2004  Fishing Reports

July 28-John Sparkman  We got 4 person limit north of Detroit Light house. Most on G.S.C.

July 23-Frank Turski  We picked up a two man limit of walleyes southeast of Stony Point in 22 ft of water.  Crawler harness with a yellow blade was the hot lure.  Took a few hours to find the fish, but about an hour and a half after we did.  Found a school in a 2/10 mile area. Seems like a lot of times this year the schools of walleyes have been confined to a really small area.

July 23-Mike Sorenson  Sorry it's late.  John Sparkman and I fished on the Canadien side and you already know the story.  As always with him (the man with 5 arms all going at the same time) LIMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  And I took a sound butt whipping from him

July 23-John Sparkman Mike Sorenson and I limited on the Canadian side started out at lower end of Boblo by #50 buoy, went up to # 58 and finished limit. Spoons various colors most on Sparky's G.S.C.

July 21-Mike Sorenson  Took my wife out suntanning and I fished.  Limit in Canada pulling Sparky's gsc's.  during that limit I also lost 8 fish.  One 5 lb smallie

July 20-John Lewandowski   Jeff Lewandowski & I were pulling bottom bouncers in Breast Bay.  Five fish with the largest being 8 lbs.

July 20-Mike Sorenson   Does anyone know where I can get sinker molds for handlining sinkers?  Please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!  msorensen@peoplepc.com

July 19-Mike Sorenson  Yesterday -  Tried going out after dark last night.  BIG MISTAKE! WEEDS WEEDS WEEDS!!!!!  Got 1.  Gonna have to start fishing during the day.   Have fun everyone.

July 19-John Sparkman  Sat, A.M. during rain My friend and I went perch fishing (his boat) out from Pointe Moulee.  Got 75,  some real big jumbos.  Afternoon we went to Canada by the C.C.G. got 9 walleye all good eaters.  Baits were various color spoons

July 17-John Sparkman  Hi all!  I have been out of service lately -  motor problems, will be back Monday.  Get ready walleyes. jcdsparkman@juno.com  

July 17-Pat Waite   Went out with john Lewandowski and Al Ureche and we pulled big boards in Brest Bay near Consumers Power.  We boated 2 walleye in 17 fow with blue / silver Wiggle Warts. water temp 75.5 wind S/W @ 5/10.

July 15-Jerry Hinton.(Island Girl)  Two limits today in front of Fermi in 20 fow. Hot-n-Tots (Chrome/red, hot tiger, and blue/silver with red bill) on one side 80' back and Reef-Runners (metallic colors) on other side 100 ' back. Started at about 2:00 pm and fished until storms came up at about 5:00. My normal troll speed is about 2.2 mph but caught most fish on outside turns or when trolling with the wind about 2.5-2.6 mph. Monday I'll try a bit faster trolls. See ya on the water, not many out today.

July 15-Paul Doute, Jr.   My brother, Ted, and I were able to get out on the water after work. We handlined the Wyandotte Golf Course area along the edge of the channel(25 to 31 ft). Picked up 9 in two hours (between 6 and 8pm) on firetiger flutter spoons along the 25ft edge. Of the 9 eyeballs we caught, 4 had to be returned to the river to grow up. Great evening to fish. Wind was from the NW 10 to 15 mph. The water was clear. Water temp 71.5 degrees and the sky was partly cloudy. After 8pm we did not catch another eyeball the rest of the evening. See ya on the water!

July 12-Tom Ebi    Rich Sikes, Greg Canterberry,Tom Wizowaty and I spent the past week in Port Clinton/Catawba Island.  Wended up taking a charter trip on Monday the 5th since the winds were so bad since we had arrived for our boats. We drifted at the wagon wheel (30ft boat) and got our limits pulling bouncers/harness and a few by casting.  Wed, Rich and I took another charter since we couldn't get out...again by drifting at the wheel using bouncers again, but we got better quality fish...we started fishing in 5 footers and ended up fishing in 7 footer's by early afternoon...that 30 footer drifted at 1.6 mph in that wind.  Friday and Saturday, Rich and I trolled in my boat around one small hump (the only that i marked fish on) out on the north east corner of Pelee in 30 to 24ft of water.  1.5 mph and trolling into the wind with harnesses was the only way to get bit.  Friday. we usually had 3 lines going at the same time with only a very few junk fish.  We lost a lot of fish but had a blast.  Saturday, Rich and I went to the same spot and had to work for the fish, usually only one on at a time, but again they were better quality then Friday.  Our biggest was just over 6 lbs.  Both days we were the only boat out there.  We must have had a few salmon on because the board would go back real fast then stop.  When we brought the line in, the harnesses had been bit in half. on Friday, more than half the fish came on 1oz inlines at 50 and 60ft back.  Saturday, most the fish came on bouncers just off the bottom.

July 10-Jerry Hinton Three limits in front of the three stack (Luna Pier) in 12-13 fow pulling Wiggle Warts (silver and red or green)40'-60' back off planer boards. Fished from 10:00am til about 1:30pm. Nice fish 2-3 lbs. but hit light. Had to watch lines all of the time. Seldom pulled from the release. Since I live in Gibraltar I'm looking for reports nearer my waters!!

July 9-Mike Sorenson  Went to the Canadian side and lost a wallhanger(15lbs at least) next to the boat.  Broke 20lb test.  Huge fish.  lost 5 more and only boated 2.  Was happy to have the fight of my life for that short 2 minutes.  All on Solid gold spoon with an eyeball sticker

July 9-Gary Allman  Took daughter to Stony point , caught 7 in 26 fow on green & orange spinners. Wind dropped, had to use electric motor. She had a ball! I caught 2 eaters.

July 9-Greg Canterberry  7/5/04 Fished the West side of Pelee in 21-28 FOW (Wagon Wheel).  Pulled meat all day.  Gold, Copper & Rainbow blades worked best.  95% of the fish were caught on the bottom.  2 oz. In-lines, 3 oz. bottom bouncers.  3-5' waves.  We ended up with a 6 man limit.  All fish were between 1-3 lbs..  Nice Eaters!  We were drifting with the waves @ 0.8 mph.  Not many boats around, GO GET 'EM!!

July 9-Jim Went 7-8-04 to Linwood. Caught one small walleye and lost an unknown type fish that we never saw. Fish straight out from Hoyle's, near the orange buoy in 20 fow. Used red and green crawler harness's. Winds were strong and waves were 3-4 foot.

July 5-Mike Sorenson  Tried going out in the lake but got blown off, so I went and put in  in the river and got a limit by Edison, the Sugar Island cut and Canada.  All on Sparky's GSC'S   msorensen@peoplepc.com

July 2-John Sparkman  Went perch fishing out from Stoney Pointe 24 fow got limit of 50 only kept 8in or better some nice ones up to 11 in

July 2-Paul Doute Jr.  Did some early morning handlining across from the Edison Stack with my brother, Ted. Caught 6 on #7 and #9 rapala's. 3 on chartreuse/silver, (2)Blue/silver and (1) on Black/gold. Wind light out of the NE. Water was slightly stained/water temp 68 degrees. We lost a couple others prior to making it to the boat. See ya on the water. PD

July 2-Mike Sorenson  Sparkys GSC "are greenie stickem caps".  Green and silver spoons. Scott.  I haven't changed leader lengths at all.  Call me or e-mail Scott and we'll go out together. 

July 2-Scott Kovacs -  aquasport13@yahoo.com  OK guys, someone spill, what is sparky's gsc??? can anyone tell me if you change your leader lengths when using spoons verse rapala's?? thanks good luck guys!
Hi Mike S. been looking for ya out there!

July 1-Pat Waite  Took Al Marchyor and Jay Cappell out for an afternoon of perch fishing on the lake. We boated 68 perch and had a great time on the water. It was a perfect day for fishing. The wind was low out of S/W clear sky's and warm. We fished 145 degrees off Stoney Point in 24 FOW , using perch rigs and shiners. I learned a few things from those two old-timers and can't wait for the next time we can get out and fish together again.
                    "Wishin-Ain't-Fishin!!"        Pat

July 1-Mike Sorenson  6-30  Took my wife fishing for the day so she could suntan and I could fish.  Got a limit in the trenton channel following Sparkys advice(always)  using his gsc.  Had one small 7 inch throw back.  Hi Sparky

June 28-John Sparkman Fished by the Canadian C.G. got 5 nice fish could not get the last one Sparky's G.S.C. all of em

June 28-Paul Doute Jr.   Sunday -  Started the day out just south of the Banana Dike. Wind was from the SW and the waves 3 to 4ft in early AM. Caught 2 and lost 2 on red/white/chartreuse spoon using Jet 10s with 6ft lead 70ft back. Depth 17 to 19ft. After hour moved I headed to the river in the fast water (11 to14ft)by Edison to complete my limit on #9 Holographic Green/Silver.

John Sparkman  Hi to the WALLEYE for this afternoon I'M going!!
6-26-04 My friend Glen Neal report's to me 2 person limit by the Canadian Coast Guard that is 12 some on Clown # 7 but spoons worked best TIGER TOOTH that is a multi color orange yellow and black arranged to look like tiger teeth OK
See ya on the water!!!

June 26-Chuck Jones  We caught a 3 person limit by the "2" stacks aprox 1 mile south of the shipping channels.  No real color work better.  Minis & spoons.  The school was not a tight grouping at all.  Took a longer time than should have.

June 25-John Sparkman  Hi everyone!  Looks like maybe next week I will be back. Pneumonia sure does take the zip out of you.
My friend Tom Sass is in the garage door business. He is going to place an ad in our newsletter, he can be reached at 734-422-0933.
My friend Glen Neal reported to me yesterday that fast water by Edison he and his friend limited in late afternoon #7 & #9 Rapala's chartreuse and silver OK. Some in the 4lb range

June 24-Pat WaiteJune 23rd Leon and I went out in the evening at 6:30 and got 3 eaters by the Edison stacks in about 2hrs. Handlining w/chartreuse and silver #9 & 7 took two and the other on same color spoons. thw wind got up around dark and we went home.water temp was 67 degrees. wind from south variable. All those boats going to the fireworks did not make it easy to fish. One went by us wide open inside of 50 ft. and gave us some rolly waves that would have swamped anything under 16ft.
We also hooked a couple of those silver Bi..hes. But for the most part they seem to be out of there spawning now and much fewer in numbers.   Enjoy Gang!!   "Wishin-Ain't-Fishin!!".
PS. The new spoons do work Sparky but I need to get used to using them and keep changing colors often.

June 23-Mike Sorenson  Tuesday -  Tried going out in front of Fermi but the 5 footers chased us out so we went into the Trenton channel and got 7 in 1 hour before I had to go to work.  All on Sparky's (GSC)  Glad to see you are well again Sparky.  Had a dream about ya last night.

June 22-Greg Canterberry  Fished the Banana Dyke area on 6/19.  Limit in 2 hours (10)  Jet 20's, 45-55 back, Confusion spoon, copper spoon.  Blacl/gold Wiggle Warts 70-80 back  13-17 FOW  1.7 - 2.0 mph      Good Luck!!

June 22-John Sparkman Hi everyone, had a good time last evening good fish. Best is that my good friend Tom Sass is now our newest member. His boat -  an 18 ft Lund has a Honda kicker.  MAKE his acquaintance he is one of the good guys.  He will share info with you as much as I do.

June 21-Mike Macdonald Jr.  I  fished Sunday with pops and his grandpop.  We didn't do as good as we would have liked but we managed to get 11.  We fished straight out of Sterling and N.of it we pulled mini's and spoons (monkey puke did best) and bottom bouncers and harnesses. (copper/gold colors and perch colors were best) see ya at the fish fry.

June 20-Mike Sorenson  Out by West Sister got a 2 person limit and some perch on spoons pulling wire also. Got sunburned really bad so a word to all SUNSCREEN!!!!!!!!!!!

June 20-Chuck Jones  Sat. We were between Fermi & the "2" stakes & caught a nice 6 1/4.  Marked a few, then went out approx.  3 mile in the shipping channel & finished our limits. Spoons with minis. No real great color combo. Pink, Gold & Blue seemed to be the best. We were in 20 to 25 feet of water.

June 19-John Sparkman Wed, Thurs, Fri, Pat Waite and other friends. Wed 3person limit-Thurs 3person limit Fri P Waite and I had 3 person limit.   Will see everyone Mon hopefully as I have been down with flue or something.  All on chartreuse and silver spoons (sparky's G.S.C.) They are hot EDISON

June 19-Anthony  friday-6-18 Got four by the stacks pulling wire silver and chartreuse spoons . One big hog 30 in. didn't weigh yet ,but it was pretty thick . this is my first time reporting ,but I've learned a lot from you guys hope to attend meeting this month ,and join. This is the life.

June 16-Mike Sorenson  6-15-04 Fished out in front of the Fermi in 20 FOW with spoons that looked like white x-mas trees and got a 2 person limit. 4 of the fish were taken in the Trenton channel.

June 16-Gary Allman  6/15 - caught 6 between 16" and 19" on green & orange with leaches, In 25 to 27 FOW in front of Stony Point. Granddaughter, 9 years old, out did me.

June 14-Mike Macdonald Jr.  I fished the lake Sat. morning out in front of Stoney and N. of it 16-21 F.O.W. I was by myself in my 16 ft boat so it was not very easy but I did manage to get a limit. I fished mini's with spoons and crawler harnesses w/ bottom bouncers no particular color all five fish were on different lures but it did seem that Silver worked while the sun was not bright and copper colors once it got bright. See ya out there.

June 13-John Sparkman  Saturday - Fished early morning during rain and after by Celeron Island for perch got 30 some real nice ones 2-12 in many 8-10 in 6 fow on west side near cut in center of island Afternoon handlining by Edison 2 person limit on spoons chartreuse and silver (Sparky's G.S.C.) for those who know.

June 9-Tom Lawton  I caught one 27 in. eye @ W. Sister north w. corner of island in 30 ft. with a silver and red hot n tot on large boards .

June 9-Cleepshaw (Dan Boileau) Fished the tournament up on Houghton Lake last weekend. Lot's of smaller eyes up to 20". Mostly taken on leeches/plain hooks, with a few going on #5 Shad Raps and RR Ripshads (Gold)! Also hit Linwood (Saginaw Bay) on the way home. I caught and released five fish over 5 pounds along with 6 or 7 smaller ones. These all came on various spinners behind bouncers in 14 to 16 FOW out from and a little south of Hoyles in Linwood. I know it's a little off our home waters, but drop by up there if you get the chance. "Good fishin often is the result of fishin good!"

June 7-Tom Lulko  Got a 2 man limit between Noon & 2pm. 26-28 ft of water out from Fermi stacks. Planer boards, minis with hot-in-tots & spoons

June 7-John Sparkman  Only 4 all morning 2 of us upper banana dyke east side up just below Huron river. Same spot as Sat.   Same spoons

June 6-Chuck Jones  6/6 Afternoon 2:00 Till 7:00. Just west of Sister Islands aprox 1/4 mile in 27-30 feet of water. Pulling spoons on minis. We caught 36. All very nice fish. Clean weight of 18 lbs.
Planner boards work best downriggers & large Dipsey's did produce a few fish. Ran large Dipsey's @ 35 & 57 feet. Down riggers were set @ 15 feet with Hot & Tots on them, purple & pale yellow.
Dark spoons seemed to work best, Michigan Stingers.

June 6-Pat Waite  Took my grandson out for a short day and we went by the Monroe edison off the bouy" to Raisen River and boated 24 perch in 16 FOW using perch rigs and shiners. Afew were nice and the rest just 7.5" and 8". Water temp 70 degrees wind was 15/20 out of the south/east. Had a great time and Bobby caught the biggest one with 11" jumbo. The bite was on and off but they were hitting pretty hard. Now Bobby is going to clean them with a little help from Grandpa. Ain't life grand.
"Wishin-Ain't-Fishin!!" Pat

June 5-Mike Sorenson  1 eye(big) by the stacks. Only out there an hour and the weeds chased us out. Couldn't see them at night to avoid them so we left. I guess night fishing is over for me

June 5-John Sparkman & Friends  Four person limit by South and East side of banana dyke.  Spoons, chartreuse and silver (Sparkys G.S.C.)

June 4-John Sparkman 3 person limit by Edison # 7 chartruse and silver.

June 3-John Sparkman  2 person limit 1 by Edison 1 by # 7 buoy out from gibraltar rd Silver and chartruse #7 and same color spoons

June 1- Dan Czeski   June 1 Went out of Bolles Harbor and fished Brest Bay in front of the stacks in Michigan waters 18'- 22'. Very windy w 3-4 ft rollers. Didn't attempt the planner boards. Trolled spoons and Hot & Tots on the down riggers at various depths. The water was like chocalate milk. Only got silver bass. One guy said he did well in deeper (25'-28')clearer water. Live & learn

June 1-John Sparkman  Limit 1 person 3 by Edison 2 by McLouth # 7 silver and chartreuse

 June 1-Mike Sorensen  8 eyes by the Edison stacks -midnite till morning on 5-31-04. Lots of Silver bass again but all eyes were caught on chartreuse and silver

May 31-John Sparkman 2 person limit by Edison # 7 chartreuse and silver some on spoons same color

May 28-Mike Sorensen 2 person limit by the Edison stacks. 1 six pounder again and about 10,000 silver bass. Saw John Sparkman out there and he loaned us some hot raps they were hitting so we could finish our limit. John I will get them back to you.

May 29-John Sparkman  Three person limit by Edison # 7 chartreuse and silver & #7 holographic blue

May 29-Tom Ebi   Greg Canterberry, Tom Wizowaty & I limited Saturday May 22nd.  on the east side of Kelly's Island (Erie). early morning the fish came on 3oz bottom bouncers with purple/gold blades on harnesses, around 9:30am all the fish came on 1oz inlines, 50ft back with pink/blue/white blades.  all at 1.4 mph.  See Photo page

May 28-Mike Sorensen   Sorry it's late 5 26-04 Edison stacks,  Mclouth and the flats by Mudd Island in Ecorse. 1- 6 pounder. the rest were 15 to 17" eaters for a limit. I had coffee with John Sparkman and his wife that morning and I think some of his magic must have rubbed off on me while we were there cause the water was very dingy and I still got a limit

May 27-Paul Doute Jr. Got a couple hours in last night after work until the electricity started flying. Fished across from the Edison stacks. 4 walleyes and a ton of silver bass. Chartruese/Silver #9. Wind started out of the SW and shifted to NW.

May 27-John Sparkman  1 person limit by Edison # 7 silver and chartruse had to fight the silver bass to get em

May 25-John Sparkman   4 Person limit by Edison.  Spoons chartreuse and silver # 7 Rapalas, chartreuse-silver black-gold. Some really big fish!!

May 21-Pat Waite Would someone please stop the rain so we can go fishing again!!  This is ridiculously unfair to those of us who depend on fishing for our sanity, not to mention how it is effecting the rest of the world and family. If this keeps up my next boat may well be a submarine. I'm sure I can contrive some sort of method to handline from it. "Wishin-Ain't-Fishin!!" Pat

May 20-John Sparkman  Not much happening with me my 200 has a week old problem fix tomorrow I hope! Did catch some nice perch around marina 2- 12 inchers 17 total

May 20-Mike Sorensen  As much as I hate to do it I got skunked for the 1st time this year. Talking to everybody out there it was the same for almost all. Not even the silver bass were hitting. I did have 2 on that I lost.

May 18-Mike Sorensen  5-16-04 6 by the stacks in trenton after midnite all on Halo blue. 5-17-04 Went out after the meeting for 2 hours and got 3 on pencil plugs (chrome) in the flats by Mudd Island

May 18-Lyn Neuman Hi Went fishing this past weekend. Caught some perch and had fun with the silver bass by Edison.  Good size perch but only a few.   Caught one good size small mouth .  No walleye for me this weekend, the water was dirty and a lot of boats out for the Cabela's tournament.   Will try again later this week.
Lyn

 May 15-Saturday, May 15, limit by hennepin point, middle of channel. All fish came between 10:00 and 11:00 am. Blue and silver. Also lost three at the boat before getting 5th.

May 13-Mike Sorensen  4/12  7 nice fish all over 20" with 5 beauties lost next to the boat. All on Firetiger with the exception of 1 on halo blue on the short kicker

May 13-Tod Simko  2 person limit 8-11pm. pulling wire n. mudd island 30'lead #13 vampier & blk/gld. lot of boat traffic.17-22" fish

May 12-Pat Waite  Leon and I got two eaters by Edison between 9 & 11pm. the bite was very slow and no one was doing any better. We also had two silver bass wich we thru back. Saw a lot of others getting silver bass as well. Water temp 58 degrees, air temp in the 60's. sky's were mostly clear and the wind from South at 5/10 mph. Gonna try again tomorrow night. #11 Clowns and Firetiger. Good Luck to All!! "Wisin-Ain't-Fishin!!" Pat

May 11-Pat Waite  John Lewandowski and I went out handlining by Edison and got 5 nice eaters between 9 & 11pm on #11 clowns. The water temp 56.5 air temp in the high 50'S. wind from south 5/10 mph. not a lot of boat traffic, I think the weatherman may have scared a few off but it was a perfect evening to fish. Enjoy!!!
Pat

May 11-John Sparkman Limit by McLouth #9 clown and holographic blue

 May 11-Carter Caught a quick Candaian limit today from 4:15pm to 5:30pm. Fished the North end of Fighting Island, northern most yellow can area. All six fish came on a 15ft leader with a #9 Jointed Clown Rapala.  3 Smallies (gently released) hit a 36ft leader with a #7 Clown. Nice hot afternoon, it was.

May 11-Mike Sorensen  4 last night at the stacks between 12 and 2 a.m.. And believe it or not 1 silver bass already. Black and gold clown blue and silver.

May 11-"Goosewa"  After dodging a few more storms and some rain we fished the Trenton Channel again last night. Had one good strike in the first hour of fishing. The action turned on right around 9 pm and we picked up 5 nice fish before we called it a night

May 11-Scott Kovacs  Sunday, May 9, Limit at Wyandotte golf course. Blue and silver, mostly on top lead. Middle of channel most productive. One 7 pounder,  29". good luck to all!
Mike Macdonald  My brother and I fished Belleville lk Monday evening 6:00/8:45 P.M. We caught 11 and lost a few more on jigging spoons and minnows. It was pretty cool this last couple of days is the first time I have used jigging spoons on open water

May 10-John Sparkman Two person limit at McLouth # 9 holographic blue and clown

May 10-Mike Sorensen  Please stop raining. Haven't been out in almost a week and by the looks of the report it has affected just about everyone.

May 9-"Goosewa"  Despite the Wind, Rain, Lightining and storm warnings we fished the lower river from 8:00 to 10:00 pm. Pulled #9 Clowns and Tigers on 30' uppers, 15' lowers and went 9 for 10. Strikes were on both the upper and lower leads. No preference (upper) like we have been seeing the last week or so.
No luck on Blue/Silver or Vampires.
Water was slightly stained and the surface water temp was 54.5 degrees.

May 9-Paul & Ted Doute  May 8 - 6 fish at Edison handlining. 4 under slot limit (14") went back to grow up. All on #13 and #11 clown on long lead.
May 9 - My brother and I fished the south end of Great Lakes in the a.m. caught 6 handlining with #11 clown and #9 chartreuse/silver on long leads. Next time you see Ted, ask him if he can spell "LIMIT"

May 7-Pat Waite  Dennis Eddolls and I pulled wire by Edison and boated five nice eaters betwwen 9&11pm. Then the wind got up and blowing so we called it a day. Used blue/silver #9 & #11 and clown #9 & #11. water temp 51.5 degrees and air temp in the high 40's. They were slow but we managed to find a bite. Hope the warmer weather get here soon, I think it will help us all.

May 7-John Sparkman After wind and rain went down went to Duff's on the Canadian side 18-3men limit Most on # 9 holographic blue all fish were nice size 2 in 5-6 lb range did not weigh

May 7-Cleepshaw (Dan Boileau)   May 6th - We got out for a few hours after work. Decided to stay close to the ramp due to storm threat, but still pulled a nice limit of eaters on plain lead/wonder worms just south of the salt mines in 24-27 FOW.

May 7-"Goosewa"  Chris Gardner,  The following URL should answer any questions you have regarding "clowns":  http://www.buyfishingstuff.com/ra9cln.JPG 
I know I am a few days late but a friend and I handlined the stacks and went 10 for 14. Clowns, Firetiger, and Chartreuse/White Raps, sizes #7 and #9's, 30 foot back on the upper lead.

May 7-Paul Doute Jr.  Went for an enjoyable evening on the Detroit River. Handlining limit at south end Great Lakes 19ft to 21ft (3 fish) and northeast side of Mudd Island 30ft(2 fish). 6pm to 10:30pm. #11 Blue/Silver, Clown, Black/Silver.

May 6-Todd Simko  2 man limit (#13 and #11 blk/gold)   N. Mudd 21' from 8-11pm. all on 27'leader. calm, 60 deg ,full moon lit up the water.

May 6-Pat Waite   Leon and I pulled wire and boated 3 eaters on #11 clowns by the Edison stacks between 9 and 10 pm. then they turned off and we went home. We lost 1 other but never got a look at it. weather was clear and calm. Water was 50 degrees. Wish Sparky had been to tell us what we were doing wrong.
"Wishin-Ain't-Fishin!!" Pat

May 5-Mike Sorensen   5-4 and 5-5 2 person limits both days between midnite and 6 am. Had a heck of a 20 minute storm at 2:30 last night but I made it through. By the edison stacks again. Both days. Also reported the tagged fish I caught earlier in the week.
P.S.  also forgot had 1 nice 7 pounder in the mix. Guess what we had for dinner at my house? If you want to know where to fish and what to use just read what John Sparkman reports and you'll do just fine . Trust him he will guide you in the right direction. I have learned so much from him you wouldn't believe it.

May 4-Mike Sorensen  2 person limit 5-2-04 by stacks clown black and gold and blue. Also caught a tagged fish that I will report to the DNR

May 3-John Sparkman  Night limit by Edison.  2 of us, various colors -clown -firetiger holographic- blue -red and gold- most call it orange but it is fluorescent red

May 1-Paul Doute Jr.  Finally, a limit handlining Edison 6am to 9am on #13 clown plus a bonus 3.5lb large mouth. Lost an additional two walleyes at the boat. Depth - 9ft to 11ft. Wind started from the south(7 mph) and as the cold front rolled through the wind switch to the NW. When the wind changed directions, the bite slowed significantly. Light rain and overcast. Many thanks to all that post here and the WBRAMP and to Doc, and Sparky for the great on the water tips.

May 1-John Sparkman  Thursday After wind died down Pat Waite and I went out about 9.30 Limited out by 12.00 all on 3 #9-11 clown
May 1 Sat fished by Canadian Coast Guard and Duffs We limited 12 fish all were real nice ones 1 about 8 lbs 1 about 6 lbs all others were in the 2-4 lb range # 9 holographic blue Firetiger clown

May 1-Mike Sorensen Got a 2 person limit by Edison on clown and blue.  The fog was terrible had a hard time getting in

May 1-Chris Gardner Email: lowlife@canada.com
 Went out at the mouth of St. Clair and caught 2 seemed very slow, can someone please tell me what a #11 clown actually is. Ive been using 1/2oz Chartreuse jig, tipped with same colour single tailed mr. twister and a minnow. Thanks for any help!!

April 30-Mike Sorensen Out at midnite after work by the Edison plant and used Clown #11 and fished right where John Sparkman has been telling everyone and got a 2 person limit in 1 hour and 4 minutes.  One was a 6 pounder.   Doesn't get any better/ Thanks for all the tips John.

April 28-Pat Waite  We handlined by edison dusk to 10 pm, boated 6 eaters between the two of us. Weather was 65*F wind 30 mph + and it was dificult to hold position. All on #11 clown. Gonna try again tomorrow evening and I'll let you know how it goes. Enjoy Enjoy cause "Wishin-Ain't-Fishin!!"

April 28-John Sparkman  Hey everyone they are hot at night by the Edison hot water discharge work in and out to the center of river # 11 clown after dark Limit real fast. Only 3 boats there

April 28-Mike Sorensen  Was out fishing and only had 1 in the boat till I came up on  Sparkman's boat and he told me to change a few things and you guessed it!  Limited out.

April 28-Paul Doute Jr.  Picked up 2 by Edison - depth 11ft on #9 Blue/Silver and #13 Firetiger between 7:30am to 09:00 prior to the big blow from the south. High winds made it very difficult to control the boat. Got off the water. Thanks for the tip Doc.

April 27-John Sparkman  Night by Edison, #11 clown.  Limit in and out from the hot water discharge.  All nice fish.

April 27-Mike Sorensen  4-23-04 Got a 2 person limit by Edison stacks on Blue and black and gold by water discharge. Then got 4 on black and gold 4-26-04 before the weather got us outta there.

April 27-Cleepshaw (Dan Boileau)  I haven't been out in a few days, but fished last Thursday, Friday and Saturday. We got 'em just about everywhere!  Caught eaters using plain or green jigs with wonder worms at the Whiskey Plant, Cobo, River Rouge mouth, Mudd Island and Trenton Channel. Also got them handlining by Edison Plant and South end of McClouth on Sparky's favorite - Holographic Blue #9's. Also picked up some good fish South of Duff's pulling small Stinger Spoons (Rainbow/Silver) on wire.

April 25-John Sparkman  Sunday night Friend and I Started at 8.30 got 6 before the wind blew us off #7 and # 9 holographic blue.

April 24-Mike Phanawong Fished Sat. with Ted D. & Mike B.  10 walleyes.  All males.  7 behind steel mill in 30ft of water.  white jig with minnow.  Rest of them just past Wyandotte Pier.  1 on white jig with minnow, 1 on orange jig with minnow, and 1 with gold jig and yellow & black sassy shad.

April 23-John Sparkman We started at 6.40 at 9.00 we had limit 10 fish in 2.20 hrs  Used #9 and # 7 holographic blue #11 clown most of fish on blue used #7 on kicker #9 on center lead By the Edison discharge and lower down all in the faster water.  Hope this info helps someone in their hooking engagement!

April 22-John Sparkman   Pat Waite and I Went out in the Afternoon.  Was a blast. We limited on #9 holographic blue and #9 clown Hand lining     HAVE FUN ALL!

April 19-Mike Sorensen   3 by the Edison stacks with all that gusty wind coming out of the south at what seemed like 10000 m.p.h..

April 18-Pat Waite  Went out Thursday with John Lewandowski and Mike Rozewicz Handling up by the mill and boated 1 4lber. Then we went by Edison stacks north of Calf island and boated 2 eaters. All the fish were boated 6pm to 8pm. Had a good time and made a new friend from DWF. Thanks for the tips, Sparky, you were right on.
took the 4#r on blue/silver #9 the eaters on #9 clowns. Weather was in low 60's, water temp 45 degrees, wind out of the south/east light and easy.
Wishin-Ain't-Fishin! Pat

April 16-John Sparkman  Time to catch up on reports.  4-9 Night limit by Edison warm water discharge.
4-14 Limit by Edison from warm water discharge down #11 clown and blue and silver
4-15 Limit same as before and same lures. Having fun it was a long Winter!!

April 15-Mike Sorensen   Got 4 by the Edison stacks between midnite and 3 all on black and gold. pulling wire.

April 15-Jeff Newton  Got 3 last night (4/14) by Edison stacks trolling in 6-10 ft of water using green/white reef runner 3 1/2 inch long. Caught 2 at once a 25" on the rear hook and a 22" on the front hook, I could not believe it!  I've never seen that or had my captain John Grotewohl.  Third one 23".  Out at 9:00pm in at 1:00am

April 15-Rick K.   Caught 3 walleyes Monday by noon. Got the first one at 6:10 AM by the Edison two stack in 15' of water. Caught another at 7:30 AM in 20' of water. Caught the third a few miles up river around noon. They were all males from 2 to 3.5 lbs. Caught them on chartreuse jigs with 5" twisters or just plain lead and 5" brown twisters. This was our 4th trip since April 3rd, and we have 13 fish in the freezer.

April 15-Ted  I know this report doesn't pertain to the river but we were out on Erie between little cedar point and the toledo light before the wind . we caught our limit 3 apiece total 6 fish in 2 hours. saw the nets going up alot around us. used blade baits gold and orange/red and gold/green and silver cicada's. caught one on a jig with a minnow too

April 13-Mike Sorensen   Got 3 in the evening (4-12-04) pulling wire with tips from John Sparkman. By the Edison Stacks. #11 clown.

April 13-Mike Phanawong Tournament day-April 10th. Caught 3 south side of Mudd Island jigging. Chartreuse w/5.5" purple worm. Also 2 by the eddy behind McClouth using gold jig with minnows. All male fish

April 9-Jerry Hinton  My son and I made our maiden trip on Good Friday from about 11:30am - 2:30pm and fished Trenton Channel from water intake to Calf Island. My son fished plain chartreuse jig and minnow went 3 for 5. I started with jig and twister tail and went zip!! With all of the boats stacked up on Gibraltar Island side, we went right down the middle of the channel and did as well or better than most that I talked to. Midday with all of the boat traffic the fish are forced out to the middle.

April 9-Mark Eelnurme  Went out at dusk 4/8 fished the fast water near warm water discharge at Edison Stacks. Caught four nice males in two hours pulling wire in 8-10ft. of water all on #11 clowns.

April 7-Todd Simko  First time out, handlining in front of Mudd island 5pm-10pm both of us skunked. didn't see any fish caught

April 7-PaulD   Got a out on the water for a couple hours in the evening after work. Picked up one 3lb male handlining north end of Great Lakes on #11 Clown near the warm water discharge in 24ft. Water dingy. No other bits. Marked a number of fish suspended with an occasional mark near the bottom. Action very slow all day according to the different boats I spoke with. Wind from SW, cold front moving through. Congradulations...Tom Ebi!!!

April 6-Mark K-man  April 3rd. Myself & 2 others got a limit of 15 at the stacks jiggin'. Took a full day to hit the limit but it came in at 6:05pm. One pig 9lb'er the rest were perfect eater males (15" to 18"). Minnow seem to out perform crawlers. Color - chartruese worked best. Smaller males came from deepest part of community hole - 20 feet or so. Only gonna get better!

April 5-Mike Sorensen   Got 3 nice ones (21") at about 1a.m. on 4-3-04. Lost 3 also. #11 orange and silver and clown.   Lost 2 hogs next to the boat trying to get the net. out by Edison. #11 clown and #9 clown. Very windy and cold. Water very muddy. Will be out after work tonight for some more night fishing. Dress warm

April 3-John Sparkman  LIMIT Edison and below 1-about 7 lbs.   Clown # 11 and # 9
Feels good after a long winter!!

 April 2-John Sparkman  Got 2 by Edison in the fast current 1-18", 1-22" going Sat. a.m. and tangle with the jiggers! Don't be surprised to see me jigging, can't get around you guys.  If you can't beat 'em join 'em!!  Oh yes, #11 clown.

March 30 Lyn Kerezsi  March 28th went fishing on the Ausable River just below Foote Dam for steelhead, not much action and few being caught. Regulars in the area said in two weeks it should be hoppin, as well as the sucker run. Havent been on the river yet boat in the shop! Good luck!

March 30-Greg Canterberry  Water Temp by Edison was 40 - 42 both days 3/27, 3/28. Visiability was about 3-4'
Not a whole lot of action - most boats had 1 or 2.  Fish were taken from 3' to 19'  Jig and Minnow combo worked best

March 29-Mike Macdonald Fished late Sunday afternoon by Edison. I only managed to land 1 23incher had a few others on but I was pretty rusty and didn't get very good hook sets. The fish were biting light. Its only going to get better from here though.

March 28-George Cini   March 27, Went out caught 3 marble eyes, 6 1/2 lbs, 4 1/2lbs, and a 2 lb.
March 28, Went out caught 2 marble eyes 4 1/2 lbs, and a 3 lbs.

March 28-Redbone  Was out in the jigfest at edison, got two eaters lost two others in three hours on sat 3/27/

March 26-Mike Macdonald  havn't  been on the Det. river yet. But I fished the Huron yesterday afternoon saw a couple of skippers caught and a bunch of eyes. It seems that the Steelies are starting to move in pretty good. I'll be fishing both tomorrow. Huron in the A.M. and Detroit in the afternoon. I figured I would let you guys know since some of you are interested in the chromers also. 

March 26-Aaron Black    3-25 Went out this evening for two hours caught a nice 25 incher on a #11 vampire otherwise a little slow yet.   Water temp 39 degrees  

March 24-Aaron Black  Went out last knight 3-23 had some real nice hits on clowns no fish in boa

March 23-John Sparkman  Went out for 2 hours this afternoon got 2 nice ones about 3 lbs each Clown #11

March 20-John Sparkman  After rain stopped I went for perch got 2  Had my walleye gear with me so I decided to try.   Had 1 hog almost to the boat lost him (McLouth) no more hits went to Edison.  Igot 1, first one this year, no more hits gonna try Tues. am. will report. How about some more reports?

March 3-John Sparkman   Lots of perch below the cross dyke by sugar island also in canals by Gibraltar.   Got 40 Tues some really nice ones too!

March 2-John Sparkman    2-27   22 nice perch in canal down from Humbug Marina.  Lots of Gobies  nibbling at bait don't forget to kill all you catch (Gobies)!

Feb 20-John Sparkman  Got 100 perch in Canada yesterday 2 of us.  Some really big ones   !We were about 4-5 miles out                                                           

Feb 14-John Sparkman  Still lots of perch in St Lukes , Canada  Sat. some are really large!

Feb 4-John Sparkman - Not much happening in our area  but I have been getting lots of nice jumbos on the Canadian side  St Lukes 6-7 miles out

Jan 9-Phil Drum  Jeff Kelly and I went out on Jan.2  from Wyandotte ramp for a few hours . In ten minutes I hooked into my first Walleye of the season, it was 20.5" and about 3#. A lot of fish showed on the graff but nothing else hit.

 Jan 8- Scott K.   Tried the canals in Gibraltar on 1-3-04. water was very dirty, not even a hit. Hook line and sinker had excellent shiners-very generous too!! good luck to all