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 »
This week fishy has been a little bit more challenging than the previous weeks. Last Saturday a big storm came through and the high winds and the heat that came after it really caused to change to the Manitou passage of Lake Michigan. The storm brought in warm water and we had to start fishing… 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 »
Fishing on West Grand Traverse Bay remains excellent. Limit catches of Lake trout have been taken while trolling the banks sometimes shallow, sometimes a little deeper with cowbells and spin-n-glo baits and flashers and spin-n-glo baits. Cisco fishing is also good casting Kast Master jigs up to the bank with slow retrieve. We can expect… 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!
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 »
There are many things that go together like peanut butter and jelly, sunshine and the beach, snowing and skiing, however when it comes to fishing the best thing is a friend. Like in this picture here. Bill had on the fish of a lifetime. This fish was screaming out line and it seemed that Bill… Read more »
The 2023 fishing season has started. Up here in northern Michigan the fishing has been good, we have been able to get out. I have run a few shake down trips with friends and family. The Leelanaut, a Hewescraft 250 Alaskan, is running well. I have added a few new rod holders, tackle storage, and… Read more »
What makes a fishing trip outstanding? Is it the number of fish you catch? Is it the species of fish that you catch? Is it the fight that the fish gives? Is it the weather? How about the scenery? Is it calm seas and a blue bird sky day? Is it the family and friends… Read more »