A quick look at this picture will convince you that fishing just doesn’t get any better than this. We could not close the lids on both coolers. What an exciting morning! Summer's almost over and there are still plenty of fish to be caught. So give your favorite Charter Boat Captain a call. Don’t miss out on all this great fishing. The program remains the same.

Good to excellent fishing continues, with some monster kings being taken. Check out this fish caught by Rick Behr aboard the Sea Monkey. This fish weighed in at 34.5 lbs. Fish are being taken in front of the state park in 110ft to 220ft of water, from the 00,s to the 06’s north, and the 32’s to the 36’s west. Program: Center rigger 144ft down with a Hollo Read Meat rig behind a 10in spin doctor. Both side riggers 91ft and 121ft down both with double glow Ace High plugs. High wire divers with back 300ft with meatless teasers and spin doctors. Low wires with frog meat rigs and 10in spinners. 15 color cores with Ace high double glow plugs and 400 copper with plugs.

Monday, August 24th was a day for the local fishing record books.

While in town delivering the Ludington Area Visitors Guide and Map Guide publications, Sarah and Mary of Advantage Marketing stopped by Captain Chuck's and discovered Rich Behr weighing in his catch. Sarah snapped a few photos and promised to post a report online.

Rich reeled in a 34 pound, 8 ounce king salmon, the largest caught in Ludington since 2001.

No wonder he's smiling!!!

The fishing continues to be excellent, both morning and evening fishing trips are yielding limit catches. The Coho’s salmon are in, and they are wild, they really add to the excitement. You can’t hook all of them, but it's fun trying. These fish are straight out from Ludington harbor in 175ft to 250ft. 35s to the 40s. West. Program: The program remains the same as August 10th.

Bad weather shut down the fishing on Saturday. Sunday and Monday we found some new water holding lots of fish. Southwest of Ludington Harbor, in 200ft of water, we found 44 degree water 90ft down. This area is holding a mixed bag of fish. We caught King salmon, Coho salmon, Steelhead, and Lake trout. We had lots of action. Program: Riggers, 91ft, 123ft, and 144ft down, with moon shines on the out and downs and a 10in glow blade spin doctor, with a meatless teaser down the chute. High wires with 8in tuxedo and meatless teasers back 250ft. Low wires with 10in glow blades and meatless teasers, back 200ft. Core and half with Moon shine mag bloody nose. Also 400ft of copper worked well.

With all the wind over last weekend the fishing has slowed a bit. The fish are still coming in 185 ft. of water off the State Park. Some Kings in the 25 lb. class are being taken. These big kings are real are real screamers, they can peel off more than 100 yards of line in one run. Program: same as July 30th.