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August 25, 2008 Report PDF

Manistee Charter FishingSorry for the lack of reports.  We have been too busy fishing too keep up with the website.  There are lots of fish in the 120 -160 foot range both North and South of the harbor.  We fished from the 15's down to the 10's tonight and went 9 for 14 in some pretty lumpy seas.  Big White Hootch with a KRW Aqua Gold Glo was good on the center rigger down 85.  We also took fish on a green hootch with the same fly down 70.  10 colors of lead and copper went a couple times as did our wire diver back 165 with blue spin Dr and KRW fly. 

 
August 19th Report PDF

Manistee FishingWe fished with a great group of folks today.  We went 7 for 9 in spite of getting off to a late start at 9 this morning.  Everyone did an excellent job fighting fish and we all had a great time.  The lake was nice in morning but was starting to get pretty rough by the time we quit fishing.  Plugs on three colors of lead and a pearl J-Plug 14 down on a rigger were our best.  We caught of all things.... a trolling bag on our center rigger.  If you lost one let me know and we will get it back to you. 

 
August 17, 2008 Report PDF
Manistee MichiganSLOW is the word from Manistee over the weekend.  We struggled to get 3 or 4 fish on all of our trips over the weekend.  We have had nonstop North wind and the lake is cold everywhere.  The fish are scattered from the shoreline out to 400 feet of water and fishing was tough.  Hopefully things straighten out soon!
 
August 15th Report PDF
Manistee HarborWe spent a stressful evening in the harbor but took eight nice fish in the process.  We missed a couple and had 2 run over and cut off by other boats.  One guy ran over my lines and then pulled up next to me to scream at us for "not driving straight and having to big of a boat to be in the harbor" ???   While he was yelling at us, he ran over another boats lines and we were able to turn and get away from him.  It was nuts and kind of takes the fun out of fishing. 
 
August 13, 2008 Report PDF
Lake Michigan Salmon - ManisteeWe really need some south winds to straighten out the lake.  We have cold water everywhere and the fish are scattered.  We took nine nice Kings today but we really had to work for them.  We fished out on the shelf in 70 to 220 feet of water.  Many boats stayed in the harbor or trolled along the beaches North and South of Manistee.  A green ladder back plug on 10 colors of lead was our best today.  We took fish on both high and low divers with hootchies and KRW Aqua Gold flies.  The big white hootch on the center rigger went a couple times.  Once at 45 down and then later at 60.  By the end of the day we had it down 110 but couldn't get it to go. 
 
August 10, 2008 Update PDF
Salmon FishingFishing was good again today and the lake was a lot nicer than predicted.  We fished with another group from Ohio and had a great time out on the water.  Our best fishing was from the 13's down through the 10's.  Five and ten color lead core with plugs was good.  Also took fish on high divers with Spin Doctors and KRW Aqua Gold Glow flies and plugs on riggers 25 - 40 down. 
 
August 8th, 2008 Report PDF
Manistee King SalmonThe boys from Ohio were up in Manistee today and put the hurt on our fish population.  They took a six man limit (only three guys pictured) by quarter to 10 this morning.  They did a great job on the rods and didn't lose many at all.  We are back out tomorrow for round two.  The fish remain high in the water column.  Best rods were 5 colors of lead with a Silver Horde plug and a blue berry muffin super glow spoon on our 30 foot rigger. 
 
August 5th Report PDF
Lake Michigan Salmon FishingWe got off to a late start today but still managed five nice fish.  Today riggers took most of our hits. We had few raps on the divers but the lead was completely dead.  A green Silver Horde on our 40 foot rigger was our best rod. This was my first trip with our new down riggers and it is going to take me a while to get use to the speed.  They are FAST.  Fished South from the 11's down to the 8's.  We had a steady pick for the first 45 minutes but then they shut down.  I am taking Wednesday and Thursday off but will be fishing pretty much everday for the rest of the month.   I do have the 17th open if you are still looking for a date in August.
 
August 4th Report PDF
Manistee Salmon CharterGreat group of folks and great fishing!  Donna has to be one of the happiest anglers I have ever met.  She had a blast from the time we pulled out of the slip and was going strong as we said our good byes.  The early bite was slow at first but then we had 5 of our six rods go off at once.  Donna and her crew landed all 5 to get the trip off to a good start.  We had storms blowing in North and South of us.  We put the last of their limit catch in the boat around 8 am just as the winds started to kick up. 
 
August 3rd Report PDF
Manistee Saqlmon FishingFishing was slow and the lake was ROUGH on Saturday.  We gave it our best effort but only managed 4 fish.  My Saturday evening crew wisely chose to move their trip to the following morning and were rewarded with smooth seas and a limit of Kings weighing up to 20 pounds.  Riggers 25 - 50 foot down, lead core and high divers all took fish.  Blue Silver Horde plugs and hootchies pulling KRW Aqua Gold Flies were best for us today. 
 
August 1, 2008 Update PDF
Manistee Salmon FishingHad another nice day out on the lake with a great group of guys.  Ended up 9 for 12 or 13.  We had a great early bite.  The first rod that I set went of before I could set the second.  Set the next rod and it went off before for I could get to the next.  That went on for the first 4 fish.  We picked away after that and ended up with a nice box of fish.  Plugs and Hootchies pulling KRW AquaGold Glow Flies did the best.  The early bite was in the top 50 feet of water and then deeper later in the morning. 
 
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