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Fishing Report aug 20th 2025
Smallmouth bass fishing has been outstanding the past few weeks. A mix of popper and crayfish patterns have been spot-on, and most days interchangeable depending on conditions. Also, finally seeing much bigger fish in the net with good numbers of high teen fish heinously murdering poppers…which is about as good as fishing gets!
Summer-run Skamania strain steelhead fishing picked up in the Indiana Creeks and depending on wind direction, Michigan City and St Joe piers. They’re even mixed with a few kings. I’m not going to take you there to catch fish but now you know.
Speaking of salmon, every August about this time it seems like we get a cool down and that is just what is happening now. So, a little rain (we got it), water temp drop and you have some early salmon ideally mixed with summer steelhead. This remains to be seen officially but I’d bet on a few poking in assuming water temps drop with air temps and sun angle. This is NOT a declaration of “the salmons are in!”, but a simple reminder that we entering the window. Peak push is usually about mid-September into October down here.
With water temp drop trout, pike and muskie fishing should also pick up. In the immediate future I’d recommend smallmouth mixed with pike, and I’m certainly ready to check on the trout and muskie bite 😊
All trips require a $150 deposit to lock date!
Call - Text - Email
Jay Anglin - 574-210-2844
jay@anglinoutdoors.com
UPDATED 2025
Regular Rates:
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4 Hour Half - $325 1 or 2 rods
6 Hour Express - $400 1 or 2
8 Hour Full - $475 1 or 2 rods
- Beverages and snacks are always available but full meals are only provided during 8 hour trips or by request
- If feasible, a third angler is an additional $75 for any rate
- All rates include use of equipment, leaders, flies, lures and any other pertinent tackle etc.
CATCH AND RELEASE!
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Anglin Outdoors specializes in warm and coldwater species throughout a region that straddles much of the Indiana/Michigan state line known as Michiana. While steelhead and smallmouth bass fishing on the St Joseph River system including the revered Dowagiac River are the focus of most outings, many other species are caught during a typical day including resident brown trout, largemouth bass and a variety of panfish, among others. Northern pike are often targeted or caught as a bonus species. Northern Indiana and Southwest Michigan are blessed with some incredible muskie fisheries. While some 'skis are present in streams the bulk of fishing is done on small inland lakes.
The Michiana region is blessed with year-round fishing opportunities. Other than frigid arctic conditions that make fishing unbearable for most anglers, steelhead fishing is a possibility just about every month of the year. Obviously, numbers of fish and conditions vary from year to year but suffice it to say we have fantastic steelhead opportunities here - in particular spring and fall. Smallmouth bass fishery generally takes the stage from late May through early October - June, July and August being the primary focus. Resident trout fishing is also available to some degree nearly year-round but often comes as a bonus to steelhead fishing. September is a great month of pursue big, fresh king and coho salmon along with summer-run Skamania steelhead. Muskie and pike fishing can be excellent if not world class throughout much of the year as well.
All trips require a $150 deposit to lock date!
Call - Text - Email
Jay Anglin - 574-210-2844
jay@anglinoutdoors.com
UPDATED 2025
Regular Rates:
---Fish---
4 Hour Half - $325 1 or 2 rods
6 Hour Express - $400 1 or 2
8 Hour Full - $475 1 or 2 rods
- Beverages and snacks are always available but full meals are only provided during 8 hour trips or by request
- If feasible, a third angler is an additional $75 for any rate
- All rates include use of equipment, leaders, flies, lures and any other pertinent tackle etc.
- All trips CATCH AND RELEASE
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ABOUT
Jay Anglin has been an avid angler and hunter for over 40 years. He tied his first flies and caught trout on them in Northern Michigan in 1981. His guide service, Anglin Outdoors, specializes in pursuing warm and cold water fish species found in the streams and lakes of Northern Indiana and Southwest Michigan. Anglin has guided anglers of all persuasions as well as waterfowl, turkey and upland game hunters throughout the Great Lakes states. He met his wife Angie while working towards a biology degree from Northern Michigan University in the Upper Peninsula. Jay has also been writing professionally since high school. When he's not on the river or in the field he can found behind the keyboard. The Anglins live with their five children and three Labrador retrievers in LaPorte, Indiana.
CONTACT US
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Jay Anglin - Anglin Outdoors
409 Fox Street
LaPorte, Indiana 46350
574-210-2844
jay@anglinoutdoors.com
