Port advice for weekend

[83mulligan]

Hey everyone. Heading to west side of state this weekend. Haven't fished Lake Michigan all year. Boat is not big (17 ft). Looking for some info/suggestions on which port to fish out of. Staying in Grand Rapids. We will have a kid with us so I'm looking for something easy (near shore, not long run) where we can get into some fish. Whether those fish be lakers, steelhead or salmon not all that important. Just some good action!

[Killin' It]

Holland has been good

[Salmon_slammin]

I would recommend port Sheldon. It's a small port, and is located on pigeon lake which is quite a small lake so it takes only about five minutes to get out onto the big lake. It is located in between holland and grand haven. The thing is however in the morning you must travel slow no wake on your way out to Lake Michigan. Hope this helps! Fishing has been pretty good lately!

[83mulligan]

Thanks guys, any nets or other trouble out of either?

[Salmon_slammin]

No, there is a weather buoy a couple miles out but that's it.

[Salmon_slammin]

Let us know where you fish and how you do! Good luck (:

[83mulligan]

Let us know where you fish and how you do! Good luck (:

Will do. Hoping for light winds

[Salmon_slammin]

Winds have been good lately my advice would be run flies and meat rigs on your high lines and dipsys and blue spoons fairly shallow on your riggers fish in about 130-150 FOW

[83mulligan]

Winds have been good lately my advice would be run flies and meat rigs on your high lines and dipsys and blue spoons fairly shallow on your riggers fish in about 130-150 FOW

Thanks. Is that a place you can drop down and catch lakers if it's slow on salmon?

[Salmon_slammin]

Where you able to get out today?

[83mulligan]

We did. We set lines around 7 a.m. And pulled at 9:30 because the kids were tired from driving in from Chicago with their uncle and it was a bit choppy. Anyway, we got skunked, but had fun. We started in 90 fow and fished out to 135 and back. Wind dir made it hard to do north and south in a little boat. We are going to give it a better effort tomorrow. Sounded like most struggled today.

[83mulligan]

I didn't have any herring, so I followed your advice and ran white or green paddles on divers wit green one blue flies. Some blue spoons, greens, bloody nose.

[Salmon_slammin]

Find the fish today?

[83mulligan]

Find the fish today?

My nephew woke up sick and we never made it out. Disappointing to haul boat over for 2.5 hrs fishing. Thank you for your advice. I appreciate it

[Rascal Trophy Fishing]

Might want to check NOAA today Steve. The forecast for Ludington is high winds and storms coming in tonight and Tuesday, ending Wed. and Thurs. looking good again 1' or less.

[83mulligan]

Might want to check NOAA today Steve. The forecast for Ludington is high winds and storms coming in tonight and Tuesday, ending Wed. and Thurs. looking good again 1' or less.

Thanks Rascal, but we are back on east side of state now. Maybe in a week or two I can get back over to the west side.