June 30, 2008
Fishing is good a lot of bigger kings from the 15-18 lb range. Fishing on the shelf 130-180 ft of water. Using magnum diver with a Mt. Dew e chip or a Riverside fly from KRW. Today we limited out on a half day trip. A great day overall.
June 24,2008
Steelhead fishing has been pretty good. Fishing in 400 ft of water. Most of the fish have been coming in the top 20ft. The Yeck Fireballs and the DreamWeaver Super Swim Steelie Stomper have been some pretty hot lures. Fishing looks good for Steelies for the next few weeks.
June 21, 2008
We had a lot of hits the last few days but landing them was another story. They seemed to be hitting short. Have been fishing out in the deep water and also just on the out side of the shelf. Most of all the fish (Steelhead) are about the same size. right around 9 lbs. During the womens tourn. a few really nice Lake Trout were taken, weighing in about 17 lbs. We ended up placing 6th place in the girls tourn. Which was one place out of the money. There are not as many people coming to fish this weedend tournaments. I would have to believe due to the ecomony. The weather was really nice all weekend with little wind. Most of the hits came on KRW flies and a few on spoons. No particular bait was working, most of the hits came on the small boards.
June 8th, 2008
Fishing is really starting to pick up. The king numbers are good right now, with limit catches not uncommon along with Lake Trout. The Steelhead are just starting to show up, so this summer is starting to look shape up. Everything was later than normal this year. If you need a place to stay while you are in Manistee or the area don't forget we have the condo for rent. It is a 3 bedroom, 6 bed facility with two bathrooms and full kitchen. The rates depend on the number of people and the length of the stay and the time of year. So if you are intersted let me know. It is almost completely booked for August.
June 1, 2008
Had a great day fishing today. We landed 17. The conditions were perfect. We caught a mixture of fish.
Had a good day today. Ended up landing 9 fish total. the weather was great also. Fishing has been tough in the lake lately. There has not been a lot of people fishing. I think there are a few factors that are contributing to that, such as the 16 loose Indian nets that are floating around lost with no bouys on, the price of fuel and the weather has really sucked. It is suppose to be a nice weekend this up coming one, if it is that will be a first. If there is no report here for days on end, that is because I have not been fishing and don't have anything to report. Here is a pic of my crew from this date. Don't forget about the spring special with free lodging. Check out the ads below this for details or call me 231-723-4901.
April 30, 2008
Fishing up the river is really tough right now. Been doing good in the Lake, catching a variety of fish. Had a really nice 12 lb Brown yesterday and a King. Plus a few other fish. This spring is looking good.
April 27th, 2008
Fishing out the Manistee for Brown Trout looks good. I only had one trip so far but we ended up catching a few. Don't forget about our Spring special on the chartering, you get FREE lodging and a half day fishing charter for $100 per person, this is valild Monday thru Thursday. So why not get a couple of friends together and get away and come and play in Manistee, MI. If you are interested give me a call 231-723-4901 and let me know you seen this ad.
April 20, 2008
Well the Browns are final starting to show up. Looks like it could be a good year, at least better than it has been. I will be dropping the lake boat in the next few days. River fishing has been tough, seen over 30 boats on Saturday near the damn. Too much fishing pressure.
April 10, 2008
I know there has been no update on the fishing report lately, I have been on vacation. Not much to report. We have had a lot of rain and the river is high and muddy. Not the best fishing conditions. I will be putting the lake boat in the water in the next 10 days or so. Give me some feedback and let me know what you think about the new look?
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March 21 2008
fishing was good today in the lower end of the river. We landed 7. it should remain good, the nights have been cold so the fish are holding.all hits came on spawn again. Light boat traffic.
Fishing was really slow today, only landed one, but we missed a few others. Over all a really nice day out on the water. I think the fish must be moving. I spoke with others today and most all were skunked so I wasn't the only one having a slow day. Hopefully it will be better tomorrow.
March 13, 2008
Fishing was good today we limited out with three guys on board. fishing shoud be good as long as it stays cold at night and we dont get a huge thaw.
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March 6th, 2008
Another great day on the river. We limited out and did some catching and releasing. Using all spawn with floaters. The fishing has been consistant lately. Hopefully it will stay that way. We had a ton of other hook ups too.
March 2, 2008
Fishing was good again. landed 8 and two others up to the boat and the line broke. Had 5 others on.I often post pics in the photo section too. Check that out. All hits came on spawn. The boat traffic was heavy today.
Feb 29, 2008
Fishing was pretty good today, we landed 6. Had to put in on the upper end and come down. We had quite a few more on that we didn't land. I have to fish the next few days. All hits came on spawn with floaters. Boat pressure was light which makes it nice.
Feb 25, 2008
We fished the tourn. in Wellston this past weekend. Fishing was tough, the ice conditions were kind of bad. We landed 4 but had another 2 on. There were about 125 people in the tourn. but only 26 fished weighed in. And most were small. We were lucky to land the ones we did. Hopefully the fishing should get better.
Feb 10 2008
Fishing was red hot again yesterday. We limited out again. Steelhead fishing is as good as your ever going to see right now. There is fishing everywhere in the river. I am averaging 20-30 hook ups per trip. We also did some catching and releasing too.All hits on spawn. If there is no report for days at a time or even longer that means I have not fished, so I don't update the report.
Feb4,2008
Fishing was awesome today. We limited out. Fishing mostly spawn but I dont think it really matters what you use. Fishing should be good for the next few weeks. The weather was great today. it was in the mid 30's. I took a Steelhead today that weighed 11.5oz on a cert. scale. some nice fish.
January 13, 2008
Limited out today with three guys in the boat. Hooked over 20 fish. Was a great day, very little traffic. All hits were on spawn on the lower end of the river.
January 11th, 2008
Had a good day today. We landed 50 % 0f the fish, whichd ended up being 6. So we lost 6. Was a nice day on the river and not much traffic. Most of the fish can on spawn in pink bags w/ a few floaters. The largest fish of the day did come on a green/gold willy worm. If you are thinking about winter Steelhead fishing drop me a line or give me a call 231-723-4901.