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Dec 31
- Steve Schoonover Fished Brest Bay 12/30, about 25
boats lots of fog and limits of walleyes, fished 6 hours 3 man limit many
around 4lbs. Dec 19 - perch fished north of sugar by the hole in the wall pulled 70 perch 31 keepers 9 to 12" inch's pulled a 23" pike and the bite shut down Dec 15 - Sid VanHouten Got out for some perch today, Friday 12/15, 9am - noon. Fished the Edison canal. Was doing ok until the clouds rolled in and the wind really kicked up. It was breezy all morning, but much worse after about 11am or so. Fish stopped eating. Took home 12 between 9-10". Others included a few dinks, small smallmouth, sunfish, rock bass, shad. Fishing the canal is fun...never know what you might pull up. Perch were near bottom, but not feeding on the bottom. My slip sinker bottom line rig did nothing. 2-3" inches off on the lower spreader hook seemed to be the ticket. Dec 10
- Sid VanHouten Ditto John...I was "fishing" for a
report today on Perch as well. Drove over to L.E. Metro to check the
ramp/ice situation. Two docks are still in and three boats were in
the water. I didn't stick around long enough to see anything come
in. Water is all open by the ramps. Other canals in the area
all seem to still have ice on them. Maybe the warmer weather will
clear that up. Nov 26 - Nick Mehalco Went out on Saturday 11/25 caught 4. One on jig & minnow in the slot on the East side of Celeron, the other three handlining in front of Humbug marina 13-20 ft of water. Blue & silver bomber long-A's caught 2 and one on a small Thunderstick in firetiger. Tight lines. Nov 24 - John Sparkman Was out Mon and killed em, went out Wed got one, today zilch, nada, zero or anyway you say it I think it's over. Get ready for the perch run. Nov 17 - Lot of floating weeds baits kept getting fouled - no fish. Moved to humbug and found some there with lees weeds. Sparky right out in front Nov 13 - Sid VanHouten Limit by Edison. East side of the channel. All nice fish, three on blue/chrome Yozuri, one on clown Yozuri, one on clown Rap. Where are the river Perch? Not having much luck locating them yet. Nov 13 - John Sparkman 4 person limit below Edison most caught on #-7 brook trout some on firetiger nice plump fish. Ok Bob, where were you today? Nov 13 - Mark Schaller Went out Sunday night, got a late start so I was only able to fish for about 1 hour. Got one on a #7 Firetiger south of Edison. Shad must be starting to get thick...I caught a few of those. Went out Sunday night, got a late start so I was only able to fish for about 1 hour. Got one on a #7 Firetiger south of Edison. Shad must be starting to get thick...I caught a few of those. Nov 12 - Two man limit in front Of Erie Metro Park. Handlining #7 clown and fire tiger. Stinger Nov 11 - Bob Piette Long lining at Edison running shad raps 12 feet down working the channel just like you handliners. Better action after 1pm even had a double on Monday, nice solid fish. Sparky that's where I am most of the time. Nov 6 - John Sparkman Limit 3 person 3 by Edison the rest by McLouth, caught on firetiger, chartruse , silver, vampire all # 7's No one there by us where did everyone go HUNTING? Nov 5 - Mark Schaller Picked up 5 in the Trenton Channel, trolling from the Catamaran to the stacks. All caught on a no. 11 blue and silver husky jerk on the 30 foot leader. Got all of them between 9:00 and 11:00 am. If I had known they were going to sleep in, I would have as well. Nov 2 - John Sparkman 3 person limit by Edison on #9-chartruse and silver,firetiger, black and silver,blue and silver had no competition GREAT fish Oct 31 - John Sparkman Limit - 2 by Edison 4 by McLouth all on # 9 & 11 firetiger. Had lots of ups and downs in the wind quit at 11.00 Hey Bob where were you? Oct 30 - John Sparkman 4 person limit by Edison. Harrison st. ramp & McLouth, on fire tiger #9 & 11 Oct 29 - Mike Sorensen 10-26-06 Me @ Bob "The Hammer " Knight got a 2 person limit with 4 being 7 pounders and 1 Monster 10 Pounder that The Hammer landed @ is having mounted. All within a 100 yard circle by the Edison stacks. It was almost stupid fishing it was so easy and we were the only ones out there. I caught all the small ones.(22 inchers) Oct 28 - John Sparkman Waited out rain got about 45 min of fishing before it hit again. Got 2 really nice wallys ,called it a day. Mike ask me where? All of my latest reports I'm fishing by Edison from the catamaran on Grosse Isle to the upper side of hot water discharge. LOTS OF BIG FISH. Oct 24 - John Sparkman 7 fish 2 of us, before the wind blew us away one(6-7)lbs. All on chartreuse and silver #-9 Oct 23 - fished the T-dike about halfway down to the end of the rock wall 4ft of water took 49 keepers 2 fish over 13" used spreaders and plain #6 hooks tied right to line (plain jane stuff) right on the bottom.. had to hold rod to detect bite very light kinda slow but worth sittin' a few hours in the rain. Used small minnows the wouldn't touch any bigger than 1 in to 1 1/2 inch Oct 21 - Jeff Bustos Went to Vermilion, Ohio Oct 21, and fished Vermilion and Huron. The best fish were at the 28 27 26/29 28 line 38to42fow. You could see the people at Cedar Point on the rides. Some huge 9lbs, few 6 lb and some 4 lb's. Lot of the fish were taken on dipsy set at 2 1/2 3 60 to72 back with a purple little Ripper with a 6 ft leader Oct 21 - Bob Piette Limit at Edison. Midday on trout and purple confusion #9 & #11. All good fish on wire in middle of channel. Sparky thanks for the tip. Oct 20 - John Sparkman We went out at 7.30 tore 'em up 4 of us limited, most of them on #7 chartreuse and silver some on clown, all were nice size Oct 17
- John
Sparkman 3 person limit by Edison clown, brook trout, hot
steel, chartreuse and silver,#-9 Oct 17 - John Sparkman 10-16 -06 Went out at daylight got limit lost 1 big (HAWG), that's southern talk folks. A bonus to go with that a 10 lb steelie. All on #11 clown Oct 15 - Mark Schaller Went out this morning south of the Edison Stacks to see if I remembered anything Pat taught me about handlining. Once I found the fish I picked up three in about an hour, one on a no. 11 Green Husky Jerk, and 2 on a no. 9 clown. The bigger fish were caught with the clown on the bottom leader. Water was cloudy with a fair amount of leaves and weeds on the surface. Thanks again Pat. Oct 14 - John Sparkman Out at 9.00 in at 12.00 3 person limit all on #11 clown in or near the Edison discharge, water is cloudy. All fish were 20" or larger some were 24" Oct 12 - Greg Warsow John Lewandowski and I went to Colchester Wednesday afternoon kept fifty and twenty were twelve inches .Caught lot's of silver ,smallmouth and rock bass. Oct 9 - Sid VanHouten Fished perch Sat 10/7 mid morning. Tried a few spots around boblo w/no success...until I moved WAY up shallow. Not great, but a decent catch 5-10 feet off the shore in about 4 feet of water. Kept about 20 in the 8-10" range for 2 hours fishing. Oct 4 Mike Sorensen Mark Mullins & I fished Sunday and Tuesday by the powderkeg and caught buckets full of perch. Some sorting but all in all a lot of nice fish. I have been in the process of moving so I haven't been on all summer. Will renew soon Mike. John how are ya. I can now see the Trenton Stacks from my house. Look out fish. Oct 2 Jerry Hinton Sept 27 and Oct 1 - Fishing the past few days have been slowest of the entire summer. Fished south of the Erie Metro Park ramp off the Sturgeon Bar and took 2 each day. Still using jigs and crawlers but the fishing has slowed down. I do expect the usual increase in walleye action in October. The fish are strong and aggressive. Nobody out??? Even perch fisherman have been absent??? Everybody going hunting?
Sept 23 - Greg Warsow - Saturday, Bob Frank & I headed to Colchester. Wind SSE 5 to 15 mph, not a bad ride. Hazy & foggy all day. Laid right down after we anchored about 9:30 am. Fished until 10:00 am and caught nothing but silver bass. Moved about 100 yds & found the perch. Fished through the silver bass & finished with a 100 perch (a lot of nice jumbos included) at 3:00 pm. Ride back was better then the ride there. Did not get rained on once. Spreaders did better than Bear Claws. Located just SW of the 1st red buoy at Colchester channel. Sept.17 - Mike Zielinski Went perch fishing this a.m. with son, grandson and neighbor. Anchored in 5 ft. of water about 300 yards northeast of powder island. Too much south wind to get out on the lake. Lots of small fish. Went through about 200 to take home a couple of dozen keepers. Sept.16 - Sid VanHouten 28" jumbo on a purple spoon & dipsey in the shipping channel just out of the river. Biggest fish of the year. :) Sept.16 - Al Dabrowski On water at 8Am, fished south end of Amherstburg channel, 2 small mouth bass until 10am. Then we got 3 eyes between 10 and 11, jigging with chartreuse jig and wyandotte worm. Waves picked up and we were done for the day. Sept 16 - Ken StDenis Friday...pulled worm harnesses around the salt plant and along the east side of fighting island where i picked up one good size walleye. water was too dirty and wind was a problem. another 10 days could bring walleye into this area in large numbers. good days are ahead. Sept 16 - Jerry Hinton Mike Pasik and I fished south of Horse Island, below the Erie Metro Ramp off the Sturgeon Bar in 11-14 fow and caught a 2 man limit and threw back 4 and lost 8??? Chartreuse jigs with an orange flicker blade was the hot ticket. Also a brown worm and nightcrawler. Nice fish in the 18-23" range. Very aggressive and hard-fighting but most were hooked on 4" stinger hooks. Lost a hog at the boat, AGAIN??? This is my favorite time to fish, especially once the hunters hit the woods. It just gets better. Sept 12 - Todd Przytula Handlined Trenton channel Tuesday at the stacks and zig zaging around north of calf for about two hours and got nothing. On way back to take boat out, jigged south of calf island, north west of Celeron and got a 5 pounder, but that's it. Where are all the perch at can anyone help?? Sept 8 - John Sparkman Thursday, limit by Detroit Edison, had to work for them 4 on flyntiger 1 on # 7 chartreuse and silver. Leaving for a fun trip to Manistee Lake Be back Sat 16 Sept 6 - David Roussey Sunday - Fished the "Canoe Hole". Trolled twice with no luck. 3rd pass, drifted down jigging off bottom. Gary (3rd son) brought one nice 'eye to the boat before shaking free. Thanks much for the picture of the "Canoe Hole" found it with no problem. The boys loved it. Sept 5 - Bill Jenks Tried to fish the evening bite, but got caught in downpour.WOW! Could not have gotten wetter if I would have jumped overboard. Managed to catch one eye, 18", teo throwbacks, onesmallmouth about 4 pounds at Sugar drifting with crawlers. Coast Guard advised me to get off the water due to lightning. Sounded like a good enough excuse for me to get out of Dodge. Got home, wife was shaking her head. Oh well, that's fishing! Go when you can but be safe!! Sept. 5 - Greg Warsow Perch fished Colchester Monday with Bob Frank, John Lewandowski & Al Urche. Caught 105 with some nice 10 & 12 inchers. Also caught 4 & 5 lb. smallmouths on a perch pole, now that was fun. We would of won the bass tournament for sure if we were in one (I know, "Who Cares about bass"). Finally, a great day on the lake after a week high winds. Sept 5 - Jerry Hinton Fished the lower end of the Trenton channel Monday off Erie Metro along weed lines and took 5 walleye with a 24" included. The fish are getting more aggressive now and fighting harder. Used 3/4oz jig with brown worm and nightcrawler. Not many boats jigging now. Most were out perching closer to Detroit light. Sept 5 - Sid VanHouten Wasted a bunch of time Monday AM running down toward Colchester only to find all the muddy water that was coming down the river the last few days. Marked tons of fish, but couldn't get a bite in the soup. Came back to the vicinity of the "Canoe" late in the day (thanks for the location) and picked up one nice fish on BB. Sept 5 -Eric Haroldson Fished Monday with John Bielawski south of the canoe hole. We fought the weeds and managed to get 5 fish. We were using bottom bouncers and crawler harnesses (no color was better than others) from 1.1 - 2.2 MPH. We marked a lot of fish, but just couldn't figure out what they wanted. Still had a great day on the water! Sept 3- Mike Perch fishing is starting to heat up at the mouth of the river. Normal spots around the cross dyke and Sugar Island are productive but you do have to work for them we were out three days last week and took 55 keepers, 122 keepers and 65 keepers average fish 8" but probably 20 that were 12" or above. Good Luck!! Sept 2 - Kurt Schroeder Sat 9-2 started at the canoe hole with spinners no fish in an hour weeds weeds weeds weeds ,took off to Colchester picked up 3 nice fish in 21 ft of water gold and clown reef runners one on a chartreuse spoon behind a board fish are starting to school pretty good now water temp is coming down pretty quick the fish are really starting to get aggressive on the Canadian side started trolling at 1.5 didn't pick up a fish until i hit 2.2 2.5 mph a lot of fish suspending due to the water temp dropping.... see ya on the water Sept 1 - Kurt Schroeder Friday morning 9-1 10 fish in 2 hours all 18-22 inches really windy fished south end of the canoe hole all on bouncers and spinners thanks for the heads up on the bite out there JOHN B. those fish out there were super aggressive.... thanks DWF Sept 1 - Greg Warsow - Fished with Bob Frank on Wednesday, jigging. Pretty windy to say the least. Glad we were in the river. Fished for 4 hours at south end of Amherstburg channel, Canadian Coast Guard Station and the Salt Mine docks and all came up empty, not even a junk fish. Moved to McClouth Steel and picked up 5 eaters in 2 hours, Chartreuse 1 oz. jig with Wyandotte worm. Aug 29 - John Bielawski Here is a great shot of the canoe hole from Dan Boileau's GPS. Click HERE Aug 27 - John
Bielawski Saturday, 8/26, spent the morning out in the
waters east of Erie Metro Park with Bob Burdick. In a little over 3 hours
we boated 12 Walleye, 4 very nice smallies, and one large mouth, all
walleye were 17-21 inch and the bass were all over 3 lbs. This is the same
area south of the canoe hole. The canoe hole is a
small sliver of a hole just south and a little west of Sugar Island. The
drift we run is to set up south west of Sugar Island and follow closer to
the Canadian line as in a southerly troll. All fish came on 1.5
bouncers with harnesses. Color was not really a big issue, duller worked
best in the cloud cover. If you have not been out there for walleye you
should. These fish, once you find them, are very aggressive, pulling back
and burying the boards like they are much larger, and giving you a good
fight. Weeds were not an issue with the SE wind. Aug 25 -Eric Haroldson Went out Thursday morning with my neighbor and his 5 year old. We fished north of the canoe hole (thanks Cleepshaw) in 11-14 FOW. When we drifted too far south we got into too many weeds and couldn't keep the lines clean. We marked fish everywhere but couldn't keep the weeds off. We pulled 2oz BB's with copper and purple blades @ 1.4-1.8MPH. We caught 9 (8 keepers) in under two hours before the weather forced us off the water. I've never seen a 5 year old smile so much! Aug 25 - Sid VanHouten The "canoe hole" is a location that I'm not familiar with. Could someone clarify the location of this site? Thanks Email: sidvanhouten@safebrowse.com Aug 21 - John Bielawski Went out Sunday, 8.20, with Cleepshaw, fished south of the canoe hole in 14 FOW. A strong north wind predicated a south drift. Our 2 man limit all came on harnesses and bouncers. We pulled a mixed bag of cranks with no results. All fish in the 16-18 inch range. Johnny-B-Good. Aug 19 -John Sparkman 1 person limit Canadian # 50 buoy silver and chartreuse Rapalas Aug 15 -John Sparkman 3 person limit Canadian below # 50 buoy south end of Boblo, Most on # 7 chartreuse and silver Rapalas Aug. 16 - Greg Warsow - Fished with Bob Frank Wednesday at the Salt Mine docks jigging. Two man limit Aug 15 -John Sparkman 2 person limit by Edison G.S.C. spoons Aug 12 - Bruce Snyder You do not have to go way out into Lake Erie to catch walleyes! We caught a 2 man limit by 11:00am, using bottom bouncers. We fished several cuts/channels that go from the river out into Lake Erie. This is the 3rd trip in the last 3 weeks that we have limited out in these areas. A bonus is that you also usually catch a few real nice perch. Aug 9 - Marc Dupuis - Got out Friday evening 8/4 and Monday evening 8/7 after work and jigged up limits both days at Canadian Coast Guard. Too many weeds to hand line, I went to jigs about 3 weeks ago when I finally got too tired lifting and cleaning off my wire and spoons. Was pleasantly surprised at how effective jigging with the weeds turned out to be. Mostly I use chartreuse or black jigs 5/8 or 3/4 with just a worm or plastic and a worm. Must have a piece of crawler on. They are still out there. Saw Sparkman Friday but he cut out just before I got a chance to say hello. Hey John. Aug 9 - Pat Waite Went out
with Jay and Rick on August 4th and boated a 3 man limit out front of
Monroe Edison in 17/18 FOW running BB with harnesses. Wind from the SE
water temp 80 deg. A few weeds but not to bad. It was getting reallly hot
out there when we came in so I'm glad we got off the water when we did. Aug 9 - John Bielawski Hit the water Saturday morning, 8/5, with Don Viger. Beat our way to Fermi, felt like Saginaw bay, even got a catfish. After 2 hours of junk fish we made our way 1 mile east of the Huron River mouth in 15 FOW and got a 2 man limit in about 3 hours. All on BB and harnesses. It is getting a bit tougher but the walleye are still around. Strong east wind and water temp getting near 80. Johnny-B-Good. Aug 6 -"Froggie" Renaud Went out in the morning about 8:30, we fished out in front of G.I. airport, caught 5 walleyes and a couple of perch with a BB and a harness. Looks like it might be time for the perch pretty soon. Aug 6 -Todd Alexander Friday
(8/4) late start hit the water about 8pm. Didn't boat a fish until I
put out a Bomber Long A 50/50 with 1 oz snap weight. 2 walleye
before I could get the line out on the board. Put down some more,
and a Pink Lemonade Reef Runner, which accounted for one more fish before
the waves picked up and we headed in. Aug 4 -Larry Schneider Fished Thurs 7am till 11am, sputnic to Rasin River 22fow, 3 man limit, 5 over 8lbs. Lures All little Deep Rippers by reef runner,gold perch, pink lemonade, monkey puke, and red gold clown. 115ft back. speed 1.8 to 2.0 mph!! July 31 -Todd Alexander Saturday, fished the evening off Stoney Point, about 2 miles shy of the Ohio line. Boated 11 eyes between 7pm and sunset, with 2 being throwbacks. Most of the fish were on spoons and Jet Diver 20's back 50-70' off the big boards. Waves started around 2' and slowly died down as the eve progressed. Great night to be on the water. July 31 -Eric Haroldson Fished Sunday morning from 7:30-11:30. We started at the south end of the Banana Dike in 18 FOW trolling spoons. We caught 2 and weren't marking many fish. We picked up and moved to out front of Fermi in 20 FOW pulling crawler harness (holographic) at 1.3-1.5 MPH. We caught 9 more in 2 hours which sounded pretty decent from the radio chatter. It's definitely slowed down, but you can still get them to bite when you find them. July 30 - Greg Warsow I fished Saturday with Bob Frank & John Fulmer. Winds WSW 5-15 MPH. Waves 1-3 ft. NW West Sister Island. Trolled with nightcrawler harnesses and inline weights. No change in program from my previous report. Hard fishing (8:00 am to 1:00 pm) but managed to pick up 14 for the day. Included was one 6+ pounder and one 5+ pounder. Good day for us from what I hear. July 29 -John
Sparkman Friday
4 person limit North of the Detroit lighthouse (spoons flyntiger).
Hey Mike we have so many reports that no is sending em in, this one makes
102 Thursday 2 person limit by
Edison (spoons flyntiger) July 29 - Mark Schaller This is more of a thank you than a fishing report. Went out this morning on the river near Belanger Park. Made one drift and didn't catch anything. Tried to head back upstream and soon realized that the prop fell of my motor. Fortunately for me some fellow DWF members were headed upstream and they gave me a tow back into the ramp. I cannot thank them enough. If anyone snags a prop for a 1976 20hp Merc drop me an e-mail.....lol July 24 - Greg Warsow - Saturday
- Fished with Bob Frank, Don Kwansy & his friend Dave.
Stoney Point. NNW 10 - 15 mph. Weeds = Many. Draggin'
meat at 1.6 to 1.9 mph. 27 fow. First past 9 keepers. Second
pass, nothing. Struggled from there on out. Ended up with 12
for a long day. Wind and weeds sucked. July 23 - Kurt Schroeder Went out with friend Jeff Coates Sunday, July 23 started at 7:00 south east of Detroit light few small eyes spoons and red spinners a lot of sheepshead. Moved over to Colchester, Canadian side and picked our Canadian limit. Nicer fish, deeper water, one 4 1/2 5 pounder on a lime silver spoon. (giant eye) channel 81 July 21 - Kurt Schroeder Friday
night south of Detroit Light, red and yellow spinners 20-25 ft of water
1.7/ 2.1 mph caught 27 fish kept a 2 man limit. All good eaters.
Lost one horse at the boat. Many did not measure but, man do we have
it made on Erie July 21 - Chuck Jones We went out Friday morning. We started in front of Luna Pier Running spoons in 14' of water 35 feet back. Caught 5 in a couple of hours. Went to "E" Buoy and again spoons 45 & 55 feet back. Started in 22' of water & worked towards shore. Found hot spot in 17 feet of water, 1 pass produced 6 keepers. finished our limit within a hour after finding them. July 21 - Greg Warsow Fished with Don Kwasny. Out from Stoney Point in 27 FOW. Wind NW. 10:30 to 2:30 pm. Speed 1.5 to 1.9 mph. Slow until we got over the fish. 2 man limit with crawler harnesses (Orange/Red Spinner; Purple Spinner; Double Silver Spinner; Orange & Yellow beads) and inline weights (1 1/2 & 2 oz.). 110 ft back. Ran one jet with crawler harness 154 ft back, good for 2 or 3 fish. Great Day on the water. July 20- Todd Wischer Fished
South of Detroit Light East of Fermi running the Canadian boarder - 27
foot of water Tuesday night from 6 to 8:00pm. Caught 21 Eye’s and
lost 3 at the boat. July 19 - Sid VanHouten Mouth of the Det. river, off Livingston, US water in the lake. Driving right down the boarder toward the Det. Light. Five eyes in an hour on dipsy/spoon. Nice smallmouth just about jerked one of my rods into the drink. July 19 -"Froggie" Renaud Fish off the end of West Rd. down the center of the channel. Caught four in a few hours and threw back one. I was jigging with my usual brown rubber worm and a half nightcrawler. I'm sure if you stayed long enough you can limit but I was just looking for a few for dinner July 19 -Mike Barkley Went out with Larry and George Schneider. Pulled In-line boards near Monroe Edison in 20-22' FOW. Small Reef Runners on one side, small Rip Shads on the other side 115 to 130 ft back 1.8 to 1.9 mph. Color didn't seem to matter. 3 man limit in one pass. Started fishing about 7, netted last one at 9:45. Only one junker and a couple throwbacks. July 19 - Pat Waite Tuesday, took Jay Cappel (Admiral), Rick Elsey (First Mate) and myself the (Captain) and boated 3 man limit in about 4 Hrs. out front of the Monroe Edison in 17 FOW. Used bottom bouncers and crawler harnesses (red/gold and purple/chartreuse) with big boards. The overcast sky and low wind from the NW made for perfect conditions and the water temp at 82*. "Wishin-Ain't-Fishin"! Pat July 18 -John Sparkman 2 person limit Canadian same area same spoons July 16 -John Sparkman Limit 6 Canadian side(NO HELPER TODAY)all on flyntiger spoons same area as Sat July 16 -John Sparkman7-15-06 - 18 - 3 person limit Canadian side below C.C.G. all on flyntiger spoons July 16 - Greg Warsow Sunday - Saginaw Bay - West of buoys 2 & 3. Fished with John Lewandowski & Don Q. Started with one side on Hot N Tot's and other with Jet 10's and Nightcrawler harnesses, all between 110 & 130 back. Jets out did the Hot's 2 to 1. Switched Hot's to harnesses with inlines 1.75 oz. Jets still out did inlines 3 to 1. Switched inlines to Jets....2 sets for 5 fish. Other side going well also. 3 man limit with some descent fish 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. Wind shifted from the SW and blew water from canal where we launched boat.....that's another story......but a great day with friends and first time at Saginaw Bay. July 15 - Greg Warsow Saturday fished with John Lewandowski & John Fulmer at Holiday Beach, 18 - 24 fow, Winds SW. 3 man Canadian limit from 8:30 am to 1:30 pm, in three passes. Nightcrawler Harnesses with 1.5 oz inline weights. Best colors on spinners - Blue; Zig Zag Red & Yellow; Zig Zag Orange and Yellow; Black with yellow dots and Chartreuse on other side. July 15 - Larry Ridenour Fished Au Gres Friday, 8 miles south of harbor in 30 ft. of water. First time for walleye, there. Boated 12 fish with only 2 keepers in 3 hours. Used bottom bouncers for first time, with pa's and harnesses. Purple was best, with red next. Great time with my friend, Frank Schaller. Returned to harbor and found out most fish caught with hot n tots which we had but didn't try this time. great weather. Mich Walleye Tour. there this weekend, watch for results in paper. Larry July 15 - Jerry Hinton, Bob Hinton, Mike Pasik and his son Chris fished at the south end of the Banana Dyke in 19 fow and took a 4 man limit using bottom bouncers and harnesses. No favorite colors but the heavier bouncers (3 1/2 oz) did best. there were a couple drift charter boats in there and a small pack of boats. Many were drifting. We trolled at 1.2-1.5 mph and had a great time. Caught a couple jumbo perch (12") too. Good sign for things to come. Weeds were bad so trolling with boards was too much work. July 15 - Pat Waite Friday, took
Harry Hallmark and Jay Cappel and boated 3 man limit in 4 hours, in front
of Monroe Edison in 14/16 FOW pulling bottom bouncers and harnesses with
big boards. wind was light from SE then it swung around to come out of NE
around noon. Clear sky and very warm. We also took a few nice perch while
trolling. July 11 -Todd Alexander Headed
out last night with my buddy,his daughter, and my son (6 and 3). July 11 - Jerry Hinton Tom Taylor and I repeated our program of July 8th on Monday. Out of Toledo beach in 22 fow pulling discs w/spoons on one side and Wiggle Warts on the other. 2-3' waves so we went with them almost due east and took our limit before we had to turn aroung. Great fishery that should stay awile as long as water temp stays below 75 degrees. Cool nights are sure helping that, I think. July 10 -Todd Alexander Saturday PM ran ESE of Sterling 7 miles where I had found fish a week earlier. Trolled back in with the wind at my back. Picked up 7 eyes when I hit the 22-23 FOW on the sounder. Spoons off Jet 20's 55-65 back, color did not matter. Could have pulled more if I had started in closer, ran out of daylight July 10 -Eric Haroldson Went out Sunday morning at 7:30 with my brother-in-law and caught 20 fish ranging from 16"-22" in 3-1/2 hours. Started trolling a little south of the Banana Dike towards Fermi in 19 FOW. We picked up 2 fish (one on a spoon and one on a Hot-N-Tot) and then decided it wasn't worth fighting the wind and the waves. We ran south towards Fermi and drifted at 1.1-1.4 MPH using 2oz bottom bouncers with crawlers. Color didn't seem to matter. We caught a bunch of "nuisance fish" but it was worth it with all the walleyes. July 9 - Roy DeBolt 2 miles out from Fermi 19 FOW. 20 Walleye in 3 hours. 15 - 22 inches. Spinner rigs tipped with crawlers. All colors worked well July 9 - John
Bielawski Took Pete Miele and Bob Burdick out Saturday.
Started out at the Bell Buoy, marked nothing; tried trolling with spoons
and harnesses for an hour with nothing. Moved way in to the 19 FOW due
east of Fermi and got a 3 man limit in 3 hours, some very nice fish,
nothing under 17". Crawler harnesses 45 back with 1.5 oz bouncers and
inline boards. This is still a great fishing season, not as fast and
furious; but it is the best in a long time. July 9 - Chuck Jones We went
out this morning late & caught half our fish within a 1 hour, the rest
came in the next 2 hours. We caught 3 person limit in the
"e" buoy area. Again spoons & mini's 45 feet back in 20-22
feet of water. July 8 - Chuck Jones We went
out Sat 7/8 and caught 4 person limit in less than 3 1/2
hours. We went to "E" buoy and went east to the
state line & then turned around and drove back to "E". July 8 - Jerry Hinton, Tom Taylor and Driver-Dan fished out of Toledo Beach marina this am and took 15 fish in less than 2 hours pulling wiggle warts on one side and disc's/spoons (Confusion and Monkey puke) on the other. Both sides were 80' back on big boards. We were in 21-22 fow due east of Luna Pier. Outstanding conditions and no weeds. July 8 -Mike Barkley Butch Chinchak and I started about 7:30 and netted #12 (Canadian 2 man limit) at 10:59. Five west side of Fighting Island near south end of Grassy and the rest along the west side of Turkey island. Backtrolling 3-ways and harnesses with gold blades. All fish caught in 11 - 13 FOW The river is FULL of walleye, no need to run out to the lake. July 4 -Mike Rozewicz 7/3 Mark R. again. 2 stack north 24-25 ft. water disks, jets different spoon colors 3-4 ft. waves out the south, big and small walleye and 3 -drum. 3 MAN LIMIT! Got LAKE ERIE, THE BEST FISHERY IN THE U.S Happy 4th July!! July 4 - Greg Warsow Fished
Stoney Point with 3 friends on Monday. 4 fish tickets filled on
crawler harnesses in 21 to 24 fow. SW wind, trolled with wind &
waves, picked up 8 fish on first pass up to Banana dike. Pulled up everything
to do again & picked up the other 12. Trolling with drift bag
behind. Speed 1.6 to 1.9 mph. Lots of short bites and about 11
fish lost at boat. Started at 9 am finished at 1 pm. All
harnesses with gold or copper blades. Gold, Red & Orange beads
the best getters. July 4 -Mike Barkley Went out with Butch Chinchak and his granddaughter, Kayla, who caught her first limit! Started after 8 am and had limit by Noon. Backtrolling with harnesses on 3-way rigs( Click HERE for rig info/pix). Used gold or silver #4 blades. Blade or bead color didn't make any difference. Most were caught by Buoy 88 (west side of Grosse Isle) You can access a map of river at the top of this page. All were caught in 11 to 12' of water July 4 -Marty Myers 6/29/06-Marty Myers went to the green bell by Fermi on fire out there. Me my 9yr old daughter and her friend had 6 in the boat 15 min never got to set the 4th line. Dipsey straight out the back 45ft back on zero dips . 2 rods on big boards smaller dips 85ft back. Haven't changed my 4 colors until that day Hottest colors blueberry muffin, brown trout bye far the two best spoons are killerbee and kevorkian. purple and orange are hot. Clear day 6mi wind from the west 25 fow great day with the kids. Went back to get the sleepyheads out of bed and get more fish. Me the wife and 4 kids 29 fish. Some bigger fish further out 7am-1pm July 3 -John Sparkman 2 person limit at the Canadian Coast Guard and below G S C and flyntiger July 3 - Chuck Jones We
went out Monday and set lines @ 3:45 pulled lines @ 7:15. 3 person
limit. Spoons again, CONFUSION, HOT ROD & BLOODY NOSE. Over cast
day & thought dark colors would be the answer but not the case. 25
& 35 feet behind 14 feet of water in front of Toledo Beach & Luna
Pier water tower July 3 - Pat Waite Took Jay
Cappell out for some fishin' time Saturday. We boated 9 walleye in a path
between the Toledo light and the Fermi and lost one 20ft from the boat.
The wind kept getting worse so we called it a day. There were a lot of
white perch and silver bass to deal with and I think we should have been
fishing in the shallower water. July 1 - Chuck Jones Sat morning set lines up @ 7:30 and pulled lines @ 12:15. Three person limit. We worked in front of Luna Pier in 14' to 16' of water. No travel time but slow pickings. Understand that by Fermi it was a lot better as far as speed. 3 & 1/2 hours 30 fish including travel time?? not bad. We were using spoons & mini's 35 & 45 feet back. Bloody Nose, Confusion and "hot rod" were the best. Tried spoon & crank 1 fished caught on the crank. We ran warts only for a while no fish caught. July 1 - Jerry Hinton Mike Pasik and I fished in front of the S. Horse Island stakes and got a two man limit using jigs and brown worms tipped with a crawler. With weather reports talking about high winds today and storms later, we stayed close and saved some gas. Lotsa fish there but you need to deal with weeds July 1 - John
Bielawski Got a ride with Cleepshaw Friday evening. Pulled wire
in the channel south of the Canadian Coast Guard. 2 hours to get a 2 man
limit on spoons. Sparky's GSC and Stinger Green Clown. As always, thanks
Capt. Dan!
June 30 Todd Alexander Thursday evening out of Sterling State Parke. Headed ENE to 27 FOW. Ran spoons testing out my new downrigger setup. 50' behind the ball at 21 and 25' pulled 5 fish in 1.5 hrs. 3 were on perch stinger with copper back, and the other 2 on a 2 color Kervorkian. Lots of fish marked in that area. June 30 - Pat Waite June 28th
Leon Weathers and I went out for a few hours in the morning before he had
to make his way to work. We boated 8 walleyes out near the Toledo Light
running bottom bouncers and crawler harnesses. We ran from Luna Pier
towards the Light in 15 to 16 FOW and then turned towards the candle
sticks in 18 to 20 FOW. Between the boulder bumpers and those white perch
and silver bass we managed to get a few walleye before it was time to head
on in. Red and gold along with some purple seemed to do the best for us.
We ran some hard bait but only boated one walleye on them. The harnesses
were the best producers. We had a 10 MPH wind out of the SW and the skies
were clear. Water temp was 76. There were no weeds to contend with and the
water was stained but no mud. June 29 -John Sparkman Wed. 2 person limit
by Canadian C.G. after storm blew over, flyntiger and gsc spoons June 26 - Ken Serwatowski Sunday 06/25/06 South end of Amherstburg channel was loaded, dark green spinners behind bouncers were the trick, we found them a little further into the lake from the pack of main boats after getting tired of jockeying for position , we were all by ourselves closer to the big white buoy which I'm not sure of the name but think it marks the Canadian boundary. Found a bunch more in 23ft of water between Fermi and the green bell buoy, plenty for limits and catch and release, only boat there, everyone was much further out with a few closer in , gave a holler on 68 when we were heading in but I guess no one believed us because no one headed our way. I will say you had to shake off two white bass for every walleye but only one walleye was undersize. Dark green spinners behind bouncers seemed like the only color working except for a few on my secret blue blade with chartreuse beads, #4 blades and 6ft leads again were the size and length they liked, Ken June 26 - Paul Doute 6-25-06 Fished Holiday Beach area in 27ft - 29ft of water. Pulled Mini-dipsy and flutter spoons (Confusion and GSC)- 40 to 60ft behind the inline board with a 6ft lead from the Mini Dipsy. Action was consistent with several doubles. One man limit taken home - ended up landing 28 for 29 walleyes with a single loss at the boat. Very few junk fish. Most of the fish I caught were suspended in the 18 to 20ft range. Lots of clouds of bait in the area. I had a great time tagging up with Greg Warsow and John Lewandowski for a great day of fishing fun! We had a blast! June 25 - Greg Warsow Sunday Fished with John Lewandowski. Same as Saturday, pulled night crawler harnesses (Gold or copper blades - Red, Orange & Yellow beads) with 1.5 oz. inline weights, 80 ft. back at 1.6 to 2.2 mph. 19 to 21 fow. South end of Banana dike to Fermi. We tried Jets and spoons but they did not produce. 9 fish from 9:30 to 11:30. Moved to Holiday Beach through a report from Paul Doute who was marking all kind a fish. Pulled nightcrawlers again in 25 - 28 fow. All in all for the day, John and I must have caught 50 walleye while picking up a nice 4.25 and 6.25 pounder during this great day on the water. Paul estimates he caught 30 fish by himself for the day. Nice to catch and release. Great Day on the Water. June 25 - John
Bielawski Was the guest of Don Viger for a Sunday evening of
handlining in the southern mouth of the Amherstburg channel. Took a little
coaxing but managed a 2 man Canadian limit, mostly 16-19 in., in about 2.5
hours. No luck with the flyntiger but the GSC was working along with
watermelon scorpion stingers. Good news is we had our share of throw
backs, looking good for next year too. June 25 - John
Bielawski Took out my wife for a ride Saturday around
noon. Can't just ride around all day so I set out 2 lines with spoons and
divers. Got 3 fish in front of Fermi, 20 FOW, on one pass before she got
bored. All came on Sparky's GSC 50 back. In case you have not seen Mike
Zielinski's News Herald article on Sparky, 6/25, pick up the downriver
paper, Mike does Sparky justice. Great article guys. June 24 - Sid VanHouten Interesting Sat morning at the mouth of the river. Got out about 7am. One quick fish. Headed toward the lake looking for more fish...nothing. Turned around headed back toward Erie Metro. Got on some fish and picked up three nice fish in about 45 min, then they shut off like a light bulb. I was pulling dipsy/spoon setups. Light colors caught the fish early. Tried every spoon in the box after 9am, but couldn't buy the 5th fish. Had to get in early, so I quit at 10. June 24 - Greg Warsow Saturday Fished with Bob Frank. 2 man limit caught from 8:30 11:30 am. Pulled night crawler harnesses (Gold or copper blads - Red' Orange & Yellow beads) with 1.5 oz. inline weights, 80 ft. back at 1.6 to 1.9 mph. 19 to 21 fow. South end of Banana dike to Fermi. Not as fast and furious like last weekend but steady June 24 -Chuck Jones We set lines @ 8:00 and pulled them @ 11:30. Fished in front of Toledo Beach & a little north of that. 16-18 feet of water. Both sides of the boat worked well (?) one side was 50 feet and the other was 35. Minis & spoons. bloody Nose, Confusion (Mich Stingers ) and Hot Rod (Wolverine). Bigger class of fish than earlier this year. June 22 Todd Alexander Evening: Picked up 5 eyes (2 shorts) along Great Lakes Steel in 30 FOW. 1 jigging, rest handlining. Spoons and cranks with yellow caught fish. June 22 -John Sparkman 3 person limit by Canadian Coast Guard all on new color spoon (flyntiger) June 21 -Frank Manning Fished by the steel mill, 4 eyes 1 jigging and the other 3 while pulling bottom bouncers with Green bladed crawler harness. all fish where caught in 16'-20'FOW, the fish where between 16"-20". June 20 -Marc Dupuis - Marc Dupuis Limit in front of Duffy's and CCG, 4 PM. Took a friend out and finished up in the evening 7:30 to 9:30 at north end of Livingstone Channel, just upstream from white lighthouse. Sparky's GSC and anything with lots of chartreuse in it. Both areas producing. All fish 16-18". I 7# sheepshead that really had my attention until I saw the whites of his eyes. June 20 -John Sparkman Limit 2 person by Canadian Coast Guard spoons flyntiger (New color) June 1 9 -Bruce Snyder Fishing on the 16th, 4 guys, 2 boats, fishing in front of the Lake Erie Metro Park, we all limited out by noon. We were using bottom bouncers and crawler harnesses; the hot color of the blades were gold or chartreuse. Several eyes measured 23inches. June 1 9 -Chuck Jones Father's Day we went out in front of Luna Pier Same as Sat. Although in 14-16 feet of water. Most fish were just "keeper" size. Have caught bigger fish @ Fermi?? June 19 - Cleepshaw (Dan Boileau) Easy
limits Friday evening and Sunday morning hand-lining with spoons below the
Canadian Coast Guard Station. 12 Friday and 18 Sunday in less than 2
hours. Not many weeds or much fishing pressure either outing. GSC, Perch
and Watermelon colors all worked well. June 18 -Eric Haroldson Out early Sunday morning with my neighbor. Left the Metro Park at 7:00 and pounded our way through 1'-2' waves (thanks NOAA... more like 2'-4') out to Fermi. Fished 18'-20' of water pulling spoons on mini disks 55' back. Got 8 keepers on the first pass and turned around to finish our 2-man limit by 8:15. The action was so fast we couldn't get all four lines in the water before we were reeling in another fish. Absolutely unbelievable right now! Anything purple with a copper back. We caught over 20 keepers before heading back to the dock. June 1 7 -John Sparkman Limit 2 person banana dyke w/friend. All fish on spoons June 1 7 -John Sparkman 2 person limit Friday. Canadian Coast guard station w/Mike Zielinski June 1 7 -Chuck Jones We fished in front of Luna Pier caught a 4 person limit. Mini & spoons on the big boards. 35 feet back, 14-16 feet of water. Confusion Bloody nose and Hot Rod were the 3 best colors. June 17 -Eric Haroldson Went out mid-morning with my wife and little boy. Fished out front of Fermi in 18'-20' of water. Got 3 nice fish and one throw back on the first pass using spoons on mini disks 50'-60' back. Anything purple with a copper back was hot and I heard Wonder Bread was doing pretty good also. Unfortunately, the flies were biting as hard as the fish and my wife had enough. Next time I'll bring some bug spray and finish the limit! Going back on Sunday morning with my neighbor to try again. June 16 - Jerry Hinton Mike Pasik and I, along with youngsters Carson and Connor did some pre-tournament fishing in front of Fermi. Caught our 20 fish in less than 2 hours on a variety of blades and bouncers. No color was better. No biggies but some 3-31/2lbs in the box. Weather tomorrow should be hot and windy. Thank goodness we can start early and be done early. Good luck to all the "Kids"!!!!!!! June 16 - Vince Bellottie 6/15/06-Fished out from Fermi in 25 FOW. Pulled a nice size 2 man limit in no time at all. Bouncers and crawlers, blue/silver and purple/silver blades. Should be a great kids tournament this weekend. June14 - John Lewandowski with Greg Warsow fished the river, 9 keepers with lots of misses past Ambassador Bridge near red buoy and fuel docks. Need less wind with lighter jigs for better hook ups. June 15 - Ken Serwatowski As many fish as you care to catch in front of Fermi, limit for as many guys as you can put in your boat. Bouncers and spinners #4 blades chartreuse and dark green seem to be working the best. Found some really nice ones yesterday, several 5lb class fish with one 8lbr 20ft of water straight out from the stacks. Not sure what brought the bigger fish in but they were there yesterday Wednesday 06/14/06, 15 fish in 2hrs, Ken June 15 - Dan Czeski Wednesday, fished Brest Bay north of the point, 22'-25' slow troll 1.0-1.5 mph with harnesses, spoons and a small crank on a diver. Caught 8 keepers. A nice evening out on the lake with the family. June 14 - Pat Waite Tuesday
(13th)Fished
with Jay Cappel and Harry Hallmark out from Fermi in 26 to 27 FOW pulling
harnesses on bottom bouncers with big boards. took a three man limit in 3
hours. Again the weather was perfect and the wind was low. a lot less
salad out there and we had some nice eaters for the day. as for color we
used some red and gold and some purple and purple. The fish don't seem to
favor one or the other. June 14 - Al Dabrowski On water at 7AM, fishing Trenton channel at West rd. Had our limit by 10:30. All caught on crawler harnesses with purple blades. Most in the 2 to 3 lb. range. Threw several marginal ones back. Lost one monster at the boat. June 13 -"Froggie" Renaud Went out this morning at the foot of West Rd. west side of the channel jigging with a half nightcrawler. Two man limit in a couple of hours, threw back a few big ones and also lost a half dozen about half way up. When i got in I sharpened hooks. Highlight was a salmon my neighbor had on right to the boat before it got off, 6 lber? Great time and great fishing this year June 13 - Mike Rozewicz Just like the rest, team M&M again Mark Rapston, and I Banana dike 19-24 ft, water pulled spoons different colors and mini- disks, jet divers, great seas 1ft. or less with sun screen to top it off. 2 limits. Could have gone home, but we soaked up time telling fish story's, man them WALLEYES melt in you mouth with the rod in your hand. June 13 - Todd Alexander Fished out of Sterling Friday evening and Saturday morning. Pulled 6 fish in 1 hr on Friday and 13 fish in 6 hrs on Saturday. Only caught 1 sheep and 2 silvers both days. 19-20 FOW east of Sterling pulling HotnTots. 3.5 mph + on the GPS kept us in fish and out of trash. June 12 - Pat Waite Fished
with Rick Elsey and had a two man limit out from Fermi in 24 to 25 FOW,
Pulled harnesses with crawlers and bottom bouncers. Plenty of fish out
there with some nice ones as well. red with gold blades worked best for us
but other colors also produced well. With the warmer water, 70 degrees and
up, the Sheepshead are getting more active now so we just have to work
around that. I haven't had to do as many reports this year because so many
others are fishing the same waters as I am but I have had full limits every time
out this year and I believe everyone else is too. It's a great season for
all!! June 12 - Greg Warsow Sunday 06-11-06 Hand lined with Burt Parker 5:30 to 9:30 pm. McLouth steel and the free bridge. Rapala Fire Tiger jointed and small black spoon with red and chartreuse dots. 10 keepers with a couple of nice size fish included. A little nippy last night but this weeks weather should stabilize everything and make the fishing that much better if that is possible. Later to All. June 12 - Greg Warsow Saturday 06-10-06 Fished with Bob Frank & John Lewandowski. Caught 30 fish for the day and had our 3 man limit by 11:30 am. Pulled night crawler harnesses with 1 to 2 oz. inline and snap weights, 80 ft. back at 1.8 to 2.2 mph. 19 to 21 fow in morning then move to 23 to 25 fow in the afternoon. Pump house of Banana dike to Fermi. A lot of 3-4 pounders. Great day & great company. June 12 - Cleepshaw (Dan Boileau) AGAIN - Scorpion spoons on mini disks 40 to 60 feet benind the boards. 19 to 21 FOW between the B-Dike and Fermi. Over 20 fish Friday evening and over 30 Sunday morning. 1.9 to 2.3 MPH. From talking to others I believe this program is quite a bit more productive than pulling meat in that area the past few days. Tight Lines - June 12 - Chuck Jones Sunday afternoon went out in front of Fermi caught 4 person limit. Once we found the pattern wasn't bad but had a little trouble finding them. Lots of boats scattered not a tight pattern at all. We fished 20-22 feet of water. 60' back with Michigan Stingers & mini. Confusion, bloody nose,best colors,purple was also a good color. June 11 - Mike Barkley Fished with Ron Barry in the afternoon. Pulled crawler harness with 1 oz. in-line weights and Berkley Gulp 6" crawlers 35' back in 26' FOW 1.9mph out from Holiday Beach. Took 12 (Canadian limit) in 2 passes. It was unbelievable!! We culled for awhile and then just Catch & Release. They were coming to fast to keep count. Mostly Firetiger blades, but didn't seem to make any difference. Great Day!!!!!! June 11 - Al Dabrowski Fishing with Jim Devidts Sunday morning June 11th, on water at 7:30 am fishing Trenton channel between West Rd. and the old closed Trenton hospital. Two man limit by 10am, jigging with chartreuse jigs and brown worms and then drifting with crawler harnesses, gold blade with red beads. Most all were in the 2 to 3 lb. range. Caught 4 marginal, just barely 15 in. and put them back for next year. Used Mike Barkley method of keeping crawlers in water and ice, worked like a charm. June 10 - Sid VanHouten 5 nice fish from 8am-10:30 just off the Metro park channel, s of Celeron. Light colored spoons and orange flatfish pulling wire. June 9 - John Bielawski My friend Cleepshaw calls them "WEATHER GUESSERS", that would be the forecasters on the Marine Radio last night, Thursday, 6/8. Dropped lines around 5:00 and had 6 in the box by 6:00. Those guessers were talking about a storm in Marine City and fair skies over Lake Erie as we were running hard to beat rain, thunder and lightning near Fermi. Not sure what radar they had on but it closed out our night. All fish in 19 FOW on stinger spoons 55 back with mini-discs. Still a very strong bite. Johnny-B-Good. June 8 -Mike Barkley John Lewandowski went out about 4:30 in the afternoon Thursday and fished in front of the whiskey plant and by the Ambassador bridge and picked up 8 walleye and 4 Humungous Sheepshead (the other white meat) all on jigs with brown rubber worms in 35 to 38' I had something peel off over 100 yards of braid before it got to the backing and broke off! June 7 -Eric Haroldson I got out Tuesday morning from 8:30-12:00 and caught 20 keepers in front of te Banana Dike in 14'-16' of water. I caught the majority of them trolling a chrome and blue back Hot-n-Tot with a red lip at 2.0 MPH 60' back. They were biting on everything though. I caught them on a spoon (silver and blue), Smithwick Rattlin' Rogue (silver and black), Rip Shad (chrome and blue), Deep Little Ripper (cheap sunglasses). It didn't seem to matter what you put in front of them. Most of the fish were 17"-20" with a couple over 3lbs. If you're trying to knit a sweater you're in luck... there was plenty of cotton on the water to stick to your line! Other than that, the weeds weren't a problem. June 6 - Cleepshaw (Dan Boileau) We
got out again last night (Tuesday) and fished the same areas between the
Banana Dike and Fermi - 19' to 21' of water. Copper backed Stinger
Scorpions on Big Jon mini disks 40' to 60' behind the boards. 35 fish in
2.5 hours. Awesome bite right now - best it's been in a number of years. June 6 - Jerry Hinton Mike Pacik and I fished the south end of the banana Dyke 12-16 fow last evening from 6:00 til about 8:30. Got a two man limit and missed 4 others at the boat. The wind was a real issue and lotsa weeds. Gave up using boards and just slow-trolled crawler harnesses with BB's. Copper w/red beads was best. This fishery is really great. All the fish were 16'-19'. June 6 - Chuck Jones Tuesday evening went straight out from Luna pier. 17 to 21 feet of water almost straight out. We caught our limit ( 3 people). We ran Michigan Stingers, Bloody nose & Confusion worked best. We used "big" boards Ran the limes 50& 60 behind. Boat control was real hard My partner Bob did a great job June 6 - Todd Alexander Fished out of Wyandotte on 6/5 in the evening. Picked up 4 jigging in front of the steel mill above Mudd Island. Switched to handlining and picked up 2 more eyes on a pink Reef Runner Little Ripper, and a 8.5# sheep on a clown pencil plug. Beautiful night to be on the water. June 6 - Ken Serwatowski Monday, Caught 30 walleyes, 15 south of Stoney Point, and the second 15 in front of Fermi. All keepers 15 to 22inches. Slow crawling chartreuse spinners behind bouncers #4 blades, solid was best but any mix with green produced as well. Moving just fast enough to get blade spinning, all caught in 20 to 23ft of water, deeper water bigger fish and less white bass. June 5 - Brian Wilcox Fished the middle of the banana dyke. We had a 3 man limit in 3 hours and only caught 2 under sizes fish. All on bottom bouncers, black and gold and green and orange. Its nice to have fishing like this in our backyards. June 5 - John
Bielawski Took my
neighbors Kathy and Gary out Sunday morning, south banana dyke, 12-14 FOW.
15 eyes in under 2 hours, copper back Stinger spoons 55 back on
mini-discs. Also pulled chrome Hot-n-Tots 55 back on inline boards. Turned
out Kathy was one heck of a fishing partner, forgot my pliers and she
removed a fully swallowed Hot-n-Tot from a 3 pounder with her fingers.
Best walleye fishing in many years, get out there and hook a few!!! June 5 - Frank Turski Fished
Saturday morning (6/3) at the Raisin River channel. Took a two man
limit in a couple hours trolling bottom bouncers & crawler harnesses.
Copper blade was best color. June 4 - Cleepshaw (Dan Boileau) Fished Saturday morning, and again Sunday morning. Off the
water by lunchtime both days. We pulled copper backed Scorpion
spoons on Big Jon minis 50' back in 19-20 fow, then Hot-n-Tots 40' to 65'
back in 14 to 16 fow. All on S end of Banana Dike. We caught close to 60
eyes over the two days. Better fish seemed to come Sunday with lots of 18
to 20 inchers and 2 over 4 pounds. June 4 - Greg Warsow Greg Warsow, John & Jeff Lewandowski and Chris Fribley fished in front of Fermi 20 feet deep pulling spinners 1 and 2 ounces 4 man limit another good day. June 4 - Greg Warsow Saturday -Greg Warsow John Fulmer and JohnLewandowski fished Holiday beach with spinners 2oz inline sinkers then moved to the Banana south end for 15 walleyes Great Day June 4 - Al Dabrowski Fished with Jim Devidts, Trenton channel in area of West Rd. Started at 8AM using chartreuse jigs with brown worms, tipped with small live worm. Got 8 keepers by 10 am. Lost two at boat. Most caught in 17 ft. Things got slow around 10;30, fished till noon, caught two undersize and then we quit for the day. June 3 - Jerry Hinton Mike
Barkley, Mike Pasik and Tom Taylor and I fished the Michigan Steelheaders
Region 3 tournament today. Left out of Toledo Beach Marina and fished in
20'-22' 3-4 miles east of Toledo light. Using reef-runners 80'-100' back
on big boards we caught 15 in the first 2 hours of fishing and nothing but
silver bass the rest of the time. Wind shifted and laid down and the
fishing just shut off. Mike Barkley is still not convinced that lake
trolling is better than river jiggin'!!!!!!! It's hard to change as we get
older, hahaha! (Good but not as much fun!!!,
Mike) June 2- Jerry Hinton Fishing with Mike Barkley and Tom Taylor took a 3-man limit off the Banana Dyke, from the gray pump-house south to the pipes trolling hot-n-tot's (purple, pink and rainbow)80'back. Started about 10:00am amd trolled til about 2:00pm using big boards. Water depth 12'-14' was best. Out further weeds were an issue. June 1-"Froggie" Renaud Fished off the foot of West Rd. again this morning with a buddy. We limited out in a few hours then fish catch and release. Leadhead jigs with a half nightcrawler, no rubber worms just the crawler. Fished the eastside edge of the channel. May 31-"Froggie" Renaud Went out about 8:30 am and was in before 10:00 am with my limit. Fished right in front of my condo at the foot of West Rd out in the center of the channel. The handliners have been out there for the last couple of days and now I know why. I was the only boat jigging, 3/4 oz jig with a brown rubber worm tip with a piece of crawler fed up the remaining exposed hook, no stinger. All 15" to 16" May 31 -Russ Calvert 5/29 Two man limit sugar island channel spoons GSC & Wonder bread colors ... 5/30/06 sugar island channel 2 fish Trenton channel 6 fish on.....Rapalas # 9 & 7 May 30 -Tony McKheen Sunday - May 28 - Fished just north of Fermi. 14-16 ft water, Trolled Crawler Harness w/ bouncers behind boards or straight back from boat. No certain color. 9 eyes. Tried deeper or cranks and got nothing, they wanted the harness. Wouldn't even take a harness with powerbait. Great day on the water! Sorry a little late. May 30 -Eric
Haroldson Friday (5/26) - Went out after work and fished the
east side of Celeron with 2oz bottom bouncers and crawler harnesses in
10-14 FOW. Picked up 4 fish between 4:30 and 7:30. My friend
hooked a 20# carp in the dorsal fin when we dropped the first line.
That took ~15 minutes to land. I looked down his mouth for a
tattle tale flag John (see May 13 report) but didn't see one! May 30-John
Bielawski Fished the south end of the banana dyke near
the tubes on Monday, 5/29, with Eric Haroldson. Found bigger fish (3-4
lbs.) in less numbers in 18-20 FOW, Smaller fish (1-2 lbs.) were stacked
near the dyke in 10-12 FOW. All fish came on Hot-n-Tots 55-75 ft back on
boards. Fermi waters turning on big time. May 30 - Marc Dupuis Got a lot of fishing credits watching the grandchildren and cashed them all in this weekend, fished all 3 days. Saturday 5/27 got out at 2PM after working on boat and looked all over, finally 5 all right in front of Wyandotte BASF sign, most in middle of channel, all 15-17", playing chicken with the cruisers, Sparky's GSC. Sunday, no fish at BASF today, but got 7 in channel just north of downtown Trenton. Again on the GSC. Monday, two man limit, few at the Sugar Island cut and rest in front of downtown Trenton on the edge of the channel, again, all on the GSC. One 22"er, and cried like a baby when I lost a 24"er at the boat. May 29 - Greg Warsow Saturday 5/27/06 - Fished with John Fulmer, but he didn't troll too well. I think his spinner blade was on backwards, ha! Changed all poles to red beads with gold blade harnesses with 2 oz. inline weight, 100' back on big boards. Caught 20 and kept a two man limit in the 20 inch range. 15 to 20 ft of water, SE Luna Pier. What a GREAT Day!!!! May 29 - Bill Jenks
Sunday 10pm till 2:30am pulled wire with brother-in-law, John. We
had to work hard for our fish. Caught seven eyes, mostly eaters with
one about 3 lbs. We fished between the two bridges in Trenton channel.
Found fish in 25 FOW. Marked fish all over the river. Caught
about 30 silvers. We caught our fish on #9 & 11 Raps. I
Tried pencil plugs with no luck. Water was flat, probably
needed a little chop to turn fish on. Still had a great time fishing
with John. Not only is he my fishing buddy, he is my best
friend. Take time to take a friend or family member fishing.
Have a good time fishing and good luck. May 27 - John Sparkman After storm was over Thursday, we went out at 9.30 2 person limit by 11.00- all on #-9 blue and silver, lots of big silver bass May 24 - Pat Waite Tuesday -
Harry Hallmark and I fished with big boards pulling bottom bouncers and
crawler harnesses (Chartreuse w/gold blade and Red w/gold blade) in front
of Luna Pier in 14 to 16 FOW. Took a two man limit with a few fish in the
2 and 3 lb range and the rest were nice eaters. May 24 - Ken St. Denis Tuesday - Fishing in the channel in 34 FOW between the salt plant and Fighting Island using a worm harness and bottom bouncer. Harness was red beads with a bright yellow blade with two size 4 Gamakatsu hooks....Limit in two hours. May 23 - Todd Alexander Fished Brest Bay 5/22 7pm til 10pm. No eyes. Lots of White bass, and marked a ton of fish. Stayed in 15-19FOW where the reports were good from Saturday. Heard that some were taken in the 22' range tonight. May 23 - John Sparkman Monday - 2 person limit by McLouth all on spoons orange white w/yellow spots Bottom Line has none of them! Spike does! May 22 - Cleepshaw (Dan Boileau)
We went out of Wyandotte Saturday morning at about 7:30 (me and
Pete) and had our limit (12)jigging at the front of Fighting Island by
9:30. We stayed inside (East) of the yellow buoys in about 28 to 30 FOW
and drifted right past the Club on the North end of the Island. Brown
worms, purple worms and green Fin-S minnows all worked. May 21 -Eric
Haroldson Went out Saturday (5/20) from Bolles Harbour
with John Bielawski at 8:30am. We fished the Dumping Grounds pulling
spoons and inline spinners on Mini Disks and Jets. We got one on a
Copper Kevorkian. We moved closer to shore towards Toledo Beach in
17 FOW and found the fish. We finished with a 2-man limit using 2oz
bottom bouncers and inline spinners drifting at ~1.4 MPH. All the
fish were 16"-19". We were fishing the dirtier water ~1-2
miles from shore. If we were catching silver bass we had to move
farther out to get into the walleyes. A great day on the water and a
great day of fishing on my birthday! Thanks for coming along John. May 20 - Jerry Hinton- Jerry Hinton and Mike Pacik got out about 8:30 am and fished off Horse Island. Started at the "dead tree" and drifted down to the Erie Metro Park ramp channel. Caught a 2 man limit in about 2 1/2 hours using jigs with brown worms tipped with live crawlers and stinger hooks. Bite was fast and many misses. Silver bass weren't too bad that far south in the channel and until the wind came up, it was about perfect drifting. Not many boats around May 20 - John Sparkman5-19-- 2 person limit by McLouth steel all on GSC 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm lots of silver bass May 19-Jamie Vanengelen 5-18-06 Edison stacks, Trenton 2- man limit 11:15 pm-12:30 am handlining pencil plugs chrome 30 ft lead. May 18-Bruce
Snyder Fished May 16th. Excellent day. Started at
6:45am and limited by 8:30am. I fished the north end of Mud Island between
the 2 sets of buoys and then later in the nearby deeper water. All but one
came on a stinger, was using minnows and chartreuse/lime jig and brown
worm. One walleye went 22 inches. May 17-"Froggie" Renaud I didn't get out till noon (Wed) but had my limit in a hour, all 15" to 16". Down the center of the channel in front of McLouth Steel. Using a 5/8 oz white jig head with a shortened brown rubber worm tipped with a piece of crawler feed up the rest of the uncovered hook, no stinger hook, water was fairly clear which surprised me after all the rain this past week May 17-Mike Barkley Fished with Art Yaccick & Rich "Ski". 3 man limit by 1:00 . 9 between the Fighting Island Semaphore and red buoy 98. 6 between Bob-Lo dock and Corps of Engineers. ALL on brown rubber worms and most on stinger hooks. All caught in 30 to 34 FOW. 5 fish in ONE pass by Bob-Lo dock and Corps of Engineers. May 13-John
Bielawski This report is regarding the poor judgment of a
Down River Walleye fisherman. Saturday, May 13, I was fishing with Bob
Burdick in the Ford Yacht Club Channel. After hanging up on the bottom
with my bouncers off planer boards a couple time, I had a board pull back
and bury just like before. I tightened my line to pull it loose and asked
Bob, “is the boat stopped?” as I was not loosing line. To which he
replied “no”. Without processing that response I proceeded to break
off my line, which broke at the rod, This left the inline board attached
to the bait side of the line. As we turned the boat around to retrieve the
board, it went under as it was being pulled by a large fish. My fishing
skills were undermined by my thoughts of the earlier snags. The board
never came up and after an hour or so of periodically checking, we can
only assume that a large fish has taken to a deep hole with by bouncer,
crawler harness and planer board. So if any of our fellow walleye
fishermen happen to encounter a right side board in that area of the lake,
it may still be attached to what one can only imagine as a large, walleye,
sturgeon, or catfish, even Moby Dick. The lesson here is that we need to
listen to the little fishing voice inside all of us and not what we have
encountered previously. My mistake has left me in wonder as to what and
how big that fish was that is now the proud owner of my planer board. –
John Bielawski – Johnny-B-Good. May 11 -Eric Haroldson Went fishing with John Bielawski on the Johnny-B-Good Tuesday and turned a slow start into a 2-man limit. We started trolling bottom bouncers with crawlers harnesses in front of Lake Erie Metropark. We couldn't keep the silver bass off the hook(s). We made one pass and caught at least 40 of them. We moved to fish the West side of Celeron and caught one (16"). We moved again to the Ford Yacht Club Channel and the fun began! All the fish ranged between 15"-19". We caught them on holographic blades and 2oz bottom bouncers in 10-13 FOW. Thanks for a great trip John! I'll get that trolling plate on the boat and we'll take mine next time. May 10 - Larry Schneider Fished Wed 6:30 am till 1:00pm 2 man limit, 15-18 inches, 7 by the Rencen hole, 2 by Ft Wayne, last by Mud Isl. Chartreuse and the Wyandotte worm!! May 9 - Bill Jenks Monday, fished Edison stacks, 10 pm till midnight pulling wire. Caught limit of 'eyes on #9 Raps. All Eaters, no big fish. Caught about a dozen silver bass. Had a good time - Lot's of boats fishing the Yrenton channel. Be careful!! May 7 - John Sparkman Out Thursday the 4th. 2person limit some in the afternoon most after dark on #9 silver and blue and clown #9 May 7 - Cleepshaw (Dan Boileau) We went down to Port Clinton today - launched out of Mazurik's and fished the NE corner of Kelly's Island (along the shoal). We pulled spinners (gold blades) on 1oz in-lines 45 to 55' behind the boards at 1.0 to 1.4mph. Ended up with 12 fish between 5 and 10 pounds (2 right at the 10# mark) for 4 hours of work. Ya gotta love that part of Lake Erie in the Spring!
May 7 - Pat
Waite May 5th, Harry Hallmark and I went out with
his rig around the Toledo Light and fished with bottom bouncers and
crawler harnesses trolled with big boards. We limited out by 1:30pm after
picking up the first one at 11:am. It took some time to find the fish but
it was easy after that. We trolled just North of the dumping grounds from
the light back towards Luna Pier in 13 to 16 FOW. Used red-gold and chartreuse
harnesses with fat crawlers. 1.3 to 1.6 MPH. Went with the wind which was
very low and easy with a small chop. All the fish were eaters. I'm doing
report for Harry , He had to get ready for a trip. May 6 - Paul Doute - Two man limit south of Wyandotte Golf Course and head of Fighting Island. Depths varied between 8ft to 31ft. #9 clown, #9-chart/silver, Sparky GST, and Firetiger spike spoon. Wind NW - water temp 55.6 degrees. May 6 - Ted "Chief" Doute - Friday - One man afternoon limit jigging the head of Mudd Island and Great Lakes warm water discharge. 21ft to 24ft Orange/yellow chartreuse jig with chartreuse wonder worm May 6 - Paul Doute Thursday evening limit at head of Fighting Island. Fire tiger spike spoon and #9 Clown Rapala were the ticket. 19 to 21ft May 3 - John Sparkman Tues 2
person limit all on spoons chartreuse and silver or G S C May 3 - Cleepshaw (Dan Boileau)
Went down to Port Clinton last Saturday - windy but we managed
to drag harnesses on Pa's, in-lines and bouncers in front of Put-In Bay
for a few hours. We got 5 fish in the boat and lost 2 others after hook
up. One 11.5#'r, one 9, two 8's and a 5. Those big fish are a blast! April 30 - John Sparkman 2 person limit Edison warm water discharge,#9 clown-silver-blue night lots of fish April 30 - Gene Wellman (new member) Sunday Fished for the first time this year, we live 140 miles from the river, making only a few trips a year. New at handlining and learned alot. Thought it would be hard to learn, really enjoyed the feel of the action, sure would like to get a limit handlining. Fished areas around the Calf Island and Edison Stacks between 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. caught 1 white bass on #7 clown 16'lead, caught 1 19" walleye on yellow/orange/red .99 cent spoon 8'lead and lost one nice walleye next to the boat on same spoon. Wife, also handlining for the first time, lost 1 walleye on #7 clown next to the boat. April 30 - Todd S. Sunday
Ffished out of Wyandotte from 3am to 6am pulling wire. April 29 - Jerry Hinton Friday-Jerry Hinton and new member Mike Pasik fished the Trenton Channel from 8:00am til 12:30pm today and landed 4 nice eater walleyes but missed at least 8 others, many near the boat??? Not had that problem lately but was sure goofy today. Lots of action and weather was perfect. Jigs tipped with brown rubber worm AND a minnow worked best. Used stinger hooks also though most came on jig hook. April 29 - Todd S. Fished out of Ecorse 4/28 7pm-12pm. Marked good numbers in front of pier 500,took all 5 fish from 11pm-12pm on gold/blk pencil plugs. Some nice eaters. April 28 - Todd Alexander Fished Edison Stacks and below on Thursday eve. Caught 2 white bass, 1 rock bass, and 1 walleye. Wind was tough to deal with. All but one white bass was caught on f7 Rapala handlining. April 26 - John Sparkman Limit by Edison hot water discharge G S C spoons April 24 - Todd Alexander Saturday evening fished out of Wyandotte near BASF wall. One fish in the box, one lost at the net, and a couple of misses. Had wanted to handline, but the lightning put an end to that idea. April 23 - John Sparkman 4-22-06 Edison water discharge and below to the catamaran on Grosse Ile, all on spoons bright orange and white w/yellow and black spots. Limit all good eaters, started 11.30 am quit 2.30 April 21 - John Sparkman 4-20 Night limit by Edison #7 clown and silver -chartreuse April 20 - Todd
Alexander Fished out of Wyandotte last night, 4/19.
Picked up 2 jigging in front of BASF wall. Switched to
handline around 9. Trolled entire length of BASF wall, finally
picked up a 3 fish in front of Pier 500. Saw a few fish boated by
other jiggers in front of BASF. Will be back out Saturday night,
Birdhunter on 68. April 19 - Bud Wilson .Tuesday, 3 of us started at the stacks and made 2 drifts with no hits. Ran upriver to Great Lakes Steel just above Mud Island. We drifted to the red and green markers repeatedly. Boated 13 returned 1 sub legal. Missed a few and lost 2 near the boat. We tried plastics, brown worm, Gulp but all fish were caught on 3/4 oz Chartreuse with minnows, no tails, no stingers. They were all males several leaking milt in the 16" to 17" size range. Saw several other fish caught in this 31 to 35 FOW but all were males. April 16 - Todd Wischer Saturday 7:30-10:30. Started at Mud Island and pulled one out right away, missed another at the side of the boat. Moved to BASF wall pulling one more out along with a bunch of near misses. Back downriver near Edison landed two more. All four were 4-4 1/2lbs and caught on chartreuse jig, brown rubber with stinger (all 4 were on the stinger...) April 16 - Greg Warsow Saturday 3:30 to 6:00 pm - Wind NW change to NE. Warmer Temp 49 degrees. Fished with Uncle Fred & Jim. Started in front of Wyandotte Boat ramp, never saw it but nice fish lost at boat on chartreuse jig and twister. Bites all along the the BASF wall but could not hook em. Moved to Salt Mines, one 6 pounder taken at second from last cement abutment. One eater taken farther out in the channel. That's all folks. April 16 - Mike Rosewicz 4/14/06-4/15/06 went to Mudd Island jigging with new member Mark R. 6:30 to 1:00 pm and got 7 all good eaters, got away from the boats and got one large catfish, smallmouth bass, sheephead, walleye, and, yes, white bass already! Missed many bites ,didn't matter color jig , but stingers hooks a MUST. When west wind picked up, moved and got busy with big fish . DAY 2 repeat jigging got 8 to 20 fish catch and release walleye, smallmouth. Couldn't do anything wrong . Best day of my life ,never let the fishing net dry!! thanks to DWF and new friends, we outfished the whole river . April 14 - Peter Zatezalo Went out yesterday. Area Detroit River. I fished with DuWayne Tesolin. Started 8 am stop 4.30 pm. Perch in live well 130 culled and thru back 30 Kept 100 8" to 11" Missed about 75 hits Walleye 8 Lost 3 caught perch on the Canadian side and the Walley on the American side. Caught the Walleye between 3 pm and 4.30 pm Good day April 11 - Greg Warsow (Tuesday 2-5:30 pm)- Jigged at the salt mines to Fighting Island. Caught 4 keepers. 1 on blue jig with pumpkinseed spec twister. The other 3 on chartreuse/gold flake jig with same color twister. Wind SW 10 - 20. Lots of boats in front of Wyandotte Boat Ramp. Go Get Em' April 11 - Mike Macdonald Jr. I fished today (Tues afternoon). My bro and I got 8 and lost another at the net. Jig and minnow in front of Portofinos. I ran up to Detroit in front of Ren Cen before my brother called to meet up with me and I got one really quick and missed another in a very short drift. The water looked allot cleaner there and marked allot of fish. I wish I had more time to stay up there. April 11 - Dan Bloxsom I would like to thank our new tournament director and all who helped I had a great day lots fun talking to so many members who showed up. Great food ,great fellowship! Keep up the good work. Danny Bloxsom aka bass guy. April 10 - Cleepshaw (Dan Boileau)
Sunday - 4/9, Went out of Sterling at 11am and fished 4 hours. Pulled
cranks and spinners 1.0 to 1.6 around Fermi and Swan Creek. Looked at
water from 42.5 to 50 degrees in depths from 20' to 4' of water. Marked
good numbers in 12 to 16 FOW but never had a single taker. Just thought
we'd give it a try!
March 31 - Greg
Warsow - Thursday-Fished Trenton channel with Bob Frank. On
water at 8 am, Again, mid channel to close to Grosse Ile. 18
to 20 FOW. Water temp 38 to 41 degrees. Jig, Chartreuse with chartreuse/metal
flake Mr. Twister. Also white glow with white double tail twister.
10 fish by 1:15 pm. One 5 pounder with three 4 to 4 1/2 pound
range. The rest 2 to 3 pounders. Good day!! Lots of fish
marked. March 31 - Ken St. Denis Fished the north east side of fighting island and the canadian side of the river on march 30. one small walleye was caught. we probably need another week or so before they move into this area March 27 - Paul B. Fished Trenton channel, mid river. Fished over the 18 ft. flat down into 20 fow. 3\8's oz jig, orange and yellow and lime and chartreuse w\minnow. My partner and I caught 11 walleye, only 7 keepers. All males, avg wt. was 2 to 3 pounds, no big ones yet. Water temp. was 37 to 39 degs. Did not see a lot of action from other fisherman. Water clarity was ok. It was sunny to partly cloudy. 5 to 10 mph wind blowing up river from the south. March 26 - Kurt Schroeder Fished all day today, water still 36-38. Never seen so many bait fish in my life. Marked many fish deep, but they had lock jaw. Looking forward to my first DWF tourney. Good luck everybody, see ya on the water (Giant Eye). I run a grey tracker tundra if u see my net in the air I'm on fish! thanks DWF March 25 - Sureshot MI Fished perch today. Caught roughly 150 fish but only 52 JUMBOS!! Perch seem to be slowing down. Caught a majority of the fish in the Horseshoe early A.M. IT should be an interesting tournament April 2nd with all the cold water and lack of active eyes Good Luck Guys!! March 15 - John Sparkman Friday & Saturday better late than never Fri got limit below 2nd bridge on Stoflet all 9-11 inches Sat in the afternoon 2-4.00 pm Limit below cross dike all jumbos HAVE FUN! March 13 - Mike
Macdonald Went out Sunday afternoon for some perch.
We were only out a few hours picked up 46 keepers and a bunch
smaller. We were on the East side of Sugar South of the cross dyke.
It was beautiful when we left the driveway but got kinda nasty on
the water. We didn't dress for it and knew better but thats Ok
didn't want to clean to many more fish anyway. March 6 - John Sparkman Sat 100 perch on the river above the horse Island bridge, some up to 11 inches March 3 - John Sparkman No walleyes yet! If they were here, they no bite! The water is full of small shad!! Feb. 28- Mike Zielinski Still lots of perch around Horse Island in 3 to 5 feet of water. Fished 2 hours yesterday and kept 25 fish over 9 inches. Some were close to 12 inches. Wind is key, no wind or gentle WSW wind and you will have fish! Shiners, right on bottom are the ticket.! Feb. 26 - Dean
Calciano Trenton power plant giving up some nice stripers
.actually saw a small school of gizzard shad swim past me already . water
is very clear and cold. Feb. 21- Mike Zielinski Still plenty of jumbo's along Humbug Marina and Horse Island, 3 to 5 feet of water. lots of fish over 9". Best between 10 am and 3 PM. Mike Z. Feb 18 - Sureshot MI Cleaned up on PIG PERCH 50 fish none under 10". Horseshoe was hot!!! Good Luck Feb 18 - John Sparkman The perch fishing around Humbug has slowed down, but you can still get a decent catch if you are patient and sort out the small ones. Jan 20 - John Lewandowski and Mike Rosewicz fished Fri. 5 hours in front of Humbug Marine and got 70 big perch minnows with spreaders will be back this weekend!!! Jan 20 - John Sparkman Perch
JUMBOS along Humbug sea wall and inside of sea wall got our limit 2 of us Jan 13 - Mike Sorensen
Out with the legend John Sparkman and caught lots of perch. Everywhere
we dropped a line. Minnows and let them take it. Had a great
time learning another one of Johns tricks on the river. His
balancer. Ask him for details. Not mine to give away, sorry. Feb 2 - Jigafish To all, stay off
the Humbug docks. They will kick you out! Take your boat if
you want to get the big ones. I was fishing from the docks and from
my boat. Limit every day, all 8 to 12 inches, but stay off the
docks. Jan 29 - John Sparkman Fri and Sat All of my DWF friends crowded me out of my favorite spot but NO problem found them better by Humbug Too outer dock, even better fish. Fri I got a monster perch. You have to look for me I'm by Humbug Too. See Ya !! Jan 21 - John Sparkman Sat Still lots of perch by Humbug Marina (DON V) stay out of my spot!! Jan 20 - John Lewandowski and Mike Rosewicz fished Fri. 5 hours in front of Humbug Marine and got 70 big perch minnows with spreaders will be back this weekend!!! Jan 20 - John Sparkman Perch
JUMBOS along Humbug sea wall and inside of sea wall got our limit 2 of us Jan 13 - Mike Sorensen Out with the legend John Sparkman and caught lots of perch. Everywhere we dropped a line. Minnows and let them take it. Had a great time learning another one of Johns tricks on the river. His balancer. Ask him for details. Not mine to give away, sorry. Jan 13 - John Sparkman Perch they
are everywhere non stop action only 1 pole needed. Warm water discharge
and just below. It's Wild Jan 4 - John Sparkman
Lots of GOOD perch about any where you drop a line if anyone is
interested.60= 9lbs of filets. They are all over, never saw so many
perch. Got some below the warm water discharge in that small cut
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