 10″ White Crush Green Scale Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine Dreamweaver Meat Rig took 2 fish. Port high wire diver out 185 with a 10″ Black Crush Spin Doctor/Black Gasoline Dreamweaver Meat Rig took fish. After the bite slowed, we turned southwest and trolled to deeper water. We took a Steelhead on the mag Green Hulk on an out down set at 65.  A 300 copper with the mag Shelly Snack took a Coho. The starboard out down at 85 with an 8″ White Crush Flip Fin Paddle/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly took a King and a Coho. We missed a fish on a 400 copper with a mag spoon. Our port out down set at 90 with a mag Green Hulk stacked with a Yeck Wart Frog on a 2 color core went 3 times. Each bite was on the mag Green Hulk. Starboard low wire Deeper Diver out 125 with a 10″ White Crush Black Dot Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine DW Meat Rig went a couple times. We missed a fish on our port high wire out 230 with the 10″ Black Crush Spin Doctor/Black Gasoline DW Meat Rig. It was crazy good action all morning and I haven’t been able to remember all our bites. Our crew did well on the rods and boated some nice fish. We use Dreamweaver Premium Strips in all our meat rigs and Morgon’s Tackle copper and wire. We pull our lead cores and coppers with Dreamweaver Ninja Boards.