They're Baaack!!

[westrate]

8/26/2007

They're Baaack. This past week was hit and miss with catches from 5 to 20 fish--until the Sunday. Sunday we had 15 fish by 9 am with a majority of them being 4 year old salmon. During the week the fish were found in 80 to 120 foot of water and in 180 to 210 foot of water. On Sunday the big 4 year old salmon staged in 90 to 95 foot of water 60 to 80 foot down.

Downriggers and dipsy divers produced well with flashers and flies. The downriggers were run 60 to 80 foot down and the dipsy divers at 200 and 140 foot of line. The Hot Chip and Pro Chip flashers (silver with green, white with glow, green with glow and white with mountain dew) worked well with Rapture Trolling Flies. The best flies included the wild fern, green dude, green hypnotist, little bride and green no-see-um. Copper line with inline planner boards (100 ft.,150 ft., 200 ft. and 300 ft.)were also productive with Jplugs on the 100 ft copper and Stingray and Nitro lures on the other lines. The best Stinger Stingray lure was the NBK and the Wonderbread. The Stinger Nitro lures included the ET, Wonderbread, and Area 51.

This is the time of the year when the salmon should be staging off shore for the run up the Kalamazoo River. I hope this is the start and if it is, it should mean some very good fishing in the coming weeks. For information or to make a charter reservation, feel free to call me toll free at 888-253-8372 or email at [email protected].