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| Port
of Manistee MI - Dock Report |
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| Useful Information: WUG-Marine Forecast, Lake Michigan Open Water Forecast, Manistee Marine Forecast, Surface Temp Map DNR Harbor Information | |
| Manistee Dock Reporters: Captain Tom & Mary Rasmussen | |
| Report |
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| Oct 23 08
- Boaters continue to catch fish when trolling orange
spoons over the Shelf. Pier and shore anglers have started to catch
more steelhead on fresh spawn.
Manistee River - Salmon are still in the river however the run is over. Some leftover fish can be found on the gravel but they are dark. Cooler weather pushed more steelhead into the river and there were reports of brown trout below Tippy Dam. |
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| Oct 23 08
- Steelhead and salmon are being taken while fishing
the Shelf in the top 40 feet of water. Orange spoons are working best.
Pier and shore anglers caught steelhead on spawn.
Manistee River - Salmon fishing has ended but anglers have started to catch steelhead. We need rain to get the fish moving. |
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| Oct 19 08
- Steelhead and salmon are being caught in the top
40 feet of water while fishing the Shelf. Try anything orange. Steelhead
are starting to show up in the surf and off the piers.
Manistee River - Salmon action is going strong, but should be winding down this week. There are still good numbers of spawning chinook in the river. Steelhead numbers should improve if we get rain. |
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| Oct 9 08
- Boaters are reporting limit catches of salmon 80
to 120 feet down over waters 80 to 160 feet deep. There have been
a few steelhead caught in the top 50 feet on orange spoons.
Manistee River - Water levels are low and clear but cooler temperatures along with rain this week should push more fish into the river and on the gravel as they prepare to spawn. |
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| Oct 2 08 - Tippy Dam, Big Manistee Lake and Big Manistee River are all producing very nice catches of Kings. Good results can be had while jigging or casting with Deep Jr. Thunder Sticks. Out on the big lake the fishing is sluggish due to warm water temperatures hovering at 66. | |
| Sept 25 08
- Salmon and trout action has been fair off the Shelf
but has slowed around the pierheads with only a few fish taken on
glow spoons in the early morning |
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| Sept 18 08
-Kings are being taken in front of
the piers and in the harbor. The best baits are glow and pearl J-plugs.
Pier anglers are casting glow spoons and taking kings.. |
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| Sept 11 08
- Some limit catches of salmon are
being taken. Fishing in the harbor and around the piers with chrome
or glow J-plugs. Pier anglers are using glow spoons. |
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| Sept 4 08 - Trout and salmon are being taken 60 to 120 feet down in waters 120 to 240 feet deep. Those fishing in front of the piers in the early morning have only managed to catch a few fish. Pier fishing has been slow due to warm water. | |
| Aug 28 08
- Some are reporting limit catches of salmon in the
harbor and around the piers when using glow or chrome J-plugs. Those
fishing in 80 to 120 feet of water are catching both young and adult
salmon. Pier anglers are using small glow spoons. Wigglers are working
well on perch off the pier as well. On the Big Manistee River anglers
are doing well using junior husky jerks on salmon. |
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| Aug 24 08 - Captain Tom & Mary's Report - Captain Tom went 5 for 8 today and they were all adult kings. Fished north in 100'-140' of water. Got 2 hits on downriggers 80' down with a white hoochy. They got off. Also 140' slide diver with a little green glow J-plug. A mag diver 200' with a blue Spin Doctor / blue sparkle fly. | |
| Aug 21 08 - Captain Tom & Mary's Report - Fished the beach about 30' around pierheads and south. Got 4 salmon, on 5 colors of lead and riggers 20-25' on Glow J-plugs; glow silverhords and glow spoons. | |
| Aug 21 08
- Cold water pushed the salmon in close to shore.
Limit catches were reported in the harbor and around the piers when
using chrome colored plugs. Pier anglers caught fish on alewife or
glow spoons in the early morning. |
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| Aug 14 08
- Salmon fever is in full swing. Recent north winds
pushed a lot of chinook into the harbor. Limit catches were taken
in 100 feet of water in front of the piers when using pearl or glow
plugs. Pier anglers have caught chinook salmon when casting glow spoons.
Manistee Harbor is providing very good fishing for a variety of salmon.
The best location is between the pier heads and good results are found
using Castmasters, cleos, J-plugs and spoons. |
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| Aug-11-08 - Captain Tom & Mary's Report Captain Tom fished the beach in 20-30 feet of water, straight out from Harbor then south. Had 14 hits; caught 8. Seven salmon and 1 brown trout. Used J-Plugs 15-20 ft down. | Click
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| Jul 31 2008
- Kings and lake trout are hitting
40 to 80 feet down in waters 100 to 200 feet deep. Try spinning flashers
and green flies. |
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| Jul-28-08 - Captain Tom & Mary's Report Captain Tom fished straight out of Manistee in 70'-220' of water. Had a couple hits on lead line 10 colors and downriggers at 55'. Spoons/blue dolphin was best. Taking 2 kings and 1 steelhead. | |
| Jul-27-08 - Captain Tom & Mary's Report Captain Tom fished yesterday an the water got a little ruff and a couple of the guys got sick so they only fished until around 10 am. He fished in 150'-260' water 40'-70' down, using Mags. They ended up with 2 salmon around 13# & 16#, 1 steelhead and 1 lake trout. | |
| Jul 10 2008
- Boaters
are catching kings and lake trout off the Shelf in 100 to 175 feet
of water. Good colors are green and blue. |
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| Jul 3 2008
- Boaters have
tahen kings and lake trout on spoons in 150 to 250 feet of water.
Good colors are orange, green, and blue. |
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| Jun-26-08
- Trout and Salmon are being found in fair numbers
in waters 150 to 250 feet deep. Good colors are still green and blue.
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| Jun 19 2008 - Boaters should beware of floating logs and debris out in the big lake due to the number of trees and other debris that were carried away in the floods last week. Kings and lake trout are still being caught in 150 to 250 feet of water with the blue or green Dolphin working best, it appears the fish are scattered in the water column. | |
| Jun 12 2008 - Fishing is picking up with kings being taken in waters 100 to 150 feet deep when using blue or green Dolphins. | |
| May-29-08 - Captain Tom & Mary's Report Fished the Onekama Ladies Tournament last Friday. We took 8 fish and won 5th place also biggest Salmon 16 pounds..We fished mostly straight out of Manistee in 100-140ft. Caught some on lead line 5 & 8 colors; Downriggers 20'-40' Spoons that were the best - Stinger Natural Born Killer, Moonshine Lures Happee Meal. | Click image for larger view
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| May-22-08 - Here are 60,000 reasons why to fish Manistee. The state of Michigan plants salmon all around the state. However our Manistee Sportfishing Association has planted our very own salmon for many years. This is a picture of our little salmon smolts going into our holding pens on April 29, 2008. We care for these fish until they have acclimated with our Manistee River water. These pens with automatic feeders are our (Manistee Sportfishing Association) investment for the future. These little salmon will spawn and die in our Manistee River 4 years from now. | Click
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