Monday, October 06, 2008
Fishing has improved after the three days of northwest winds. Fish are being caught in 170 fow out to 230fow from surface down to 70'.Catches from 8 to 15 fish are coming in. There is a nice mix of Kings, Cohos and Steelhead also some Lakers but the season is closed on them as of Oct.1. Most fish are coming on small spoons like the DW Super Slims or standard Stingers,silver orange and gold and oranges. Don't forget to stop by the open house we are having with Racks Taxidermy this Wednesday from 4pm til 8pm.
Capt. Willis
Sept. 28
Check out what Fish On is selling on E-Bay!! seller name fishonbaitandtackle1
Fish On Bait and Tackle still has raffle tickets available for you to win the 300 copper rod and reel plus a 10 color lead core and many more lures and flies to win. Stop by and check out what they have to offer for the remainder of the end of the season sale which will be continuing through Oct. 8th.
Also don't forget their annual open house with Racks Taxidermy from 5-7 on Oct. 8 where there will be food and refreshments provided!
Fish are still being caught out on the big lake. Steelhead and small kings are making up the bulk of the catches. Recently the fish have been coming in 150'-200' of water. Things could be changing her over the next couple of days as we are forcasted for some winds and cooling temperatures. The best bait continue to be oranges up high such as the fireball, double org. crush, bumble bee, shanster and jawbreaker. Get out your favorite steelhead baits and go fast! Some dodger and flies have been working down deeper as we as some spoons such as Cory's bait, NBK, Blue Maui and blue and green dolphins.
Remember Fish On Bait & Tackle is having their end of the season sale Saturday September 27th from 7am-5pm. Located on M104 in Nunica
Coffee and doughnuts will be provided with raffle prizes such as 300' copper rod and reel, full 10 color lead core rod and reel plus much more. Don't miss out on sales up to 50% off select merchandise. Stop by, save money and stock up for next season!!
Friday, September 26, 2008
Fishing has been steady off Grand Haven but you need to get offshore for any numbers. The fish are of nice size and quality. The best action is 160 FOW and deeper the Kings and Trout have been 80 to 120' down on riggers. The White paddles and Flies have been the best deep. The top 40 feet has been good for Steelhead with super slims in the Orange Sparkle and the Bumble Bee. The Steelhead have been 7 to 12 lbs and you need to go fast for them to bite anywhere from 3.0 to 3.4 mph.
Stop by Fish On Bait & Tackle Saturday for the big Sale and stories.
Fish On Bait & Tackle is having an End Of Season Sale on September 27th from 7am-5pm where there will be giveaways and raffle prizes(full copper rod and reel).
Fish On Bait & Tackle and Racks Taxidermy is having an open house on October 8th from 4pm-8pm where the raffle drawing will take place and be more giveaways. BBQ pork, hotdogs, snacks and refreshment will be provided.
Please stop by and check us out on both days for the latest in Fishing tackle, taxidermy, knowledge, hunting and fishing stories (lies mainly).
Monday Sept 15
As the season is winding down the there are still some 4 year old fish to be caught. With the recent northwest west you can expect the kings to move in to shallow water for the final run. So gear up your plugs and paddles for what could be the last push of the mature fish. Silver horde double glow plugs and dreamweaver paddles have been the most effective in the muddy water.
Offshore fishing is producing some smaller kings, steelhead and a couple lake trout. Orange spoons such as the shanster, fireball, double org. crush, org. sparkle have been efeective as well as the mixed veggie and tangerine. The best paddles continue to be the Glo Frog Racer and pearl fish scale with white or green flies such as the green bubble, hypnotist, pickle sunshine, snow ghost, little bride, and snowman.
Pier fish should continue to get better as the week progresses with the water cooling.
Fish On Bait & Tackle is having a end of the seaon sale Saturday Septemebr 27th from
7am-5pm so Stop on by and get the latest in fishing tackle.
Fish On Bait and Tackle located on M104 in Nunica two miles east of Highway or give us a call at 616-935-6985
Tuesday Sept. 9 2008
The recent Northwest winds have moved more Kings into the shallow waters out of Grand Haven. FIsh are being caught in as far as the channel. Pearl and Black dot tomics #5, metallica man (ficklepickle) #3, wonderbread double glow, mongoose, and green spaltterback have all been effective in the early mornings and afternoon. Offshore fishing is producing good numbers of steelhead and some smaller kings. Fish are being caught from 12-80 feet down in 70'-130 feet of water. 3 and 5 color lead core have been very effective with any orange spoons such as orange sparkle, double org. cruch, hitman, shanster, fireball, org, icicle.
Peir fishing is producing some kings in the early morning with glow casting spoons and alwives. Sibiki reigs are the preferred way to get the bait fish.
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Thursday, September 04, 2008
Well it has finally cooled down, the water that is, the fishing has picked up to HOT. This morning there was very lite boat trafic and very fastaction on Kings in 30 fow out to 60 fow. The action was good on plugs as well as the 11" Paddles and flys. Any coolers in the pearls and whites were working for us also the Blue Bubble Paddle on divers. I am not sure it mattered today if you were their , the rest of the week should prove to be just as good. I am sure Pier Fisherman will do quite well with Perch, Kings and Steelhead. Load up with your Pearl Tomics and Glow Ace His and DW Plugs gs on riggers and the Paddles on your divers and hold on.
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Tuesday Sept. 2 2008
Fishing remains good out of Grand Haven. Bigger kings have been being caught from 40-70 feet of water first thing in the morning on Plugs. The good plugs continue to be pearl black dot tomics, silver horde double glows and dreamweaver mother of pearl. Also big paddle on the divers have been producing withthe glow frog racer, pearl fish scale with either pickle sunshine, green dude, poofster, snow ghost, glow bride or green bubble flies. The deeper water bite has been from 125-200 feet of water from 50-100 feet down. Most fish being caught have been on the big paddles on downrigger and divers. Plugs have been effective on the lead cores.
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Friday, August 29, 2008
Fishing continues to be outstaning off Grand Haven , the water has warmed up and the fish have moved offshore to 130 fow out to 220 fow. The best area for us has been around the 150 area 10' either side. with warm water makes deep fish and we are taking Kings from 70' down to 130' Most the rigger fish are comming on 11" Paddles or Coyotes mostany colors have been working well with white pearl flys. Our best ahs been the Snowman, Bloody Nose and Frosted Fern. The Plugs have been taking fish on 13 and 15 colors of lead with the double glow sASilver Horde doing the best but any Pearls or Wonderbreads are very good also. Our coppers have been working with the 8" Dreamweaver Paddle white and glow with an Icycle Fly. Alot of nice Kings are stagging for the fall run.
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Sunday, August 24, 2008
While the weather has been a little testy the Kings are bitting very good both mornings and afternoon. The water is very warm but the fish are set up in 130 FOW out to 200 FOW . The 11" Dreamweaver Paddles and Coyotes have been very good on riggers and divers. Our riggers have been from 80' down to 140' and divers back 220' to 280'. Spin Doctors and flys have been good on Coppers and Lead Cores. Best colors are White, Green, and Blues in the Blades and flys have been Snowman, Bloody Nose, Green Bubble and Liquid Sunshine in the Action Fly using long leads. The Oceana and Frosted Fern have been the top Rapture Flys. For spoons any of the Extended Glow Dreamweavers, Nitro Stingers and Magnum Moonshines.
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Aug. 16 2008
Fish are bitingvery well out of Grand Haven. The majority of the fish have moved out to 60-130 feet of water and are coming anywhere from 30-90 feet down. Early morning the big paddles with flies are working extremely well (glow frog racer, blue bubble, Green glow, disco) with varuous flies such as Oceana, mirage, liquid sunshine, hypnotist, blue bubble and blue hypnotist. Some plugs are still working on the lead core pearl black dot tomic, and double glows. Some of the better spoons have been caramel dolphin, green dolphin, double org. crush, fish box and NBK. Pier fish has also continued to be good throughout the week, perch are coming on Leeches, wax worms and minnows.
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Capt. Cory & Capt. Willis
Aug. 12 2008
Fishing continues to be good out of grand haven. Fish are in close to the piers out to about 60 feet of water. J-plug style baits are being most productive such as Metallica man, pearl black dot, green splatter back, double glows and wonder bread are all producing well. Glow spoons are taking fish in the early mornings, twister nitro, wonderbread nitro, wonderbread dreamweaver and the easter egg. Still some paddles catching fish , blue bubble, white paddle with little bride flies, green beaded mirage, and no-see-um's.
There are also plenty of fish being taken off the peirs, salmon, steelhead and perch have been very active as of late. Leeches and minnows have been producing the best for perch.
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Capt. Cory & Capt Willis
Aug. 8 2008
Fishing out of Grand Haven continues to be good. There are fish right in front of the piers out to 120 feet of water. Kings, Cohos and a few brown have been showing up lately. The water has cooled down considerably and fish are being taken on 5-colors of lead core which is about 20 feet down to the bottom. Coyote dodgers with flies have been very effective, Glow Frog Racer Coyote, white dreamweaver paddle, green with glow, with green bubble flies, green dude, oceana, and pickle flies. Some spoons were also effective such as, double org crush, full nelson, orange hitman and gold org icicle. Plugs produces on lead cores from 5-colors to 13 colors. Green splatter-back, metallica-man, wonderbread double glow, and several others. Fishing should continue to be good with the water constantly cooling.
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Aug. 6 2008
Fishing out of Grand Haven is steady from 40 feet of water out to 130 feet. Fish have been ranging from 4lbs to 18lbs. Best baits have been mixed with an assortment of plugs, spoons and flashers. The emerald Spin Doctor with green fish scale and a Liquid Sunshine Action Fly, White Paddle with Ocean Rapture Fly, Big Blue Paddle with either a blue bubble or blue no-see-um fly. Some good spoons are Flea for all, modified blue and green dolphin mags, wiggle, hog wild stingray. Early in the morning glow spoons were working well such as the glo wonderbread and easter egg, crab and shiznit. Fish were being caught from 40 feet down to the bottom. Fishing should continue to improve over the weeks ahead.
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Notice:
The very valuable fishing information supplied by Captain Jon Selbig has been utilized by many of our local anglers and we would like to thank Jon for his interest in helping other anglers get a good start.
Captain Jon has accepted a teaching position in Vail, CO. and will not be able to continue his local fishing reports for us. We wish him well in his new occupation. Thanks again Jon
We will resume a fishing report in this area in the near future.
Thank you to everyone from the Grand Haven Steelheaders for giving me the opportunity to post current, up-to-date fishing reports over the past 5 years. I hope my information was beneficial and helped many of you out. Thank you to everyone for the emails, phone calls, discussion forum postings, comments and questions at seminars, shows, etc. I was very honored to be able to help as many people out as I possibly could.
Good luck and good fishing!
Captain Jon Selbig
July 17, 2008
Fishing is extremely good out of Grand Haven right now! Limit catches of King Salmon are occurring with an occasional Steelhead or Lake Trout being taken as well. These catches are the biggest and heaviest we have seen this season out of Grand Haven.
The best water has been 130-170 feet of water, with the best action coming around 140-160 feet. Downriggers 85-160 feet down, wire divers back 150-280 feet, braid divers back 250-300 feet, 13-20 colors of lead core, and 300 ft.-450 ft. of copper are producing fish as well.
The best lures of choice have been Stinger spoons in the Stingray size and Rapture Trolling Flies with Pro-Troll flashers. The flasher/fly bite has been getting better and better everyday, so we have been using less and less spoons each day. Consistent spoons have been the Glo Dolphin Stingray, Wiggle Stingray, Gator Stingray, and Mixed Veggies Stingray. The best fly by far has been the Oceana Rapture Trolling Fly. This has been working every morning behind an 11 inch White/Pearl Fishscale HotChip flasher, 8 inch Blue/Blue Hologram/Crushed Glow ProChip flasher, and an 8 inch White/Double Crushed Glow ProChip flasher. Other hot combinations have been the 8 inch Green/Glow ProChip with a Hypnotist LG Rapture Trolling Fly, 8 inch White/Green Hologram/Crushed Glow ProChip with a Hypnotist LG Rapture Trolling Fly, and the 8 inch Natural Born Killer Stinger ProChip flasher with a Hypnotist LG Rapture Trolling Fly. Other flies that have been working are the Hit Man No-See-Um Rapture Trolling Fly, Last Supper Rapture Trolling Fly, Green No-See-Um Rapture Trolling Fly, and the Frosted Fern Rapture Trolling Fly, with these all being fished behind an 8 inch White/Double Crushed or Slick Glow ProChip flasher.
Fishing is fantastic right now! Get out and enjoy the limit catches of King Salmon being caught right now! Good luck and good catching to all!
Captain Jon Selbig
July 2, 2008
Fishing continues to be hit or miss out of Grand Haven right now. With the constantly changing wind directions, currents, and water temperatures the fishing has been unpredictable, but has still been good. Good catches of Chinook Salmon in the 4-16 pound class have been caught along with some very nice 8-14 pound Steelhead.
The best water the last few days has been 30-65 feet of water and then also all the way out to 140 feet of water. It is best to look at the current and past wind directions and also the surface water temperatures to find a good place to start fishing. After a North or Northwest wind, the fish have been in the nearshore water and then after the Southwest wind blows the water warms back up and the fish move back offshore. Downriggers 15-35 feet down, braid divers back 50-110 feet, and 3-7 colors of lead core are producing fish nearshore while downriggers 45-90 feet down, wire divers back 100-200 feet, 5-17 colors of lead core, and 150-450 feet of copper have been producing well offshore.
The best lures of choice have been Stinger spoons in the Stingray size. The best three colors the last few weeks have been the Green Dolphin, Gator, and Blue Maui. The Natural Born Killer, Mongoose, Double Orange Crush, Jawbreaker, Chip's Shanster, and Orange Killer have been producing fish as well.
Good luck and good catching to all!
Captain Jon Selbig
June 13, 2008
Fishing continues to be great out of Grand Haven right now. Limit catches of King Salmon are still occurring! This is fantastic mid-June fishing!
The best water the last few days has been 80-130 feet of water and also 170-260 feet of water. The nearshore bite is unpredictable due to the large amounts of bait, but the offshore bite has been reliable with great numbers of fish showing for it also. The water continues to warm slightly everyday, but there has been some very nice 3-5 degree temperature breaks offshore, which have been holding a lot of fish. Downriggers 40-85 feet down, wire divers back 120-190 feet, braid divers back 130-180 feet, 5-15 colors of lead core, and 125 ft.-450 ft. of copper are producing fish as well.
The best lures of choice have been Stinger spoons in the Stingray size. The better colors have been Natural Born Killer, Carmel Dolphin, Green Dolphin, Mongoose, Double Orange Crush, Double Kevorkian, and Blue Machine. A few larger Kings have been biting flasher/fly combinations on wire divers and the deep downrigger as well. An 11 inch Pro-Troll White/Pearl Fishscale HotChip flasher with either a Frosted Fern Rapture Fly or an Oceana Rapture Fly has been working well for a few fish every morning. Also, an 8 inch Pro-troll Chrome/Chartreuse flasher with a Citron Rapture Fly or Green No-See-Um Rapture Fly and an 8 inch Pro-Troll Chartreuse/Glow flasher has been working well with the Citron Rapture Fly as well.
Fishing is fantastic right now! Get out and enjoy the limit catches of King Salmon being caught right now! Good luck and good catching to all!
Captain Jon Selbig
June 9, 2008
Fishing continues to be fantasic out of Grand Haven right now. Limit catches of King Salmon are still occurring! This is fantastic June fishing!
The best water the last few days has been 85-105 feet of water and also 170-230 feet of water. The nearshore bite is unpredictable due to the large amounts of bait, but the offshore bite has been reliable with great numbers of fish showing for it also. The water has warmed slightly over the last few days. Downriggers 50-85 feet down, wire divers back 120-190 feet, braid divers back 130-180 feet, 5-15 colors of lead core, and 125 ft.-450 ft. of copper are producing fish as well.
The best lures of choice have been Stinger spoons in the Stingray size. The last couple days, anything with Blue on it has been key, even though earlier in the weekend it was orange. The best two colors the last couple days have been the Blue Machine and Blue Maui Stingrays! These two spoons have been accounting for over half of our catches. Fishing is fantastic right now! Get out and enjoy the limit catches of King Salmon being caught! Good luck and good catching to all!
Captain Jon Selbig
June 6, 2008
Fishing is extremely good out of Grand Haven right now! Limit catches of King Salmon are ocurring with an occasional Steelhead or Lake Trout. Due to our cold and late spring, June fishing is fantastic right now! This is the May fishing many of us have been waiting for!
The best water has been 90-190 feet of water, with the best action coming around 110-140 feet. Downriggers 30-65 feet down, wire divers back 80-180 feet, braid divers back 110-150 feet, 3-15 colors of lead core, and 125 ft.-450 ft. of copper are producing fish as well.
The best lures of choice have been Stinger spoons in the Stingray size. The last few days, anything with Orange on it has been key! The better colors have been Double Orange Crush, Chip's Shanster, Red Headed Stepchild, Orange Crack, Hawg Wild, Double Kevorkian, Blue Machine, Carmel Dolphin, and Green Machine. A few larger Kings have been biting flasher/fly combinations on wire divers as well. An 8 inch Pro-troll Chrome/Blue flasher with a Last Supper Rapture Fly or Blue Fern Rapture Fly and an 8 inch Pro-Troll Green/Glow flasher has been working well with the Hypnotist LG Rapture Fly as well.
Fishing is fantastic right now! Get out and enjoy the limit catches of King Salmon being caught right now! Good luck and good catching to all!
Captain Jon Selbig
May 25, 2008
Fishing continues to be hit or miss in Grand Haven. Fantastic catches were reported a couple days ago with much slower action occurring today. The water is still quite chilly, making the fishing inconsistent and unpredicateble. Better reports of catches are occurring south of Grand Haven near Saugatuck, so the fishing should only continue to improve as the water temperatures continue to rise.
The best water has been 160-220 feet of water, with the best action coming around 170-180 feet. Downriggers 65-bottom are producing salmon shallower and lake trout deeper. Wire divers back 150-300 feet, 3-15 colors of lead core, and 125 ft.-450 ft. of copper are producing fish as well. Lake Trout continue to make up the majority of the catch, with kings, cohos, and steelhead mixed in.
The best lures of choice have been Stinger spoons in the Stingray size. The better colors have been Blue Dolphin, Double Kevorkian, Blue Cory's Bait, Blue Veggies, Mixed Veggies, and Yellow Machine. A few larger Kings have been biting flasher/fly combinations as well. An 8 inch Pro-troll White/Glow flasher with a Last Supper Rapture Fly and an 8 inch Stinger NBK Pro-Troll flasher has been working well with the Green No-See-Um Rapture Fly as well.
As of right now, it looks like a great weekend for the Grand Haven Offshore Challenge fishing tournament! Good luck and good catching to all!!!!
Captain Jon Selbig
May 4, 2008
Fishing continues to remain slow in Grand Haven. Catches over the weekend ranged from 2-5 fish per boat, mainly all nice 6-12 pound Kings. The best water was in 40-42 feet of water. Downriggers 18-37 feet down, divers back 60-90 feet and 3-8 colors of Lead core all produced bites. Regular-sized Stinger spoons accounted for all our bites, as long as it had some sort of orange on it. For example, double orange crush, tangerine, jawbreaker, and sunburst worked well. The water is good at 44-46 degrees and bait was found in numerous locations. Fishing should continue each day this week with better fishing occurring by next weekend. Fishing is shaping up to be fantastic with our prime and peek Grand Haven spring bite occurring in two weeks! Good Luck and good catching to all!!!
Captain Jon Selbig
April 27, 2008
I hope everyone had a good winter and is ready to get back out on the big pond! I will continue to provide you with up-to-date reports as often as I can, throughout the entire fishing season. As of right now, I personally won't be on the lake until late this week and then this upcoming weekend.
From what I have heard, fishing out of Grand Haven has been hit or miss. Earlier in the week, catches of up to 12 fish per boat were common, but then the next day you were lucky to get a bite. So, as of right now, the fishing should continue to be hit or miss until the wind and water temperatures begin to stabilize.
The perch fishing out of Grand Haven has countinued to improve over the past week as many larger sized perch catches were being reported. This should continue to stabilize and improve over the next few weeks as well.
I will continue to provide you with up-to-date information once I experience it first-hand or are given some quality and reliable reports!
Good Luck and good catching to all!!!
Captain Jon Selbig