Anyone salmon fish out of Manistee MI. I have a trip coming up in a couple of weeks Aug 19 - 23 and would like to get some insider info (flies and flasher combos, spoons, where to go, if there are any nets out, etc...) I have the boat and stuff but I have only fished for salmon in East Grand Traverse bay and that was 3 years ago. I am still new in to salmon fishing, so I don't have any core or copper to much money and hassle with all the other boats out for me. I am willing to swap info on walleye fishing on the Saginaw bay. I fish the bay at least once a week and have done very well the past few years. Any help would be great thanks Tom
Salmon fishing
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I would run a spread of dipsey divers with dodgers
with blue and green flys..
here ya go :http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/forum/showthread.php?t=298137
Good luck..
with blue and green flys..
here ya go :http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/forum/showthread.php?t=298137
Good luck..
uncle_ed
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I have fished manistee but it has been several years ago. It was well before lead core was popular. That time of year should have the fish staging in 100 feet of water or less depending on water temp and wind. A stiff on shore wind might have you heading out to a 100 at sun-up. With an off-shore wind you may want to drop lines right out of the harbor. I had good luck with larger spoons on riggers and dipsey`s as well. If they are in tight you may even want to switch to a bodied bait like a j-plug. What ever rigs you were using in the bay will work fine im sure if the fish are there and biting. Straight out was good for us.
Good luck!
Ed
Good luck!
Ed
I will do That dondoo, I have only fished for salmon in the river once and that was 3 years ago. I went with my brother inlaw and his uncle over by wellston some where, and we got into they really good. We started fishing around 10 am and by 5 pm I had hooked around 50 fish and landed close to 35 of them all hooked in the mouth. We were using pink nuclear eggs and fly rods. That was my first time using a fly rod and was that interesting. My brother inlaws uncle said that it was a very rare day that we had, normally he said 20 fish is a really good day. We borrowed the gear from his uncle, I found out how much the gear costs, I broke off a few fly's and when I asked how much do I owe you for the gear I was told $25. I only lost like 4 or 5, so I told him the next time I go I will bring my own cheaper stuff. He then told me that the rod and reel I had used ran about $1200, if I would have known that I wouldn't have used it. I understand good gear costs money but dang.
Wife and kids just fished the area last weekend with guides from Rusty Gates in Grayling. Great group to work with and they can put you on fish with or without guides. Check his site http://www.gateslodge.com/ for reports and info. Gregg
I got home late last night but we did catch some fish. But we only got to fish on sunday morning because of the 5-8 foot waves from thursday morning to saturday night. We went out in 2-4 footers (more 4') sunday at 5:30am and fished anywhere form 150' to 220' we ended up 5/7 and 4 rips with no one home, the 5 weighed in over 55 lbs and the biggest was 19.8lbs my buddy's first king ever it was a nice male. A blue thunder meat rig was the best producer for us, it caught 3 of our fish and had 2 other hits. Other bait's were a Mt. Dew meat rig 1 fish and no other hits, Moonshine Happee Meal mag spoon 1 fish and 1 release. 1 hit on a MJ spoon, 1 hit on a Wonderbread J-plug, Heard on the radio that in closer people were catching on plugs but not sure how they actually did. I talked to some people that did good 15 to 20 fish and some that had none or 1 fish. I hope for you dondoo that the wind stays calm but I think that it is supost to blow again from the south west this week and mix up the water some more which isn't good for the fishing. If it happens to do so you will need to go deep for them. Good luck hope you get to go out, let us know how you do when you get back. I will try to post a pic later when I'm not so busy.
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pkzochow
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I was just in Manistee caping last weekend, came home yesterday. I was not fishing, however we stayed at the state campground right on the lake and there were tons of people that were. The people behind us came in with about 12 fish, some of the Salmon were almost three feet long. Don't know what they were using for bait, but they did say they were catching them at 180 feet.
Good deal you should have fun. A few buddy's of mine are going sunday afternoon on a charter over there. I just wanted to warn you of the nets over there if you were taking a boat. I have heard that there a lots of them out, but a charter will know where they are and put you on the fish. Have fun and take notes for yourself, you can learn a lot in the few hours you spend on a charter. Good luck and let us know how you do.
tom,
It's funny, I'm 44 years old and I still get wound up over things like fishing. It is just like the night before your first sleddin trip. We did have one guy back out on us today due to a death in his future wifes family ( if he ever gets off the pot and pops the question) I'll give you the update when we get back, thanks for all the info.
doo
It's funny, I'm 44 years old and I still get wound up over things like fishing. It is just like the night before your first sleddin trip. We did have one guy back out on us today due to a death in his future wifes family ( if he ever gets off the pot and pops the question) I'll give you the update when we get back, thanks for all the info.
doo
Here some pics that I took.
This is the north break wall in Manistee on Saturday. The forecast called for 5-8 footers, winds were 15 - 25 mph out of the northwest and rain. We saw a guy surfing of the south side of the south break wall but the pic didn't turn out. He actually caught some curls.
This is the north break wall in Manistee on Saturday. The forecast called for 5-8 footers, winds were 15 - 25 mph out of the northwest and rain. We saw a guy surfing of the south side of the south break wall but the pic didn't turn out. He actually caught some curls.