We fished south of the Manistee Harbor again in 18- 175 feet of water. 11 fish came in 18-31 feet of water with 9 of 12 on 3 color lead using the Stinger NBK's & Wonder bread glow spoons in both Magnum and Stinger size. The water was cold but warmed as the day went on. The bite started for us again after the first hint of day light came over the dunes. Captains who fished out to 400 feet had action on spoons in the upper 40'.  There were also fish in 30 feet of water north of the Manistee Harbor.

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We fished north of the Manistee Harbor again today in 23-42 feet of water because the water is still very cold. The 3 color lead with the Stinger NBK's & Wonder bread spoons in both Magnum and Stinger size went well again this morning.  We had our limit of Salmon at 8:50. I sure wish I could find more of the Wonder Bread glow spoons. I am down to the last one. Plugs produced a couple fish. I talked to some other captains and North, South, and West of the Manistee Harbor all worked. Fish are in the upper 30 feet and the e chip flashers with Aqua Gold glow flies seemed to work well along with the size 3 J plugs.

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Today turned out to be another beautiful and fun day on Lake Michigan.  We could not get an early bite going at all but we were marking fish and stuck with them.  Eventually we got them going.  Wire Dipsey's set on 1.5 with the big ring back 120 and 150 took fish as did the riggers 30 - 70 down.  Spoons seemed to be better today with the Green Dolphin, Hey Baby, Electric Blue Kool Aid, Founder Pounder and Blue Flounder all taking fish.  We stayed between 60 and 120 the first part of the morning and later made a West troll all the way out to 400 hitting fish all the way.  10 colors of lead with a green spoon was hot out deep and went repeatedly.  We switched our center rigger over to three colors of core with a hey baby down 60 and took fish on that set up too.  All and all an excellent day especially after our slow start.  In addition to our Kings, we picked up a nice 12# steelhead. We marked fish at all depths out deep but 10 colors of lead was the hot ticket for us. 

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The 12's- 16's seemed to have bigger fish this morning. LARGE WHITE Fish catchers and Aqua Gold flies. Stinger Wonderbread and Blue Dolphin in the Stinger size along with the Scorpion size OJ Simpson on 7 color lead worked well. Plugs in the green glow worked well early. Fish early from 85-115 and later to 330.

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We set lines at about 6:30 in the 14's and trolled South.  We couldn't keep the riggers in the water hitting two quads and a triple right off the bat.  We fished 100 - 120 FOW and the fish were stacked within 20 foot of the bottom.  Big and small white fish catchers with aquagold flies on the riggers were best.  Also took fish on the Moonshine Founder Pounder and Green Glow J-Plugs.  After the morning bite slowed we trolled deeper and took fish on 5 and 10 colors of lead and high divers set back 180 and 220.  When the dust finally settled we found ourselves with 5 limits of Kings plus a Coho and Steelhead.   

Many Captains still have a few openings for this season so it is not too late to call.  Our river guides will soon be hitting the Big Manistee.  This is an excellent way to spend a beautiful fall day outdoors.   

Manistee County had strong thunderstorms pass through yesterday receiving up to 5 inches of rain in some areas.  The weather cleared this morning and we were able to enjoy another great day out on the lake.  Fishing today had mixed results with some boats struggling for a few fish and others doing quite well.  The boats fishing shallow did not have nearly the success they have had the past few days.  We fished from the 13's down to the 10's and back in 90 - 160 FOW.   We marked lots of fish but had trouble getting them to go at first.  Strong currents and rollers from the North made it difficult to get a good troll.  Once we got the boat slowed down by putting out both bags and dropped the riggers down below a hundred feet, we started hitting fish on hootchies and flies.  Our best was a big white hootch pulling a KRW Aquagold fly.  We only took two fish on spoons today, one came on a green hornet behind ten colors of lead core and the other came on a Moonshine Blue Flounder on a rigger 100 down.  Everything else came on hootchies and flies off riggers and also wire divers with a big ring set on 1.5 set 180 and 200 back.

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