Stingrays for the kings in Saugatuck

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Another good week of fishing out of Saugatuck with chinook salmon, lake trout and steelhead making up the creel. Catches of 10 to 20 fish per trip were common. During the week, we fished from 90 foot of water all the way out to 220 foot of water with the most productive being 120 to 130 foot early in the week and 180 to 220 foot by Sunday. The water continued to change during the week in temperature and color and as a result the fish moved to whereever the break was that day. With the north and northeast winds toward the end of the week, the fish tended to be more scattered than in the early part of the week.

In the 130 to 150 foot depth, the best method was 100, 200 and 300 copper with stingray spoons in the copper orange Cory, green machine, NBK, gold orange crush, gold Craig’s X-mas and Craig’s X-mas color combinations. The downriggers were run from 40 to 80 foot down and the best bait was the green double glow Hot Chip and the Rapture Lakeshore green fly. Other flasher and fly combinations worked but not consistently. By Sunday, the magnum blue dolphin and magnum lemon ice produced well on the divers and copper line.

As we moved out to the 200 foot depth the catch consisted of steelhead with some kings and coho mixed in. The water out in this depth was in the low 40 degrees and the fish were in the top 30 foot with the regular size stinger reverse Crag’s x-mas, double orange crush and mixed veggie combinations.

The east wind today should conntinue to cool down the lake and the fish should continue to move both in and out and vertically. For fishing information or charter reservations email me at [email protected].

[Priority1]

Capt. Ron, Thanks for the report. I can't wait for those fat August Kings.