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Jiggin' Up Lakers! Lindner's Angling Edge with SFM
Captain Ben Wolfe and Jeremy Smith from Lindner's Angling Edge head out onto Lake Michigan for some hand-to-hand jiggin' combat with giant lake trout!
Michigan Summer Fishing with Sport Fish Michigan
Summer Fishing in Michigan tremendous opportunities to fish for smallmouth bass, lake trout, king salmon, and coho salmon... abundant in Michigan's beautiful rivers and lakes!
Michigan Walleye Fishing
Join Sport Fish Michigan's Captains and go fishing for Walleye in northern Michigan on the Detroit River, Saginaw River, Saginaw Bay, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, and inland lakes.
Sport Fish Michigan Television Commercial
Get Out, Get Bit! Sport Fish Michigan is your source for the best fishing guides in Michigan. Featuring guided fishing trips for all species and all seasons in Michigan.
Perch Fishing Fun - The Best of Michigan Fishing
Michigan's yellow perch population is growing in both numbers and size. Our guided trips offer anglers the best equipment and electronics for catching yellow perch on Northern Michigan's inland lakes and Grand Traverse Bays.
Al Lindner - Fishing with Sport Fish Michigan
Al Lindner filmed two shows with Ben Wolfe of Sport Fish Michigan - Lindner's Angling Edge and Lindner's Fishing Edge. In this video clip, Al talks about vertical jigging for coho salmon in Platte Bay and the variety of fishing opportunities Sport Fish Michigan offers.
Michigan River Fishing - Spring
Michigan's rivers offer fantastic spring steelhead fishing opportunities for anglers. Let Sport Fish Michigan's Captains and Guides provide you with a great day of fishing on northern Michigan's beautiful rivers!
Goin' Small for Smallies - Lindner's Fishing Edge with Sport Fish Michigan
James Lindner joins Captain Ron Dohm of Sport Fish Michigan on Michigan's beautiful Grand Traverse Bay for a day of sight fishing for smallmouth bass. Lindner's Fishing Edge - 2019 - Goin' Small for Smallies.
Fall & Winter River Fishing
Michigan's beautiful rivers yield fantastic opportunities for anglers throughout the fall and winter. Steelhead are our favorite to target during these seasons. They are active fighters - their fast runs and jumps create excitement and fun for river anglers.
St. Clair River Walleye Fishing
Captains Ben Wolfe and Eric Long enjoy a fun and successful day of Walleye fishing on the St. Clair River in Michigan.
Hi, I'm Captain Ben Wolfe of Sport Fish Michigan, and I'm here with Captain Eric Long with Long Line Charters. We're on the St. Clair River today. It's mid-November, we've had a huge cold front - lots of snow - but the walleye fishing is still really good and we're going to go give it a rip and see how well we can do. Yeah - for sure - it will be fun. [Ben] Let's get 'em! I'm excited - I know we've been talking about it for a while. The fishery is awesome out here. I mean it can be like the Detroit River. We had a couple times the other day, like I told you, when we found that shallow water break. It was stupid. That sounds so fun. Yeah, you go from having five fish in the box - fish four hours and then you got your 18. That's awesome. Yeah, it's silly. That's the great thing about fall - I know so many people are in the woods right now - but the fishing is really good because the photo-period for feeding is so much shorter. Those fish have to eat to survive, and that's what they're doing. As an angler, I want to take advantage of that. [Ben] I really have to put my time in and just graph whatever I'm seeing. That's going to give me a much better starting point, a much smarter starting point. [Eric] Oh yeah. It takes 15-20 minutes at the beginning of your trip. It's not a big deal. Especially this time of year, there's no sense keeping your hands on a pole for nothing. [Ben] Well, that's it. I mean - so if I spend 15-20 minutes looking, it might cut down that learning curve much faster than if I just started fishing. I got one here. [Eric] There we go. [Ben] I was just about to reach down. [Eric] You want me to grab the net Ben? [Ben] Sure. I might be able to swing him. I'm about to reach down and actually mark that spot. [Eric] There you go - that's a nice one. Another one. [Ben] Yup - got him. [Eric] Nice one. [Ben] Yours is nicer than mine. [Eric] Yeah. I'll take it. Oh! There it is! [Ben] There it is! I don't know if it's the same one. [Eric] Nice one. [Ben] Eric's doing battle up in front. We've got another. Working on a nice livewell here full of great St. Clair River walleyes. Eric, that was a really fantastic afternoon. We really were able to dial-in on some fish and put a really nice limit together. [Eric] Oh yeah - it was a typical fall day. You have to work for them a little bit. But you find a school and once you stay on them, obviously you can get your fish pretty quick. The key was once we figured out where those fish were, being able to repeat that pattern. Realizing that our bites came from 'Point A' to 'Point B,' and rather than keep drifting - just go back up - keep motoring back and forth. By doing that, we were able to put together that limit real quickly. [Eric] Oh yeah, for sure. 'Point A' to 'Point B' was small - a little section. We were fishing miles of the river, but we caught them within 100 yards, if that. Small little break at the end of the channel. Yeah. So, you know, that's typical fall fishing but we had a nice day today - the sun popped out. Pick your days - when you get a nice day, there is really fantastic fishing to be had. Oh yeah - for sure. Better than a tree stand - that's for sure. Yup - exactly. Pick your days, get out and have some fun. Lots of walleye fishing to be had here still on the St. Clair River. Give Captain Eric a call and we'll see you next time. If you're looking for a Captain or a Guide in the State of Michigan, please give Sport Fish Michigan a call, or check us out on the web at www.SportFishMichigan.com.
The Thrill of Michigan River Fishing
Go fishing in Michigan's beautiful rivers for an unparalleled angling experience!
Fall Bass Fishing in Michigan with Sport Fish Michigan
Northern Michigan offers world-class bass fishing. The fall season is a great time to fish for bass with one of Sport Fish Michigan's experienced Captains!
For more information, please give Sport Fish Michigan a call, or check us out on the web at www.SportFishMichigan.com.
Cisco Fishing with Sport Fish Michigan
Fishing for Cisco in northern Michigan with Sport Fish Michigan's Captains and Guides. Book your hands-on, light tackle, vertical jigging trip with Sport Fish Michigan to experience the best Michigan fishing.
Doubles and triples! This is about the average size cisco here that we're catching on Grand Traverse Bay. Loads and loads of fun!
Michigan Spring Fishing with Sport Fish Michigan
Fishing in Michigan during the spring season offers an exciting variety of species, including smallmouth bass, walleye, lake trout, steelhead, brown trout, and cisco... abundant in Michigan's beautiful rivers and lakes!
Learn More About Sport Fish Michigan
Learn more about Sport Fish Michigan and its services throughout the state of Michigan as explained by owner Capt. Ben Wolfe, and as seen on the Lindner's Angling Edge television show "Coho Mania."
Sport Fish Michigan is a network of some of the top charter Captains and Guides in the state. We really try and concentrate on just about anything that someone wants to do fishing-wise - we can provide it for them. Whether it's fishing in the river on fly. Whether it's fishing in the river with traditional gear. Or trolling or jigging. Bass fishing is big for us. Walleye fishing is also big for us. So really, almost anything someone wants to do fishing-wise we have someone around the state that is a qualified Captain or a Guide and really knows their thing and is able to have a great time with customers.
Michigan Ice Fishing with SFM
Experience Michigan ice fishing from the comfort of our fully-equipped, heated ice shanties.
For more information, or if you'd like to book a thrilling ice fishing trip with Sport Fish Michigan, please give us a call, or check us out on the web at www.SportFishMichigan.com.
Platte Bay Lake Michigan Fishing - The Best of Michigan Fishing
Platte Bay, Lake Michigan, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore offer incredible fishing opportunities for anglers. Clear water, beautiful scenery, and big fish abound. Join Sport Fish Michigan for a fishing trip on Platte Bay. Their experienced Captains and Guides are sure to put you on fish and ensure you have a great day on the water.
To experience the thrill of sight fishing for coho salmon, give Sport Fish Michigan a call today.
Salmon Jigging - The Best of Michigan Fishing
Vertical jigging for King Salmon and Coho Salmon on Lake Michigan - Grand Traverse Bays and Platte Bay. Book your hands-on, light tackle, vertical jigging trip with Sport Fish Michigan to experience the best Michigan fishing.
Hook n' Look's Kim Stricker - Salmon Fishing with Sport Fish Michigan
Hook n' Look's Kim Stricker takes a break from bass fishing to give coho salmon fishing on Platte Bay with Sport Fish Michigan a try. He's hooked!
All my bass fishing buddies out there would absolutely love this. I mean we all like to get anything that tugs at the end of a line - but this is unique! Talk about exciting, when you're staking them, and you're visually seeing schools and the followers. When they finally take the bait, man they just fight like crazy! What a beautiful fish, and a good eating fish, too. If you get up here with Sport Fish Michigan, do a little smallmouth fishing, and then get out here in Platte Bay and catch some cohos. If you're looking for a Captain or Guide in the State of Michigan, please give Sport Fish Michigan a call, or check us out on the web at www.SportFishMichigan.com.
Hook n' Look's Kim Stricker - Sport Fish Michigan
Kim Stricker from The Outdoor Channel's Hook n' Look television show talks about fishing with Sport Fish Michigan's Guides and Captains.
Jigging for Salmon: Using Humminbird Electronics for Salmon Jigging Success
Capt. Ben Wolfe shows how understanding Humminbird electronics is critical to success when jigging for salmon.
I've got fish coming in on the graph. A nice school. I'm dropping down - you can see the jig dropping down. Then we look at the 360. I've got them up there in the top right-hand screen. You can see them - they look like little submarines. You can see the fish come up on it, and he's going back down on it, and he's coming back up on it. Come on... There we go!! If you're looking for a Captain or a Guide in the State of Michigan, please give Sport Fish Michigan a call, or check us out on the web at www.SportFishMichigan.com.
Jigging for Salmon: Humminbird Electronics and Minn Kota Trolling Motors
Capt. Ben Wolfe shows how Humminbird electronics and Minn Kota trolling motors are key components to success when jigging for salmon.
Out here jigging on Platte Bay, having good electronics is critical. To be able to mark these schools, I can kind of anticipate things with that Humminbird 360, see that there's fish coming in, and kind of get a rough idea of what depth they're at. Then, all of a sudden, they show up on that sonar that we've got on our Minn Kota that's holding us in a spot here. We're able to drop down these Jonah Jigs that we're using, and they're just absolutely clobbering these things when we get them. Beautiful coho here. Love it! If you're looking for a Captain or a Guide in the State of Michigan, please give Sport Fish Michigan a call, or check us out on the web at WWW.SportFishMichigan.com
Fall Smallmouth Bass Fishing - Umbrella Rig
The fall season is a great time to target smallmouth bass in northern Michigan. Capt. Ben Wolfe demonstrates the use of an umbrella rig for catching bass.
So often in the fall, it may not be a total numbers game in terms of 50 or 60 fish, but usually they're of good quality. When you find them, you may have to hunt a little bit, but when you find them you can get into them. That's kind of the reward about going in the fall time. We're one of only three boats out here, so the fishing pressure is low, beautiful scenery, nice weather. It's just a good time to be up north. We're going to try to start out with an umbrella rig and some swim baits. Let's see how we do. Here we go! He's on! Not a giant, but a good one right here. This is where care needs to be taken on these umbrella rigs. Look at that! What a beautiful, huge northern Michigan smallmouth. On the umbrella rig - what a dandy! Mid-October, peak colors, and northern Michigan smallmouth like this. Just fantastic. Let's get him back and try to catch another one. Got one! Not a big one. Not nearly as big as our last one, but he absolutely clobbered it, so obviously there's more than just another. Let's see if we can catch another one. That was a lot of fun!