True Gritt

Is salmon fishing that bad this year that the only reports are from the same few ports every week?

Water finally set up a week and a half ago in the southern ports (st.joe,south haven, saugatuk) but a month ago we had the water turn twice on us then a hard north wind blow with 10ft waves that set us back but now fishing is picking up. July is always a bad month to fish tho but now that august is here fishing will get better expessially with water temps rising.

Went out at 4pm. It was a rough ride for a couple of hours but the lake laid down for a perfect night of fishing.

Fished 85' to 120' Caught one fish at 115' and all the other hits and fish were around 90'-95' stretching from 6pm to 9:30pm.

We didn't mark many fish at all, except after 8pm around 85'-90'. Marked a couple bait balls and fish all over the water column

Went 5 for 7, all kings, 11-15 lbs.

All fish were caught on a SWR set at 45-50 ft. down. We started only running one SWR but tried to replicate it on the other rigger after the first two fish. If I had another rigger or another Mixed Veggie spoon I would have run it.

Ran wire divers with meat rigs but no luck with the exception that one rig came in with half of the meat missing. Looks like a fish hit the meat but missed the hook, because the rod never moved.

Ran 6 rods.

Here is what worked for each fish:

1.Mixed Veggie

2.Mixed Veggie

3. Blue Dolphin

Lost a fish on a slide diver with firetiger 10" Spin Doctor and a Old Balls Yogurt fly

4. Moonshine Magnum Guppy Getter

Lost a steelhead on a Moonshine Magnum Guppy Getter

5.Magnum Moonshine Carbon 14

Great night out of South Haven!

Thanks for the report! Mixed veggies has seemed to be hot last few day i heard from multiple other guys that also

4-4 is a great day with a 4 rod spread. Thanks for the south haven reports!

No problem more to come!

True Grit, thanks for both reports. Plan on being out there Tuesday morning. Will post a report as usual.

Wife n I went decided to leave Jackson and head to south beach at S Haven today. Had to stop at Hockey Services in Kazoo anyway to order jerseys for our men's hockey team anyway so good excuse to go to the beach. When we were walking back to car around 530 night fishetmen were heading out. Looked like nice 1-2s by then.

Last night turned out to be real nice, i didnt go out but my cousin went 5 for 11 same area i fished in the morning good luck tuesday!

Bumpy morning out on the lake but still managed 4 for 4. Fished 85 to 110 fow just a touch north. Picked up our first fish in 85 fow on 200 copper with a mag spoon 8# king, *at this point only running 4 rods since it was so ruff in my 17ft boat* next fish came on fullcore in 110 fow nice 12# king, next fish was a steelie on a rigger down 65 with a mag uv blue/green spoon and our 4th fish was a 15# king in 98 fow on a braid diver back 87 set on 2 with a 4th of july meat rig once i got my full spead out, picked up lines at 10:15.

Set lines at 4:30pm ran 6 rods and went 5 for 7 worked 95-110 fow east and west troll was best, 200 copper took 2 fish steelhead and 15lb king on mag dreamweaver watermelon spoon, fullcore took a nice steelhead with mag modified double orange crush pro king spoon, rigger with a mag blue/green black spotted uv dreamweaver spoon down 65 took an 18lb king and a laker on a mag blue jeans uv glow spoon down 80 on a rigger. Lost a fish on 200 copper and fullcore also. Pulled lines at 9:00pm