Category: Fishing Information

Had a date night with Mackenzie last night! We fished for 2 hours had a lot of fun and caught some nice fish. This big king salmon pictured below was the first of the trip! I picked out 5 lures and told Mackenzie she could pick one out. She picked a good one, a custom Big Weenie Brand flasher and meat rig combo I had made a few years ago. Its been one of my best meat rigs in my tackle box ever since! We took 4 kings and 1 Coho Salmon in our short trip. It was a beautiful night to be on Traverse City’s West Grand Traverse Bay, meat rigs on divers and riggers were our best. 

Captain Brady Anderson 

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Fished the hole to start the morning. We went 1-5 on salmon strikes kind of disappointing on that aspect! But we made the move to target trout pretty early on in the morning since we had a youngster on the boat. We made the move and they were not disappointed with the decision. We loaded up on a limit of trout fast. Fishing 120-130 feet of water by the weather bouy. The hole we took most of our bites on the north end of the hole away from the boat traffic. It was the Traverse City Salmon Classic Women’s day tournament so it was busy on the south side of West Bay. Plugs in all glow were the best, flasher fly double glow spin doctor with green glow fly took two bites on a diver back 110. Looking forward to our luck in the main event of the Salmon Classic this weekend! 

Capt. Brady Anderson 

231.590.4866

 

 

 

Got a nice box of fish this morning, action started slow and got better as the morning wore on. Finished the morning with 5 kings, 2 coho, 3 cisco, and 1 lake trout. Best part is we didn’t have to fight the boat traffic, we fished the west side of the bay all morning just trolled around. It was a nice relaxed morning, meat rigs, flasher/fly, and plugs were all good. Lead core in 5 color was good high divers back 145 and 160 with plugs. Low divers with meat rigs like the one pictured below!  Fished from 100-180 all the way to Lee point and back. Didn’t mark a lot of fish but when we did they bite pretty good! 

We had a great morning on West Grand Traverse Bay! We ended up landing 5 King Salmon and a few Lake Trout while continuing our hunt for the King Salmon. Spoons seemed to be the preferred diet for both Salmon and Trout. While a E Chip fly on a dipsey took two bites the rest were on Moonshine Spoons, or Michigan Stinger Blue Dolphin/Green Dolphin. Fishing 55-70 down anywhere south of Red 8 bouy is where we fished. Floated around never concentrating in one area. 

Captain Brady Anderson 

231.590.4866