July 13, 2008 @ 21:03

The past couple of weeks, our Lake Trout fishing has slowed. The Salmon fishing has been steady with 7 to 10 bites, and 3 to 7 fish per trip. We took a 19lb King Friday, July 11th.

Our fish have been deep. Temp has been between 100 and 130 ft down. The King fisher fly combinations are working well. Yellow, blue and orange spoons are picking up fish.

I’ve been hooking some large fish that usually run out about 500 ft of line and get off. Usually one or two of these hook up per trip. I’ve landed 3 of the last 8 hook ups. All three of the fish were over 16lbs.

Also, with all of the flooding in Manistee and areas of Central Michigan, plus with a large dose of Southwest winds we have all kinds of trees, logs, and branches floating around near Glen Arbor and Leland. I trolled into a pile of floating debris last week. Please be careful especially running at twilight.

Good Fishing

Captain Bill