DiverDennis

Sept 17, 2014 Fishing remains steady. Finally the warmest water in the lake; just like last yr; was out in the middle of the lake is now pushing in and setting up the water better. Good fishing from the 35's into the 4000's, 54's south into the 40's. Best rods for me were suprisingly the divers with Spin Doctors and Meat Rigs, 140-150ft on highs and 50-60 on low wires. 8" UV/UV w/Yellow Gasoline Meat Rig 140ft back was best, Mtn Dew/Cold Steel, Black Crush/Moo Moo, Blue Crush/Blue Moo. All my spoon bites were on Mixed Veggie and SOG colors on riggers and coppers except for 1of ea bites on a Starburst and Reverse Riverside super Slims on 100 and 150ft coppers. Yeck Perch, Mixed Veggie; Moonshine Wild Perch, 007, Craigs Flounder, DW SOG. Marked a lot of "big" hooks 70-90ft down whether these are mature Kings or big Trout I don't know I couldn't get these fish to go, deepest bite was the main on a rigger at 50ft. All the fish were empty--no bait even though I did mark some pods of bait. Unlike a couple of days ago the fish on the graph were not moving through the column and into the spread and appeared to be inactive but the bite was still good. 210-230egree troll was best but hard to hold angle and speed driving into 3-4ft waves. after a short morning a couple of pukers called it and wanted to go in, we tried an east troll in the following seas to see if they felt better and had only 1 bite where the west was steady. Nice 3 yr old Kings were the bulk of the catch with a few steelies and a coho thrown in. Brought to you by Captain Chuck's DiverDennis is not affiliated with Captain Chuck's

http://www.glanglerforum.com/forum/showthread.php?20653-Ludington-quot-Delta-quot&p=128242#post128242 "The Horn" is the southern of the two areas that Ryan has circled on the map.

Sept 17, 2014 Fishing remains steady. Finally the warmest water in the lake; just like last yr; was out in the middle of the lake is now pushing in and setting up the water better. Good fishing from the 35's into the 4000's, 54's south into the 40's. Best rods for me were suprisingly the divers with Spin Doctors and Meat Rigs, 140-150ft on highs and 50-60 on low wires. 8" UV/UV w/Yellow Gasoline Meat Rig 140ft back was best, Mtn Dew/Cold Steel, Black Crush/Moo Moo, Blue Crush/Blue Moo. All my spoon bites were on Mixed Veggie and SOG colors on riggers and coppers except for 1of ea bites on a Starburst and Reverse Riverside super Slims on 100 and 150ft coppers. Yeck Perch, Mixed Veggie; Moonshine Wild Perch, 007, Craigs Flounder, DW SOG. Marked a lot of "big" hooks 70-90ft down whether these are mature Kings or big Trout I don't know I couldn't get these fish to go, deepest bite was the main on a rigger at 50ft. All the fish were empty--no bait even though I did mark some pods of bait. Unlike a couple of days ago the fish on the graph were not moving through the column and into the spread and appeared to be inactive but the bite was still good. 210-230egree troll was best but hard to hold angle and speed driving into 3-4ft waves. after a short morning a couple of pukers called it and wanted to go in, we tried an east troll in the following seas to see if they felt better and had only 1 bite where the west was steady. Nice 3 yr old Kings were the bulk of the catch with a few steelies and a coho thrown in. Brought to you by Captain Chuck's DiverDennis is not affiliated with Captain Chuck's

This made me . Sorry for your bad luck. Thanks for the report.

Thanks for the report. Nice fishies.

Here's an excerpt from Captain Chuck's report. First time I've heard of Delta and "The Horn". Anybody know what it means?

Sept 8, 2014 Offshore fishing is good. 39's-44's, 54's-59's. North and south sides of the delta which nicknamed the Horn straight out of Ludington Harbor is holding great numbers of fish and bait. Fall fishing looks like it should be very good this year. Some very big Steelies are showing up, nice Lakers mature kings are still around and smaller Kings are showing up and coho are still around. Meat and spoons are the ticket. 60ft-100ft down is the zone but we did have some bites up higher on 150-200ft coppers. Blue Bubble spin Doctors and Lions Den Meat rigs on high divers 160-200ft back same with Kevins Girlfriend and Green Mile . Spoons were Mongollian beef, Happy Meal, Tangerine Tiger, Moonshine and Modified Fuzzy Blue Dolphins on mains and sliders. We have a huge blow forecasted from the south and then changing to the north this week. Maybe the north blow will be enough to bring in some cold water, set-up breaks and get the mature Kings in front of the pier for the weekend? Brought to you by Captain Chuck's DiverDennis is not affiliated with Captain Chuck's.

Thank you very much. It's nice to hear.

Started in the 38s out to the 42 and came back. Cold water down at 65' ~ 45* Rigger down 50, watermelon spoon, BIG king pulled loose at back of boat board w/150 copper, SD with DW UV purple haze teasers and meat, 3 steelhead board w/braid & 1oz snap weight and orange crush, 2 steelhead wire diver back 125, DW Magic Man, 1 king Had 5 fish that came unbuttoned. Fun day on the water.

We will be in Ludington that week. Good luck.

We use 25# Maxima Ultragreen on the downriggers and for leaders. It's the best.http://www.maxima-lines.com/usa/product-ultragreen.html

Nice cold steel

Went 14 miles out (44 line) to find the scum line and cold water. Had a 20° temp change 10' down. Got a late start and didn't get set until 7. Went 6 for 10 all steelhead on 75' and 150' copper on boards with regular size spoons. Big fish was ten pounds. Bite shut off with the rising sun. Had to check lines frequently because of all the crap in the water. Sure was nice to have flat water and a beautiful day.

What a frickin nightmare. Hopefully the net situation will get better.

You can net fish on our boat anytime. Good job Dude.

Nearshore marine forecast national weather service grand rapids mi 807 pm edt fri jul 19 2013 for waters within five nautical miles of shore on lake michigan lmz847-200915- grand haven to whitehall mi- 807 pm edt fri jul 19 2013 small craft advisory in effect until 4 am edt saturday severe thunderstorm watch 422 in effect until 10 pm edt this evening rest of tonight west winds 10 to 20 knots veering north around 10 knots toward daybreak. Showers and thunderstorms likely. Some thunderstorms may produce damaging winds and heavy rainfall. Waves 3 to 5 feet. Saturday north winds 15 to 25 knots. Sunny. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 3 to 5 feet. Saturday night northeast winds 15 to 20 knots veering east 10 to 15 knots toward daybreak. Partly cloudy. Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding to around 1 foot toward daybreak. Sunday east winds 5 to 15 knots backing north 5 to 10 knots late in the day. Mostly sunny. Waves around 1 foot.

Good job. Great report.

A big king on 300 copper makes my reeling hand tired just thinking about it. Good job.

Thanks for the report. Hate those flies!

I always check out Captain Chuck's fishing report. Captain Chucks sporting goods on US10 in Ludington is a good place to get your fishing stuff. The 4000/5000 references are longitude lines about 12+ miles from the pier heads. You can get an idea of how far by checking out the NOAA surface temp map. From 86*3000' to 86*5000' is about 16 miles.

Your act of kindness will surely bring you some good karma. We did a 2 hour tow for a fellow fisherman out of Muskegon and got nothing. They say, "What goes around will come around." Check out the post here.