For the Love of Fishing

Mid-October, in-between time for salmon fishing.

October 16, 2014
Mid-October, in-between time for salmon fishing.

For the Love of Fishing is written by Sean McDonald. Mid-October is considered in-between time on the rivers. The salmon numbers are dwindling and steelhead numbers are on the rise. The amount of fall Steelhead we see this year depends on the amount of rain that we receive. We had some good steelhead fishing on the Pere Marquette and the…

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Not a good fall for salmon fishing.

October 2, 2014
Not a good fall for salmon fishing.

For the Love of Fishing is written by Sean McDonald and brought to you by Dreamweaver Lures, www.dreamweaverlures.com. It is looking like it is a bad fall to be a salmon fisherman. We are catching a few kings in the Pere Marquette River but nothing like it should be at this time of the year. The first wave of kings from…

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Kings not showing up on time?

September 21, 2014

For the Love of Fishing is written by Sean McDonald and brought to you by Dreamweaver Lures, www.dreamweaverlures.com. Despite the recent perfect conditions we have had for 4-year-old adult salmon to enter into the river systems we are still not seeing them in great numbers. There has been a handful of fresh fish between Custer and twin bridges for the last…

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The kings have moved; bait fish scattered

July 6, 2014
The kings have moved; bait fish scattered

For the Love of Fishing. A blog by Sean McDonald. The bait fish have scattered in the Ludington area. The good number of kings we were catching in 70-120 foot of water have moved. It should be a few weeks before our larger kings begin to stage in our area in those depths. Our best catch rates in the last…

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Big Lake fishing remains strong, Hex Hatch Soon

June 20, 2014
Big Lake fishing remains strong, Hex Hatch Soon

For the Love of Fishing. A blog by Sean McDonald. Fishing on Lake Michigan remains outstanding and it appears we are going to keep the salmon we have in our area for awhile. We now have alewives (baitfish) and cold water- the perfect mix for salmon. Last week the harbor in Ludington was filled with spawning alewives, a bit behind…

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