Ludington Area Fishing Reports

Mother Nature tried to shorten our trip this morning, but our crew wouldn’t have it. Two rainstorms and waves building all morning didn’t stop them from having fun and catching fish.  We set up in 105 feet of water. Surface temp was 68 and down temp at 80 ft. 52.5 on our Fish Hawk. First rod to go was a high wire diver out 210 with an 8″ White Slick Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly. It went one more time and took another King. Low wire Deeper Diver out 150 took a King on the same set up. Port out down with a pair of standard Dreamweaver Soda spoons 75 down went twice. A King on the main bait and a Steelhead on the stack 10 feet above the main. Port high wire out 200 took a nice King on a 10″ UV Life is Good Spin Doctor/Yellow Gasoline Meat Rig. Port low wire Deeper Diver out 160 went with a 8″ Kevin’s Girlfriend Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly. We took 2 fish on the chute rigger 90 down with an 11″ White Slick DW Paddle/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly. A 350 copper went once with a standard DW A-Bomb. A standard Hulk on a 300 went once. A 375 copper with a discontinued Spin Doctor/Yellow Gasoline DW Meat rig went twice. About the closest thing in a current Spin Doctor is the White Atomic Killer. A 400 copper with a 10″ Chrome Two Face Spin Doctor/Green Gasoline DW Meat Rig took our biggest King. We boated a Laker 65 down on an out down with a standard DW Green Dolphin. We use Dreamweaver Premium Strips in all our meat rigs and Morgan’s Tackle copper and wire.

We needed a good catch after our last few trips and we got one. We set up in 100 feet of water. The surface temp was 68 and it was 48 degrees 70 down on our Fish Hawk. Most of our rods were set when our starboard out down set at 65 ft. with a mag Green Hulk and a standard glow spoon free sliding above it went. We missed it. It went 2 more times at 65 ft. and twice at 85 ft. later in the trip. We boated a King and 2 Steelhead on that combo. We had bites on a 8″ Kevin’s Girlfriend Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine Dreamweaver Meat Rig on a low wire Deeper Diver out 170. A High wire diver out 210 with an 8″ White Slick Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine Action Fly went 4 times. Our chute rigger down 95 with a 10″ White Slick Spin Doctor/Pickled Sunshine DW Meat Rig stacked with a Super Slim Green Dolphin took a big Steelhead. It took the stack. We took a Coho and a King on a 300 copper with a Michigan Shiner Captains Choice Cut Plug. We lost a Steelhead and landed one on a 10 color core with a standard DW Rasta Goose. Our port low wire Deeper Diver out 150 with a 10″ UV Lifes Good Spin Doctor/Yellow Gasoline Dreamweaver Meat Rig took one of our bigger Steelhead. Our big King hit a 375 copper with an 8″
discontinued Spin Doctor/Yellow Gasoline DW Meat Rig. We spent the morning trolling between 100 and 190 feet of water. We use Dreamweaver Premium Strips in all our meat rigs and Morgan’s Tackle copper and wire. Mother Nature and the fish cooperated to give us a fun trip.