Ludington Area Fishing Reports

And I thought the boat traffic north was bad yesterday. It looked like a solid line of boats from Ludington to Manistee. We set up in 110 feet of water. Surface temp 72. 47 down 50 feet on our Fish Hawk. Our port out down with a pair of DW Green Hulks set at 50 was the first to go. The starboard out down with the same baits set at 65 was next. Both fish took the free slider. We took a King on a 175 copper with a Captains Choice Glow Black Ladderback Cut Plug. Our starboard low wire Deeper Diver out 85 with a 10″ White Slick Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine Dreamweaver Meat Rig took 2 Kings. Our port high wire diver out 150 with an 8″ White Slick Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly went once. We broke off a fish on a 10 color core with a Half Green Jeans spoon. One of the Kings pictured below came on a 175 copper with a DW Rasta Goose. My good 10″ Kevin’s Girlfriend Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly and a high diver were cut off by a passing boat. We cut of a Ninja Board with a plug on it. I will be happy to make arrangements to return the board and plug to its owner. We moved out deeper to get away from the heavy boat traffic, but our best action was early and just off the Bank. We use Dreamweaver Premium Strips in all our meat rigs and Morgan’s Tackle copper and wire. We run our coppers and lead cores behind Dreamweaver Ninja Boards.

We set up in 110 feet of water. Lots of boat traffic. Surface temp was 72. It was 52 down 50 feet. For several days now our first rod to go has been our starboard out down set at 65 ft. with a pair of standard Dreamweaver Green Hulks. Today was no different. We boated a nice King on the free slider. Early action was good. Couldn’t get a board set on the starboard side until 7:30. Our wire divers were hot. A high wire out 210 with a 10″ Kevin’s Girlfriend/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly went 7 or 8 times. It took our last fish, a big King, when we were pulling lines. Starboard low wire Deeper Diver out 145 with a 10 ” White Slick Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine Dreamweaver Meat Rig went 4 times early. Port high wire diver out 180 with a 10 ” Black Slick Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly was good. Port low wire Deeper Diver out 130 then later at 140 with a 10″ White Crush/Green Fish Scale Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine DW Meat Rig took fish. Our chute rigger with an 11″ White Slick DW Paddle/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly down 85 stacked with a DW Green Hulk didn’t go. We pulled it and it had a 8 lb. King riding on the Paddle and a small King on the stack. We boated them both. We still changed it to a 10″ White Slick Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine DW Meat Rig. It went twice. A 300 copper with an 8″ Kevin’s Girlfriend Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine DW Meat Rig took a big rip. One of First Mate Abe’s favorite late morning rigs is an 8″ Black Slick Spin Doctor/Black Gasoline Meat Rig: pictured below. He runs it on a high wire diver or a long copper. Today it was on a 375 copper, and it took our second biggest King. It got rough mid-morning, but our crew held up and boated some big fish. We use Dreamweaver Premium Strips in all our meat rigs and Morgan’s Tackle copper and wire. We pull our coppers and lead cores with Dreamweaver Ninja Boards.