Browse Recent Saugatuck Michigan Fishing Reports

Dive Bomb the Salmon by Ron Westrate (7/20/2008)
Get down to 70 foot by adding a dive bomb to your copper line and allow 3oo foot of copper to reach the depths of 450 foot of copper.

Perch show up at Saugatuck by Ron Westrate (7/13/2008)
Chinook salmon and lake trout are being caught in 100 to 180 foot of water and perch are showing up in 30 to 40 foot of water.

Fun?? With The Spiney Water Flea by Ron Westrate (7/07/2008)
Fishing was made a little more difficult with the need to clean the fleas off the lines.

Inconsistent catches by Ron Westrate (6/30/2008)
The fish are set up in 100 foot of water, however the fishing is inconsistent.

100 FOW Fish At Last by Ron Westrate (6/22/2008)
Fish are beginning to show up in the 100 to 140 foot range.

June doldrums by Ron Westrate (6/16/2008)
The fishing has slowed as the water temperature is the same from top to bottom.

Fish high one day-deep the next. by Ron Westrate (6/09/2008)
The fishing pattern changed from one day to the next with fish hitting deep one day and then shallow the next.

Fishing worth the long run by Ron Westrate (6/01/2008)
The fishing is very good with 12 to 20 fish per boat after a run to 200 foot.

Spoons high and flashers and flies deep by Ron Westrate (5/25/2008)
Fishing produced very nice catches by fishing spoons in the top 40 foot and flashers and lies down to the bottom.

Deep water fishing in Saugatuck by Ron Westrate (5/13/2008)
The water is the same temp from top to bottom and the fish are deep in the column.

Best Lake Trout Catch in Years by Ron Westrate (5/05/2008)
Lake trout caught deep and salmon and steelhead caught shallow.

Lake Trout Throw Back by Ron Westrate (4/28/2008)
Fishing is mainly lake trout which must be returned to the water.

Fish Shallow for Brown Trout by Ron Westrate (4/21/2008)
5 to 25 foot of water is producing well for Browns and Coho.

Fish inside the bar by Ron Westrate (4/14/2008)
Fish the shallow water for the brown trout and around the piers for lake trout.

Fishing warms up in Saugatuck by Ron Westrate (4/08/2008)
As the water warms, the fishing improves on the Kalamazoo and in Lake Michigan.

End of River Charter for the Year by Ron Westrate (10/26/2007)
Few fish are being caught in deeper water and in the river.

Run slows in Saugatuck by Ron Westrate (9/27/2007)
The chinook run has slowed with warm water and south winds.

Cold water produces salmon at Saugatuck piers by Ron Westrate (9/18/2007)
Cold water produces schools of salmon at the piers

Warm water still produces Salmon in Saugatuck by Ron Westrate (9/09/2007)
Water warms up and fish move out to deeper water.

Water temp changes daily in Saugtuck by Ron Westrate (9/03/2007)
Water changes in temperature just about every day.

They're Baaack!! by Ron Westrate (8/26/2007)
Chinook Salmon stagging off of Saugatuck.

Inconsistent conditions produce consistent fish by Ron Westrate (8/19/2007)
Varied conditions are still producing some very nice fish.

Fish humble fishermen in Saugatuck by Ron Westrate (8/13/2007)
Fishing goes for fast and furious to slow and difficult.

Another week of adult salmon by Ron Westrate (8/05/2007)
The chinook salmon continues to stage offshore Saugatuck.

20 Fish in Two Hours in Saugatuck by Ron Westrate (7/29/2007)
Salmon are on the feed off of Saugatuck.

Limit Catches of Salmon in Saugatuck by Ron Westrate (7/23/2007)
Salmon move into shallow water as the lake cools down.

Flashers and Flies in Saugatuck by Ron Westrate (7/16/2007)
Salmon and trout are hitting flashers and flies pulled on downriggers and dipsy divers.

Saugatuck fishing producing 20 lb salmon by Ron Westrate (7/08/2007)
Fishing is fantastic in Saugatuck with large salmon and trout.

12 Pound Average Catches by Ron Westrate (7/01/2007)
10 fish per boat and 12 pound average for the Chinook and Steelhead.

Big Salmon and Steelhead in Saugatuck by Ron Westrate (6/24/2007)
Salmon in the high teens and steelhead as big as 13 pounds caught in Saugatuck.

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