The fishing in Frankfort remains excellent. The north and east winds have moved the temperature break up to 20 feet. We got fish on the riggers early this morning down 25, 40 and 55 and the wire divers were good out 75 and 100. Later in the day it was mostly a lead core and copper bite. The five colors were the best with plugs. One had a pearl Tomic and the other had a bloody nose Silver Horde, both in the smaller size. The Happy Gnome from Silver Streak was good on the 200 and 250 copper. Lots of good catches this morning from the Herring Hole all the way to north of the lighthouse. Did not hear of anyone fishing Platte Bay this morning, but it wont be long and hopefully the Coho show up. Looks like great weather for the weekend, get out there and get some!

Fishing out of Frankfort has been good to great at times. Catches over the past ten days have ranged from eight to eighteen fish per trip. Most of the catch has been mature kings, but we have also been getting a few Lake Trout, some Steelhead and a few smaller kings. It has still been largely a spoon bite, although some of the bigger fish are coming on Flasher/Fly combos and we did have our first fish on a plug this week. A great spoon this week was the Modified Caramel Dolphin Super Slim from Dreamweaver. That was taking fish up high on a 100 and 150 copper. We are still running the Chilly Goose (or Happy Gnome) on our 200 and 250 and the Lucky Charlie on 300 and 350. When we had them out, the 400 and 450 had the Black Screwball, although temp was up pretty high this week and we rarely put them in the water. The corner riggers had spoons with free sliders down 35 to 55 feet and we had a big green e-chip with a Ken's Aqua Gold down the chute. The wire divers out 100 to 150 have been good but the high divers have been struggling to put fish in the box. We have changed baits and depths but can't seem to get them going. One buddy has done well on Slide Divers with spoons up high, something you may want to try. Good luck and be safe out there.

Last night we caught a King that tipped the scales at 27.25 pounds. Biggest fish that we have seen in years. For a picture, check out Hammerhead Charters on Facebook. I will post a full report as soon as I have a morning off. Fishing has been good in 100 to 150 FOW on mostly spoons. Plugs and flies are still a little slow. Temp is moving up and down, so watch your probe. This morning it was 55-60 down. Good spoons were Happy Gnome from Silver Streak, Lucky Charlie from Pro King, Happy Meal from Moonshine and Hello Darling from Dreamweaver. Good luck and be safe!

We have had several good trips in a row now, so I can safely say that the kings are back! We have been fishing as far south as the Herring Hole and as far north as Six Mile Hole and several spots in between. Tonight we had the heaviest box of the year with several fish over 15 pounds, the biggest was 18. He came on a 400 copper with a Black Screwball from Silver Streak. The same old baits have been working, so we have not changed much. Chilly Gooses up high, Lucky Charlie on the 300 and 350, and Black Screwball deep. The best flasher/fly combo has been Lester's Molester behind a White E-chip and a Wonderbread Spin Doctor pulling an Aqua gold fly. Riggers tonight were hitting at 44, 55 and 66. Wire divers were out 125 and high divers were at 200. The fishing has been excellent and the weather has been perfect. Calm seas and sunshine, and when the weather is hot there is no place better to be than out on the lake. See ya out there, Hammerhead.

Fishing is not red hot right now in Frankfort, but it is steady. We have been fishing for kings for the first couple hours in the mornings and then switching to Lake Trout to round out the catch. As a bonus there are some really nice Steelhead in the area as well. All the fish are well fed this year on the bumper crop of Alewives and Kings up to 29 pounds have been caught out of Frankfort. Last night the boat next to me landed a 24 pound king on Cowbells and a Spin n Glow. Go figure. Good baits have been Chilly Goose Silver Streak, Hello Darlin Dreamweaver and Charlies Special Pro King. White E-Chip with a Lesters Molester continues to land the big fish on a wire diver. Temp has been as deep as 90 feet and as high as 45 so check it with the probe or ask on the radio (channel 10) if you don't use one. Good luck, Capt. John

Nice mixed bag catch this morning! We had some really big kings, including a twenty pounder and one that went eighteen and a half along with some nice Lake Trout and Steelhead. The Lakers were up off the bottom and the Steelies were right on the surface. Riggers were good at 49, 69 and 89 with Moonshines early and then switching to Silver Streaks in Blue Sugar and Chilly Goose. Copper continues to help fill the box later in the day. We took fish on a 150, 250, 300, 400 and 450. A small Dreamweaver spoon in "Hey Baby" pattern and a Pro King in "Lucky Charlie" were the best baits on copper. I still cannot get a good bite going on the divers. We moved them around and changed baits but only managed one Laker on a wire diver out 150 at 1.5. When I figure out a good flasher/fly pattern I will keep you posted. Until then, have fun on the water.

Fishing in Frankfort is a little tough right now, but we did manage to get some really nice kings and one big Steelhead this morning. All that South wind blew in a lot of warm water, and the probe was still reading 59 degrees down 100 feet. We found some good temperature breaks out over 500 feet of water and just weaved in and out of the scumlines. Lots of dead Alewives on the surface marked where the fish were lurking and we picked away at them all morning long. Black Screwball and Blue Chilly from Silver Streak were both good and Hey Baby from Dreamweaver put several fish in the box, including the biggest king of the day, an 18.5 pounder on a free slider. The Screwball was on a 400 and a 450 copper and accounted for four kings. The Blue Chilly was down 120 on a rigger and took a couple. We moved the divers up and down through the water column and never had a bite. The fish are not here in big numbers yet, but should show up any day. The weather however, is perfect, and there is no better place to be than out on the lake, catching a sunset and a few fish with your friends and family. See ya on the water, Capt. John

Nice mixed-bag catch last night. We started with a pass north on the bank in 80 feet of water, targeting lake trout. The lakers were a little finicky, but we managed four fish before we made the turn back south, and switched gears to fish for salmon. It took us a while, but we finally dialed in to the salmon. They were off the bank in about 130 feet of water, and they were smackin flies on divers. We were testing a new fly designed by a buddy of mine that used to fish out of Frankfort. He calls the fly something different, but since his name is Lester, we dubbed the new prototype "Lester's Molester!" We started it up high on the Power-Pro diver, but after washing it for a half hour at 150 on the counter, Rhino dropped it to 200. About thirty seconds later the diver started screaming out line. Ten minutes later a fifteen pounder hit the deck. Ryan reset the diver at 200 and it rode for not more than a minute when another mature king smoked it. Two mature kings in fifteen minutes for the inaugural run of Lester's Molester. Not bad. The wire divers took fish at 150 on a 1 1/2 setting and the high divers produced fish at 200 on a 3 setting. Spoons on the corner riggers took fish at 49 and 69 and the center rigger was at 75 with a Wonderbread Spin Doctor and an Aqua Gold fly. Copper took the smaller fish. There are quite a few immature salmon (Shakers) in the area, so check your gear often. Dragging a small fish can screw up your presentation. Not to mention, you're not going to catch a big one, if you're pulling a little one. The biggest fish of the night went nearly twenty pounds! It's good to see fish that big in June. The fishing is good right now and the forecasted south-west winds should only help.

We didn't know what to expect for our Thursday morning trip this week. The wind had shifted overnight from due South to due North and the temperature had dropped twenty degrees. We motored out to the bank, hoping that the fish were still where we had left them, after the shift in the weather. We set up in 130 feet of water heading north and dropped the center rigger to 79'. Thirty seconds later, before I could set the corner rigger, we had our first fish. The fishing was fast and furious on our first pass. We fished three riggers and two wire divers and we had a hard time keeping those in the water. After we made the turn to head south, we were able to get a couple of copper lines in the water and put a few more fish in the box. By this time it was 8 a.m. and we had 17 fish in the box!! The clients decided that they had plenty of fish and a warm breakfast and a hot cup of coffee sounded pretty good, so we pulled the gear and headed for the dock. The Wonderbread Spin Doctor pulling an Aqua Gold glow fly did the most damage on the center rigger down 79'. The corner riggers also took fish with Moonshine spoons, Happy Meal and Wonderbread. The wire divers tallied a couple of fish apiece with a Blue Dolphin Spin Doctor pulling an Aqua Gold on one side and a UV white Spin Doctor pulling a UV Silver Horde fly on the other side.

After an unseasonably cool spring, the summer weather finally arrived. With the warm weather, came about a million alewives and the kings were not far behind. We ended up with fourteen fish last night, one lake trout and the rest were chinooks. The surface temp was 54 degrees and the fish were scattered from 39 feet down to 139 feet down. Riggers, divers and copper all took fish. It was mostly a spoon bite, but the bigger fish came on flashers and flies. The center rigger deep with a Wonderbread Spin Doctor pulling an Aqua Gold fly was the best. The biggest fish, a 17 1/2 pound king, took a Blue Dolphin Spin Doctor pulling a Silver Horde fly on a wire diver. The spoon bite was all over the board. Magnums, super slims, standards, blues, greens, Silver Streaks, Pro Kings, and Stingers.... it did not seem to matter. All of the copper rods took at least one rip, 150 feet to 500 feet of copper. The weather was as good as the fishing. Flat calm and 72 degrees. It felt great to be on the water again. All in all, a great start to the summer!