This is getting old. Good fishing during the week and then high winds and rough water forcing cancellation of the charters on the weekends. The fish are still out in 90 to 130 foot of water with the temperature break at 60 foot down. The 4 year old chinook salmon appear to be inside in the 85 to 95 foot range and the 2 and 3 year old chinook salmon are in the 95 to 120 foot depth. We are also taking 2 to 4 coho salmon every trip which is a nice surprise for us at this time of the year. Some of these coho are over 12 pounds in weight, which is a nice size for a Lake Michigan coho,
The best methods continue to be 8 in. Hot Chip and Pro Chip flashers and Rapture Trolling flies on wire divers. 11 inch Pro Troll flashers and Rapture flies on the downriggers and then 300 and 200 copper with Ace Hi plugs. The following are the combinations that we a pulling consistently:
Blue Wiggle Flasher and Blue Bubble fly
Green Glow Frog Flasher and Hypnotist fly
Silver Green Flasher and Wild Fern fly
Mountain Dew Flasher and Purple Mirage fly
White Glow 11 in and Purple Mirage fly
Mountain Dew 11 in and Green Fern fly
White Blue Bubble 11 in and Blue Bubble fly
The Ace Hi plugs are green glow lightning, green ladder back, blue glow lightning and the silver red head.
We were blown off the lake the last two days with strong north and north west winds and this should move some cold water into shore and if that happens the salmon will move in front the piers to stage for the spawning run. Check back and see if the run has started. For information or charter reservations, contact me at captron@chartermichigan.com