Had a rough and tough crew today! We just needed to catch a bunch of fish so we went trout fishing! The boys are all team mates on a travel hockey team in southern Michigan. They were pros as we did not loose many fish when they started they finished the job! Low divers with flasher flys, and downriggers tracing bottom in 120 did all the work besides a few 450 copper bites with a spoon. Fishing is awesome call to get in on the action!
Captain Brady Anderson
231.590.4866
Afternoon high sun fantastic fishing! We piled the trout in the boat today, fishing in Traverse City continues to be amazing. In the conditions we saw today usually makes for tough fishing. The fish gods had other plans for us thankfully! Another limit catch another happy crew!
Captain Brady Anderson
231.590.4866
Went on a mission just for the King of the lake. The mighty King Salmon, we had great success. We landed this brute with in 30 minutes of set up. We managed to land 3 more in short order then the crew decided they had enough fish for the year! Call now to book your charter the salmon fishing in Traverse City is only going to get better!
Captain Brady Anderson
231.590.4866
Fishing Traverse City:
The fishing in Traverse City is extremely good. We managed a fast limit of Lake Trout today, in the matter of two hours. We went on the hunt for a king salmon but no luck, the crew was extremely happy to go home with lots of trout for the family! Spin doctors tracing bottom in 120-140 feet of water on the east side of the bay today did the trick for us.
Captain Brady Anderson
ph: 231.590.4866
email: stormhawksportfishing@gmail.com
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Fished the Manistee Salmon Splash over the weekend. Chartered the tournament with some family friends, we had a fantastic time all weekend. However pre fishing went well with me and “Moose” we felt confident that we had as good of chance as anyone. The guys showed up on the boat tournament morning and decided it was time for a cocktail while we were pulling out of the slip (A screwdriver they went on to tell me it had orange juice so it was fine)
Setting lines we had instant action two misses on the set. Finally got everything set and I hit the wheel as Moose set the last copper. And wham strike number three… The 450 copper starts peeling line like i haven’t heard in a while paired up with a Big Weenie meat rig pictured below.. The fight was on from there until someone decided the drag wasn’t tight enough and broke it off with in seconds of the drag tighten. I wont name any names cough cough “Moose”. We shrug it off and went on to have great action all day, we had better action than any boat we spoke too after day one. We lost over 20 fish and at least 10 of those bites were mature Kings. But that’s how fishing goes especially tournament fishing. We only managed to put 3 King Salmon in the boat through day 1 and decided not to weigh them in as it is a 3 biggest fish tournament over 2 days we went all in on day 2.
Day 2 brought wind thunder storms and waves, lots of them. After having two different weather delays I was shocked they sent us to fish. I was in process of getting ready to get the boat on the trailer to head home when I got the call. I called the crew and away we went. It was sporty out on the lake. We fished for 2 hours with out a bite most boats did not even land a fish on day 2. Disappointing weekend on the tournament aspect but we had a blast pre fishing and making fun of the crew on day 2.
Fishing has been absolutely on fire. Trout are on the transition to deeper water, anywhere from 80-200 they can be found. I have been getting them in the morning in good numbers in 80 feet of water on the drop offs on glow spoons and cow bells. After noons like the one pictured deep water has been a sure fire bet for me. Good ole Trash can dodgers or chrome Spin Doctors have been the best for me. Most consistent action has been working the base of the drop offs where it starts flattening out. Best has been 130-150 fishing bottom or suspended fish, those fish around the 100ft down have been steady bite on the longer coppers with a Pro King Blue Dolphin spoon especially high sun that thing has been on fire!!!!
Captain Brady Anderson
231.590.4866
We had a big morning on the water today! Pictured below Nicole fighting the last bite of the day as we were on our way out to pull lines. We had 12 bites today and landed 6 Kings. We just had a blast watching the kids catch some fish, lots of mistakes but the kids did a great job learning how to do it the right way. They will be pros for next year!
Captain Brady Anderson
231.590.4866
We are finally ready to make the full transition to our new boat. I bought a 265 Grady White express, with twin 200 Evinrude outboards. Truly a fish catching machine! I cant wait to show you all this beautiful boat, you are going to love it!
