6/25
Big Lake Trolling Report:
Fishing has slowed down a little out of Grand Haven as the
water has warmed up. There are still some fish being caught from 100-180 feet
of water anywhere from 40 to the bottom. There have been some nice Lake Trout
being caught on metal dodger and spin-n-glows. Some smaller kings are still
around and biting up high as well as some nicer kings near the bottom. Fish are
coming on a variety of spoons such as blue mongoose, blue dolphins, lemon
icicle, lime icicle, SOG, green dolphin and double org. crush. Some have been
getting fish on paddles white and pearl fish scale, chrome and yellow and
chrome and green near the bottom. The flies that continue to work are Oceana,
green crinkle, green bubble and last supper.
Perch Fishing:
Out on the big lake some perch are still being caught on
minnows. Perch are showing up close to the pier heads as well as the alewives.
Pan Fish:
Bluegill fishing is at its best right now as the waters are
warming in the rivers. Wax worms with D.J’s tear drops and demon glows are
working the best.
Bass are also being caught throughout the Grand River, Spring Lake
and the bayou’s.
6/11/09 Report by Fish On Bait & Tackle
Big Lake Trolling Report:
Fishing continues to be good out on the big lake for salmon,
steelhead and a few Lake Trout. Fish are being caught anywhere from 180 foot of
water out to 300 feet of water. While the water remains cold the fish are being
taken from the surface -120 feet down. The best baits continue to be modified
dolphins, blue dolphins, Orange Icicle, blue veggie, caramel dolphin, Alfonse,
double org crush, perch, greasy chicken and mixed veggies for spoons. There
have also been fish being taken with some dodgers and flies. The Spin Doctors
that are producing the best are Light Green Fish scale, Chrome Frog (Fat
Nancy), Blue chrome frog, lemon ice, Live Wire, Mt. Dew.
Pickle sunshine, green crinkle, hypnotist, purple, Oceana, last supper, purple
mirage and green mirage. There are a few fish being caught on plugs such as
silver hordes.
Perch Fishing:
Out on the big lake some perch are still being caught on
minnows. Perch are showing up close to the pier heads as well as the alewives.
Pan Fish:
Bluegill fishing is at its best right now as the waters are
warming in the rivers. Wax worms with D.J’s tear drops and demon glows are
working the best.
Bass are also being caught throughout the grand river, Spring Lake
and the bayou’s.
June 3 Fishing Report by Fish On Bait & Tackle
Big Lake Trolling Report:
Fishing continues to be good out on the big lake for salmon
and a few Lake Trout. Fish are being caught anywhere from 120 foot of water out
to 225 feet of water. While the water remains cold the fish are being taken
from 20-120 feet down. The best baits continue to be modified dolphins, blue
dolphins, Orange Icicle, blue veggie, caramel dolphin and mixed veggies for
spoons. There have also been fish being taken with some dodgers and flies. The
Spin Doctors that are producing the best are Light Green Fish scale, Chrome
Frog (Fat Nancy), Blue chrome frog, lemon ice, Live Wire, Mt. Dew.
Pickle sunshine, green crinkle, hypnotist, purple, Oceana, last supper, purple
mirage and green mirage. There are a few fish being caught on plugs such as
silver hordes.
Perch Fishing:
Out on the big lake some perch are still being caught on
minnows and spikes. Perch are showing up close to the pier heads as well as the
alewives.
Pan Fish:
There have been good reports of bluegills being caught on
many of the bayous on wax worms and crawlers. Inland fishing should only get
better as the water warms up throughout the next month.
May 25 Report by Fish On Bait & Tackle
Big Lake Trolling Report:
Fishing continues to be good out on the big lake for salmon
and a few Lake Trout. Fish are being caught anywhere from 50 foot of water out
to 210 feet of water. While the water remains cold the fish are being taken
from 20-120 feet down. The best bait continues to be modified dolphins, blue
dolphins, Pearl NBK, Orange Icicle and mixed veggies for spoons. There have
also been fish being taken with some dodgers and flies. The Spin Doctors that
are producing the best are Light Green Fish scale, Chrome Frog (Fat Nancy),
Blue chrome frog, lemon ice, blue and green dolphins. Pickle sunshine, green
crinkle, hypnotist, no-see-um, Oceana, purple mirage and green mirage. There
are a few fish being caught on plugs such as silver hordes.
Perch Fishing:
Out on the big lake some perch are still being caught on
minnows and spikes.
Pan Fish:
There have been good reports of bluegills being caught on
many of the bayous on wax worms and crawlers. Inland fishing should only get
better as the water warms up throughout the next month.
May 12 Report By Fish On Bait & Tackle
Big Lake Trolling
Salmon fishing is HOT off Grand Haven with good numbers of large Kings and some Lakers. Best action has been 60fow out to 145fow catching fish from 30' down to 80'. Spoons have been producing the best with regular size Dreamweavers the best and colors have been mixed. Our best has been Goldie Hawn and her Sister, Yellow Jacket, Lemon Icycle and Blue Dolphins. The Fuzzy Bear Mags have been good also Modified Blue Dolphins, Benefactor, Aly Cat and Flea For All. Some Spin Doctors are catching nice Kings, the Lemon Ice and Carmel Dolphin with Mirage Flys.
Perch Fishing
Perch fishing remains good the bath house hole has slowed some but nice Perch are being caught off Brucker Beach in 60' to 70' with Wigglers and Shiner Minnnows the best baits. The Ron Spring Perch rigs work great for the Perch as don the Demon Glow Jigs.
Blue Gills and Crappie
The pan fish are doing very good in most all the local bayous most fish are starting to move into the shallows on the pre spawn. Wax Worms and red worms are the live bait of choice and spiders and poppers are also taking fish.
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