Flashers and Flies in Saugatuck

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August 7, 2006

The salmon fishing is very good right now in 90 foot to 130 foot of water with catches consisting of 8 to 20 fish per trip. The salmon weigh from 10 to 17 pounds with a few that are in the 20+ pound range. Most of the catch is Chinook salmon with a few lake trout and steelhead thrown in. The early morning bite was very good with 8 to 12 fish inn the first 60 to 90 minutes and then 1 to 3 fish per hour once the sun got above the horizon. All week the best area was from just north of the piers south 5 to 7 miles.

The best method was wire line dipsy divers with Hot Chip and Pro Chip flashers (green/glow and silver/green and silver/blue) and Smart Fish flashers (white/glow and white/green) with Gflies (green cheese, mirage and crinkled green). Copper wire (200 foot and 300 foot) with green dolphin and blue dolphin Raider, bat man, natural born killer and wonder bread spoons produced well. The downriggers only produced consistently early in the morning and most of the time it was flashers and flies.

Check back and keep track of the fishing in Saugatuck through out the year.