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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »