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Nov 22 - Mark Schaller Went out this morning in the fog to try and pick up a few walleye. I covered a lot of water today, started out at Humbug Marina and caught nothing. Moved up the the Edison Discharge and picked up one on a #11 Orange Rap. Moved over to the East side of Calf where I picked up another on a #9 Clown. Tried the west side of calf and came up empty. Moved north of calf in 16 feet of water due east of the head of Humbug Island and picked up 3 on a #11 Chartreuse Rap. All males 16 to 20 inches long and full of baitfish. water temps were around 47 degrees and clear. Started at 8:30 am and quit at noon. I caught the last 3 between 11:30 am and noon. Nov 15 - Mark Schaller Took a drive down to Luna Pier tonight to see if anything was going on. Water was crystal clear, no floating weeds, lots of minnows cruising the shoreline and no walleye following them. I talked to one guy who said he was there until 11:00 pm last night and only two fish were caught. Apparently Monday (Nov. 9th) they really got into them. Oh Well. Oct 21 - Patrick McGrath Perch fishing Tuesday afternoon south east of Grassy Island. 5 keepers from 3-4 PM. Nothing from 4-5:30. Found keepers in 4' FOW on both green and orange rigs with shiners. Water is clearing up. Oct 20 - Mark Schaller Went
out perch fishing this morning with my Dad and fellow club member Richard
Silagi. We ended up with about 15 keepers and 5 throwbacks all east
of Powderhouse Island. The water is finally clearing up. Most
of the fish were in the 8 - 10 inch range and a few over 11 inches long. Oct 7 - John Sparkman EARLY TUES.AM Decided that I usually kill em early in the morning before sun up, started at 5.30 first pass got 1 an hour later 1 then about daybreak 1 more.Thats all folks fished untill 10.00 not another hit!! Sept. 24 - Rick Malechuk Been out last 3 nights 8p-10p, got 5,4 then 3, working for them! off wyandotte , pencil plugs , red head w/ white body , black spots, 15 and 30 ft leads, 14-24 ft , all caught after 9p, nice fish 2-3 lbs. Sept. 21 - Ron Koziel Perch (Colechester). A buddy and I fished Saturday & Sunday (9/19 - 20) West/North West of the Heliopad in 30 (FOW). Over the two days we caught well over 400 fish but was able to keep only about 150 between us with an average size of about 7-7.5 inches. Only a handful of Jumbos (10-12 inches). ALOT of "dinks". Temperature at the bottom was 66 degrees. Both days were on the rough side (especially Sunday). ENOUGH WITH THE EAST/SOUTH EAST WINDS ALREADY!! Sept. 21 - Bob Ressler Took a shot at perch today, big mistake 1 - 3 waves were 5-6. fished sputnic usual spot will give GPS coordinates. took 35 keepers started hitting around 3:00 dead on bottom had to drag the bottom to pick them up, bigger the minnow bigger the fish average 9". Bob Sept. 19 - Tom Lulko Sorry about the late report, a week ago, perch fishing in the Wyandotte Flats, 5-6 ft caught about 40, kept 12 & another day, caught about 35, kept 9. All keepers 7 - 9 1/2 inches. No jumbos but enough for a nice perch dinner. First day used worms, second time minnows, don't always have to go out in the lake, guys. Sept 18 - John Sparkman I'm not done yet! Today, Fri. 18, 10 limit walleyes at and below Edison most in 2 lb range some up to 4-5 lbs. # 9 holographic blue and silver blue Thunderstick. Sept 17 - Roy DeBolt From all the fishing reports I'm not seeing, I guess everyone is done fishing for the year. Took the wife and went out Tuesday to do some perch fishing. Fished in 25 FOW straight out from Stoney Point. Got 30 8" to 10". Threw about 40 back. The lake was flat and really enjoyed the day. Sept 8 - Ron Koziel Perch are in Colchester. I went out Saturday, Sunday, and Monday (Sept. 5th,6th,& 7th) and caught plenty. Enough to pick and choose my limit. Not a large number of Jumbos yet but my limit averaged 8-9 inches. Area: within a mile or two West of the heilopad in 27 - 32 FOW. August 31 - Mark Schaller Went 8 for 8 on the Bows (Steelhead) and Eyes today handlining in the Trenton Channel. All of the 15 inch Bow's were caught just ahead of the discharge channel. I released all but one that was hooked pretty bad. The eyes were caught west of the Catamaran, 3 on the 40' lead (Corn) and one on the 20' lead (Chartreuse Watermelon). I also picked up about 7 Smallies ranging from 8 to 15 inches. Lucky's GSC, Chartreuse Watermelon and a "Corn" Denny Spoon picked up all the fish. Around 11:00 am I went over to Powderhouse Island and caught about a dozen perch of which I only kept 3, 9 to 10 inchers. Water was clear, a few floating weeds and 67 degrees. August 29 - Jerry Hinton and Mike Pasik spent a dry morning (for a change) in the Trenton Channel and jigged up 6 nice walleyes from 17"- 21". I used 3/4 oz sparkle blue jig with 4" finesse minnows. Mike used 1 oz chartreuse jigs with Wyandotte Worms tipped with meat. Also missed 2 at the boat and a couple others on the way up. Many smallies and sheeps too. We drifted from the Catamaran almost to Calf Island in the middle. Very few boats for a Saturday morning????? Aug 24 - Rick Malechuk Fished sat
9:30 pm till 10pm got 3, all on fl. orange pencil plug-30 ft lead , fished
another hour, nothing! Aug 16 - John Bielawski Fished Fermi with Bob Burdick, ended up with 7 keeper eyes, largest 6.5 lb, and a few throw backs. Fish were stacked up in 21 feet directly east of towers, near the no fly zone. Ran a north - south line. Threw the whole tackle box at them, finally found the right combo, Hot-N-Tots, 60 back, chrome and blue, red lip, 2.2-2.5 mph. Any slower and the big sheepies took over. Nice clean water Sunday, no weeds and no algae bloom. Aug 13 - Mark Schaller Went out handlining tonight with Mike Barkley. We started out in the TC and picked up 2. From there we moved upstream to the 13/14 buoys and picked up 3 more, lost one and threw another one back. All the fish came on spoons even after dark. Lucky's GSC and a Copper Lucky's GSC. Water was clear and the weeds were manageable Aug 13 - Robert Fusina Fished Holiday beach today in 17 to 21 fow and caught 6 walleyes. Fished from 9:30 to 3:30 using crawler harness with mini discs and inline planner boards. The color to use today was purple. One walleye was 8-1/4 pounds at 29 inches long. Line broke on rod, went to retrieve board and board started to dive. Picked up board and pulled line in by hand till I saw the big one. Great day and a really nice fish. Aug 11 - Bill Mezuk Pat Waite and I went to Ohio line, straight out from Bolles Harbor (22 FOW). Had to make short runs through a narrow, semi-active pod of walters. Went 5 for 7 with two caught on Wiggle Warts, two on Bare Naked Fire Perch Reef Runner, and three on in-lines with meat. Ran 1.4-1.6 mph. with baits at 8-15 ft. down. All the keepers were nice, chunky fish from 2.5 to 3.5 pounds. We caught one 25 in. drum, a couple white perch, and a bonus yellow perch. Saw lots of boats perchin'. The algae is bloomin', but it's not thick, YET. Storms started brewin' and chased us off the pond Aug 9 - Charles Francis Stony Pt. Rough seas 25fow caught 4 walleyes, lost 1 at the boat. Landed an 8lb.Walleye. Lots of big sheepshead and 1 cat. Aug 7 - Greg Warsow - Crew: Dan
Conklin & Jerry Golden. Place: MI/OH Line (Perch 27 fow)
then Holiday Beach (Perch 29 fow, Walleye 19 - 21 fow. Aug 6 - Greg Warsow Crew:
Jerry Golden, Burt Parker & Dan Conklin. Place: Holiday Beach 14
- 282 fow. Fishing Time: 6:30-9:00 pm. Wind: South 5-10 MPH.
Waves: 1-2 ft. Method: Trolling with 1oz in-line weights 20 to
25 ft back (inline boards) & 3oz bottom bouncers with night crawler
harnesses. Speed: 1.0 to 1.6 MPH. Catch: 8 walleye & 2
catfish. Beautiful sunset and moonrise. Aug 5 - Mark Schaller Went out handlining tonight for Smallmouths in the Trenton Channel by the Catamaran. I managed to pick up 7 of them ranging in size from 3 to 17 inches. All of them came on spoons, all different colors. All it had to do was be in front of them and they hit it. Oh Yea, I almost forgot...I also picked up 3 walleyes, 2 on a Riley Special and one on a green and yellow pencil plug.
Sept. 24 - Rick Malechuk Been out last 3 nights 8p-10p, got 5,4 then 3, working for them! off wyandotte , pencil plugs , red head w/ white body , black spots, 15 and 30 ft leads, 14-24 ft , all caught after 9p, nice fish 2-3 lbs. Sept. 21 - Ron Koziel Perch (Colechester). A buddy and I fished Saturday & Sunday (9/19 - 20) West/North West of the Heliopad in 30 (FOW). Over the two days we caught well over 400 fish but was able to keep only about 150 between us with an average size of about 7-7.5 inches. Only a handful of Jumbos (10-12 inches). ALOT of "dinks". Temperature at the bottom was 66 degrees. Both days were on the rough side (especially Sunday). ENOUGH WITH THE EAST/SOUTH EAST WINDS ALREADY!! Sept. 21 - Bob Ressler Took a shot at perch today, big mistake 1 - 3 waves were 5-6. fished sputnic usual spot will give GPS coordinates. took 35 keepers started hitting around 3:00 dead on bottom had to drag the bottom to pick them up, bigger the minnow bigger the fish average 9". Bob Sept. 19 - Tom Lulko Sorry about the late report, a week ago, perch fishing in the Wyandotte Flats, 5-6 ft caught about 40, kept 12 & another day, caught about 35, kept 9. All keepers 7 - 9 1/2 inches. No jumbos but enough for a nice perch dinner. First day used worms, second time minnows, don't always have to go out in the lake, guys. Sept 18 - John Sparkman I'm not done yet! Today, Fri. 18, 10 limit walleyes at and below Edison most in 2 lb range some up to 4-5 lbs. # 9 holographic blue and silver blue Thunderstick. Sept 17 - Roy DeBolt From all the fishing reports I'm not seeing, I guess everyone is done fishing for the year. Took the wife and went out Tuesday to do some perch fishing. Fished in 25 FOW straight out from Stoney Point. Got 30 8" to 10". Threw about 40 back. The lake was flat and really enjoyed the day. Sept 8 - Ron Koziel Perch are in Colchester. I went out Saturday, Sunday, and Monday (Sept. 5th,6th,& 7th) and caught plenty. Enough to pick and choose my limit. Not a large number of Jumbos yet but my limit averaged 8-9 inches. Area: within a mile or two West of the heilopad in 27 - 32 FOW. August 31 - Mark Schaller Went 8 for 8 on the Bows (Steelhead) and Eyes today handlining in the Trenton Channel. All of the 15 inch Bow's were caught just ahead of the discharge channel. I released all but one that was hooked pretty bad. The eyes were caught west of the Catamaran, 3 on the 40' lead (Corn) and one on the 20' lead (Chartreuse Watermelon). I also picked up about 7 Smallies ranging from 8 to 15 inches. Lucky's GSC, Chartreuse Watermelon and a "Corn" Denny Spoon picked up all the fish. Around 11:00 am I went over to Powderhouse Island and caught about a dozen perch of which I only kept 3, 9 to 10 inchers. Water was clear, a few floating weeds and 67 degrees. August 29 - Jerry Hinton and Mike Pasik spent a dry morning (for a change) in the Trenton Channel and jigged up 6 nice walleyes from 17"- 21". I used 3/4 oz sparkle blue jig with 4" finesse minnows. Mike used 1 oz chartreuse jigs with Wyandotte Worms tipped with meat. Also missed 2 at the boat and a couple others on the way up. Many smallies and sheeps too. We drifted from the Catamaran almost to Calf Island in the middle. Very few boats for a Saturday morning????? Aug 24 - Rick Malechuk Fished sat
9:30 pm till 10pm got 3, all on fl. orange pencil plug-30 ft lead , fished
another hour, nothing! Aug 16 - John Bielawski Fished Fermi with Bob Burdick, ended up with 7 keeper eyes, largest 6.5 lb, and a few throw backs. Fish were stacked up in 21 feet directly east of towers, near the no fly zone. Ran a north - south line. Threw the whole tackle box at them, finally found the right combo, Hot-N-Tots, 60 back, chrome and blue, red lip, 2.2-2.5 mph. Any slower and the big sheepies took over. Nice clean water Sunday, no weeds and no algae bloom. Aug 13 - Mark Schaller Went out handlining tonight with Mike Barkley. We started out in the TC and picked up 2. From there we moved upstream to the 13/14 buoys and picked up 3 more, lost one and threw another one back. All the fish came on spoons even after dark. Lucky's GSC and a Copper Lucky's GSC. Water was clear and the weeds were manageable Aug 13 - Robert Fusina Fished Holiday beach today in 17 to 21 fow and caught 6 walleyes. Fished from 9:30 to 3:30 using crawler harness with mini discs and inline planner boards. The color to use today was purple. One walleye was 8-1/4 pounds at 29 inches long. Line broke on rod, went to retrieve board and board started to dive. Picked up board and pulled line in by hand till I saw the big one. Great day and a really nice fish. Aug 11 - Bill Mezuk Pat Waite and I went to Ohio line, straight out from Bolles Harbor (22 FOW). Had to make short runs through a narrow, semi-active pod of walters. Went 5 for 7 with two caught on Wiggle Warts, two on Bare Naked Fire Perch Reef Runner, and three on in-lines with meat. Ran 1.4-1.6 mph. with baits at 8-15 ft. down. All the keepers were nice, chunky fish from 2.5 to 3.5 pounds. We caught one 25 in. drum, a couple white perch, and a bonus yellow perch. Saw lots of boats perchin'. The algae is bloomin', but it's not thick, YET. Storms started brewin' and chased us off the pond Aug 9 - Charles Francis Stony Pt. Rough seas 25fow caught 4 walleyes, lost 1 at the boat. Landed an 8lb.Walleye. Lots of big sheepshead and 1 cat. Aug 7 - Greg Warsow - Crew: Dan
Conklin & Jerry Golden. Place: MI/OH Line (Perch 27 fow)
then Holiday Beach (Perch 29 fow, Walleye 19 - 21 fow. Aug 6 - Greg Warsow Crew:
Jerry Golden, Burt Parker & Dan Conklin. Place: Holiday Beach 14
- 282 fow. Fishing Time: 6:30-9:00 pm. Wind: South 5-10 MPH.
Waves: 1-2 ft. Method: Trolling with 1oz in-line weights 20 to
25 ft back (inline boards) & 3oz bottom bouncers with night crawler
harnesses. Speed: 1.0 to 1.6 MPH. Catch: 8 walleye & 2
catfish. Beautiful sunset and moonrise. Aug 5 - Mark Schaller Went out handlining tonight for Smallmouths in the Trenton Channel by the Catamaran. I managed to pick up 7 of them ranging in size from 3 to 17 inches. All of them came on spoons, all different colors. All it had to do was be in front of them and they hit it. Oh Yea, I almost forgot...I also picked up 3 walleyes, 2 on a Riley Special and one on a green and yellow pencil plug. July 30 -
Bob Daniels Fished Wed.
7-29 from 6pm till 11pm off Stoney point with a friend in 22 fow. used
night crawler harness and 3 oz bottom bouncer got 7 eyes on orange and red
speed 1.5 to 2.1 mph. July 30 - Rob Downham Out from Stoney point 28 fow myself & Big Will got a two man limit bb& harnesses & meat really no hot color used everything. great day on the water. Good fishing....... July 29 - Todd Simco Tuesday. Ran out to the pack front of Fermi, 6 poles all mixed from harnesses to spoons...3 white perch July 27 - Ernie Lange Fished July 24 and 26th Lake Erie off of Stoney point got limit both days the one day had limit by 730am started at 6am. Bottom bouncers any color with harnesses any color however anything orange seemed to work best. A GREAT weekend on the water! July 23 - Greg Warsow Crew: Son, Josh & his friend Brian Kryk. Place: Estral Beach; Fermi; Stoney Point 13 - 29 fow. Fishing Time: 9:30 am - 3:00 pm. Could not find the dang fish. Wind: West 10-15 MPH. Wet & overcast 1st half of day. Waves: 1-3 ft. Method: Trolling with 1oz in-line weights 20 to 40 ft back (inline boards) with night crawler harnesses. Speed: 1.0 to 1.6 MPH. Catch: 4 walleye, a couple of white perch & A couple sheepshead. Fishing not so good but good day on the water with my son. July 23 - John Sparkman Wed
tried the Trenton channel too much MOSS could'nt keep lures clean!!left
went to Amherstburg got limit in about 2 hrs,s tarted late 1.00 pm July 20 - Chuck Jones We fished in front of Luna Pier Sunday. 13-17 fow water,45 back warts. Again purple worked best. We caught a 3 person limit. July 20 - Bill Mezuk Sunday, Pat Waite and I started the day near the Banana Dike and took eight walleye, including one 13 1/2 in. throw-back in 16 F.O.W. using inlines and crawlers and various levels in the water column. The weeds moved in like an armada and we had to abandon that area. We went to Brest Bay, but couldn't keep the silvers off, so we made the run to Ohio waters, straight out from Bolles Harbor (22 F.O.W.). We took five more in two passes on BB's and meat, except for a 25 incher that came on a high line we had out that was a harness 35 ft. behind a 1/2 oz. snap weight, 50 ft. behind the board. The hot spinner was an orange-red holographic blade with red and orange beads. It was a nice day on the water with a low wind and nice "walleye chop". July 19 - Mark Schaller Went back over to Amherstburg this morning. Picked up one by the 76 bouy in 22 feet of water. Moved down to the Hole-in-the-Wall and picked up 4 in 28 feet of water in front of the pink house. Moved down to the C.C.G. and picked up my final fish in 26 feet of water just ahead of the 60 Bouy. Each spoon caught 2 fish and the 19 inchers came on Flying Tiger. One of the 19 inch fish had a 6 inch goby in her belly. Water was a little dirty, 68 degrees and weeds weren't much of an issue at all. I also caught a pair of 30 inch muskie's in 24 feet of water up by the 76 bouy. Those things are starting to be a nuisance. Started at 7:15 am and quit at 10:20 am. July 19 - Chuck Jones We fished same spot as Tuesday. Boat control was very hard so we called it before we fished 3 tickets. Beats cutting the grass for sure!!! July 18 - Greg Warsow Crew: Jerry Golden & Dan Conklin. Place: Holiday Beach 18 - 22 fow. Fishing Time: 8:30-10:30 am. 15 on the 1st pass. Wind: West 10-15 MPH. Waves: 2-3 ft. Method: Trolling with 1oz in-line weights 25 to 31 ft back (inline boards) with night crawler harnesses (red spinner colors seemed to work the best). Speed: 1.0 to 1.6 MPH. Catch: 18 walleye (no white perch or silver bass). 1 catfish. Great day on the water with two great guys. July 15 - Rob Downham 7/16/09 Fished from Stoney pt. to Fermi 10:00 am to 12:30 myself and Big will 23-25 fow bb, harnesses,plus meat got two man limit all but three 20-21". then the big blow came and we went. Good fishing.......... July 15 - Chuck Jones We went out Tuesday again by "E" buoy. Ran our warts 90 back & spoons @ 70. We caught our 3 person limit but took about 5 hours. Warts worked well this time, better than the spoons. Light, flash type colors seemed the best today. We were in 20 to 24 fow July 15 - Rob Downham Myself and Big Will fished Stoney pt. between Fermi 23-25 fow couple on spoons but rest came on bb & harnesses & meat. Orange crush seemed to be hot color. most fish 15-17" range got two that were 20"s. two man limit but had to work for them. If that's work I'm hired. good fishing......... July 14 - Ron Koziel Monday morning(7/13) Holiday beach. Bonanza! Started fishing 8:00am and got by 6th fish by 8:15. Many fish were 14-15 inches. Caught 24 by 9:30 and kept my one man limit of 6 averaging 17 inches (largest was 20 inches). 21 FOW just west of radio tower. There was small pack of boats east of tower but I found my own pod of extremely active fish. As soon as I reset pole #1 pole #2 went off and vice versa, incredible time. Used #1 Dipsy (#3.5 setting) with spoons (Superman/rainbow color was the definite winner) about 45 - 55 feet back). Fish shut off completely by 10:00am. July 13 - Jerry Hinton, Mike Pasik and neighbors Andy and Kenny headed over to Holiday Beach when the workin guys got off work, about 6:00 pm. Had our 24 fish and was headed back by 9:00. Harnesses and meat with no particular blade color. Pulling back between 35 and 45 ft was best. A 3 oz bottom-bouncer did well also. No fish bigger than 19" but no need to zipper them either. Great night on the water with a couple new fishing buddies. July 13 - Mark Bodrie Went out by Fighting Island Sunday using bottom bouncers. 3 walleyes, one 9lbs, one 4lbs and one 3lbs. Don't ask what color, being color blind I don't know? All in approx. 31fow. July 13 - Chuck Jones We
fished by "E" buoy again Sunday. 24fow we ran warts
90 back & spoons 50 back. Warts worked best Purple & Pink (
of all colors ???) worked best. Found the fish very scattered ???
Caught 20 July 12 - Greg Warsow Crew: Dave
Kelley Jr., Dave Kelley Sr. & Jerry Golden. Place: Holiday Beach
18 - 22 fow. July 12 - John Sparkman Sat 7-11 AM 2 person limit by C.C.G. same lures as day before,1hour 15 min they were crazy no fish lost. July 11 - John Sparkman 7-10
Limit by C.C.G. (Canadian Coat Guard Station) Flatfish and spoons were the
answer silver F.F. tiger tooth spoons. Got there early 6.15 bite was best
from 8.00 to 9.00 July 10 - Chuck Jones "E"
BOUY in 24 FOW we ran spoons & warts 50 back. The warts didn't
work at all???>>??? July 9 - Greg Warsow Bob Frank & I fished Holiday Beach today from 10:30 am to 3:00 pm. Nice ride there then the East wind kicked up a bit, 1 to 2 footers. Pulled night crawler harnesses with 1 oz inline weights & inline boards. 25 to 30 feet back. 1.0 to 1.6 mph in 21 fow. Kinda slow day but was able to land 12 wallys. Great day on the water. July 9 - Rich Spackey Fished Stoney pt. area 25 fow on July 7th. got 3 then the high winds hit. looked like most boats moved out to 26-27 fow. perfect weather on July 8th, 3 man limit in the same spot (25 fow) most boats were still out deeper, but every time we headed for the group of boats we got a double. boards and spoons 65ft back on dipsy's, purple was best July 8 - Jerry Hinton, Bob Hinton and Mike Pasik headed for Holiday Beach today about 5pm and were done with a 3 man limit at 7pm. We did best in 21 fow straight off the radio tower east of the beach. Inlines and harnesses did everything. No special color, anything we had down went off. Fish ranged from 14" to 24" with most about 17". Lots of white perch also. No sheeps or silvers??? We were the only boat there too!! July 7 - Mark Surowiec 10 nice fish 15-24" 1 oz keel weights gold and anything worked great. 2 hours today, 2-1/2 yesterday and we had our 10 fish. Cant find any buds to go except for Big Billy Buda from Cadillac. 18-21 feet of water by Fermi/Estral trolled with the wind both days 1.5-2 mph double bounce off bottom. I love fishin! see ya out there tom homeboy & the reel slo July 7 - Rob Downham Went out this morning and fished between Stoney Pt and Fermi. 25 FOW, BB & Harnesses/meat. Fished with Big Will. 3 hrs and got two man linit then the wind picked up and it got nasty! July 5 - Rich Spackey July 4th 4-6:30pm Fished half way between Stoney pt& Fermi. 25 fow. boards and spoons on mini dipsys. 80 ft. all colors were working. Went with my son Patrick who is leaving for the Air Force in a few weeks. 2 man limit in 2 1/2hrs. one 24" one 19" and the rest were 15-16". July 5 - Mark Schaller Went back over to the Amherstburg Channel (76 Bouy) this morning and picked up another limit and threw back 4. All the fish were between 14.5 and 16 inches. Weeds were bad, I would get a couple of minutes of clear water and then it was "Welcome to the Jungle". 34 feet of water, very clear and 68 degrees. Only 3 junk fish. Flying Tiger and Purple watermelon caught the fish. I was also checked by the OMNR for their survey. July 4 - Larry Droege fished between the Monroe stacks and Fermi in 25-30 feet of water. Trolled using jet divers and little cleo spoons. Got 5 all about 16inchers. Gold and purple spoon was hot. July 4 - Jerry Hinton and buddy Tom Taylor followed Bob Clark's advice and headed to 24 fow off Stoney Point and hit some nice fish but they were slow coming. We moved into 20 fow off Estral and hit a little pocket and filled there. Pulling in-line sinkers and harnesses. Water clarity was amazing. As clean as I have ever seen it, and no weeds. Nice way to spend our Independence Day. It's a Red, White, and Blue day so be proud!!!!! July 4 - Greg Warsow Jerry Hinton, Greg Warsow and Mike Pasik headed to the north end of the Amherstburg channel. We jigged with 3/4 and 1 oz jigs tipped with nightcrawlers. Chartuse & pink did the best. 31-34fow. 18 fish, all small eaters. Fished from 8:30 am - 1:30 pm. The wind was tuff on Jerry who was keeping us vertical. Good Day!! July 4 - Paul Doute 2 man limit plus 9 shorties pulling spoons with 20 Jets and Little Jon Disk. 45 and 55ft back using GSC spoons at 1.9 to 2.1mph in 19 to 21ft of water in front of the Fermi North Tower. All of our keepers were in the range of 15 to 19 inches with a couple of 22's- perfect for dinner! July 3 - Rick Malechuk Fished
10p-12a, got 1 at Portafino's , and 2 at Hennepin, pencil plugs red/white July 2 - Mark Schaller Went fishing out of AuGres this morning with my Dad and daughter. We picked up a 2 man limit in about 3 hours. We were fishing in 39 feet of water running 2 ounce bb's and crawler harnesses. Our hot color today was copper blades and beads. Fish were right on the bottom. I picked up 3 hand lining as well. July 1 - Bob Clark Wednesday - 2 man limit noon to 4pm, 24 fow out from Stoney pt. , bottom bouncers with hanesses. All nice fish, 2 20+" and a 28.5" 6.6 pounder. Rest of the fish 16 to 18". Threw back 6 to 8 sub legal, and many sheepies. Best colors perch and pink w purple. Also 2 10+" perch July 1 - Jerry Hinton, Bob Hinton and Mike Pasik headed to the north end of the Amherstburg channel on Wednesday afternoon. We jigged with 3/4 and 1 oz jigs and Wyandotte worms in 31-34fow. We took a 3 man limit in about 3 hours of fishing. Mostly 14"-16" fish(no size limit in Canada) but a couple of 19"rs. Got wet but it was worth it. Great to spend time with my busy son Bob and my adopted son Mike, LOL! July 1 - Paul Doute June 27th report for Saginaw Bay. Made a trip up to fish good old Saginaw Bay with fellow DWF members Don Kwasny and Ed Kolle. We fished the Corriyan Reef Area in 9 to 11ft of water working the top of Cabbage weeds. Ran 1/2oz inlines with crawlers harnesses 8 to 10ft behind inline boards. We made short work of a 3 man limit of walleye. A good time was had by all! Purple and Gold 6mm beads with gold blade was the best producing harness. Capt. Paul June 30 - Greg Warsow Charter today (June 27). Fished from 9:30 am to 3:00 pm. Fished Bell Buoy & the Magic Triangle, Ohio side. Used 1 oz inlines w/nightcrawlers 40 to 60 feet back. We were able to take 24 for the day with one being 27" at 6.5 lbs. June 29 - Bob Piette 7/26 Worked the American side of Ballards reef on channel edge, 7 eye's up to 3 lbs. BB'S and harnesses, black blade-chartreuse beads June 28 - Rick Malechuk Fished last night 11p-1a, main channel banks north and south of Grassy . nothing north, south got 3 eaters, 1 throwback and lost 1, all on pencil plugs 30ft. lead , red head white body black spots , nothing ar Hennepin ,rain started at 1am, some weeds but manageable. June 28 - Mark Schaller Went back
over to the Amherstburg Channel Saturday (6/27), picked up another limit
and released seven. One fish was 17 inches long, the other 12 were
all 15 inch "cookie cutter" walleyes. Water temp was 71
degrees and clear except for the weeds. One minute the river would
be clear and before you knew it you would need a bush hog to get through
all the weeds and mayfly casings. Go to the link for a picture of
the spoons I used, the one on the left caught the majority of the fish the
last two trips. June 27 - Sid Van Houten Tried Banana Dyke off the shed for a bit. Not marking or catching. Moved to bell buoy. Marking lots of fish. Two small ones on bb. Chatted w/a hand liner who had three using flatfish. I get out the reel and ff and pick up 5 nice eyes and a couple more small ones and a nice small mouth in about an hour. Tip w/a piece of crawler. Thanks to the fellow fisherman for the hot tip. June 27 - Rick Malechuk Thursday night , wire-line, after storms, surface clean started at 0830 , worked 5 spots, Mud down to Hennepin pt, , not a hit till 10:20 , ended up with 2, one at Hennepen, one north of mud , both on pencil plugs, red-white-black spots, both ~20ft deep ,quit at 10:45 June 26 - Mike Barkley Went out with Tom Dinneweth and Jim Navyac Took most of the day but we ended up with a 3 man Canadian Limit at Holiday Beach. Ranged from 19 to 29' with crawlers/1oz inline weights various lengths back (20 30, 49') Pink pantie and any blades with pink were the hot color today. Beautiful day on the water with friends!!!!! June 24 - Greg Warsow Set out for Holiday Beach this morning with Burt Parker & friend Dan. Lots of bugs & very hot. Started out with a bang with 3 nice fish but took until 12:30 pm for another 4. Nightcrawler harness with 1 oz inlines, 1.0 to 1.5 mph, 20 to 26 fow. Ran across to Estral Beach and took the another 8 same way but started in 26 fow with an east to west troll. A lot of weeds. June 24 - Jerry Hinton and Mike Pasik got to Holiday Beach about 4:30 this afternoon and had our 2 man limit by 6:15 pm. Meat and in-lines took all of the fish. Some were running smaller but we had 4 over 20". Pink Panties and Chartreuse Thunderbolt was best blades 35-43 foot back at 1.5-1.7 mph. Started in 24' and trolled into to 21'. We were the only boat there last night. June 24 - Rick Malechuck Bum Back
has kept me off river till last Wed, fished most nights since then,
Getting 3-5 each night, fishing 8p-10:30p, moving around to avoid floating
fish fly shells-weeds, by Mud and side of Fighting, banks below and above
Grassy , main channel side, nice fish 2-4lbs,redwhite pencil plugs
15&30 ft leads ,some before dark on chart,. spoon ,red herring bone,
and size 11 fire tiger husky rap. 1 1 muskie ~8lbs, released , drifted one
day 5p-7p,2 hours for 2 , split, drift rig, crawler, no one on river after
dark. Silver bass slowed when trolling, but took grand sons today and had
them troll, with kid-poles, on surface-shot & walleye spoon and they
caught them steady, June 21 - Ben Dascal Went out on Saturday 6,20,09 6am, after rain stopped, in 28 FOW between Monroe power plant and Fermi Power Plant and picked up 9 big Walleyes. By 10am was done, weather had changed to very high winds. Used Gold with Silver spoons. Fished on Sunday 6,21,09 8am, in 29 FOW between Monroe power plant and Fermi Power Plant and picked up 10 Walleyes. By 11:30am was done, weather was perfect for fishing . Used Black with Silver spoons. June 21 - Mark Schaller Went back over to Amherstburg this morning to pull some wire. Started out at the Hole-in-the-Wall where I picked up two. Moved upstream and started fishing at the 74 bouy in 30 to 34 feet of water. By the time I passed the 76 bouy I picked up the rest of my limit and threw back 7 more for a total of 13 walleyes. Most were just over 15 inches and 4 in the 11 to 14 inch range. Largest fish was 20 inches long. First two fish cmae on a Riley Special spoon. The other 11 all came on a #251 "Corn" Denny Spoon on the 20 foot lead. Best part of the whole morning was only 5 Silver Bass. Fished from 7:00 am to 10:30 am. and surface temp was 68 degrees. June 21 - Jerry Hinton along with Mike and Chris Pasik celebrated Father's Day by fishing off Estral Beach. This has become a tradition. 17-19 fow was best and it took only an hour and a half to fill up. Meat and harnesses with 1 oz in-line weights back 17-22 foot did best. Colors were gold, chartreuse and pink. Many sheepshead along with the 'eyes but no bugs and NO WEEDS!!!!! Happy Fathers Day to you all!!!! June 14 - Mike Barkley Fished the DWF tourn with Greg Warsow, Bob Clark and John Lewandowski on Sunday and we got a 4 man limit plus at least a half dozen almost legal throwbacks! South of the Banana dike, 15' of water about 1.5mph. Ran harnesses on small boards. one side with bottom bouncers, the other 1 oz in-line weights, 20' back/ Best colors were anything perch and red beads, gold blade. Calm water and beautiful day with friends!!!! June 14 - Mark Schaller Went out handlining this morning with my daughter Alex at the Amherstburg Channel. We started out at the Hole-in-the-Wall where we picked up 2, released 2 and lost one. We drifted down to the C.C.G. and picked up one more before we quit at 10:00 am. Water was 62 degrees, stained and a few weeds floating on the surface. 4 fish came on a black spoon and one on a #9 Blue Mackerel Rapala. Oh yeah, one more thing......still a lot of Silver Bass over there. June 14 - Ben Dascal Caught 5 nice size walleye on Sunday morning 6-14-09 in 29’ of water between Monroe power plant and Fermi. Also 3 on Friday 6-12-09 at 6pm Used Spoons, any color and any sized worked. June 13 - John Hart Art and I went out again today, June 12th, (Same place and pattern as posted below) and have to share this unbelievable day with you all. I have been fishing over thirty years and have caught five to ten muskie in all that time. Art and I had nine, that's correct NINE, muskie on our lines. We caught 8 walleye and other fish but the muskie fishing was unreal. Art caught two muskies within three minutes of each other. I know if one of you was to tell me this story I would be thinking to myself, guy must've been on some drugs, it's impossible to catch that many muskie in one day much less a career of walleye fishing. It will always be a memorable day to me with my good friend Art. Good fishing to all and see you at the fish fry. June 12 - Greg Warsow - Fished Holiday Beach today with John Lewandowski & Gary Felker. Pulled night crawler harnesses with 1oz inline weights & inline boards. 30 to 40 feet back. 1.0 to 1.6 mph in 18 to 23 fow. Slow day but was able to land 9 Walters. Great day on the water. June 11 - John Hart Went out fishing with Art Yaccick today, buoy 84 and 81, and we got fifteen walleyes, some smallies, some silver bass, some big gobies, and one huge muskie. Weather was good till about the last hour when it started raining. Caught most of them on red white a blue jig, go figure, and the good ole Wyandotte worm. June 10 - Jerry Hinton, Greg Warsow and Tom Taylor headed for Holiday Beach this morning about 9:45 am. Done by 1:00pm with 18 nice fish. Variety of sizes and even let go a couple 12" along the way. We were in 18-23fow about a mile east of the beach. Harnesses and crawlers for all. The white perch are thick there and went thru about 6-7 dozen worms. Very nice day!!! June 7 - Kurt Nowicki Fished 6/6 out of Sterling State Park.. Out 7-8 miles 25-30 FOW, fished from 6 to noon... 7 fish, crawlers and #11 Rapalas on boards 30-50 feet back, silver & green/chartreuse caught all fish... June 6 - Mike Barkley Went out with Greg Warsow & John Lewandowski (the Odd Couple LOL!) Took most of the day but we got 14. Started North of West Sister and worked our way further North. Harness/1 oz. inline weights/small boards. Around 30 FOW, 50' back all different colors. Beautiful day with good friends is always a winner!!!!! Thanks, Guys!! June 6 - Mark Schaller Went out handlining last night (6/5) in the Channel. Sue got 1 and I caught 2 (mine were bigger). We both caught a Rapala (again mine was bigger)and a butt load of Silver Bass. During all of that we took a break to watch the fireworks. Water temp was 60 degrees and the weeds were starting to be a problem. June 6 - John Sparkman Fri 6-5 Banana dyke limit in 2 hrs spoons Riley special (black, orange, yellow, red). All fish in the 2-3 lbs range June 4- Tom Lulko Handlining the NW corner of Fighting Island, picked up 3 'eyes & about 12 silvers. #9 rapalas- firetiger & a blue/red. In 30'-32' of water. I won't even tell you what my buddy Rick got..... June 2 - Paul Jocks Fished Holiday Beach 5/30 and 5/31 with limits both days. Started around 8:00 AM each day with 2 oz. bottom bouncers, crawler harnesses with #5 and #6 blades and in-lines. White and purple colors worked the best. Most caught in 22-24 FOW. They moved off the bottom late morning and found them with mini-dipsy's, 60-80 ft back. One was 8.5 lbs, several in the 22-24" range, all quality fish, very few silvers and no sheeps. Tried Hot 'n Tots and spoons with no takers other than large silvers.
May 30 - Jerry Hinton and Mike Pasik hit Holiday Beach this morning at about 7:30 and were done with a 2-man limit by 10:30 using in-line harnesses and meat. Most were 21'-35' back in 14-21 fow. May 30 - Carl Selz Fished S/of the catamaran taking only one walleye about 3 1/2 lbs on a f-9 vampire pulling wire. Double headers on Silvers with milk shooting everywhere including on me. Moved N/of the free bridge and the silvers did not follow but no other walleyes. Still nice to be on the water. May 30 - Tom Ebi The walleye are off Stoney point in 24 to 27 f.o.w. Bouncers have only been taking junk fish for us unless it's 3+ fter's. 20 to 45 back on 1oz inlines at 1.2 to 1.5 mph has been working quite well. perch pattern, silver and gold blades have been the best. if you run jets, #30 jets 35 back with harnesses. smaller than usual pods of fish so you have to keep working them. lots of short fish and plenty of perch and white perch are coming on harnesses. May 28 - Doug Smith Wednesday Stoney Point 3fy waves, muddy water. Not one bite! Bottom Bouncer and worms. Tried everything. Fished from 3 to 9pm, 20-26 FOW. Waiting for better weather. May 25 - Jeff Kelly Saturday --- 25 foot of water off Stoney Point. 9 Walleye and 7 Perch. Purple blades on harnesses, Rattle Tot's, and Stinger spoons. May 24 - Bruce Snyder Report for 5-22 - Fished the Mid River, jigging. Weatherman was late about 4 hours on the calm winds, its been a while since I have been bounced around that much. All I caught were "silvers" until the wind died. Then the wind died, found some fish north and by Fighting Island. Limited out on eyes with a green jig head and Wyandotte worm working the best. May 23 - Tom Lulko Got 3 'eyes down by Ballards reef, 22 ft of water, BB/crawler harness, lots of smallies & a few silvers. water was like glass today, took my brother-in-law Todd. May 23 - Rick Malechuk Just came in 1am. ,pulling wire , started 10:30, NE wind and Wings game kept everyone in, fished NW side of Fighting Island , got 3. On 5/21 got a limit, 10p-1am , most caught 11p-12a. On 5/20, 2 man limit, 7p-12a, but a couple at Hennepin & buoy -97 (north east of Grassy Island) don't fish direct west of buoy 97 , lure stealing cable ,been there decades ,all fish, all nights, except 2, caught on 15 ft lead, red head, white body , black spots , night stalker, the 2 on 30 ft lead ,orange pencil plug, most caught at 20-30ft , except by Buoy 97 , shallow as 10 ft. May 22 - Mark Schaller Dad came down to visit so we went out to pull some wire last night (5/21). Same area and tactics as Monday but different results. Silvers never really shut down and we only caught 3 walleyes, two of which I released. Still it was a nice night on the water. May 22 - Rob Downham Went out wed night. Wirelined around Calf island E-N-E sides. Picked up 6 nice fish. Hot lure was firetiger and white jointed Rapala #11 size.. Still some silvers, but next time out going to go to the lake and try there. Good Fishing. May 22 - Steve Schoonover Thursday may 21st. straight out from sterling launch then drifted north to Stoney Pointe 20-25fow, harnesses any color, kept 6 all around 20-23" 2-3lb, threw back 1/2 dozen just shy of 15", tons of silvers, 1 cat, some sheepshead including a 9lb'er, and a half dozen nice perch. got all fish drifting none trolling? May 19 - Mark Schaller Went out handlining last night (5/18) after the DWF meeting. I started at the 13/14 bouys at 10:00 pm and worked my way up the channel to McClouth. By the time I reached McClouth it was 11:00 pm and I had 4 walleyes in the box and only 6 Silver Bass. Fish came on #9 Firetiger and Blue/Silver. Water temp was 56 degrees. May 18 - Jeff Kelly Fished off of Stoney Point in 24 to 25 foot of water with Dan Stockton on Friday. Brought back 9 Walleye and 4 Perch, of which one Walleye was 7 pounds and one of the Perch was 11 3/4 inches long. 6 walleye were thrown back along with several Perch (to small). Fished with crawler harnesses and spoon harnesses. Spoon harness (gold) took the big fish. #5 Colorado blade (hammered-copper), magnum willow leaf blade (silver), and large size chopper blade (silver-hammered) were the blades that were used. May 18 - Ben Dascal Caught one eye 5-16-09 & 5-17-09 on northeast corner of mud island with 1/2 oz green jig in 25'-32' of water, high winds made fishing difficult. Silver bass not as many as Trenton. Also if fishing near or in Canadian water, be careful, Canadian Police checking Fishing license. Two days Saturday and Sunday, I saw them near the same spot giving tickets. May 17 - Bruce Snyder Report from Friday the 15th. I thought I had lost my jigging touch. But this time out we took a 2 man limit of walleyes, and numerous smaller ones, from Mud Island area up by and across from U.S. Steel. We took a couple of fish from each area, including one male that went about 5lbs. I kept changing colors, but a green jig with the brown worm worked the best. May 13 - Will Heskett Dealt out pain and destruction to the fishes Monday night and Tuesday night pullin wire behind Mud Island out on the flats and into the deep water too. Multiple limits, nice sizes. A few dinks here and there which were released of course! Rob Downham, Dave Heskett and myself. #11 Clown b the ticket :-) May 13 - Mike Rozewicz Went to Sterling state park splashed the boat at dock 7:30 to fish the lake erie,started getting them shallow 18-19 ft.water[2],out front of park.Moved north in the bay 18-19 ft.water[2].Ended up at stoney point with 6 out deep 23-24 ft.water,bottom bounces an harnesses worked,with erie dearies when with wind calmed down drifting. May 13 - Rob Downham Myself and Big Bill went out of Ecorse, fished around Mud island. We killed them - Hot Lure, #11 Clown. Everybody seemed to be doing good! Good fishing, Rob... May 5 - John Sparkman Out last night, 5-4, got 10 limit by 12.00 by the catamaran # 11 & 13 clown May 4 - Eric Bishop Fished Sunday from rock piles down to Mud Island, and caught about 15 eyes only 8 keepers fish were very scattered, two here two there. Minnows and chartreuse lead heads were working, but white bass took their toll on the minnow supply. Four of the fish were in the 6 lbs. range May 3 - Bill Berwick Me and Johnny B Good fishing Canadian waters in the river on Sunday morning. Got a limit jigging and a large number of smaller walleye. Future looks good. Black plastic out produced any other color. May 3 - Rob Downham Me and partner
Big Will went out from Trenton. Pulled wire at and around the
catamaran and picked up ten nice fish. Hot lures, #11 Clown and
Firetiger. Right after dark, silvers ease up and the Eyes pick up
(Ha!). April 30 -Mark Schaller Got an invite from Jerry Hinton to go pull some wire tonight with he and Greg Warsow. Jerry pretty much drove the boat and let Greg and I fish. We ended up with 10 and lost 2 all around the catamaran. Hot lure tonight was a #9 Orange/Gold Rapala. Water was dirty but the fish were cooperating. Even the silvers left us alone once it got dark.
April 24 - Greg Warsow - Friday I fished with Bob Frank & Gary Felker out of Wyandotte. Windy all day. Picked up small one in front of Fighting Island. Picked up the second one on the West side of Fighting Island. Jigging wih Chartreuse & White with live minnow only. Wind blew us off the water at 1:00 pm. Slow day and wet getting in. April 23 -Greg Warsow - Thursday I fished with Mike Pasik. Jigged on the East side of Grosse Isle. Charteuse Jig with live minnow seemed to be the ticket. Ended up with 8 nice walleye. Then the wind started to blow from the south....Hard. Good day!! April 23 -Mark Schaller Took my kids teacher out handlining tonight for a do-over from a trip back in November. He got his first one and his first limit tonight. We ended up with ten, all west of the Catamaran. 7 of the fish came on a #11 Firetiger and 3 on a #7 Chartreuse Rap. I also lost 5 fish otherwise we would have been done in under an hour. Water was a little dirty abd 46.5 degrees. Awesome night !!!! April 23 -Rich Malechuk Limit w/ jig 3/4 oz. pumkinseed worm and bass assasin 5" green peppered shad,fire tail north of mud,also 4 throw backs and unfortunately first silver bass of the year. April 20 -John Decker Fished sat. 4/18 Trenton channel from warm wtr. discharge on down. three of us using 5/8 and 3/4 jigs with green-chart. twisters and black-chart. twisters. took fish as shallow as 8 ft and out to 20 ft. landed 5 , had 2 come off half way up. was not using stingers. were using minnows with plastics. clarity was about 1 and half ft. wish we had this kind of wally fishery on this side of state! set da hook April 19 -Rich Malechuk 2
of us got 6 Friday, by Mud Isle, red-shad & pumpkinseed 5" aqua
glo worms. 10-11:30AM ,had fished 8-10 am by Fort Wayne , no hits, many
snags April 19 -Ernie Lange Fished Saturday April 18 in Trenton Channel only managed one losing two more next to boat. Went up river and caught 6 more including a 30 incher infront of BASF in Wyandotte. Then came the wind AGAIN! April 18 -Mark Schaller Went out handlining 4/17 down in the channel. Didn't get my first fish until 9:30 pm and got the last one around 11:00 pm. Ended up with 3 and lost one, all males. Caught them on DT-158 and DT Rainbow Trout in size #11. Went out jigging with Mike Pasik and Danny Bloxsom Saturday morning and the only fish caught was a beautiful brown sucker that Mike had the good fortune of hooking up with. Started out on the East side of Celeron and then tried up by the pack of boats on the East side of Grosse Isle. Saw a few fish caught but not by us. Went out tonight on my boat with a Mike Barkley up to Fighting Island and we caught 4 on a 3/4 ounce jig and a brown worm. The 3 keepers were all females, two spawned out and one with eggs. The fourth was a 10 incher I snagged and let go. Water was a little dirty but not bad and the temp was 46 degrees. April 17 -Dave Harrison One 19 inch male walleye at steel mill on the D river, lead jig with wyandotte worm, around 1 hour of fishing and had to go...lots of traffic, only seen one other one netted. Thursday at 5:30pm, light winds. April 16 -Damien Tatomer Trenton channel got 3 on jigs 2 on black and one on motor oil tipped with minnow 2 where 4lb females spawned out 1 was 3lb male April 15 -John Decker Fished Trenton channel on 4/9 '4/10' and4/11. Landed 7 Thur, 7 Fri,only 2 on fri.3 of us fishing plastic and minnows. wind picked up on Friday out of NE making boat control tuff. on sat. wind was still blowing and water was dirty. only landed one by 1:00 on sat. switched over to pulling cranks as handliners were doing better than jiggers. caught 1 on blu-silver rouge. thinking about heading back down this weekend-Fri or Sat. if wind dies or switches from NE looking for recent update on river cond. thanks. set da hook! April 12 -John Sparkman April 11 Out at 8 AM W/ Mark Schaller got 6 worked hard for em, lost one. Wind was a pain. April 11 -Ernest Lange Fished the Trenton Channel this morning April 11, didn't have a bite. Wind was blowing quite hard, difficult to control boat. Didn't have a single bite. About 200 boats in channel and never seen a single fish raised. Put the boat back on the trailer about 11am to go home and wash the scum off of it. April 11 -Bill Mezuk April 9 Fished with Brian Woodard, left out of Wyandotte in the morning. Joined the drift down by the 80" Mill with about 100 of our closest friends, and took one walleye. After a couple more drifts we headed towards downtown. Caught 3 more in front of the Ren Cen and Joe Louis Arena on various size jigs up to 3/4 oz. and different Fin-S minnows (black w/gold flakes, Arkansas Shiner. Lots of snags near Ren Cen. Caught all males, one was just under four pounds. 28-35 ft. of water. Water temp. avg. about 42. April 9 -Steve Schoonover Friday, fished Trenton channel from 4:30 till 8:30pm, got 2 6lb suckers, 1 15lb carp, 2 male walleyes 3lb, lots of wind, most other boats had only 1-2 fish per boat. Lighthouse reports it was busy all week April 9 -Mark Schaller Went out this morning with a friend of mine to trying jigging in the Trenton Channel. We ended up with 2 and lost one. Water temps still around 40-41 degrees. NE wind was a pain, water clarity was good. Boats using minnows seemed to be doing the best. Saw Mike Pasik out there and he had 2 and was calling it quits for the day. Also saw Lance Valentine's boat out there and saw his group netted a few. Got that jigging stuff out of my system for the year, now it's time for me to go pull wire. April 9 -Steve Schoonover 4-9, fished Trenton Channel from 9am until 4pm, 6 fish 2 females (SPAWNED OUT) 4 males, all in the 21"-24" range, 5/8oz purple aspirin jig with sickle hook, all but one caught on stinger. April 9 -John Sparkman Today by stacks and in front of humbug 10 limit #11 & 13 clown and orange and gold April 8 -Jerry Hinton Bob Hinton, Mike Pasik and Tom Taylor fished the Trenton channel today and took 9. Most came on 3/4 and 1 oz jigs with minnows and most came on the stinger. We did get some bigger fish lower in channels at the southern end of Humbug Island. only a couple came in the flats. Wind was huge factor today. Tried the Horseshow for perch, nada today??? April 8 - Andrew Olsen Fished 4/7 from 1pm -7pm on the flats just south of the warm water discharge - caught 8 (7 - 21-26" 1 - 16") on 3/4 & 1 oz jig with minnow - orange and yellow. Very windy and cold - kept inline with the breakwall of the plant and held in 4-9' of water, temp around 41.5. Fished 4/8 from 9am - 2pm along the wall from the stacks south into the flats. Caught 8 - 1 in the flats, 7 - right at mouth of stacks discharge - same jig set-up, but kept close to the shoreline (4-8' depth - temp about 50.5). Didn't see many fish being caught in flats, but a couple other boats followed our lead and were also getting fish. 2 of us in boat both days. Good luck. April 5 - Rick Malechuk
9am-12pm , got 2 north of mud , 2 on west side of Fighting
Island and April 5 -Mark Surowiec 4-4-09 Thanks lance v. After watching Det river DVD did some scouting , found fish off wall in front of Cene park and Ren Cen. Fun day with bball hoopla.3/4 blk knuckle ball jigs from Bottomline b&t. 4 fish 2-26" 2-23"' Homeboy & Double D aboard the Reel Slo. no plastic live bait & stinger. April 5 - Ben Dascal Went out at 1 pm on 4-5-06 and caught one big Female walleye 27" south side of Mud island in 22' of water jigging. Used 5/8 jig head "orange" with 3" fake minnow attached. Caught two more and lost them at boat. Yes, toke picture and released her. :o) April 3 - Bob Jones Thursday - There were 4 guys in our boat, and we caught 15, the biggest of which was 6.2. Some were tight with eggs still. All caught in Trenton channel. Caught 4 in the morning then 9 between 1-4pm. No particular color was out-performing another for us. Warmest water was 43.5. April 3 - John Oblak 2 Rocks, 18 fow, chart jig, brown worm. Water temp43. 2 big Hens w/one 10+ lbs 4-2-09 April 3 - Phil Drum Fished with Art Yaccick & John Hart caught 6 eyes all males . 5 by Mud Island & 1 by Great Lakes. Most were caught on plain jig and Wyandotte worm. Weather was great!!! April 2 - Bob Daniels Thur. fished Trenton channel with 50+ boat o-o for me. at the dock only one per boat maybee. used minnnows and 3/8 jigs on wind water temp 42. Went to Flat Rock. Walleye in real thick people were snagging them. will try again sat. April 2 - Brian Woodard Fished mid river thursday 4/2-landed 6 lost 1 at boat. Water was stained, but very fishable! purple jig black worm, plain lead jig and chart worm were the producers today!
Mar 29 - Paul Brown Stay home and do yard work . river looks like coffee with cream in it.its so dirty the foam on top of the water is brown. a lot of logs and crap floating down river. one poor fella hit a 55 gallon steel drum the was floating down the river. best wait till next week to go fishing. Mar 29 - Rick Kaatz Sat. 3-28 fished from 7-11 in Trenton channel by the stacks. Had a few bites but nothing brought to the boat. Moved up to the golf course and landed a 9 lb 29" female about 12:30. Mar 23 - Bob Daniels Sun. 3-22 got one 20" and lost one at the boat from 3pm till 5pm on 1oz jig with minnow below the stack in Trenton channel. very windy and cold, water temp only 40 deg. The walleye caught still had not spawn yet. Mar 20 - Ben Dascal The boat next to me caught two big Walleyes 29" and 31" in three hours Jigging with real minnows onto the jig, in the Detroit River near Canada between 15' and 30'of water. Walleyes Are In!!! Mar 16 - Larry Tufts Went out Sunday, very little ice coming down. Did some early handlining, no walleye yet but did manage to boat a musky on firetiger. Feb 16 - Mike Sorensen 78 jumbo yellow bellies off the Stoefelt Bridge. Only 2 1/2 hours of fishing but wasn't using shiners. Jan 16 - Paul George Was able to pull a two person limit of nice gills in howell yesterday. Seems the fish are bitting good even in this cold weather. Jan 9 - John Sparkman Mon-got 50 and called it a day 2 of us, Tues got 30 and called it a day. Lots of perch in canals around Gibraltar Jan 3 - John Sparkman 1-2-09 My buddy Glen and I got 100 in canal below Stofelt bridge. Jan 1 - John Sparkman Finally found em! Bouy 88 Sat 25 Mon 35 Tues all in canals and by Humbug |