Switch from Lake Trout to Salmon

[westrate]

This week brought the closing of the Lake Trout season, forcing us to concentrate on salmon and steelhead. The first part of the week produced 12 to 20 lake trout per trip with an occasional salmon or steelhead in 80 to 90 foot of water. There were some reports of some 2 and 3 year old salmon being caught in 220 to 240 foot of water but the run of 4 year old salmon still had not started. Saturday we again got blown off the lake with gale force winds that continued into today. There were a couple of boats that fished the Kalamazoo River on Saturday and reported catching a few big 4 year old salmon, pulling Hot n Tots and Tadpollys. If the there are salmon in the river, there must be some in front the piers, however with the rough conditions, no one fished for them in the lake. Could it be that the run has finally begun?

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[Priority1]

Capt. Ron, Thanks for your insight.

[Boblo]

Thanks for the update...Seen a report that mentioned no waves over the 3' mark this coming week...Could it be one last "hoorah" to finish off the season? Time will tell..good luck to all who can make it out...Bob

[CAC]

Captain Ron,

As always, thanks for the report.