Saugatuck Michigan Fishing Reports

High winds, rough water and more unfishable waters by Ron Westrate (8/09/2009)
High winds and seas again caused the cancelation of charters this weekend, however good chinook fishing available.

High Winds and Seas and Big Kings in Saugatuck by Ron Westrate (8/02/2009)
High winds and seas limited the fishing, however some very big kings are being caught.

Nice catches produce great charter trips! by Mike Hoppenrath (8/02/2009)
Fishing is picking up in August. Its not too late to book a trip during prime season for Salmon.

Big Kings Show Up by Ron Westrate (7/26/2009)
The kings are beginning to show up and are staging in the 100 foot depth.

Chinook salmon and perch in Saugatuck by Ron Westrate (7/19/2009)
Lake trout on the bottom, salmon and steelhead 65 to 80 foot down and perch in 40 foot of water.

Back to lake trout in Saugatuck by Ron Westrate (7/12/2009)
Limit catches early in the week with salmon and trout and then mostly lake trout by the end of the week.

Salmon showing up in Saugatuck by Ron Westrate (7/05/2009)
Salmon are beginning to stage in the 100 foot depth that we expected them to do.

Salmon are showing up!! by Mike Hoppenrath (6/30/2009)
Its a great time to get out and enjoy the summer!

Silver Fish and perch showing up in Saugatuck by Ron Westrate (6/28/2009)
A thermocline is forming and the silver fish are starting to stage at that depth.

11 in. Hot Chip for Lake Trout by Ron Westrate (6/23/2009)
Flashers and flies on the bottom produced some good catches of lake trout.

Bottom Bumping 11 in Hot Chip by Ron Westrate (6/14/2009)
Drop the downriggers to the bottom with large flashers and flies.

Free DNR fish weekend. Get out and Fish! by Mike Hoppenrath (6/13/2009)
Fishing is still good, good catches are being reported.

Fishing Slows a Little In Saugatuck Michigan by Mike Hoppenrath (6/07/2009)
Fishing Slows a little as we go into June.

Cold water scatters the salmon by Ron Westrate (6/07/2009)
Stong east winds forced the warm water out and the lake has cooled scattering the salmon.

Strong east winds cools water and fishing in Saugatuck by Ron Westrate (5/31/2009)
A week of strong east wind cooled the water and scattered the fish from 70 to 200 foot of water.

Kings, steelhead and lake trout in Saugatuck by Ron Westrate (5/25/2009)
Fish salmon in the 120 foot range early and then 200 + feet late in the week.

Big May Chinook Salmon by Ron Westrate (5/17/2009)
Another week of very good chinook salmon with some coho and lake trout and steelhead thrown in.

Big Chinook, Lake Trout, Coho and Steelhead out of Saugatuck by Ron Westrate (5/11/2009)
Spring fishing is producing some very large chinook salmon and coho.

Big Salmon Ready for Catching by Mike Hoppenrath (5/10/2009)
Large Salmon have been being taken in large numbers. Fishing has really been good the last two years. These freshwater fish are great tablefare.

15+ pound Kings and limit perch catches. by Ron Westrate (5/04/2009)
King salmon have finally showed up in this area and there are reports of limit catches of perch.

Walleye and lake trout by Ron Westrate (4/27/2009)
Walleye season opens and the water on the big lake continues to warm, producing some nice lake trout catches.

Perch fishing between the piers by Ron Westrate (4/21/2009)
Cold water continues to slow the fishing in the lake, however the perch are biting off the piers.

Lake Trout Return and Cold Water by Ron Westrate (4/16/2009)
With the season closed for lake trout, all the trout most be returned in our 38 degree water.

Kalamazoo River Steelhead by Ron Westrate (11/12/2008)
The river fishing is starting to pick up with 2 to 7 steelhead per trip.

Good Fishing Off shore by Ron Westrate (10/20/2008)
Fishing continues to be slow in the River however there is some fairly good fishing off shore.

Warm water, deep water fishing by Ron Westrate (9/29/2008)
Continued warm water, means that we have to go deep and fish deep to get the salmon.

11 inch E Chip for Salmon by Ron Westrate (9/21/2008)
Deep water fishing with flashers and flies produce some nice salmon and lake trout.

Fish deep in the warm water by Ron Westrate (9/14/2008)
Warm water and dredging of the harbor forced boats to fish deep water.

Salmon run and dredging by Ron Westrate (9/07/2008)
Just as the cold water started the salmon run, the government decided to dredge the harbor.

Every day a different depth by Ron Westrate (9/01/2008)
With the warm water moving in the fish have scattered from the shore to 240 foot of water.

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