I have found that in mid-January many people are enjoying the slower pace of life that typically comes during winter in Traverse City. However this is also a time when many families plan their summer vacation fun to northern Michigan. As Michigan is the Great Lakes state many families that plan to come to Northwest… Read more »
Traverse City King Salmon Fishing
King Salmon fishing from Traverse City on West Grand Traverse Bay is on fire in August and through September. Captain Dylan Grant, of the Leelanautical, has been getting the anglers on the fish. Talk about reel screaming Kings and rod pumping Lake Trout the action is all trip long. These hard fighting fish are why… Read more »
Your Traverse City Fishing Charter Captain!
I want to introduce to all of you Captain Dylan Grant. Congratulation Dylan on earning your captain’s license. Now, Dylan isn’t new to Reelin’ Leland Fishing Charters. Dylan has worked on the Leelanutical off and on for the better part of 11 years. Now that he is a captain, he will be operating the Leelanautical… Read more »
Leland Fishing and Memorial Day Holiday
May 15th, 2022 We are halfway through May and the fishing is outstanding just about everywhere! The new boat has been out on a couple of trips with a lot of success. We were trolling for lake trout and notice a school in shallow water. We stopped the trolling, sent down the Minnkota with spot… Read more »
Let the 2022 Fishing Season Begin
May 2022 is here and sport fishing on Lake Michigan is happening. As the water warms the entire food web seems to move to the shallow water. We have bait fish, minnows, bugs and lake trout and salmon all around. I have been taking the, LEELANAUT, the 2nd boat in our fleet, a 250 Alaskan… Read more »
2022 Fishing Preview & New Boat Sneak Peek!
Hello anglers and adventurers! January has turned into February and the fishing season on northern lake Michigan is only a couple of months away. In the last post I talked about getting all the reels ready for the 2022 fishing season. I’m starting to get excited about chasing the salmon and lake trout from Leland… Read more »
Reelin Leland Fishing Charters Winter Maintenance
We are in the middle of winter in northern Michigan and fishing out of the boat on Lake Michigan will have to wait for Spring. However, preparing for the first trips of the year start now. One of the projects I take on every year is reel maintenance. When fishing for the powerful King Salmon,… Read more »
2022 Preview of Great Adventure on The Waters off the Shore of the Leelanau Peninsula
Happy new year! I hope all are safe an got your 2022 started off great. I’m looking forward to another fantastic adventure filled year of fishing the waters of Lake Michigan. I have a few things to share. We will be fishing a new boat this year. a 250 Alaskan by Hewescraft. I will post… Read more »
Summer Fishing Update – August 2021
The salmon and lake trout fishing has been just excellent this summer. We have been able to get everyone on good fishing. Grand Traverse Bay has been great for us when the rough wave conditions wouldn’t let us fish out of the port of Leland. We have launched from Leland, Suttons Bay and Traverse City…. Read more »
Spring 2021 Fishing Update
The Spring fishing on the Leelanautical has been outstanding. I want to thank all my customers for some incredible adventures chasing and catching a lot of big Lake Trout, salmon and steelhead so far. This Spring has been good for Steelhead, we have caught more this year than in past years. The spring run of… Read more »