So the past week has been the week of the steelhead. I think we have caught more steelhead this week than we did all of last year. I think we caught 6 this week. We got two on Saturday one in the morning trip and one in the afternoon trip on a spoon on a… 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 »
I’m getting last week’s fishing report in a couple days late and I apologize for that. Fishing this past week continue to be the same as the previous week. The lake trout are up on the flats in pretty good numbers off the port of Leland and they have also gone shallow onto the banks… 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 »
I had some family and friends in town this weekend so we were able to get out and do some fishing near South Manitou Island. I have to say that after the many days of high winds and rough seas, it changed on Sunday morning, although it was cold, the conditions turned out to provide… Read more »
The lake trout fishing from both West Grand Traverse Bay and Lake Michigan out in good Harbor Bay have been excellent. We’ve been catching the lake trout, using cowbells with spinning glows trailing behind them. We have also caught lake trout on spoons using dipsey diver and leadcore rod set ups. On some days, glow… 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 »
Memorial Day weekend 2023 1st I would like to recognize all our service men and women who paid the ultimate price for freedom, those that died while on active duty protecting our country. It is hard to express the gratitude I feel for these men and women. Our military protects the American way of… Read more »
Fishing report May 20th & 21st May sportfishing from the port of Leland out of Fishtown is a great time to go fishing. The food web is heating up and the fish are congregated on banks and flats in shallow water. King salmon are also in the area. If you are looking for a… Read more »