July 14 2008 Anyone interested in fishing the Ludington tournament? We have availability for this awesome fun event! Great fishing...great times ! Contact us if you are interested. Tourney dates are July 19,20
After what was going to be a very busy several days on the lake, we were only able to fish twice due to storms and very high winds. The fishing was great Sat night for big 4 yr old Kings north of ludington. Sloppy seas and strong currents make these fish a real battle. Flashers and flies, along with Moonshine spoons did the damage.
Monday am the lake had settled after a huge South / West blow and the fleet was out looking for the fish. Fished north along the bank and found the water to be very warm down to 100'....Fish were very deep in the AM. Moved west and found the fish a little higher. And the water a little cooler. Divers with flashers and flies, and long lead cores did the damage. Took a mix of kings,lakes and even a very nice 10 lb brown.
Contact us for multi day specials and multi boat specials. 231.250.9745
Dont feel like getting up early ?? Join us for an afternoon charter trip and enjoy the sunset while you catch salmon and trout.
Kids and families are always welcome! |
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July 9 2008 Anyone interested in fishing the Ludington tournament? We have availability for this awesome fun event! Great fishing...great times ! Contact us if you are interested
Another great trip with the guys from Mystic Lake YMCA. This is always a fun trip with these young fisherman taking turns bringing the days catch in. Fishing continues to be spotty and here one day gone the next. The good news is that there are some realll nice Kings around ,if they would just stay put it would help. Changing winds from the south,then north,then west ....and so on has the lake very wishy washy. Most of the fish are coming on flashers and flies...white blades with green flies and the blue bubble combos are working well.
Contact us for multi day specials and multi boat specials. 231.250.9745
Dont feel like getting up early ?? Join us for an afternoon charter trip and enjoy the sunset while you catch salmon and trout.
Kids and families are always welcome! |
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July 7 2008 Anyone interested in fishing the Ludington tournament? We have availability for this awesome fun event! Great fishing...great times ! Contact us if you are interested
There one day gone the next ! The big schools of kings have been well scattered due to the changing winds. Look for constant winds in the south or west direction to set up Ludington's shoreline for great fishing later this week ! Sunday we took several kings down deeper in the cold water on blue bubble spinnies and flies. Full cores with lemon ice and divers with meat rigs were good also. Fished the bank up to the point then headed west and took fish over 300 fow.
Contact us for multi day specials and multi boat specials. 231.250.9745
Dont feel like getting up early ?? Join us for an afternoon charter trip and enjoy the sunset while you catch salmon and trout.
Kids and families are always welcome! |
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July 5 2008 Anyone interested in fishing the Ludington tournament? We have availability for this awesom fun event! Great fishing...great times ! Contact us if you are interested
The big north blow has scattered the fish. Friday the fishing was scattered with most boats catching 5-10 fish ,but working for everyone of them. Very cool surface temps as cold as 41 degrees has the fish from the surface to 50' down. There are some very large kings in the area, but the recent winds have scattered the numbers. Lead cores in 2-10 colors and high divers from 75-100 back. Riggers 25-55 down. Spoons and flasher fly combos working equally well.
Call 231.250.9745 to get your FISH ON ! |
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June 29 2008 WE STILL HAVE OPENINGS FOR THIS COMING WEEKEND.
Bring the family out for a fun day on the lake catching salmon and trout.
Anyone interested in fishing the Ludington tournament? We have availability for this awesom fun event! Great fishing...great times ! Contact us if you are interested.
The fishing has picked up the last few days and should remain great for the remainder of the summer. Big adult kings have moved into the ludington areas as well as great numbers of Lake trout and steelies. Typical morning setups with flashers and flies have been hammering the kings and surface setups 2-5 colors of lead core for the steelies and lakers. Bottom bouncing for lakers has also worked well. Blue/green dolphins,lemon ice,SOG,several moonshine spoons also working very well. Green or white flashers with green or mirage flies. Meat rigs on coppers and low divers are hot !
We still have openings on the Fourth of July weekend.......give us a call for some great summer action. |
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June 21 2008 Typical June water conditions have set up...great surface action on steelies! Fish your salmon patterns below for a multi level fishery. Lead cores for 3-15 colors. Mostly spoons, but flashers and cut bait are still taking the larger Kings.Riggers 40-80 down and divers spread around will get bit. Water temp are finally starting to set up and it looks like a great summer fishery once again in Ludington.
Still plenty of openings for the summer please contact us for a wonderful day on the water.
Remaining June Days only 400.00. Rates will be going up slightly from our regular rate of $440.00 for 1-4 people in July due to gas prices. |
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June 10 2008 SPRING SPECIAL !!! ANY REMAINING OPEN DATES IN JUNE ONLY 400.00 FOR 1-6 PEOPLE. I understand gas prices are crazy.... This will leave a little extra for your expenses.
Another morning trip postponed due to stormy weather.....the late start didnt stop the crew from boxing out a 4 man limit of really nice spring kings !! Several fish into the teens and a good mix of other year classes. Spin doctors and flies on the chute rigger and low divers,moonshine spoons in the moonshine and yellow submarine and stinger spoons in SOG and black raspberry did very well today for our crew. Again cut bait scored the largest fish on a large flasher and froggy teasers and head.
A good south blow has set the water up and brought hungry fish to Ludington. Give us a call plenty of openings to get you on the water !!! and into the spring Kings !! |
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June 8 2008 SPRING SPECIAL !!! ANY REMAINING OPEN DATES IN JUNE ONLY 400.00 FOR 1-6 PEOPLE. I understand gas prices are crazy.... This will leave a little extra for your expenses.
As expected a good south blow has brought the kings back into Ludington, A 5 man limit of spring kings was the order Saturday morning. Fished north on the bank and found the fish up near the point again. Moonshine spoons,Yeck Wart Frog and Stinger SOG all took seveal fish. Cut bait on large flashers on low divers and full cores also kept us busy. The water is the same temp top to bottom and fish were taken on half cores all the way past 100 foot down.
Interested in goin out an having a hands on charter call us to set up an instructional charter and learn how the pro's do it !
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June 2 2008 SPRING SPECIAL !!! ANY REMAINING OPEN DATES IN MAY OR JUNE ONLY 400.00 FOR 1-6 PEOPLE. I understand gas prices are crazy......book with me and I will only charge you 400.00 for any remaining trips. This will leave a little extra for your expenses.
Fishing over the weekend was spotty,most boats only a few fish and the fish were coming from the surface to the bottom.Mostly spoons in typical spring colors,mixed veggies,lemon ice,sog,and double orange crush. Lakers are being taken on the bottom with typical cowbell peanut rigs.
A good steady blow from the south will get things going again,too much north wind is keeping the water cool in Ludington. |
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May 22 2008 SPRING SPECIAL !!! ANY REMAINING OPEN DATES IN MAY OR JUNE ONLY 400.00 FOR 1-6 PEOPLE. I understand gas prices are crazy......book with me and I will only charge you 400.00 for any remaining trips. This will leave a little extra for your expenses.
The kings are here !!! This week the fishing was great for spring Kings up to 17 lbs. These early fish are great fighters due to the cold water.....the DO NOT run out of gas on you ! Flasher and flies along with spoons all getting bit ! Steelhead and lakers also in the area.
Openings all weekend....call 231.250.9745 to get your FISH ON !!! |
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May 11 2008 Shakedown cruise 2008 was a success.....fished with a few friends and other capitan's from my marina, boxed 5 fish and let another grow up in a mornings fishing. Also lost 5 or 6 . Surface planers with j-11 rapalas in various colors did the trick as with a few bites on riggers and divers. Nothing on the cores for us today. Various spoons,copper b,mixed veggies and moonshines all got bit !
The Kings are here !!! Also found bait in all the fish...which is a great sign.
Plenty of open dates....give me a call and lets get on the water !!
231.250.9745 |
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May 5 2008 The boat is in and ready to fish !!!
Shoreline browns and lake trout are providing some great action! Fish shallow with long leads and planer boards to get the rods bent ! A few kings have been caught in Ludington and those numbers should improve everyday as the water warms and more guys begin fishing and looking for the big spring kings !
Call us for a day or two on the water !
There is a lot of buzz in the charter industry about gas prices forcing us to raise the price of charters this summer.I have not yet decided if I am going to raise the prices, I will try not to but it may be something we have to do.
If you book now with a paid deposit I will lock you into the current rates. |
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March 30 2008 Well winter has finally passed us by for the most part and spring is trying to get here. I am still currently guiding for steelhead on Michigand trout streams but the "Hattrick" will be in the water in about 4 or 5 weeks ready for the assult on the big water. I am getting calls for summer trips and some of the prime days are booking up. Now would be a good time for you to call me and get a day or two set up for the summer. The fishing forcast is still expected to be a great year like the last two.
There is a lot of buzz in the charter industry about gas prices forcing us to raise the price of charters this summer.I have not yet decided if I am going to raise the prices, I will try not to but it may be something we have to do.
If you book now with a paid deposit I will lock you into the current rates.
Look for the fishing reports to start early May. Till then if you need to get out I do have a few openings late April on the river for Steelhead. |
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September 3rd Well the season on the big lake for me is wrapped up, Tuesday Sept. 4 marks the beginning of the river season.
The fishing out of ludington again this year remained excellent with great people to fish with and lots of hungry fish. I would personally like to thank everyone that helped make this season a great one aboard the "Hattrick". I hope to see you all next season.
The fishing on the lake remains great with plenty of 4 yr olds and lots of 2-3 yr olds to be caught.
Please visit us at www.riversbendguideservice.com for more great fishing trips and current river reports thru the spring.
See you all next spring
Capt. Jon |
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August 28th The fishing has remained AWESOME !! Lots of big hungry kings on all trips. The shallow water plug bite has been great in the am, along with spinnies and flies. Pretty much anything that glows is getting hammered in the morning. The bite has lasted for an hour or two then it does get a little harder. Afternoon charters are giving up similar results with a good steady pace to the bite. Look for the fishing to remain strong for a few more weeks for the adults. We still have some openings including labor day weekend. |
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August 11th Sorry for the lapse, I have been away from the computer for the last several days. The report is that the fishing is EXCELLENT !! The morning bite has been fast and furious on my boat with early limits,doubles,triples and quadruples going in the dark ! Lots of big Kings and big Cohos ! Best lures have been green,white,black rotators with green,mirage and pickled sunshine flies doing the best. Cut bait on big flashers on low divers and cores have been hot ! Jplugs in green glow and wonder-bread have also been getting bit. We have a few afternoons open this next week and the afternoon bite has been great with a good steady bite ! Get a fish reset the rod and another is going shortly. Some morning openings after the 21 st. Call us to get on the water and have a ball on the Hattrick. Pictures coming soon. |
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August 6th The fishing in Ludington is right on schedual. Lots of big Kings with a mix of very nice Coho's also. There seem to be fish from Pentwater to Manstee. The morning bite has been very good with fast limits if you set down on the fish. The daily program has been pretty much a heavy spread of spinnies and flies in greens,and mirage with white spinnies edging out black and green. A few plug fish also. Moonshine spoons in happy meal and mongolian beef. Still openings in mornings and afternoons. |
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July 29th Fished the same water we fished on Sat. am, and the fish had scattered. We took 12 bites and landed 4 kings and 2 steelies. Not the best but still a great morning on the water with a great group of guys. Most other boats struggled also, NE winds Sat night didnt help. White spinnies,pickled sunshine,black slick glow with mirage flies, Ace high plugs,moonshine spoons were getting bit. |
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July 28th Fast and furious !!!! We boated 16 fish and were in the slip at 930 am, lotsa bites and big kings filled the box ! Easily the best catch on the "Hattrick" in 2007. Had to take half of the fish out just to get the cooler off the boat. Fished the top of the bank 59'-s to the 02's between the 31's and 32's.Spinnies in , black slick glow mirage flies,white slick glow and pickled sunshine flies. moonshine spoons and Ace high double glow spoons were HOT ! Meat rigs did plenty of damage also, green rotators were the best. |
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July 27th Fished north again, We manged 5 in the boat and lost plenty, very shy fish today. Meat rigs with red heads were going well. White slick glow with green flies and black slick glow with mirage flies were good also. Stinger lemon ice and mixed veggies were hit also.Plenty of traffic today. |
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July 26th Fished the bank this morning. We limited on our 12 kings early and took a couple extras. Black and glow spinnies with mirage and green flies did the damage, along with a few on double glow ace highs.A nice morning with the cloud cover keeping the bite ON ! |
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July 25th PM Trip Finally got my sister and niece on the water. Very similar baits worked.We took a nice steelie,several kings and a coho or two during the afternoon trip. The water had moved from the morning and the fish seemed to scatter.Still a perfect day on the water with family |
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July 25th Another great trip with the young men from Mystic Lake YMCA. These trip are always a blast with the young guys. We had a slower start but once we dialed them in we had it fast and furious.Fished the bank and took only one steelie, but then went a little south and deeper and did well. Chrome and blue spin doctors,blue slick glow fishcatchers and blue flies were hot in the sun. Best spoon was a Mag Stinger Lemon Ice.The steelies came on Stinger Blue Dolphin, and Steelie Stomper. |
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July 20th-22nd Gander mountain tourney, I was unable to fish this great event due to a snapped shaft on Friday....arrgghhh... The fishing was very spotty with some boats finding them and others not, due to the strong north winds on Thursday. There was a good mix of salmon and trout at the weigh in on Saturday. |
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July 18th After a late start we managed to get some fish in the high morning sun. Setting lines at 8 am is not the best time but we made the most of it with a great group of young men from "Mystic Lake YMCA camp" Stinger lemon ice,mixed veggies and DOC were our hot spoons.Fishcatchers with flies in greens and mirage took a few hits also.Straight out and south between the 35's and 39's. |
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