Wow, what a last few day's! The fishing has been absolutely spectacular. From salmon to smallmouth, you couldn't ask for better action.
For the smallmouth action, I fished with a father son team that I have fished with before and it is always a pleasure to have the family aboard for some fantastic fishing. They made there way there way here all the way from California to enjoy the great smallmouth fishing on Grand Traverse Bay. Bart and his three son's have fished with me over the last couple years and have reaped the rewards that the bay has to offer for smallmouth fishing. They have seen the best and have had some tough day's, but they are always ready for what ever the day has in store. On this particular trip we fished drop shots and the always reliable tube. The fished seemed to enjoy the Berkley Gulp products as well as the Poor Boy's drop shot goby the best. We fished in 12-40 feet of water and found most of the action in the 18-30 foot depths. We caught 23 fish in a few hours of fishing that were as big as three pounds. The action was steady and as always a lot of fun when it comes to smallies.
The salmon action has been out of this world for the last week. I have been fishing out of Frankfort for the salmon. The last few trips for me have produced numbers in the high teens and last night we caught 20. We had to sit on the cooler to get it to close. This was a 150 quart cooler. The fish have been chewing plugs, meat rigs, and paddle/fly combos the best. All of the fish seem to be 12-18 pounds with the occasional 20+ fish. They have been feeding in the 75-150 foot depths over 150-275 feet of water. Meat has been the best producer overall. Three to five hundred feet of copper with the plugs and Moonshine spoons have worked as well.
Well it is off to fish again this afternoon. Looking forward to chasing the mighty Chinook. Until next time, good luck and happy fishing.
Capt Chris
