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Picked up a dozen goldens and half dozen suckers today with plans of hitting a couple spring pike spots before the season closes. When the weather and water conditions cooperate it can be incredible fishing. This appears to be one of those years. Also have a canal that opens early and fills up with crappie right after ice out. Reports say the Detroit is still a little cold and the Saginaw is running high and dirty so pike and crappie it is. What a state we live in, no lack of things to chase.
Detroit is running about 34 right now... as for Saginaw, If I wasn't busy filling orders, that is where I would be. Tons of fish in the river right now. 5/8oz minimum on weight needed. That fishery (on the river) closes in six days.
Ok lets go Friday
Thanks for the reminder on the pike fishing, going to knock the rust off the trailer ball and get out Sunday I hope.:fish
Three pike yesterday in a couple of hours, one keeper, trying again in the morning for a bit. My crappie spot should be open by this weekend so it's game on!
Out on big lake this am with old friend (and old boss). Slow catching. Lost one nice steelies at boat off Port Sheldon, but boated another in the channel coming in. 24 in. No weight as scale was wiggling out, but guessing in the 3-4 # range. Water was 35-36 deg and 12-14 FOW. They were liking orange apparently after talking to guy at launch that had 2 browns and 2 steelhead all caught on same color.Attachment 231715Attachment 231716Attachment 231717
Funny looking Crappie...lol Glad you are enjoying your retirement.
Nice fish! Got to love this time of year. I got out this morning and landed one 17" smallie and a 22" northern. Had another 6-8 hits but couldn't land them. Used my last 9 minnows and I'm not sure I can get more. Might have to concentrate on the crappie.
Try Verns bait shop in Woodbury, I was just there today and I saw they had minnows for sale on their board.Quote:
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Nice job Don......retirement agrees with you
Glad to see you out YD.
Yup Larry, now I really got an itch to scratch.
I'm itching right along with you.
Good to see you out of hibernation Larry........Sounds like you two need some flea powder.
It's been a long winter with my partner laid up. She's getting around pretty good. Were going down to Saginaw Bay May 1st. for a couple days Walleye fishing. Maybe sooner if Sandy & the weather get a little better.
Sounds like fun. Let us know when you are going and we can "Hook-up" for a Beer
We got reservations at LBM May 1st. were taking it a day at a time. The wind down there can ruin your plans. Be great to see you, and anyone else that happens by. We'll be on site #514
You might just see Kevin an I there around that time. We pre fish for a tournament coming up around Mid May. I usually don't launch out of LBM due to the madness!!! They run a good program over there but Sunset bay over in the thumb is a little more laid back!
Actually I'll be fishing down at pymutuning lake on the Ohio/Pennsylvania border from may1-5 then making my way back to sag bay to finish the week out with some practice and fine tuning
Hey Kevin, that is my old stomping grounds. My home is Erie, Pa. Glad to hear you are still around, we were getting to wonder where you have been. So Rich, tell me about Sunset Bay we are looking for a less crazy place to put in. Also looking for someone with "d" experience to fish wit me in April.
OK, well, maybe we'll see you out on the Bay someplace. We can trade phone numbers? You guys know our pontoon, and I know your boats if I see them. Either way, feel free to stop by for a visit..
Gary,
Sunset, in my opinion, is one of the best kept secrets on the bay. It is a little north east of Bay city outside of Unionville. They have a nice campground and a really nice marina. They run their own dredge and their canal that leads to the bay is one of the shortest around. Two different launches make it nice in the morning. In the afternoon, usually one is used for incoming and other for outgoing boats. The only thing they don't have is a fish cleaning station. From the entrance to the canal, it is about 3 miles to "Thomas Reef". I fished that reef from the 3rd of July until late August and hit good numbers every time out. Most days, I was the only boat around. Meanwhile, the radio chatter out by Linwood and the shipping canal had boats on top of one another.
As for Detroit. Other than a few day trips (not planned) I will be on the river pre-fishing for the first leg of the Michigan Walleye tour from April 5th through the 8th. The tournaments dates are the 9th and 10th. As you have seen from Kevin, he will be pre-fishing the second leg of the tour (Saginaw) in Early May. Kevin and I have teamed up this year and will be fishing the entire series. The first leg is on the Detroit river (April 9th and 10th), the second leg is in Saginaw on May 14th and 15th. The third leg is Alpena on July 16th and 17th. The last stop in the tour is August 12-13 in Sault Ste. Marie.
I think Kevin will be in Detroit around the same time as I will. Unlike most teams, Kevin and I will pre-fish in different boats. The reason is that together, we cover less water. By splitting up, we can cover more water, cover more areas at different times, and find more fish. We can also each have people in our boats, try different baits, and techniques, than we could if we were just doing it together. Steve will be my partner on at least one of my pre-fishing days!
We still have sponsorship spots if anyone knows of a Michigan based company that wants to get their name out there!
Thanks for the info Rich Nice to know a couple of "professional walleye fishermen" good luck!
I don't think there is anything "Professional" about me or Kevin :Rofl
You know he wanted to call our team "Ebony and Ivory"....
Of course, I'm making him out to be the bad guy. I was voting for "Salt and Pepper" :biggrin
You guys are a hoot!
I second 'salt and pepper'..long story..ask me about it at camp :biggrin also, have some friends that will be at the 'D' , doing the MWT and the MWC..who knows, might see you 5
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I couldn't get a trademark on it though! But you saw it here first
Nice looking shirt Rich.
I'm just waiting for the ice to go out in the UP, hope to catch some perch and pick up a new to me 17' tracker magna fish. My friend who currently has it is just waiting on the lower unit to come back from the shop then it should be ready to go. I've bought new seats and pedestals for it and a minn kota bow mount I- terrova that I'll take up when I go.
you selling these in support of your mission? If so I'll take one.Quote:
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hey rich, good luck to you and Kevin doing those tournaments!!Quote:
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I love tournaments, just hard to get enough time to do the whole trail thing
and I live to far from the bay to fish it as much as I would like.
maybe after I retire in 5 or 6 years
Hey Rich: Would like one of those shirts if your selling them? Let me know the price. Thanks.Quote:
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Add me Rich....cool shirt
I'm getting the "proof" back today or tomorrow. I will finalize my order and see what we can do! I know the minute I show this shirt to my customers down state, it will go quickly. I have to be careful when I introduce something, I've had a few ideas stolen by major companies this year!
I also have some cool looking stickers coming in as well. I've been so busy, I've actually had to close my site down for sales just so I can get caught up. I hired Brian and my dad to come down and help me.
Of course, dad took way to many "union" breaks on the company dime and Brian surfed porn on the company computer... I had to fire them both!!! But that was on Sunday. In the end, both got a nice Prime Rib dinner out of the deal. Brian got a new Shimano Symetry fishing reel and dad got a new three bank battery charger out of the deal! And me, I got caught up for the first time in nearly three weeks.
My boat has been angry with me. I walk by her every night. This week, I need to put the new "Smooth Moves" seats in. Then give her a good cleaning. Then it is on to putting new line on reels for jigging, pulling my old line counter reels off and putting the new ones on, new line on those.... the list goes on and on and on. At least it is the "fun" kind of work!