Captain
David Maynard

Member since May 2024 Montague, United States
Background
Captain Dave Maynard, a West Michigan native, has been fishing for over 30 years and has 25 years of experience in salmon fishing on Lake Michigan.
Techniques
Trolling, jigging, casting

Hey, I'm Captain David Maynard

Montague, United States
Background
Captain Dave Maynard, a West Michigan native, has been fishing for over 30 years and has 25 years of experience in salmon fishing on Lake Michigan.
Techniques
Trolling, jigging, casting
Anglers Choice
29
Reviews
15
Fishing Reports
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My Charter Listings

Daveโ€™s Fishing Charters

Excellent
5.0 / 5
(26 reviews)
Angler's choice
Montague
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Trips from US $400

2026 Detroit River Walleye Jigging!

Excellent
5.0 / 5
(3 reviews)
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Wyandotte
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Trips from US $500

Fishing Reports

June King salmon mayhem!
June King salmon mayhem!
Jun 16, 2025 Montague
Normally june is a tough month for salmon but so far this month we are still averaging 8-10 salmon a trip, which is making for wonderful fishing! We are fishing 70-100 ft top to bottom tons if bait is stacked inside 40 ft
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Its a SALMON Frenzy!
Its a SALMON Frenzy!
May 26, 2025 Montague
Salmon fishing has been absolutely amazing this past week! With many limits being taken out of Whitehall Michigan, Salmon are being caught anywhere from 160-270 ft of water . The bait is big and magnum spoons are the ticket!
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King Salmon are here and Angry! Lets go
King Salmon are here and Angry! Lets go
May 24, 2025 Montague
Fishing this morning for Kings out of whitehall was Amazing, we had 20 fish on in thr first hour, we ended our trip boating our customers 15 fish limit, as we started to pull lines we even hooked 5 more releasing them , which can be done safely in the cool spring waters Most fish were deep 220-275 ft deep kings were biting anything from the top down to 115 ft deep.
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Angry Bluegills return to shallows to Sp
Angry Bluegills return to shallows to Sp
May 14, 2025 Montague
Water temp 65.8, cloudy bluegills are returning to the areas they spawn in and will remain there for a 3-4 weeks Today we caught 50 nice Bluegills in 2 hours and it is only going to get better from here on out.
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We had 30 salmon on in 4 hours if fishin
We had 30 salmon on in 4 hours if fishin
Jul 30, 2024 Montague
Last night we had non stop action, we stayed out deep and loaded up on cohos steelhead and kings! These evening trips are amazing right now with tons if fish around ! Dont wait book with us , the charter that takes you to the fish!
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The big kings RETURN!
The big kings RETURN!
Jul 30, 2024 Montague
The mast couple of weeks we have been seeing some monster kings come back to Whitehall! These ladies managed to catch this beautiful 28.25 lb king on our boat ! Dont wait fishing is hot!
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Customer reviews

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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
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Experience
Excellent
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Great experience!
Great experience!
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Chris W.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Great evening trip!!!

VERIFIED   5 Hour Trip โ€“ Salmon Fishing (PM) on July 30, 2024
Great time with my two sons. We had a captain that had great equipment and put us right on fish. Dave was always trying new...
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Martin W.
Capac, Michigan
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Half day with Captain Dave for Salmon

5 Hour Trip โ€“ Salmon Fishing (AM) on May 23, 2024
Went salmon fishing and than even cought a Walleye on the way back in . Head so much Fun ๐Ÿ‘โ€ฆ. He knows the lakes โ€ฆ.....
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Carl S.
Detroit, Michigan
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5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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Am trip with Dave.

5 Hour Trip โ€“ Salmon Fishing (AM) on May 24, 2024
Best time ever. Salmon and steelhead. Canโ€™t wait to chase perch.
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Beth F.
Excellent
4.3 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Very good
4.0 / 5
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Fishing with David

VERIFIED   4 Hour Trip โ€“ Inland Fishing (PM) on August 19, 2024
Most fun fishing for panfish since I was a kid!
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