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Streamer fishing
for Chinook & Coho Salmon on the Betsie Lake, Platte
River, Platte Bay, Lake Michigan.
September 2006 - Fly fishing the shoreline of Platte
Bay right near the mouth of the river has been
excellent. Coho,
Chinook and even a few steelhead are being caught.
These fish are very aggressive and will smash
streamers. Deceivers, Fin Clip, Conrad Sculpin
and Half & Half have been our best producers of
late. In low light these same patterns with
glow in dark Flashabou added to them has really
worked well.
Sept 12th - A beautiful King salmon caught
streamer fishing in Betsie Lake right near Lake
Michigan. The last few evening this fishing
has been excellent! Been hitting 3 to 6 fish
each night this week. Top flies have been a
glow in dark Half & Half (pictured below), black
Conrad Sculpin, and our Great Lakes Deceiver in
Chart/White. The new Rio OutBound lines are my
new favorites for open water streamer fishing in the
Great Lakes. The 8wt. type 3 sinking line has
been working just perfect of late.
Sept. 14th - Tom Olenczuk with a fresh Chinook
Salmon that was caught while streamer fly fishing in
Betsie Lake right near the mouth of the Betsie
River. Excellent fishing this evening with big
numbers of very aggressive salmon - 5 salmon landed
and lost a few others. Tom and Jim
fished with me yesterday evening and this morning
and 10 Salmon were brought to the net in about 8
hours of fishing!
Sept. 14th - Here one of the big Chinooks making
a very long run. The fight out of these fish,
fresh out of Lake Michigan, is very amazing!
Sept. 13th - Here is Tom with another salmon
landed today. Hot fly was a Chartreuse and
White Conrad Sculpin. A slow strip was the key
today on the retrieve. Excellent morning
fishing even in bright sun today!
Sept. 13th - Excellent streamer fishing this
evening! We landed 5 big King Salmon and lost
a few other in about 3 hours of fishing.
Sept. 13th - Tom and Jim with a Betsie Lake
Chinook Salmon. Jim had the hot rod this
evening landing 3 of these big Kings.
Sept. 15th - Chinook Salmon that smashed one of
our Great Lakes Deceivers down in Betsie Lake just
up from Lake Michigan. If your looking to
streamer fish for these big Kings this is the place
and time to go! For more photos of streamer
fishing for Kings go to
lake fishing web page report.
Here is a pattern (glow half & half) that has
been working in low light or dark conditions for
Lake Michigan salmon.
Sept. 11th - Bright silver Coho Salmon on the
lower Platte River. The last few days good
numbers of Coho Salmon have been moving into the
lower Platte River from Lake Michigan. These
salmon are aggressive and will hit small flashy
streamer. The weir on the lower river has
begun to past fish so it won't be long until fish
are up near the town of Honor.
Sept. 19th - A fresh run Chinook Salmon on the
lower Platte River that smashed a 6" long Fire Tiger
Streamer. Salmon was caught by Chris Johnston
and we had excellent fishing landed a number of
Chinook and Coho salmon.
Sept. 21st - Here is a Platte River Coho that hit
a conehead Lite Bright Minnow and one of the finest
reels on the market - Abel Super 6 with a platinum
finish. We are now a Abel dealer for those
looking for these fine reels. The past
week around 4,000 Coho were past over the lower weir
on the lower Platte River and are on there way
upstream toward the town of Honor. A great
place to look for these Coho Salmon now are right
around Platte Lake. This fish will hit
streamers as they past through Platte Lake on the
there way upstream to spawn. With the cool
weather and rain of late look for more Chinooks and
Coho to be moving into the very lower river.
Lake Huron & Lake Michigan brown trout, salmon and smallmouth photos from the 2005 & 2006 season (click here)
Michigan fly fishing opportunities this season include:
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