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Nov 26 - Steve Schoonover Handlined in the channel 11/25/11. fished from 10:30am till 2:30 pm. no fish only a few other boats out, talked to a couple of other club members and only 2 fished reported for the day Nov 15 - John Sparkman Trenton Channel 10 limit 2 0f us lost 9.Various lures # 11 clown most of em also F.T.GFR hot steel A great fun day. Got a new boat they don't know me yet>LOL Nov 12 - Jerry Hinton Caught my limit near the discharge in the TC this am pulling wire. 3 came on clown and last 2 were on Blue Steel, all #11's. Most on my top(49')lead. Then pulled my Lund and cleaned the crap off the bottom. May winterize this week and store or watch the weather for a few days to saee if there's another trip in my future??? Several boats out this am and everybody seemed to be getting fish. Nov 12 - Sid VanHouten Friday. kind of dirty, but two nice fish below the discharge about 6pm. Had to quit to get the PP hook out of my finger! ouch! Nov 7 - John Sparkman Sat 11-5 afternoon after wetting the bottom of new boat.Fished Harrison st got 3 lost one an 8 3/4m lber. Good break in of new boat. Nov 3 - Greg Warsow - Fished Huron Ohio with Jerry Hinton & 4 guys from Kentucky whose boat broke down. Caught 20 & lost 3. 5 fish over 9 lbs. & 2 fish over 10.5 lbs. Reef Runners (Trick or Treat; Grey Ghost; Barely Naked; Pearl Barely Naked; White Perch) 100 back at 1.5 to 1.7 mph. Good day for sure!!!! Nov 2 - Greg Warsow Oct 28, 29 & 30 - Greg Warsow Fished Huron Ohio. 19, 14 & 2 caught respectively. 11 of 9 lbs. 1 fish over 10 lbs. I hate catching these hogs. Oct 28- John Sparkman Fri Limit all came on clown # 11 & 9 one 26"did not weigh estimate 6 lbs + lots of fish!! Oct 28 - Gary Wake9am to 11am Trenton Channel East side drift jigging with
Dettloff using orange lead head and black shad minnow...Lost one nice
eater right at the boat. 5 other anglers out pulling wire and one said he
had caught one and lost a couple. Oct 25 - Mark Schaller Went down to the channel this morning. Started at the catamaran and had my first fish in about 5 minutes. Picked up one more there and 3 others in front of the discharge. Ended up going 5 for 6 on #11 GFR, Purpledesence and a #9 Clown. Water was stained, 53 degrees and some weeds. Started around 8:00 am and finished up about 10:30 am. Met Sparky afterwards and I got to listen to some of his words of wisdom at lunch. After that I gave blood at Ken's Blood Drive. I would say I had a full day. Oct 24 - John Sparkman Trenton channel limit lost 5 Early on purpledesent later G.F.R. all big fish Oct 24 - Jerry Hinton Hit the Trenton Channel at about 9:00am and landed my first walleye within 3 minutes. A nice 23" on a Hot Steel #9 rap on my 20' lead. Landed my limit by 11:30 and most came on GFR Raps. Lost 3. Only other boat out this AM was Sparky and he was getting fish too. Beautiful morning, few weeds and clearing water. It will just get better now. Fish were all over 20" and biggest was 25". Hitting hard and many had big shad in their bellies. Oct 23-Ryan Hobson Weatherman says 5-10 from s/sw,so let,s go to Colchester. Leave around 7:30-8:00 from Rotary Park/Trenton, glass calm to the lake, then....bam,15-25 south winds the rest the way there. Hour and a half later we are drowning minnows. Fished till 3:00 in 4-6's.Slow start but persistence paid off, the four of us limited out(8-12") but we used 9 doz/shiners weeding thru the dinks.25-30fow 1/2mi north west of heli-pad. Offical weigh in at the cleaning station...60 lbs. Great day of perchin. Good luck out there, and be safe. Oct 16 - Mark Schaller Woke up this morning around 6:00 am and after a quick peek outside and a check of the weather radar I figured I had about a 4 hour window of opportunity. I hooked up the boat and was on the water by 7:00 am. As expected the water was dirty but I have fished in worse. Winds were out of the SW and that made things a little bumpy by the Catamaran but up by the stacks it wasn't bad. Caught 3 and released 2 between the above mentioned points of reference. Fish came on a #9 Hot Steel Rap and a Riley Special spoon (refer to picture). Surface temp was 59 degrees and hardly any weeds. I quit around 10:00 am when the whitecaps started showing up on the river. Couple of interesting things about this morning. First there were no junk fish, all I caught were walleye. The bottom fish in the picture turned out to be a female. (Click HERE for picture) Last but not least, when I got home my cooler had a bunch of dead 1 inch minnows in it. So much for fishing big lures this time of year. Oct 14 - John Sparkman Thurs 2 person limit from catamaran up past hot water disch.spoons flyntiger and riley special Oct 13 - Gary Wake 8 to 10:30am Drift jigging back at W side Celeron Channel and Scott Dettloff and I got 6 ranging from one small 16in to 27in 6 pounder...Using lead heads solid green and orange/yellow with Shakey Shad lures...We're driftin from just S of Horse Island Bridge to right at mouth of Lake Erie Metro Launch Entrance...Been good morning and late afternoon/evening.. Oct 12 - Gary Wake 4pm to 6pm, Back to W Side Celeron with good results. One small 16in (threw back), one 19.5in 2.5 pounds and a 25.5in 5 pound 10oz...Using same rig orange and yellow lead head with a shakey shad... Oct 12 - John Sparkman Tue 8.00 AM to 11.30 2 person limit by Edison from catamaran to upper side of hot water discharge. Lures thunder stick, spoons riley special,#-7 holographic blue raps. Thunder stick bright silver W/purple hue. Weeds were OK. Oct 11 - John Lieb 8am- Powder House Island, 8 feet of water. 26 nice Perch. finished off the day in the Trenton Channel at Edison with 4 Walleyes .all on 20' lead .pulling spoons , assorted colors . Oct 10 - Gary Wake 8am to 10:30am Drift Jigging W side of Celeron, starting at N end back to tall white channel markers just N of EMP entrance with Scott. 9am Scott got a 23in 5 pounder and at 9:45am he got a 26in 7 pounder. He used a 1 oz orange and yellow gumball with a Gulp Shakey Shad...I'm going back out around 4pm... Oct 9 - Gary Wake 8am to 10am W side of Celeron drift jigging with silver gumball and gulp shakey shad got a 23in 3 pounder around 8:30...Many boats heading south to Bannana Dyke area...went over to scout activity and anglers were getting nice perch in the deeper water off the end of the dyke and north. Oct 7 - Mark Schaller Went back out to the channel again this morning. Want to know how I did? Copy and paste Sparky's report from Friday here and you will know. Only difference is that I caught all of mine on my last #9 blue Holographic Rapala before I busted the lip on it. Oct 9 - Robert Fusina Went back to Colchester on Sat Oct 8th for the last trip of the season. Wife and I took a two person limit in 31 fow in about 6 hours. Perch were very light biters. Hope everyone has a good winter and see you next year. Oct 9 - Robert Fusina Went to Colchester on Oct 7th and got a limit of 50 perch in about 30fow. It took about 3 1/2 hours to limit out Oct 9 - John Sparkman 10-8
Sat AM Out at 7.00 weeds so bad gave up and went perching, results poor
only small ones. Back out at 2.00 weeds cleared up tried spoons then
changed to bright thunder sticks. got limit by 4.30 one was 6 lbs all were
good sized fish. Oct 8 - Gary Wake. 8-10:30am Scott Dettloff and I started E side of Celeron #4 Can and made several runs using Gumballs and Harnesses with no results. Other Anglers not catching. Around 10am moved to W side and Scott got a 19in 2 pounder right away and at 10:30 he pulled in a 24in 5 pounder using Green Gumball with a Gulp Shad. We hade to leave by 11am...Be back out there Sunday. Keep your head down as the Duck Hunters are shootin at anything moving out there... Oct 7 - Mark Schaller Went back down to the channel tonight. Caught 2, lost 1 and picked up a 30 inch Muskie. Like Sparky said.....the weeds are horrible. Spent most of the evening clearing lines. All the fish came on a #9 custom painted Rapala....Flying Tiger, white belly with an orange back and black stripes. Water is clearing up nicely and the surface temp was 58.5 degrees. Oct 7 - Gary Wake 8am to 10am...back at the #4 can and south. Got one 19in right away using a worm harness, lime green in color. Then it went dead. Several other anglers showed up around 9am and they didn't catch any. The water was more murky than yesterday and there was no wind. Left there around 10am and tried perch fishing N of Bannana Dyke with very poor results...Little perch and not many of those...no one else was doing any better. On the way back stopped and spoke with three anglers in one boat W side of Celeron who had gotten 4 walleye. They were using different colors of gumball lead heads and Wyandotte Worms. Oct 6 - Gary Wake 10am to 12pm, Drift Fishing between Celeron and Grosse Isle #4 Can and South through channel caught 2, 2 pounders and lost 2. Several anglers doing well. Couple anglers limited. 1 was using worm harness and others were jigging with gumball lead heads. I was using a orange and yellow 1/2 oz gumball with a fake minnow...put a little shinner on for good taste... Oct 6 - John Sparkman 10-6 AM Trenton channel.Out at 800-11.00 got 3 in first hour and nothing else than small bass.all on # 9 clown.Weeds were BAD. Oct 5 - Robert Fusina Fishing at Colchester from 11.00am to 3pm with my better half. 30fow, ended up with a total of 100 perch. Fishing was quite steady. Three back more than 40 smaller perch. It was a beautiful day to be out on the water. Sept 29 -Mark Schaller Went down to the Trenton Channel this morning to see if I could catch a few walleye. Kept 2, lost 2 and threw back 2 small ones. I also caught about 2 dozen smallmouth ranging in size from 3 to 10 inches. The big surprise of the day was the Steelhead I lost. Jump, splash, roll, gone. He hit and orange and brass spoon on my short lead as I was pulling it up. The walleye came on a #11 Clown and a #9 GFR Rapala. Water was a little dirty, a few floating weeds and a couple of logs floating downstream. Surface temp was 65 degrees. Sept 25 - Jason Miller Went to Wheatley 9-24-11 and fished for a couple of hours. Tried all of my waypoints, nothing !!! Then tried all depths of water 60 to 15 fow. We drove around most of the time looking for fish on the sonar. We didn't mark anything no fish or bait anywhere!! Water was clear, wind was outta the south 4 to 5 footers by time we were done. And we did stop at the leamington boat ramp and talked to some locals, no walleye everybody was perch fishing, and only about five cars in the lot. Looks like its time to save some money and wait for the walleye in Huron !!! Sept 23- Richard Flake Went
handlining on the Trenton Channel from 4:00 PM to 8:00 Pm. The action was
slow. Caught two eyes 18 and 20 inches about 10 minutes apart, using
crawler harness, and copper spoon. The copper spoon caught both fish. Sept 18- Robert Fusina Fished September 17th, south end of banana dike and metro park area about 5 hours. Caught 30 perch on shiners in about 15th fow, largest one was 13 inches long, even used a net on the big one, afraid of losing him. Sept 17- Mike Donaldson pulled wire last night, cold, 23 to 35 fow, 10 nice eyes, just north of Blue Water bridge on Canada side you will see the boats every one was getting fish 4pm til just after dark Sept 12 - Charles Francis 4 men fished for perch in Brest Bay 20 fow caught 55 small to medium. Sept 3 - Jason Miller (Wheatley) Went for walleye again with inline's and crawlers. We had our limit by one. Fish were deeper than last weekend, 90 back at 1.4 mph was the ticket, over 60 - 61 fow. Anything gold and orange worked well. Biggest walleye was 8.5 lbs / 26". Also had two sheep's well over ten pounds !!! Click HERE for pic! Sept 3 - Greg Warsow Perch fished with longtime friend Steve Gorski. Ended up with only 25 fish, nice fish. Had to hunt around today but a good day for running. Smaller fish but large pod out on the MI/OH border. Click HERE for pic! Sept 2 - Robert Fusina August 27th I fished out from Brest bay 20 fow, caught 48 perch on shiners. It took about 4 hours to reach 48, thought I actually had 50, but miscounted. Still happy. Sept 1 - Greg Warsow - Perch fished with Jerry Hinton & Terry Pickard. Again straight out from Estral Beach, 18 FOW. Caught 54. Nice fish. Good company. Great dinner! Click HERE for pic! August 28 - Greg Warsow Perch fished with Mike Barkley, Bob Clark & John Lewandowski straight out from Estral Beach, 18 FOW. Caught 58 plus 1 walleye...divided the perch 3 ways & took my 20 to Monroe to be cleaned. The 20 weighed 15 lbs....You do the math....all were jumbos! Fished all day so the action was slow but the quality was well worth it. Caught a bunch of other stuff too. Awesome Day!!! Can you say JUMBO? Click HERE for pic! August 31 - Jim Wong Manistee river salmon are larger this year 17lb plus kings are being caught off my dock using a glass green Shadrap rap at night at mouth of the manistee river. August 28 - Greg Warsow Perch fished with Tom Taylor near the Michigan/Ohio Border NW of Sputnik. 2 man limit for 35 lbs. Kept nothing under 8 inches. Nice perch....Nice Day!!! August 23- Richard Flake Handlined in the Trenton Channel from 4:30 PM. -6:30PM. (quit early do to rain and wind) Caught three Walleye 18-21 inches, and lost two. Caught over a dozen small mouth and one rock bass. All fish were caught on a small polished copper spoon, and a short lead. August 22 - Bruce Stanley Fished yesterday afternoon from 3pm - 730pm with fellow members John & Kathy Fowler. Made the run to Colchester Ontario. Fished 29 - 21 fow near the red marker buoy out side harbor. Fished in - lines with harnesses with 1 1/2 oz inline weights. 40-55 feet back was the ticket yesterday. 1.5 - 1.8 mph. Landed 15 walleye , with the biggest being around 8 pounds. We've been fishing this area for the last week and a half with great results. From where all the windmills start west of Holiday beach to Colchester harbor 19 - 29 fow. Taking good numbers of fish with a lot of 26-28 inch pigs August 22 - Jason Miller Fished in front of Fermi (18 to 22 fow), Stony Point (22 to 26 fow), and the bell buoy (24 fow) this morning. Fished from 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and only could manage 2 walleye, 10 farm animals, 1 perch. THAT'S IT. Tried everything: harnesses at 0.9 to 1.7 mph. every color blade and bead pattern. Then tried jets and mini disc with spoons at 1.7 to 2.2 nothing on them but a perch. Both fish came on a harness 28' back over 18 fow @ 1.0 mph. Talked to other boats on the radio and three was the best i heard all morning. Looks like the weather shut them down or they have moved out after that NW wind all night, didn't mark anything on the graph all day. August 22- Richard Flake Went out handlining late Fri. afternoon on Trenton Channel. Caught 5 Walleye 16-17.5", lost three, threw back two smallies. All fish were caught in 8-11 FOW. on West side of channel August 20 - Jason Miller (Wheatley) Went out this morning around 8 a.m. and ended up 9 for 12 on bows and 5 walleye. All but one "bow" came on riggers from 30 to 42 down. Fished out by my waypoints where the gas rig was two weeks ago (we got 8 bow and 2 eyes from that area). Spoons: Capt. Nicks rainbow trout, Jerry Lee, and Greasy chicken. Then started fishing our way back to the harbor before the storm, we ended up trolling 1 oz. inlines with meat. We caught the last bow on a 1 oz. inline 69 back going 0.9mph (Greasy Chicken Blade). Had to cut it a little short with the storms that rolled in, started to get the walleye going in about 50 f.o.w. straight out from the harbor. All and all good day. August 20 - Mark Schaller Went out to the channel last night with Kelly and her son Adam. We got 5 and a throwback and Kelly got her first walleye, a 24 inch, 4 pound Female (copper/orange spoon). All of mine came on a #11 GFR. Water is still very clear but lots of floating weeds. What I wouldn't give right now for a good west wind. August 19 - Greg Warsow - Fished with relatively new member Sean Kelly by Fermi Plant in 19 to 22 fow. North to south troll at 1.4 to 1.7 mph best speed. Crawler harnesses behind 1 oz inlines, 33', 30' & 27' back. Again, Pink spinner & Purple with black dots did the best. 12 fish 2 man limit from 9:30 am to 2:00 pm. Another Awesome day! Aug 14 - Jim Wong Manistee river sat rain bought fresh run of kings into mouth of the river. 20lb and 17lb caught on glow madflash junior Thunderstick at night. Salmon splashing around where river runs into lake. August 13 - Jason Miller Fished Stony Point this afternoon in 23 to 25 fow. Trolled with the wind 1.0 to 1.5 / crawler harnesses behind 1 oz. inlines 40' to 25' back. Greasy Chicken took most fish. Ended up with 7 keepers and threw back 4 short fish (One was just over 6" / smallest walleye i ever seen). August 13 - Greg Warsow - Fished with Marc Verg by Fermi Plant in 24 to 22 fow. South to North troll at 1.4 to 1.7 mph best speed. Crawler harnesses behind 1 oz inlines, 35', 30' & 25' back. Pink spinner & Purple with black dots did the best. 12 fish 2 man limit from 8:30 am to 11:30 am…3 hours…awesome day! August 12 - Mark Schaller Went out with new DWF member Richard Flake last night to pull some wire down in the channel. We caught 6, lost 2 and very few junk fish. Walleye came on #11 Copper Crazy Tiger, #11 Hot steel and a Pink Shiner spoon. Started at 7:30 and quit around 10:00 pm. Water is still very clear and only a few floating weeds. Caught all the fish just North of the Catamaran and all the way over to the discharge entrance. August 11 - Greg Warsow - Fished with Mike Barkley & his grandson Joe. East of Fermi in 20 to 21 fow. 18 Walleye & hardly any junk fish. Crawler harnesses with 1 oz. inlines 35' to 25' back. 1.5 to 1.7 mph. About 5 hours for the wallies then serchin' for perchin' August 8 - Greg Warsow - Bad with the good. Jigged the Amherstburg channel this morning from 9 til noon. Landed 1 & lost 4 at the boat. Little critters just wouldn't stay on for me to get the net in time. Better day next time. Chartreuse jig with Mr. Twister Grub Chartreuse with Gold fleck. Tipped with night crawler. No anchor sign down to park. Aug 7 - Larry Tufts - Went out with my partner Kurt Schroeder Sat Aug 6th out of Sterling. We started straight out on the line at 26 to 27 fow mark. Some of the best action of the year, had our limit by noon, with 3 fish over 5 lbs, one of them 7.6 lbs!!! Pink and purple tiger blades on 1oz inlines 50 to 60 ft back at 1.2 to 1.5 mph. Fish were low and slower speeds seemed to be the ticket. Aug 6 - Greg Warsow - Burt Parker & I jigged the Amherstburg Channel from 8:00 am - 12:30 pm. Caught 4 walleyes, kinda slow. 5/8 oz. Orange jig worked best with Wyandotte Worm tipped with piece of night crawler. Up river near Royal Crown plant was better than bouys at end of channel. Edge & middle of channel better than near shore. Aug 5 - Greg Warsow - Jigged the Amherstburg Channel this evening from 4:30 - 8:30 pm. Caught 5 walleyes, 4 were nice fish & lost one at the boat. Not one junk fish. 5/8 oz. Chartreuse & Orange jig worked best with Wyandotte Worm tipped with piece of night crawler. Blue metallic jig did not work. Aug 5 - Bruce Stanley Fished late yesterday afternoon after having the boat out for two weeks for some repairs- upgrades. Ran over to Canada and fished between Colchester and Holiday beach. Beautiful , clear, algae- bloom and weed free water. Fished from 6:15pm to 8:30 pm and boxed 13 walleyes. Fished 25 - 20 fow. Fish were 18-20 feet down. Ran 1.5 oz inline sinkers and harnesses behind small boards back 55 and 60 feet @ 1.5 - 1.7 mph. Pink and purple blades seemed to take the most fish. Steady action , with lots of pullbacks , and a great ride home with a beautiful sunset. July 31 - Mike Barkley Greg Warsow/Bob Clark/John Lewandowski/Bob Frank/Mike Barkley. After the great Erieau tournament where DWF reclaimed the Golden Minnow Bucket and SWEPT ALL PLACES, We stayed over and went perch fishing on Sunday. We kept a 5 man limit (250) and threw back more than that!!! Started around 9 and were headed in at 1!! Fished in 8' of water off the church and never moved. Minnows were getting low so we were cutting them in 2 or 3 pieces and even used some pieces of shrimp. It was a FANTASTIC day. Probably the best perch day I ever had! July 25 - Robert Fusina On Sunday 7-24 I caught 43 yellow perch off of Stony Point in 20 feet of water. I fished for about 5 hours. Shiners or whatever was swimming in the minnow bucket. July 23 - Greg Warsow - Caught 17 walleyes today. Just couldn't get that 18th for the 3 man limit. Fermi 20 fow. 3' waves subsiding to less than 1'. Harnesses behind Tadpoles - 40' back on 1 oz. & 35' back on 3/4 oz. 1.4 to 1.7 mph. Algae dispersed from wave action but still there. Nice day! July 22 - Mark Schaller Dad and I went down to the channel tonight (7/22). We caught 7 lost 1 and 1 throwback. Water is extremely clear but the weed mats were unbearable, especially after dark. All on #11 Rapala's in Copper Crazy Tiger, GFR, Hot Steel and Perch. The Perch caught the biggest walleye at 27 inches and almost 7 pounds. July 22 - Greg Warsow Fished with 4 others today. Algae is in full bloom. Some areas like pea soup and smelled awful. No wind and very hot. Went thru a case of water. Ran harnesses with 1 oz inlines, 55 - 35 back & two 3 oz. bottom bouncers. BB's took most of the fish. enden up with 7 eaters PLUS one that was 29" @ 8.25 lbs. on a board 45' back (Red & Silver blade) and a couple nice perch. Fished Banana Dike 20 fow. 1 mile south of Raisin River end buoy in 23 - 25 fow. and Ohio border at the Turnaround Light - 27 -28 fow. Got of the water just before the thunder showers hit. July 20 - Greg Warsow Fished the Amherstburg Channel tonight for 2 hours. 5/8 oz. Chartreuse jig with Wyandotte Worm tipped with small piece of crawler. Caught 4 Walleye & lost 2 at the boat. Caught the biggest Sheepshead of my life. This critter had to go 20 pounds....Baaaaaaaad July 20 -Bruce Stanley Fished this morning with fellow member John Fowler between Fermi & Bell buoy in 21 fow. Pulled small boards & 1 oz inlines with harnesses 25 - 35 feet back @ 1.6 mph. Fastest walleye action of the year so far. Started a little before 8 and had 2 man limit by 9:30. Fish were 10 - 14 feet down ,and definitely on the feed. Color really didn't matter everything was working. Great day-home b-4 the heat got bad July 17 - Greg Warsow - Fished with 3 others again. 9:00 am - 12:30 pm. Same program as yesterday the 16th. Trolled a little closer to Banana Dyke to 15 fow. 12 walleyes. One was 27" & 6 plus lbs. July 16 - Greg Warsow - Fished with 3 others. South East wind with 2 footers. Started 1/2 mile west of the restricted area of Ferm and trolled to south end of Banana Dyke. 8:30 am TO 12:30 pm. Harnesses as usual with 1 oz inline weights. 40 - 28 back. 1.4 to 1.7 mph. 20 to 19 fow. Ended up with 22 walleyes & 1 nice perch. Searched for perch in the evening south Celron Island. Caught 5 nice jumbos and some little guys. Perch season is looking good!! July 15 - Greg Warsow - Fished with 3 others. East wind with 2 - 3 footers to start. Started at Bell Bouy and ended up Fermi restricted area. 1:30 TO 5:30 pm. Harnesses as usual with 1 oz inline weights. 40 - 28 back. 1.4 to 1.7 mph. Ended up with 15 walleyes. July 16 - Steve Boyer Went out today and got on the water at 3:00pm of the water at 5:00pm .Got a two man limit of eyes then all farm animals. Fishing the south end of the banana dike ,we trolled 2oz bouncers at 1.5 -1.8 mph best color was purple and green blade with a gold backer. See ya out there heading back out in the am . July 15 -Bruce Snyder Fished Thurs. July 13th in front of Erie Metro, and around Celeron Island, we had a 2 man limit and must have had around 20 walleyes on that day (including 4 or 5 short ones). Using bottom bouncers with gold and or chartruse blades. Because of north winds making us move to fast, switching to Indiana blades from Colorado blades in the afternoon made the difference. July 14 -Bruce Stanley Fished Tues July 12 with John Fowler @ Erieau. Finally found some steelies in 65 fow off the point. About a 120 heading 6.5 miles from port. Caught em 35-45 down on riggers and 125 back with 40 jet divers . Typical Erieau spoons- oranges , chartreuse, copper. Wound up 3 for 6 on the steelhead and two big walleye. Great day on the water July 14 - John Mills Fished with Jim Navyac , Trenton Channel south of the stacks, handlining. Firetiger spoons, 23 & 25' keads. Got 8 and lost a couple. Jim got one around 4 lbs. Started at 8:00 a.m. and quit around 12:30 Noon. July 9 - Greg Warsow - Fished near Jerry Hinton West of Bell Bouy in front of Banana Dyke 20 fow. Harnesses with 1 oz. inlines, 35' to 40' back. Purple, red & pink best colors with gold or brass blades. Worked hard to keep the lines clean. Landed 13 wallies. Lost 5. Still a great day! July 8 - Greg Warsow - Fished just south the Bell Buoy trolled East to West. Lots of weeds & mayfly shells on water. Harnesses with 1 oz inlines, 34 feet back, 1.1 to 1.4 mph., 25 to 19 fow. Landed 22, lost 10 July 9 - Jerry Hinton, Mike Pasik, Tom Taylor and Marc Verge trolled meat off the Banana Dyke west of the BB in 20' of water and took our 4 man limit in less than 3 hours. Lots of pesty weeds but tried to stay in pockets of clean water. Speed was 1.1-1.4. Colors were chartreuse, pink, purple and lots of gold. Great day on the water and always fun with fun guys. And we had all of that today. July 6 -Marc Verge Fish today in front of the whiskey Plant in 30' to 35' fow got 5 nice fish in 2 hrs, lost 2 at the boat. What a good day started at 12PM spent the rest of the time breaking in a new kicker motor these all came jigging with 5/8 and plastics July 6 -Bob Daniels Fished in 26 to 29 f.o.w. next to Ohio line straight out from state park. got 12 keeper. most on 2 0z inline weight and spinners color yellow did best. Speed 09 to 1.5. fish 20 to 25 feet behind boards. alot of the eyes where caught off the back of the boat on 3 oz bb. July 5 - Jim Wong Fished 20 ft to 200yds north to northwest of the turnaround buoy in morning used b and b and meat. Mid day used 20 jets and spoons 60 to 70 back same area caught 5 eyes and many farm animals and w.b. July 5 - Zach Kowalewski On July 1st went out to Belleville lake. Put in at the DNR launch and headed left out of the launch. Went under the first two bridges and came to an island. Trolled out in the open water with bottom bouncers with floating harnesses and pulled in a 19" walleye, and 2 catfish around 14". July 4 - Van Litchard Decided to get back to some jigging. Fished southern end of Amhurstburg channel and landed 15 fish by 11:am. Let 3 go and kept 12 good eaters. Brown rubber worm on plain or gold jig, tipped with crawler. Lots of gobies and a few silvers. It was good getting back to jigging and using less fuel. July 4 - Greg Warsow - Fished with son Joshua and cuz in law Jose (1st time ever fishing for Jose). Fished from the Bell Buoy toward Fermi Towers. Lots of weeds and junk but found a fishable 1/2 mile area. Harnesses with 1 oz in lines 28 to 35 back...1.4 mph...20fow. Pulled in 8 wallies from 1:30 to 4:30 pm.
July 3 -Bob
Daniels Fished in 28 fow next to Ohio line straight out
from state park. got 13 keeper and one 14 inch. salmon we throw back. all
on 2 0z inline weight and spinners color did not mater. Speed 1.0 to 1.8
drifting all nice fish 20 to 25 feet behind boards.water was rough 2 to 4 footer but had good friend to be with. July 4 - Mark Schaller Weekend Report. Friday night 7, Saturday morning 5, Sunday night 4 and a throwback. All caught near the catamaran pulling wire with spoons, orange being the best producer. Water is clear with a few floating weeds and just enough Silver Bass around to tick you off. Also caught several Smallmouth's in the 16 to 20 inch range. July 3 - Sal Manderachia Went straight out from Sterling park at 6am . We fished the Ohio border line in 24 fow back and forth with 2 oz bouncers off the back and walleye boards with 1 oz in line weights of sides . trolled 1.2 to 1.9 mph. red and white, purple , and the sky blue crawler harness worked the best today. We caught 10 eyes and the action shut down at 12:30 . Great day on the lake ! July 3 -Bob Daniels Fished in 27 to 28 fow next to Ohio line straight out from state park. got 6 keeper all on 2 0z inline weight and boy girl spinners speed 1.3 to 1.8 all nice fish 20 to 25 feet behind boards. most fish hit when i was zig zagin the boat. Took 2 hours to find them but when i did it took 1.5 hours to get limit. July 2 - Jerry Hinton, Mike Pasik and Jeff and Josh Hash trolled meat between the Bell Buoy and Detroit Light in 14-19 fow and took 9 nice eyes along with all of the "animals" out there. Wave action got too tough to troll against and as the waves built to 3-4's the fish shut off for us so we headed home. Out by 7:30am and in by 11:30. Orange and purple did best on 1 oz in-lines 30' back. Tried bottom-bouncing but only got white perch on them. Always fun to spend a great morning with great friends. July 2 -John Sparkman AM Limit 2 person all nice fish all on spoons flyntiger and orange Mark Schaller gave me. July 1 -Mike Barkley Thursday, Butch Chinchak and I back trolled with harnesses on bouncers and 3-way rigs north end of Mud Island, along Turkey island and Buoy 88. Picked up 6 really nice walleyes. Copper blades July 1 - Jim Wong Trolled back and forth between sputnik and turn around buoy west side from very close to half mile away spoons, bouncers and meat and 1 ounce inlines all working well. Caught 11 eyes and lost one. Fished from dawn till 4 pm, bring plenty crawlers to many farm animals in ohio waters June 26 - Bob Daniels Fished in 28 fow next to Ohio line straight out from state park. got 6 keeper and one throw back. all on 2 0z inline weight and boy girl spinners speed 1.3 to 1.8 all nice fish 15 to 20 feet behind boards. June 25 - Chuck Jones SAT. We fished from Luna Pier to Toledo beach. 14 to 18 fow. We ran warts 30(BACK) & crawfish (40) back both seemed to work well. We finished with 5 tickets & a nice muskey. Just took all day, 9:30 to 4:00. June 24 - John Sparkman Waiting out rain Mark and Jerry stopped by had limit. went out at 10.30 back in at 12.00 with limit all on flyntiger spoons. first hit was a double. June 24 - John Lieb 8-10am,Trenton Channel, south of stacks. Handlined 8 walleye. 5 nice keepers - 1 dink, and lost two at the boat. 30' lead . spoons, assorted colors -west wind and cloudy with a few showers. June 24 - Jerry Hinton and Mark Schaller hit the Trenton Channel this AM and caught our two man limit plus before 10:00am. Brought the 10 biggest home and threw back the others. Also caught our weight in silvers and smallies. The smallies ranged from 3"-20". Orange spoons on our 20' leads were best. The new 16' Lund did well and the rain just added to the day. The best was watching Schaller throw back a nice walleye just as he did all of his Silvers. He got a bit confused I think. The look on his face was priceless. Too funny!!! June 23 - Mark Schaller Went down to the channel tonight and picked up 4 walleye and lost one west of the Catamaran. Water was clear, no weeds but the Silvers are still there. 1 fish came on a #9 GFR Rapala and the others on spoons, Pink Shiner and Tiger Tale. Also lost my first Muskie of the year. June 21 - Bruce Stanley After getting soaked and returning to wait out a thunderstorm this am, we fought the east wind and 3 footers in front of Fermi and Estral beach - 21 - 17 fow. Pulling small boards with one ounce inlines and crawler harnesses 1.6 mph. Wound up with 12 walleyes, with 6 over 22 inches. Biggest was a 28 inch pig. Superman and pink & black were best colors. Great day! June 14 - Jim Wong Fished near Sputnik b b and meat boards and 1oz inlines, 20 jets and scorpion 60 to 70 ft back with confusion being best color. 11 eyes and lots of farm animals. Fished from dawn till 400pm. June 13 - Greg Warsow - Fished today at the South End of Banana Dike. Anywhere from 14 to 20 fow. Picked away at them and end up with 12. Lots of pull backs. Best speed 1.4 mph. Harnesses 15 to 23 back. Pink Spinner with pink beads.....really....no kidding....Great day on the water. June 13 - Steve BoyerWent out Sunday took my DAD out for the first time this year .We fished 18ftow trolling about 1.80 mph pulling meat on 2oz bouncers. Using the same colors and fishing about the same area. Got out at 8am came in around noon .Got 2 limits had a good day ,but got beat up water was rough. June 10 - Mike Sorensen I know alot of you have probably wondered if I dropped off the face of the earth but I'm back. Yesterday, 20 to 21 ft of water at Holiday beach took 8 tanks. The smallest was 22". Did catch two 4 inch walleyes. Never ever caught one that small was kinda neat. Any way all on green spoons with a diagonal red stripe. Went over there it was like glass within a 1/2 hour I was fishing in 4 footers. June 10- John Lieb. east side of Celeron Island. Handlined. 5 in two hrs. this morning before the rain.6' and 20' lead with spoons . 13 feet of water June 7 - Jim Wong Half mile to 1 mile west of the Sputnik made 2 large circles, scorpion confusion, orange crush, pink and copper. 20 jets 50 to 70 ft back with 60 being the best bet on boards and straight back. 14 eyes from dawn till 2pm. June 7 - Steve Boyer Went out Sunday and gave it a ada boy. We fished the dumping grounds by the hole in the wall. Got 10 lost 2.The water was very clean but lot of floating trash. Fished 18ft of water and used 2oz bouncers .Found the fish were more productive at lower speeds around 1.30mph.Most of the fish came on purple/green but our big boy just under 8lbs came on blue w silver blade. Got on the water around 7 and were home by 11 ,it was a good day. June 5 - Jim Wong Straight out River Raisin 27 to 28 ft deep scorpion stinger confusion 60 back on 20 jet on board. 3 oz b b all black went 10 for 12 dawn till 2 pm June 3 - Rick Malechuk Fished last 2 nights 10p-12. 2 Each night, Hennepin Point and North of Mud. Perch colored night stalker, chrome night stalker, dark orange pencil plug. 15 Foot lead,18-25 Ft. of water. Tried 4-5 spots each night, tough fishin! Some silver bass even after dark June 2 - Jim Wong Started at 930 done at 230 pm. 1 mile past last river rasin marker made 2 north to south passes ,caught 2 man limits. Bouncers and meat. purple and pink, green and gold worked good. 2 largest were caught on 2 ounce bouncer boy girl on a board 20 ft off side of the boat May 30 - Greg Warsow Fished with Mike Barkley & John Lewandowski. Back to Due south of Holiday Beach. Started a little deeper at 28 fow. Always marked fish in the deeper water. Marked fish in the shallow water in the afternoon. Trolled in to 13 fow. Same program as the day before with harnesses. 1.4 mph. Ended up with 3 tickets (18 fish). Fished from 9:30 am to 3:00 pm. Can it be true? Two good days in a row? May 29 - Greg Warsow Fished with Bob Frank, Bob Clark & John Lewandowski. Due South of the Lodge near Holiday Beach. Started in 26 fow and trolled into 19 fow. 1 oz in-line weights 30' & 25' back did the best for us. Pullin meat harnesses. Black & Gold spinners. Perch colored spinners. Ended up with 23 nice fish. Had to pick at them from 9 am to 4 pm. Nice long day on the water. May 30 - Jim Wong Memorial day straight out river raisin mouth 26 fow. 2 limits from dawn to 930 am b b and meat reverse muffin and pink panties. Also purple pas 22 to 26 ft on boards. So many nets going into water May 28 - Bob Daniels Brest bay in front of state park in 17 to 20 FOW, hook 9 eyes on fire tiger harness with 2 0z BB 20 t0 25 ft back. speed 1.5 to 2.0 on my new boards. water was fairly clear. lots of boats at less 50 and 2 charters. May 24 - Chris Melody Trolled from banana dike to bell with crawler harnesses. Pulled only one eye. Nice fish, but spoke to a couple of other groups and one seemed to be the number this morning. May 22 - Steve Boyer Went out Saturday morning only was able to be out for 2 hours, but was able to get 4 nice eyes .One was just under 8lbs and the others were nice eaters. Trolling bouncers and fishing about the same place. I found that the walleye wanted fast bait so the magic speed was 1.70 to 1.80. May 20 - Mark Schaller What a night to be out on the river. Hardly any wind, no rain, water was clear and I caught 5 walleye and one dink in 1 1/2 hours. I also picked up one smallmouth and only 12 of the fish that must not be named. Caught them on a #11 GFR, #9 Downriver Steel and the dink came on a yellow tail spoon. Caught everything in 27 feet of water by the 13/14 buoys east of the Harrison Ramp. May 20 - Steve Boyer Went out late 5/20 started fishing around 6pm fished till 9pm .fished the lake in about 15 feet of water near the banana dike. We pulled harnesses 2oz bouncers right on the bottom speed 1.7.landed 1 lost 2 all in the same place.The only color i could get a hit on was purple. BUT WATCH OUT LOTS OF TRASH FLOATING IN THE WATER .ON THE PLUS SIDE NO SILVER BASS. May 13 - Steve Schoonover Went handlining in Trenton channel Friday, fished from 5:30pm until 8pm, stopped counting at 10 silver bass. no walleye! many boats casting for silvers on power plant shoreline, talked to 2 groups that came over from St. Joe and Chicago for the silver run May 8 - Rick Kaatz Fished Saturday from 6 AM till 2 PM. Landed 9 walleyes, some smallies, a couple silver bass, and a nice muskey. Caught 2 eyes by Mud Island. Moved up to Ren Cen and caught the rest. Lots of limits around us. 3/4 oz jigs with minnows and plastics, color didn't seem to matter. May7 - Ben Dascal Caught 2 Eyes in 4 hours on 5-7-2011(Saturday. 12 & 16 fow near Trenton Power Plant handlining. Used Rapala #9 & 7 brown with silver color, not sure name. Was going between 1.25 and 1.60 MPH. Water was not muddy and wind was less then 5mph. Very nice day. Time started was 7am jigging 1 hr and no luck. By 8am started handling. Eyes were 19 and 23 inches May 6 - Mark Schaller Fished the handlining tournament tonight with my Dad and Mike Barkley. We ended up with 10 and caught most of them by the catamaran. 1 on a #11 Firetiger, 2 on a #11 Copper Crazy Tiger and 7 on a #9 Purpledesence Rapala. Water is still dirty but showing signs of clearing up. May 5 - John Sparkman Tues went out at 6.15 limit by 8.00 all on #-11 clown. They are coming on strong. Handlining of course. May 2 - Mark Schaller Went out pulling wire for the first time last night in the channel. Caught 2, lost 2 all by the stacks. Water had about a foot of visability. Caught all the fish on a #11 GFR Rapala. I also caught 3 S***** Bass. So much for a tournament where I don't have to deal with those things. April 30 - Rick Buzonowski I caught 3 eyes lost one at the boat across from Elizabeth Park close to Grosse Isle shore 14-18ft on chartreuse #11 rapala 40ft lead and one on #9 orange. Thanks again Sparky and Mark for the helpful info. All were nice size. April 29 - John Sparkman LIMIT 5 took a LOOOOONG time. water is dirty and of course WINDY. From calf island up to blue boat house hot steel. April 24 - John Sparkman AM in rain Limit one 8 3/4 lbs Just N of Calf Island up to brown boat house.4 on # 11 hot steel 1 on purple # 13. April 17 - Steve Boyer Went out mid day 4/13/11 got 3 within a half hour .using purple and black jigs we were able to get a few big fish .we fished up river in front of the discarge close to the 3 rocks. April 14 - Glenn Helbert N.E. Indiana Two friends and myself fished the D. River yesterday from 7am till 4pm. Landed seven eyes all were 26 to 27 inches all but one was spawned out. The best jig was an 5/8 gold in 8 to 10 feet of water, a little south of the stacks. Had a few misses. GH April 14 -Steve SchoonoverFished Trenton channel Wednesday and Thursday 7am -5pm , 3 females on Wednesday 6-9lb's, seen plenty of fish netted. 4 fish on Thursday 3 males one @7lbs and 1 female at 9lb's, overall bite was slower on Thursday and about half as many boats. all fish caught jigging ( none on the handline) color did not seem to matter all fish were caught with fin-s 4 inch minnows both golden shiner and lime green tipped with a minnow water temp was 45* April 14 - Rick Kaatz Fished last night from 4-8:30 PM in Trenton Canal. 3 of us landed 10 walleyes. Half were big females 5-8 lbs. Best luck on east side of canal south of Grosse Ile Parkway bridge. 1/2 and 3/4 oz jigs, color didn't seem to matter. Bite is on. April 8 - Jeff Jackson Caught 5 walleye at Huroc Park (Flat Rock Dam) Saturday. Tournament was cancelled so I had to scratch the itch. Will be out tomorrow fishing the tournament. Expect it to be slow, hope it's not. Trying out the new boat...wish me luck. Walleye were caught on jig - and crankbait. One was about 6 or 7lbs, rest were males around 19 inches. April 7 - Mark Surowiec Fished Bolles Harbor to Luna Pier. 3 trolls 16' 14' 10' marked some fish, more in 16' by Luna. caught 1 25 7/16 5# 12ozer. 25 feet back from board. clown # 11 husky jerk. marked fish between 12 - 14 feet .buddies fished deeper caught a 10#er. didnt see it yet thuogh.motor trouble will try again sat morn . pretty clear water could see prop and deeper April 5 - Thom McCollum I know it's not Downriver, but I went to Pt.Clinton and caught 4 on Fri, and 4 on Sat snap jigging, 8 - 12 FOW, 3/4 oz jigs in chartreuse, black/yellow, purple,or white. Took all day. All fish 18-25". Feb 27 - Joe Grosman Fished airport bay 2/27 from 9a.m. to dark caught 9 perch with only one keeper. Water was nice and clear could see bottom no problem. Just did not see a lot of fish. Tried out far in close and in between just no fish. Talked to a lot of people out there and same story with them one here and there and that's it. Water is at least 2 feet lower than usual. Threw the whole box at them and could not bring the fish in. Lots of boats going to crossdike. Feb 17- Jerry Hinton and Mike Pasik hit the canals in Gibraltar this morning. Took some nice perch until the winds came up then it slowed down. Lots of shad still there but it's better than sitting in the house. Water clarity was so-so after all of the thaw but that will get better and so will the fishing. We fished off private docks so be careful and get permission. Guys in boats were doing well too. Jan 20 - Bob Drongowski Airport Bay 1-19-2011; Water Clarity: good; Ice: too much; Walking: easy; Fish: few and small. Jan 15 - Craig Miruk Airport Bay. Water clarity great, bite sucked. Very few fish seen. Where they at? On the ice that is. Great time nonetheless! Jan 5 - John Oblak On 1-4-2011 went with Sparky and he put us on the jumbos out in front of Humbug. Got 71 and many throwbacks Jan 5 - John Sparkman 12-31 Fri 43 perch one 14 1/2" got 8 lbs filets all were BIG. Report is late but busy. |
