The fishing in northern Michigan for Lake Trout and King Salmon is definitely in its prime right now. We can expect the Fishing to stay strong for the next 6 to 8 weeks. And it will be strong both from the port of Leland and West Grand Traverse Bay the port of Traverse City. From… 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 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 »
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 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 »
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 »