Rascal Trophy Fishing

The Trophy line of Bayliners is their most popular. The new ones are being born in S. America now, labor costs I do guess. Nice boats if you can buy one. And the ones in fresh water offer the best of the best, as one would expect.

The next few weeks I expect the 27.6# King to be beaten at Thompson's Marina in Ludington for sure. We are looking now for the 30# Kings in the next few weeks on thru mid-Sept.. So, if you want Big FISH, what should you do? Call ME!

Capt. Ed from Ludington again. We have BIG FISH coming in now, up to 27.7# at Thompson's Marina in Ludville. You may have them outside the pierheads early in the 4:30am time, or at dusk at the Big Pt. Sauble. Either way, we expect the 30# class to come in mid-August to 2nd week of Sept. now, everything good is running a bit late this season. The Main Point is that Ludington HAS GOOD FISHING! For some reason, some people of recent keep saying they hear the fishing here isn't that good right now, and they are WRONG!

First of all Kick'r, welcome to the GLF forum, best forum about fishing for me. Nice report and pics. and hope you fish the Monster in Manistee. It's real good too, lots of competing capts. that you'll enjoy sharing tricks and stories with.

Capt. Ed from Ludington Michigan. From everyone and everything I've heard this season, it started out very cold, got warmer, and is still too cold for early August. The fish and bait seem to be spread out more than other summers of recent. High winds changing directions all the time hasn't helped any. If the wind changes continue, it's not good. I predict the summer south winds to prevail this month and warmer temps. to bring the Big Kings in late. In big numbers, and in big weights. It may play out till mid-September for the best fishing to get hot.

Sorry, the page does NOT EXIST is what I get for a feedback sir. Sorry, but thanks anyhow!

Wth is up with the logs/wood/deadheads this season? We also have some at Ludington, and that is unusual except wind directions have changed alot from day to day for three weeks straight. Be careful guys, thanks. How many fish too Mike?

Asian Carp.

Ha Ha, look at the gallery at what's happening in Ludington pal! Want a fishing trip or dock now?

Picture speaks for itself. Biggest fish 22.6#, went 10 for 14 in near Ludington. 150# box of fish to clean, fun! Four fish were 20-23#, the rest also nice 7-15#. The CATCH IS ON!

Good job Matt.

Sounds like you have a lot of colder water up there yet, which is to be expected up north yet.

I remember the Salmon-A-Rama tourney. Glad to see it's still going. I fished it out of Port Washington on vacation 3 straight seasons. Real good people, and if I remember, seems like the Lions Club sponsored it right at the fish cleaning station next to the city marina. Don't have to travel far either for deep water, and great fishing when I went.

How did you do today Jeff? I heard Pier Pressure was in first, so far. I remember fishing against Mark some years back, I used to spank his butt too. Guess he's got more time to fish than me nowadays...lol.

Wonder what Matt Mishler's report is down there.

Call Pier 42 and see if they can give you a report. This time of year was always productive for Algoma. Heck, you're not that far, drive over if you can and ask the captains too. Good luck.

Yup, and one guy said he had a bait fish alewife in the king that was over 10" long, now that's a big moe. And we still have half of July and all of August to go...lol.

Looks like you're rigged to the max., and have horsepower to spare, congrats Guy.

That's very thoughtful Erik, and worth the effort. At my marina, we ask if you can describe the article lost, and if you can, you gladly get it back. This helps prevent others from claiming lost articles they are not entitled to. Good luck in getting this into the works.

What was the weigh in Steve? Thanks.

gm, there was 42 degree water outside, a 23 degree break over 65 inside, a few days ago that would get in the mix inside is what I meant. 13 for 17 fish in 1-1/2 hours was pretty good less than 7 miles out yesterday, instead of 15 miles out late last week. Yes, you are correct, the southern water that comes after the blow will mix in later, but, not right away. Time is a relative factor in my equation sir. Getting back to the thread, I've not seen any fleas up here yet, and I feel they are probably confined to a relatively small area of water. Keep an eye on the Michigan Seacoast satellite images for current info. on surface temps.. Thanks.

A pretty new report is always available at fish-ludington.com where I and other charters share with Glen in posting the current reports for our area. I'd say go south and now in-close since the wind changed again SW gusts pushing colder water inside. Best GPS was 49-52 S., and 33-34 W., before these new gusts. It was calm for 3 days previous. Good luck guys.

Congrats., any pics.?

I haven't seen any in Ludington so far, and that's because winds have switched around quite a bit. The SW wind now should bring icy temps to the surface real soon, if not already. Absolutely, Flea Flickr was/is the premiere line for this, or it was. Is there a new name for these pesky new type fleas & where do they originate at/color of them too?

Had a friend, charterboat too, that tried a new camera on his boat. This was several years ago. It was free of charge too to promote the product. Only problem was, he got a LOT of Fish coming up to the lure, and resisting it. Customers asked how come it didn't catch fish? He quickly and soundly took it off the boat. WHY? Cause, we can't answer the customers WHY the fish won't bite it! It's a phenomenon we just can't explain, and why SHOULD WE? It's just the way of the the fishing world, and nobody knows for sure, imho.