12 Month West Michigan Fishing Calendar - July

This month is bass month. I don’t usually have much time for anything else. The weeds are growing and the largemouths are getting into their summer pattern, it doesn’t get much better than this. Sometimes the girls will want to dabble in some panfishing fishing and salmon fishing gets going again. The water in Lake Michigan stratifies and deeper presentations start to shine out there. I also usually make a family trip up north this time of year. That means Lake trout on Grand Traverse Bay, smallmouth all over up there, and sometimes some unique big lake opportunities in the bass boat.