We booked with Tyler of Pure Angling as a last minute thing. It started out as a windy day and we had an evening time slot to start. Tyler kept in contact with us all day long on wind and where the best place would be to start from due to the choppy water. We ended up fishing from the E Grand Traverse Bay boat launch and we had a great day. Winds calmed down later in the evening. We Reeled in a bunch of lake trout. And at the end trolled for Salmon. Tyler didn’t give up on us trying to snag a Salmon! It was almost dark and they still hadn’t bit but all of a sudden we got one and within minutes another! it was the end to a great day! One of them was a 40” and 26.3 lb-er. A beast!
Tyler was very personable. He knew what he was doing and had the whole boat set up with poles to ensure the most chances to snag the big one! We caught consistently throughout the day and can’t thank Tyler enough for the memories made! Not to mention a freezer full of delicious fish! We already told him we will be back next year for him to give our 14 yr old who was unable to join us a great experience as well!

Tyler was on top of everything as always! We were on fish immediately! When I say immediately I mean it! First cast and one jig later we have fish on! Limited out on Lake trout and added another 5 scisco to the catch!

Tyler was the best! Knowledgeable, friendly, organized, responsive, patient, a great teacher and just overall good guy that gave us a great fishing experience! He proactively reached out when it looked like it was going to be rough on the lake at our original time and offered optional time slots for us to choose from. He put us on fish almost immediately and kept it up throughout the evening - so much that we donated some back to him to give to his mom. Hope to fish with him when we go back next summer!

We had the BEST time fishing with Tyler. The weather for our original booking ended up being rainy, but Tyler was ahead of things two days in advanced and offered to switch to a better weather day. I was nervous taking our two young children (ages 2 years old and 6 months old), but they had a blast! Tyler was so helpful in explaining everything, finding the best fishing spots, and filleting our fish for the best fried trout dinner!! We highly recommend this experience!

We had a great time fishing with captain Tyler! We caught some fish of great size! Definitely will be coming back when in the area.