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Manistee Early July Early July Manistee. Fishing is improving as we speak and with the prevailing south west winds it should continue on that pattern. Water is setting up well with good reports of kings beginning to be heard. A mid 30’s pound king was taken out of Manistee last week, and I’ve heard several […]

Manistee 06-26-18 Fishing is still on the slow side, but still mature kings to be found.  Best bite has been 100-120 fow straight out of port.  Spoons still dominate, but bigger fish have been coming on meat and fly rigs dressed up in purples and greens.  The trout grounds outside Onekama are setting up well […]

Hello everybody, Apologies for the delay, but here are the recipes for the new Flies developed for 2018 on the video that can be found below. Deb PDF:  2018 Tangled Tackle Fly Recipes Zip file with Pictures and PDF of Recipes: 2018 Tangled Tackle Fly Recipes  

Learn to make Custom Peanut Flies Here’s a new video from Tangled Tackle showing how to make your own custom peanut flies using Purple Taco’s banded fly material. Easy and fun to do. Nothing better than catching something on a rig you created.

Manistee Video The guys at Tangled Tackle put up a new video highlighting some of the incredible fishing going on right now on Lake Michigan.  Check out their most recent fishing report for the details.  Blue Maui Flies and River Pickle teasers and flies have been getting it done.

06-02-18 Manistee Report Fishing has been outstanding around Manistee, and its neighboring ports for several days now.  Limit catches are being reported more as the norm, rather than the unusual.  Fish are healthy and full of fight.  The best fishing we have found has been straight out of Manistee in 135 to 180 fow on […]

04-06-18 Hello everyone, and hello spring….well maybe.  With all the snow falling it’s sometimes hard to realize that it’s April and not January.  But fear not, spring is here, it just doesn’t know it yet.  We want everyone to know that we’re doing a GREAT giveaway that includes a complete fly tying kit from Purple […]

02-26-2018 You want new flies to tie?  You got it.  Five new fly recipes from the guys at Tangled Tackle.  This makes a total of 25 fly recipes available to you on this website.  Just scroll down to the bottom of this page to see the recipe list, pictures and a complete list of the […]

02-17-2018 Our latest video is up showing how to finish off you custom meat rigs.  Enjoy and be safe! _________________________________________    

02-05-2018 Perch!  Staring to hear some good reports of perch being caught on Portage Lake here in Manistee County.  Reports are still scattered, but it seems the south shore near Camp Tosebo seems to be the most consistent.  Depth is also a bit sporadic but it seems the best area is consistent with lining yourself […]

02-01-2018 Not to much to report unfortunately for the local fisheries.  Perch have been hit and miss on Portage Lake.  There is a good school of them moving around Andy’s Point, but you have to be in the right place at the right time.  Lately I’ve heard the east side of the point has been […]

01/22/2018 So, is it salmon season yet?  No, but there is some good fishing around none the less.  I’ve heard good reports of steelhead on the Big Manistee lately, and the warm weather of late has had the parking lots full at Highbridge and White Fence.  If you’re looking to get on the river now is […]

Happy New Year from all of us at the Tangled Tackle fishing team! We have been asked to jump in on this blog from time to time to give everyone some updates on what’s up and coming, and to answer some questions. Of course we couldn’t resist the opportunity to talk some fishing so we jumped […]

Edited 9/23/17 – Added the rest of the pictures Here are the recipes and pictures from the video.  There is also a spreadsheet of the colors needed for all of the flies. Click on this link to download the PDF file of recipes:  TT Fly Recipes Click on this link to download the Excel spreadsheet for a […]