HAWG-TIDE Charter Fishing Frankfort & Traverse City Michigan

7/11/2011 Fishing Report

admin — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:22:43 +0000

Frankfort Fishing Report:

Great weather and steady catches off of Frankfort so far this July!!!

Solid catches of trout and salmon are being caught the last two weeks off of Frankfort. Most all of our charters are bringing home 10-15 fish per trip. VERY nice size trout are still being caught on “The Bank” north of the pierheads. Our best fishing has been starting in 100 fow and working out to 150 later in the morning. Lakers are coming tight on the bottom using cowbells and dodgers. Kings have been mixed in with the trout and being caught with Rapture Flies and Stinger mag spoons 65-90 down. Several King Salmon this July have topped 20 plus pounds! A few boats have had success offshore for steelhead. Book your charter trip today!

6/16/2011 Fishing Report

admin — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:15:43 +0000

Frankfort Fishing Report:

VERY nice catches of king salmon are starting to come into Frankfort. One group came in with a 23 pounder! Most catches have been from straight out and to the south to the Herring Hole. 90-150 fow. Downriggers 70-90 feet down with flashers/flies and leadcores/copper lines with spoons. 10 color to 300 copper range have all been good.

Traverse City Fishing Report:

Fished the GTASFA weekly Fishing League last night in West GT Bay. We finished 1st place with a 6 pound lake trout. It was caught trolling a 200 copper rig with a Stinger Modified Blue Dolphin spoon (see picture). Trout fishing in both GT Bays have been awesome this spring. Most all our fish have been caught in 40-70 fow.

Book your charter trip today! Prime dates are starting to fill up.

-Captain Andy

4/26/2010 Fishing Report

admin — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 19:42:57 +0000

Traverse City Fishing Report

We have been jigging up Lake Trout in West Grand Traverse Bay. Now this is fun! This trout was 32 inches long and 10 pounds! Fish have been found anywhere from 110 to 170 fow right on the bottom. Our set-ups have been a 6′ medium action rods with a spinning reel loaded with Power Pro line. The business end is a “Elk Rapids S” vertical jig. No live bait needed.

The Boat – ‘Hawg-Tide II’ – 28′ Bertram

admin — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 21:15:15 +0000

Hawg-Tide II is a 28′ Bertram Sportfisherman loaded with the latest in safety and navigation gear. Not to mention what it takes to catch the Hawgs!

Additional Features of our boat:

11′ Beam
FullStand-Up Head
Twin Engines
VHF Marine Radio Radar/GPS Equipped Downriggers and Outriggers Raymarine, Lowrance & BigJon Products
DNR Inspected U.S. Coast Guard Approved and Inspected

Captain Andy – Ready to take you fishing on Lake Michigan!

admin — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 20:44:06 +0000

Hawg-Tide Sportfishing is owned and operated by Captain Andy McQuillan. Captain Andy is a young, energetic, full-time Charter Boat Captain that will go at any length to acquire a full box of fish. He is a proud Central Michigan University alumnus. His dream of becoming a charter boat captain became true when he attained his captain license in 2003.

Captain Andy’s Hawg-Tide is a prominent name in the Michigan charter boat fishing world. His reputation is backed by his committed efforts to be up to date with new fishing techniques and equipment. Practice makes perfect illustrates the fishing ethics behind Hawg Tide. Captain Andy is an avid fisherman and is on the waters daily no matter what time of the year. It makes no difference whether he is fishing for salmon on the big waters, walleye on an inland lake or exploring salt waters he uses his expertise and experiences to land the big fish.

He has won numerous tournaments and awards but his greatest thrill is watching one of his clients reel in a salmon for the first time. Captain Andy has been fishing ever since he could walk and he truly reveals in sharing the fishing adventure with others.

Originally from down state, Captain Andy loves being able to live in the northern outdoor paradise of Traverse City. Although his spare time is limited, he likes to spend it with his faithful German Shorthair, Whiskey, fishing, hunting, fishing, seeing friends and family, fishing and did we mention fishing.

10/12/2010 Fishing Report

admin — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:59:49 +0000

Frankfort Fishing Report 10/12/10:

Fished out of Frankfort and boated 7 fish for about 12-13 bites. Steelhead and small kings were caught. The best action was in about 65-95 fow and just north of the harbor in front of “The Saddle”. All spoons were used on 14 rods. Best set-up was smaller spoons on 3 color leadcore on planer boards. Downriggers down no deeper that 45 also had bites.

9/14/2010 Fishing Report

admin — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 19:52:52 +0000

Traverse City Fishing Report: 9/14/10
Both bays in Traverse City are producing kings. We have been fishing on East Bay and catching some real nice fish. Early morning bites have been coming in 20-65 fow. Smaller lead cores from 1 to 5 colors pulling glow plugs have been working until the sun comes up. Move to deeper water after that and sink your gear. Downriggers down 90-100 and divers out 200-250 seem to be getting the bites later in the morning. The best king fishing is yet to come!
Get out your small boat and try jigging for whitefish and lakers. Good catches are starting to show up. We fished the other morning in 100-115 fow and did get into a few.

9/8/2010 Fishing Report

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:06:07 +0000

Frankfort Fishing Report 9/8/10:
King and coho salmon have been coming from East Platte Bay! We took the past few groups up to the bay for some pretty good fishing. Best baits were plugs on 5 to 15 colors of lead core. Stinger NBK and Dolphin pattern mag spoons on riggers 45-75 down. Temp has been around 50 feet. The south bank has been best but watch out for the tribal trap net buoy lines. It appears that there are about 4-5 different net sets in the bay.

Traverse City Fishing Report 9/8/10:
East Grand Traverse Bay has had very good catches of kings and lake trout. We have been fishing the south bank in about 100-120 fow. Also the “Yuba” bank has been good. Best bites have definitely been first and last light. Plugs on copper lines out 350 to 500 and also meat rigs on wire divers out 200-250.
West Grand Traverse Bay has also been catching good numbers of salmon. Troll the “Hole” early in the morning or get away from the boat traffic by fishing the “Red 8″ buoy to the north.

8/22/10 Fishing Report

admin — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:26:15 +0000

Frankfort Fishing Report 8/22/10:
“BIG” kings have been getting caught out of Frankfort this past weekend. We have been fishing shallower water (finally!). Anywhere from 50-90 fow. Kings have been coming on riggers with plugs 50-80 down and on divers with meat rigs 123-150 out. These three 18 pounders were caught just south of the harbor in 85 fow on Sunday. Benzy Frenzy starts Friday. Good luck to all teams!

Traverse City Fishing Report 8/22/10:
East Grand Traverse Bay- Kings are moving into the bays. Anywhere from 90-150 fow. Stinger magnum glow spoons in the morning have been very productive. Also still catching unlimited amounts of nice size lake trout. Traverse City Salmon Classic starts Friday the 3rd.

8/15/2010 Fishing Report

admin — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:53:04 +0000

Frankfort Fishing Report 8/15/2010:

Thank you SOUTH LYON CATHOLIC CHURCH group! Teams Hawg-Tide, Netminder and Sandpiper took out a large fishing group this past weekend. We fished in front of Arcadia Bluffs golf course. Great catches of kings were brought in by all. We were fishing in about 100-130 fow. Downriggers with all glow plugs seemed to be the ticket fished 70, 80 and 90 down. We were also using 2 colors of lead-core on our out-down riggers. Meat rigs out 225 on wire divers also worked well.