Where to fish fri/sat

[fish's daddy]

My dad, brother in law and I are heading to the west side for a fri night/ sat morning fish. Anyone have any suggestions on where to go. It appears ludington, holland or port Sheldon? Any help is greatly appreciated.

[Blackhawk]

North west blow today will change it up a bit. Keep an eye on the Holland buoy with the temp. string. All of these ports are going to be very good I predict.

[ekbelt]

Come to Holland and check out the Steelheaders tournament this weekend. Even if you don't sign up you can check out the weigh on Saturday at 1:30pm at the DNR launch on the north side of Lake Mac. http://www.hollandsteelheaders.org

[Rascal Trophy Fishing]

Just fyi Chuck, this past weekend the Ludington Offshore Tourney weighed in over 70 kings over 20 lbs., 29.9# was the biggest, and that doesn't include the non-tourney people. Look for my pm.

[Nailer]

Welcome to the site Chuck.

It was blowing really hard out of the NW today. If I was to choose, I would pick a more southern port.

Where are you coming from?

[fish's daddy]

I live in Howell

[Just Hook'n]

Should be an interesting weekend. Check out the buoy information.... lake turned big time already...http://uglos.mtu.edu/show_therm_plot_all.php?station=45029&meas=String&uom=E&time_diff=0&time_label=GMT&therms=1,8

[Great Gazoo]

Should be an interesting weekend. Check out the buoy information.... lake turned big time already...http://uglos.mtu.edu/show_therm_plot_all.php?station=45029&meas=String&uom=E&time_diff=0&time_label=GMT&therms=1' date='8[/url']

Good grief.. uhhgggg.

[Far Beyond Driven]

Not ug. More like game on, if I could stop working 12's. Nothing like taking kings and steel in 6' of water on size 3 j's off yellow birds in July...

[Wild@]

Ugh... if your planning on swimming......yaaaaeeee.....if uwanna catch fish full of mud.

[Great Gazoo]

Not ug. More like game on, if I could stop working 12's. Nothing like taking kings and steel in 6' of water on size 3 j's off yellow birds in July...

Sounds like a good plan. I was getting excited about the water finally setting up and the good reports coming in though. You're definitely more optimistic than me about the 20 degree temp change over night (in July). Let's hope you're right!

[Line Dancin]

only thing that has me concerned about this weekend is this forecast for the Holland area:

REST OF TODAY

NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING NORTH AND

DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT THIS AFTERNOON. WAVES 5 TO 8 FT

OCCASIONALLY TO 12 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 8 FT.

TONIGHT

NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KT VEERING TO SOUTH. WAVES

2 TO 4 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FT LATE.

THURSDAY

SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KT BECOMING SOUTH. WAVES

1 TO 3 FT.

THURSDAY NIGHT

SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. WAVES 2 TO 4 FT OCCASIONALLY

TO 6 FT.

FRIDAY

SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS

AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND

THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVES 2 TO 4 FT OCCASIONALLY TO

6 FT.

FRIDAY NIGHT

WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KT BECOMING NORTHWEST. CHANCE

OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 3 TO 5 FT OCCASIONALLY TO

8 FT.

SATURDAY

NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS

AND THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 4 TO 7 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 10 FT.

SUNDAY

NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. WAVES 4 TO 6 FT

OCCASIONALLY TO 9 FT.

[Rascal Trophy Fishing]

Late July and August are the banner weeks for Ludington, year after year. DNR stats have proven this for about 25 years now. These are typically the 30#+ King weeks we wait for, and dream of.

[Far Beyond Driven]

Not optimism, but a proven record of success. If you pull the Holland web cam and see a 14' sea nymph in there all alone after 7am, that's all you need to know. May 18 this year 15/22 with 136# of fish only boat in there. Last wmfl fished the plume all by myself and pulled the heaviest cooler in the tournie picking up brown trout everyone else ran over. First week in august two years ago limit of steel bouncing yellowbirds off the swim buoys at oval beach in 5' of water. I'll go no deeper than needed: in 2010 I took over 200 fish and the average depth was 18' of water.

[Far Beyond Driven]

Oh, for every beat up trip, there's plenty of times the fish don't get the memo. I've had ice water, clouds of bait, and nothing to show.....

[jimbobber]

sail flow shows 9 mph hour out of the north til 2 pm saturday i think we will be fine, noa

SUCKS!

[Line Dancin]

sail flow shows 9 mph hour out of the north til 2 pm saturday i think we will be fine, noa

SUCKS!

LOL i agree. I like that site Jim.