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Jul 3 2008
- King salmon and
lake trout are being caught in 150 to 300 feet of water. Try in front
of the Project.
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| Jun-26-08
- Fishing has been spotty, typical water for June.
The fish are scattered at all depths 60 to 240 feet of water, as the
water does not have any consistent temperature making fishing with
different equipment a good idea. |
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Jun 19 2008
- Action is at a standstill
due to the heavy and severe storms that hit the area. Water levels
are extremely high after receiving more than 12-inches of rain, 50
roads are washed out, launch sites are under water and not accessible.
In addition, a sewer broke and contaminated Lake Michigan and access
to the Lake is restricted as of this report.
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Jun 12 2008 -
A few salmon and lake trout have
been caught in 80 to 150 feet of water, but fishing pressure has been
light.
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Jun 05 2008 -
King and lake trout fishing is fair.
With only a few fish being taken in waters up to 150 feet deep.
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| May-29-08 -
Kings and trout are fair in and around the piers. Color doesn't seem
to matter. |
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May-01-08 - Slow
activity this week due to the weather.
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Apr-24-08 -
Steelhead, browns, and menominee are being caught off the piers.
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| Apr-10-08 - Fishing
has been reported as slow with a few
steelhead and browns being taken off of the piers. |
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| Apr-4-08 -
A few brown trout are being taken shallow |
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Sep-27-2007 -
Boaters are catching kings and coho in water 10 to 50 feet deep. Also
out to 100 to 150 feet deep has caught kings, coho and steelhead using
J-plugs, spoons and flies. Fishing from both piers has caught salmon
when casting spawn. |
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Sep-20-2007 -
Trolling J-plugs in the harbor and 30 to 40 feet of water around the
piers has caught Kings and Cohos. Kings and Coho have been caught
off both piers but the North Pier has been best. Try casting spoons,
with green being the hot color. |
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| Sep-14-2007 -
Trolling with J-Plugs in the harbor first thing in the morning is
taking fish but fishermaen are moving out to 60 to 120 feet of water
later. Fishing off the north pier has caught kings when casting spoons.
Fishing is improving on the Pere Marquette River.
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Sep-06-2007 -
Kings, Cohos and Lake Trout have been taken south to the Project and
up toward the point.With J-plugs, flies and spoons in waters 60 to
120 feet deep. |
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| Aug-30-2007 -
Fishing from the piers has produced some kings in the early morning
using alewifes. For those who are trolling the fish have moved back
out to 80 to 120 feet of water and are hitting in the top 50 feet,
trolling flies and J-plug |
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Aug-23-2007 -
Cold water is in the harbor and pier fishing for salmon has been good.
Boaters trolling in the harbor and out to waters 40 feet deep reported
great success for kings, coho and steelhead when using flies, J-plugs
and spoons. Anything that glows has been hot first thing in the morning.
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Aug-16-2007 -
Good catches of kings, coho and steelhead, in 80 to 120 feet of water
north of the harbor to Big Sable Point. Later in the day, the salmon
move out into water about 200 feet deep. |
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Aug-09-2007 -
Boaters trolling in 70 to 90 feet of water are catching kings, coho
and steelhead from the Project up to Big Sable Point.
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Aug-01-2007 -
The fish have moved out to deep water. Boaters have caught kings,
coho and steelhead when trolling in 120 to 170 feet of water, out
from Big Sable Point |
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Jul-26-2007 -
Boaters are trolling in the harbor and just outside the piers for
kings and browns. Also try north between the State Park and the Point.
Fish were taken when using glow spoons and flies in the early, then
change over to blue and green spoons later in the day. Concentrate
in waters 50 to 70 feet deep. Piers anglers have caught salmon when
casting spoons or using alewife. |
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Jul-19-2007
- Kings, steelhead and lake trout have been taken, trolling north
towards the point in 60 to 100 feet of water.
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Jul-14-2007 -
Fishing south towards the Project has caught trout and salmon in 50
to 90 feet of water. |
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Jul-5-2007 - Fishing
straight out and a little south has caught kings, coho, steelhead
and even a few browns in 40 to 60 feet of water. Spoons have caught
the most fish. Fishing from the pier has caught kings and browns when
casting spoons. Also a few perch have been taken on jigs.
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Jun-28-2007 -
The trolling action is out in 150 to 200 feet of water for kings,
steelhead and lake trout. |
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Jun-21-2007 -
Kings, steelhead, browns and lake trout are being taken trolling from
the State Park up to Big Sable Point fishing 60 to 80 feet down in
water 100 to 170 feet deep. Blue, green and orange spoons have caught
fish.
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Jun-15-2007 -
Kinks, lake trout and
steelhead have been caught north of the harbor from the State Park
to Big Sable Point.trolling spoons and flies in 100 to 150 feet of
water. A few salmon were also taken down by the Project.
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| Jun-08-2007 -
Trolling in 100 to
150 feet of water is catching kings, steelhead and lake trout on spoons
and flies. Most of the fish have come trolling to the Point. |
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May-31-2007
- Pier is slow and the baitfish is just showing
up in the harbor. Boaters are catching kings and lake trout. Mostly
up to the Point in 100 to 150 feet of water.
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| May-23-2007
- Browns are fair with a few salmon also
being take south and near the sand bars, in water up to 100 feet deep.
Most of the fish are found in the top 50 feet of water |
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May-17-2007
- Slow is the the word. A few walleye are still being
taken at night off the north peir, the brown, lake trout and steelhead
fishing is spotty.
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May-10-2007
- Water temperatures are still a bit
cold. Boaters have caught browns off The Project and the Power Plant.
Trolling at night has caught walleye around both piers and in the
harbor. Pier anglers have also caught walleye at night.
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May-04-2007
- Trolling from the Project up to Big Sable Point
has produced a few fish when warmer water temperatures can be found
using body baits and spoons. Browns & Lakers are being taken off
the South Pier. Also walleyes are being taken when casting off both
piers or trolling in the harbor just before dark.
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Apr-26-2007
- Some very good walleye action after sunset off of
the pier using jerk and stick baits. Steelhead and browns are being
taken early, trolling spoons. Boat anglers have caught some chinook
at Big Sable Point.
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Apr-11-2007
- The
launch and harbor entrance are currently being dredged. Check the
Pier cam above. Brown trout and steelhead were taken off both piers
when using spawn.
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| Apr-04-2007
- Anglers
surfcasting or fishing off the north pier are catching a few browns
and steelhead. |
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Aug-31-06
- Good
Salmon fishing with both Kings and Coho being takent in waters 40
to 120 feet deep. Pier fishing is starting to pick up try casting
spoons in the early morning or late evening.
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Aug-24-06
- King
and Coho fishing is rated very good trolling with spoons or plugs
in water 50 to 100 feet deep, north and south of the pier in the early
morning or evening.
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Aug-17-06
- Good
fishing is being reported when trolling in 80 to 120 feet of water.
Catching mostly king's mixed with a few steelhead.. Most fish are
coming in the top 50 feet of water. Fish are moving closer to the
pier and should be staging soon.
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| Aug-10-06
- Very
good salmon fishing fish are 75 to 100 feet below the surface, in
water up to 150 feet deep.Mostly kings mixed with steelhead top 50
feet of straight out of the harbor and heading north.
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| Aug-04-06
- Salmon
fishing is good with the fish being found in water 50 to 85 down in
water up to 150 feet deep flashers and flies and green and blue spoons
are working good |
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| July-27-06
- Very good salmon fishing is reported,
fish can be found 40 to 70 feet down
fishing 100 water feet deep |
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| July-20-06
-Kings
and steelhead are reported very good straight out from the pier
or just to the south when trolling the top 50 feet in water 65 to
120 feet deep. High lines and dipseys are having more success than
downriggers. Good colors are blues, greens and oranges. Some fish
are also coming on green glow and white glow flies.
See the last weekends Muck
Boy Report
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| July-11-06
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Kings and lake trout are getting bigger, but acton has been reported
slow. Trolling up to the point has produced, steelhead, chinook and
lake trout. |
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July-06-06
- Fishing
has been slow, reports from Big Sable Point have chinook, steelhead
and lake trout being taken, fish waters 90 to 150 feet deep. A few
reports from the Pentwater area saying they have caught some really
nice kings.
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June-29-06
- Fishing is slow, plenty of bait in the harbor. Trolling has had
success taking chinook, steelhead and lake trout, try at the point
or just south of it. Work the shelf in 90 to 150 feet of water.
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June-22-06
- South winds have have brought warmer waters into the area, fish
are starting to move in closer. Fishing both south and north to the
point in waters 150 feet deep, catching lake trout and steelhead.
A few smaller chinook salmon have also been caught.
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June-16-06
-Has been slow, northwest winds have moved all the warm water southt.
Anglers did manage to take some steelhead and lake trout at the pier
heads and the projects in waters 270 feet deep or more.
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June-09-06
-Salmon fishing is fair. Try fishing in the top 50 feet of water up
to 400 feet deep north to Big Sable Point.
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June-01-06
-Salmon fishing ranges from slow to fair. Fish are being caught in
water up to 150 feet deep, Also try Big Sable Point in waters 200
feet deep.
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| May-25-06
- Fair to good salmon fishing, Fish are being located in the top 40
feet of water up to 100 feet deep. |
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| May-17-06
- Some salmon being taken from the pier casting spoons.Boats trolling
were lucky enough to catch a few kings and steelhead in 100 feet of
water or deeper. Pier anglers have started to catch some nice fish. |
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| May-12-06
- Fishing has been slow, but some reports of kings being taken north
and south of the harbor. |
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| May-5-06
- Fishing remains slow. |
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