Ludington Area Fishing Reports

We set up in 100 feet of water. Heavy boat traffic north. When we were setting up a boat shut down right beside us. We pulled the lines we had in and ran farther north away from them. We started hitting fish and a boat outside us moved right in. Two other boats converged on us and we were boxed in. We pulled lines again and ran back south. We had bites on a high wire diver out 210 with an 8″ White Slick Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly. The port high wire had an 8″ White Slick Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine DW Meat Rig out 180. Our chute rigger went 3 times at 70 ft. with a 11″ White Slick DW Paddle/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly. It was stacked with a standard DW Soda spoon. The first time it went the fish took the stack. The other 2 times they took the Paddle. Our starboard out down set at 75 went with a mag Dreamweaver Half Hulk and a DW Hulk free sliding above it. Later in the morning we lowered it to 110 ft. and it went once there. Port out down at 60 went once with a #4 Black & White J-Plug. We took a nice King on a 10 color core with a standard DW Shelly Snack spoon. One of our last Kings came on a 7.5 color core with a Yeck Double Orange Crush. Our last fish came on the port out down with a mag Blue Spotted Dolphin. We use Dreamweaver Premium Strips in all our meat rigs and Morgan’s Tackle copper and wire.

What a difference a day makes! We went from very little action to all the action we could handle. We set up in 100 feet of water. Surface temp was 72.2. It was 52 down 60 feet on our Fish Hawk. We had all our rods set in the dark and no bites. Half our crew was asleep when we hit our first fish. It came on a high wire diver with an 8″ Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine DW Meat Rig. It got off. Then our Ninja Boards started going.  First the port side got cleaned out, then the starboard side did the same. The only board that didn’t go was a 10 color core with a plug. We took hits on a rigger down 60 with a pair of Dreamweaver Soda spoons. The Chute rigger went 3 times with an 11″ White Slick DW Paddle/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly. Our starboard out down set at 70 went a couple times with a mag Hulk. All 4 divers went. Highs out 210 & 180. Port high out 180 an 8″ White Slick Spin Doctor/DW Pickled Sunshine Meat Rig and later in the morning with an 8″ Black Slick Spin Doctor/Black Gasoline DW Meat Rig. Starboard high wire out 210 had the same White Slick/Pickled Sunshine Meat Rig. Port low wire Deeper Diver out 140 with a 10″ Black Slick Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly was good. Starboard low wire Deeper diver out 125 with a 10″ White Slick Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine DW Meat Rig went 3 times. We ran 10 color cores, 200, 225, 250, 275, 300, & 350 coppers. They all took fish, mostly with mag spoons. We had a Michigan Shiner captains Choice Cut Plug on a 225 that took a couple shots. Didn’t get a chance to take many pictures this morning. Our trip was cut short by a thunderstorm, but it was a very good trip. We use Dreamweaver Premium Strips in all our meat rigs and Morgan’s Tackle copper and wire.