The Reelin Leland Fishing Charters 2025 fishing season started April 5th on West Grand Traverse Bay. I was so excited to get out on the water a couple weeks earlier than last year. The first crew of the season was celebrating a young man’s bachelor party. We started early in the morning jigging for lake… Read more »
Now that 2025 has started and we’re looking forward to our spring fishing adventures and excursions, we should be excited to know that it looks like it’s going to be a very good 2025 fishing season. The initial reports from MDNR Fisheries fall of 2024 surveys show there is good to strong bait fish populations,… Read more »
July 12th Leland Fishing Report. The Manitou Passage is really good for fishing King Salmon and Lake Trout. The following Pictures just show how good it is. Fishing is Fun! Give us a call and let’s go have some Fun!
July 12th Traverse City Fishing Report Fishing in Grand Traverse Bay this week has been very good. The high winds have not caused any problems with finding fish, causing currents, or moving warm or cold water around. The fish seem to be in a stable and predictable pattern. We are finding and catching both… Read more »
Summer Fishing on the Bay is Good! Fishing on West Grand Traverse Bay this summer is off to an excellent start. We are getting limit catches of Lake Trout with the occasional King Salmon or Ciscoe to add to the excitement. It seems that the fish are active and being found on many of… Read more »
Fishing out of Leland Michigan is Fantastic. North Manitou Island is giving up a handful of King Salmon almost every day. It is just a matter of time until a large school of Salmon will show up. However, right now the Lake Trout are the showstoppers. We are catching large, heavy, hard fighting, trophy Lakers…. Read more »
Reelin Leland Fishing Report – June 26th, 2023 Leland fishing report This morning we headed out to the north side on North Manitou from the Leland Harbor. It was foggy and a little wavy as the wind from the night before had really caused some high waves. We set up near the North Island, same… Read more »
Reelin Leland Charter Fishing – Leland Fishing Report The North Manitou Island has been holding some nice salmon for those that take the ride out to the Island. There is not a large school of King Salmon swimming the depths or shallows near the north shore of North Manitou, however there are enough to have… Read more »
Fishing on West Grand Traverse Bay has been very good the past week. We are finding Lake Trout on many of the popular banks. The west side from Red 8 to the white wall has provided excellent mixed bag fishing. Lake Trout are hitting cowbells with spin-n-glows, Dreamweaver spin doctors with spin-n-glows, and standard size… Read more »
The 1st Week of June Fishing Report The fishing was very good this past week.However, I think it will only get better as Spring turns into Summer. This report is a recap of my last five fishing trips. It has been a busy week fishing as well as having to negotiate a settlement on my… Read more »