08/30/10 Lake Michigan fishing reports out of St. Joseph and Benton Harbor

Best Fishing at the moment seems to be the PERCH FISHING. The Salmon bite has slowed a bit but should be picking back up any day now. The big fish seem to be scattered all over the lake. Boats are reporting catches of Kings in close in the 40 to 60 foot depths but the catches are not consistent. Lake Trout are being taken anywhere from 60 - 100 feet of water during both the early morning and also the evening bite. In close lures of choice are J-Plugs as well as other Plug Baits. Out in the deeper depths Flasher Fly Combos and also Cut Bait Rigs, and Spoons are working well. All seem to be working well trolling on leadcore or copper setups, Dipsey Divers and also Downriggers. Perch Fishing is good as well in both directions of the piers from 25 - 40 feet of water. Perch Fishermen have even reported catching nice size perch and getting limit catches using minnows. The Best Salmon Bite is Early in the day till about 9am. There is also a Good Evening Bite as well. The Best spoon colors have been NBK (Natural Born Killer), Mixed Veggies, Stinger Dolphins w/Red Tip, Blue Gander Glo, and UM Frog Glow. Plugs have been productive as well for the Kings, Blue Spatter, Green Spatter, Wonderbread, Mother of Pearl are a few of the popular choices. Flasher-Fly combos seem to be doing BEST! Thanks to the Fishermen who fished the 3rd of 4th Quad Challenge on Saturday 08/14. We had 31 boats participate and there were some nice catches recorded. Congrats to Fin Scout for having the Best weight out of 5 fish and winning 1st Place. The top 6 boats were: 1-Fin Scout 49.13, 2-Bustin Caps 49.11, 3-Gnome Boat 49.04, 4-Still Hookin 46.01, 5-Pelagic 43.01 and 6-Blue Streak 42.03 Big Fish Category of a Lake Trout was won by Pelagic with a 12# 3z Laker. Thanks again to All who fished. Last Tournament of this year will be on Saturday September 4th. Results of the Womens Tournament held on August 7th are as follows: There were 16 Teams which Competed and there were some AWESOME Catches. Congrats to Team Reel Sharpie who won with total points of 228.12. 2nd was Tackle Haven with 171.09, 3rd Coho's Aim 170.14, 4th Norseman's 153.05, 5th Bustin Caps 141.10, 6th Titan 108.04, 7th Moody Blues 101.11, 8th Brandon Marie 98.05. Anne Marie had Big Fish (KING) 15# and Coho's Aim Big Fish (Lake Trout) 13#. Give us a call for up to date information and we will do our best to give you an estimated future wave and lake forecast. Tackle Haven is now open 7-days a week from 7am - 7pm. If you have any questions give us a call at (269)925-0341 OR Phil (269)208-6482 or Nate (269)208-6178.