Fishing conditions on West Grand Traverse Bay remain excellent, offering anglers a reliable and rewarding experience as we move deeper into the early summer season. Recent outings have consistently yielded limit catches of Lake trout, making this one of the most productive times of year for both seasoned fishermen and newcomers alike. In addition to… Read more »
The Traverse City 2026 fishing season has started with great fishing all around Grand Traverse and Leelanau counties. The lake Trout fishing has been phenomenal in West Grand Traverse Bay. The fish have been plentiful and hard fighting. We have been using Hammerhead cowbells, mostly silver or the silver and green, with a spin-n-glo behind… Read more »
When we get to the end of July most people start to think about King salmon fishing. Though we have caught a couple kings in West Grand Traverse Bay earlier in the year, now is the time to target King salmon fishing. The next two months will have more and more kings returning to West… Read more »
Fishing on Grand Traverse Bay from Traverse City from Elmwood Township Marina has been awesome this past week. I would say that this past week has been the week of the steelhead. These high energy, fast swimming, high jumping, line tugging, rainbow trout are just a joy to catch when fishing on the waters of… Read more »
Fishing this week continued to be excellent. The week started off with calm seas and cooler temperatures. The weekend ended up with high winds and warming temperatures to a heat wave. The lake trout fishing from the port of Leland was still strong on the shallow flats and drop offs. We used traditional baits of… Read more »
So as May turns into June, Fishing continues to be good. We are able to get mixed bags of fish, Lake Trout and King salmon, consistently on our fishing trips. We have been using a multi species set up: on the downriggers -were using flasher and flies along with spoons, on the deep dip diver… Read more »
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 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 »