Coach's Angle Smallmouth Charters

Coach's Angle Smallmouth Charters Smallmouth bass guide service in the Traverse City area. Full-service smallmouth bass fishing in Traverse City area. References available.

Booking for 2014 & 2015. Some 2013 dates possible.

This moon was good to us. 5.80 was biggest this time around.
09/20/2024

This moon was good to us. 5.80 was biggest this time around.

Shallow or deep or suspended--be prepared for anything. It all depends on the available food source.6.24 was the biggest...
09/13/2024

Shallow or deep or suspended--be prepared for anything. It all depends on the available food source.
6.24 was the biggest this week; several 4s but most were in the 3 lb range.
Note: The stronger-than-normal current seems to be a factor in food location.

The summer pattern ended right on schedule.  More wind than needed but when we could fish...The September pattern is in ...
08/30/2024

The summer pattern ended right on schedule. More wind than needed but when we could fish...
The September pattern is in full swing and that will continue to be a treat.
Hope you can join us.

The summer method is coming to an end for 2024. We are officially in the September pattern--I love this method too!A win...
08/25/2024

The summer method is coming to an end for 2024. We are officially in the September pattern--I love this method too!
A windy week that tested our equipment--especially the bilge pumps. They worked just fine.

A busy week with old friends and new found our fish beginning to transition. We caught most of them in our summer patter...
08/16/2024

A busy week with old friends and new found our fish beginning to transition. We caught most of them in our summer pattern and a few in our fall pattern.
As always we are following the food and big movements are beginning.
Thanks to this week's fishermen--good people and good fish.
A full moon is on the way and I hope bad weather doesn't hinder...

Following one of the best new moons we've experienced it was expected that the frenzied bite would fade and return to no...
08/09/2024

Following one of the best new moons we've experienced it was expected that the frenzied bite would fade and return to normal.
Less than perfect winds required perfect presentations this week. Our friends adjusted and had numbers but only a couple fives were boated. The two to four pounders continued to show regularly. Best day this week was 45 smallies in six hours.
Fun days on the water.

A brief halfday outing with repeat fisherman netted over 40 smallies. All on spots we haven't fish since June. Big fish ...
08/05/2024

A brief halfday outing with repeat fisherman netted over 40 smallies. All on spots we haven't fish since June. Big fish 5.02.
Quiet Cove jigheads (available at Jacks, D and R or at Quiet Cove direct) were very beneficial.
The real MVP is the moon phase. More talk about that when this slows down. Maybe December!?!

Sounds like a broken record but another pair of fishermen not only get big numbers but also big fish. 5.24 was biggest o...
08/02/2024

Sounds like a broken record but another pair of fishermen not only get big numbers but also big fish. 5.24 was biggest out of the 35 caught. Father and daughter were very efficient in the summer method and very fun to fish with. Great day!

On July 1 a friend from Arkansas had a smallie at 6.80 and on July 31 a friend from Texas had a 6.35. What a way to star...
08/01/2024

On July 1 a friend from Arkansas had a smallie at 6.80 and on July 31 a friend from Texas had a 6.35. What a way to start and finish a great month.
Lots of quality and another fun and productive day. All this on a halfday charter.

The youngsters get involved in last two morning outings. Fun stuff with mostly smallmouth but a couple drum did crash th...
07/29/2024

The youngsters get involved in last two morning outings. Fun stuff with mostly smallmouth but a couple drum did crash the party.
(2022 prices will hold throughout remainder of this year.)

An old friend from Indiana and a new friend with Indiana ties set out for Day Two of midsummer smallmouth fishing. As yo...
07/26/2024

An old friend from Indiana and a new friend with Indiana ties set out for Day Two of midsummer smallmouth fishing. As you know from yesterday's post Day One was unbelievably good.
And Day Two did not disappoint as a 5.96 lber came on board with one other over 5 and three others over 4. And we had numbers again with personal bests each day!
Fun stuff...

Day One of a two-day smallmouth trip couldn't have gone much better. Fifty or so smallies were caught with  biggest weig...
07/25/2024

Day One of a two-day smallmouth trip couldn't have gone much better. Fifty or so smallies were caught with biggest weighing 5.60 lbs. Several others topped 4 lbs.
New areas really paid off today and we're looking forward to Day Two.

New friends endured east, south, west and northwest winds and then rain. The fish continued to cooperate throughout our ...
07/24/2024

New friends endured east, south, west and northwest winds and then rain. The fish continued to cooperate throughout our 4 hours. Very good numbers and, as you can see, quality smallmouth!
I lucked out with good fishermen again...

A four hour morning trip got us between 25 and 30 hookups. The smallies were certainly very willing to accept our offeri...
07/22/2024

A four hour morning trip got us between 25 and 30 hookups. The smallies were certainly very willing to accept our offerings.

The full moon has them aggressive...Big numbers (I mean really big numbers) of quality fish brought onboard.Our fisherme...
07/20/2024

The full moon has them aggressive...
Big numbers (I mean really big numbers) of quality fish brought onboard.
Our fishermen featured here kept our hot streak going.
Good weather, more good fish and another good time.

Very experienced family of bass fishermen get a taste of NW Michigan smallmouth.Big numbers as we approach our favorite ...
07/20/2024

Very experienced family of bass fishermen get a taste of NW Michigan smallmouth.
Big numbers as we approach our favorite time of the month...
(Sorry for not being able to accommodate the flood of requests to fish this month. A few dates are available for next month.)

New friends battled high winds, rain and plenty of SMALLMOUTH! Big numbers with lots of quality made the wet day worthwh...
07/18/2024

New friends battled high winds, rain and plenty of SMALLMOUTH! Big numbers with lots of quality made the wet day worthwhile.
Fun stuff!

New friends from Missouri adjusted well to our clear water methods. On a not-so-perfect day they had three over 5 lbs an...
07/16/2024

New friends from Missouri adjusted well to our clear water methods. On a not-so-perfect day they had three over 5 lbs and six more over 4. Big fish of the day was 5.85.
Many more pics but you get the idea.

A great way to end this week...Two new friends who really did well with our method.A new and very busy week begins tomor...
07/13/2024

A great way to end this week...
Two new friends who really did well with our method.
A new and very busy week begins tomorrow.

On day one of this week we hosted grandpa and grandson for a morning outing. On day two an old friend stops in for a day...
07/09/2024

On day one of this week we hosted grandpa and grandson for a morning outing. On day two an old friend stops in for a day of really good smallmouth fishing.
The southwest wind today was perfect.
5.87 lbs is biggest in this group of pics but several more were over 4 lbs.
Quiet Cove's BeaverTail and da Coach worked well so far this week.

Happy Birthday USA...A special acknowledgement to those who follow protocal when flying The Flag. So nice to drive by an...
07/04/2024

Happy Birthday USA...
A special acknowledgement to those who follow protocal when flying The Flag. So nice to drive by and notice our colors.
Three family parties fished this week and it was a good week--good people and good fish.

Numbers and quality on the same day! A 6.80 and a 5.20 were the "bigs" with more over 4.5 lbs. What a five fish total fo...
07/01/2024

Numbers and quality on the same day! A 6.80 and a 5.20 were the "bigs" with more over 4.5 lbs. What a five fish total for our father/son team from Missouri. Fun!

A week of very good numbers as long as we were able to chase smallies on our preferred lake...However, two days of viole...
06/28/2024

A week of very good numbers as long as we were able to chase smallies on our preferred lake...
However, two days of violent wind forced us to safe havens.
A week of fishing with fun people and we were able to get on our first choice three out of five days.
Expecting more very good results next week.

Leftover rollers gave way to a no wind situation. Very good finesse fishing couple were short a 4.5 lber to get the magi...
06/25/2024

Leftover rollers gave way to a no wind situation. Very good finesse fishing couple were short a 4.5 lber to get the magical 25!
The way it ended was another 24 lb bag two consecutive days. Big fish today was a postspawn 5.65.
We are creeping closer to the end of the spawn but not yet!
Be safe!

We went from very high winds early in the week to slick on Friday. Power fishing to finesse--we fished to fit the condit...
06/22/2024

We went from very high winds early in the week to slick on Friday. Power fishing to finesse--we fished to fit the conditions.
And we are finding more and more postspawners filling our travel lanes.
Soon, we will have all of them on the same page--can't wait!

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Traverse City, MI
49676

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Monday 6am - 8pm
Tuesday 6am - 8pm
Wednesday 6am - 8pm
Thursday 6am - 8pm
Friday 6am - 8pm
Saturday 6am - 8pm
Sunday 12pm - 8pm

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+12605191168

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