Our fishing in Saugatuck continues to be very good with catches of 10 up to 30 fish being reported during the week. Early in the week we fished primarily in 100 to 130 foot of water and then by the end of the week we were in 160 to 180 foot of water. The best fishing appeared to be in the shallower water and south toward the towers off Glen. On Thursday we did find a little larger fish in the 160 to 170 foot depth with Chinook salmon in the 13- 15 pound range, however, during the weekend the larger fish seemed to located in 110 foot of water.
Most of the fish are being caught in the top 50 foot of water with 100, 200 foot of copper producing steelhead and coho and 300 foot of copper producing some nice chinook salmon. The lake trout were caught as deep as 80 foot (with some boats taking fish as deep as 110 foot). The best lures continue to be the stingray orange corey and orange natural born killer and the green NBK. Flashers (white glow and white mountain dew Hot Chip) and flies (Rapture frosted fern, purple noseem and green dude) caught some fish when run on the downriggers and the low divers, however the best lures continue to be the stingray size lures with orange and green.
Check back and see what this weeks warm weather will do to the fishing. For information or to make a charter reservation, contact me by email at captron@chartermichigan.com or toll free 888-243-8372.