July 7 2016

Summer seems to be flying by !!

Its now the first week of July and we are should see our King salmon fishery take off in full force any day now, the Chinook numbers on the Wisconsin shoreline have been unreal, with both numbers of fish as well as very healthy fish topping out at over 30lbs. This past weekend we did see a few big kings in the catches off the ports of Ludington and Manistee. Early this week there were kings in the upper 20’s to low 30’s caught off west Michigan ports. We should see some master angler class fish this year in King, Coho and Steelhead this summer.

The fishing in Ludington is still in a June pattern for the most part, either nearshore for a mixed bag of Lake trout with a few Steelhead and Salmon mixed in, or offshore hunting for thermal breaks and targeting Steelhead for the most part.

Best rigs have been Silver dodgers with spin and glo’s or small flies for the lake trout or high lines fished near the surface with short coppers or leadcore with small to medium sized spoons. Looking for a big king?? Load up with meat rigs baited with the Familiar bite herring strips.

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