Lots of Silver Bass

Fished with Daryl. Temperature this morning was in the lower 70s and when we quit fishing it was in the upper 80s. The wind was out of the south around 10 knots with waves less than a foot. The water temp is 63 degrees. About 10:00 AM it started to get pretty warm. Started fishing 1 mile west of where we left off on Sunday trolling jet 40s set at 60 feet back. We were on fish right out of the gate and had three in the box within the first 15 minutes. Don' t know what happened but the walleye catching just slowed down. We worked the same area the whole morning just pecking away at the walleye and catching a lot of silver bass. The fuzzies from the cotton wood trees were a little bit of a problem today. We kept 9 walleye and returned 5 small ones, one which was only 8 inches.

Working Hard to Catch Fish

Fished with Joe and Uncle Dan. Temperature this morning was in the lower 40s and when we quit fishing it was in the upper 60s. The wind was light and variable and the lake was pretty flat. The water temp is 60 degrees. Started fishing by Stony Point (41 54 600 / 083 15 500) with jet 40s set at 40 feet back on one side of the boat and 50 feet back on the other side. We were consistently catching fish but most of them were silver bass. We stayed here for 1 1/2 hours and we only had 2 walleye in the cooler so we moved towards the River Raisin (41 52 580 / 083 14 150) and started to catch some walleye. We set the jet 40s at 60 feet back with spoons that had copper on the back and that seemed to do the trick. We were still catching some silver bass but at least we were putting some walleye in the cooler. Kept 16 walleye, 1 jumbo perch and we put back 4 walleye that were under size. When we were in the fish cleaning station we heard a report that they caught some walleye off the dumping grounds with body baits.

The Detroit River Again

Fished with Captain Dwayne on the Detroit River. We launched out of Belanger Park and fished the Canadian side of the river in front of the power plant. Temperature this morning was in the upper 50s and when we quit fishing it was in the upper 70s. The wind was light and the river was flat, another nice day on the river. The Silver Bass are starting to show up in the river so that means we caught quite a few Silver Bass for every Walleye that we caught. We used the Wyandotte worm with 5/8 ounce and and 3/4 ounce jigs fishing in 35 feet of water. Kept 7 walleye for the trip.

It Was a Bumpy One

Fished with Captain Daryl and Mark. Temperature this morning was in the middle 50s and when we quit fishing it was in the lower 80s. The wind was out of the southwest 15 to 20 knots with waves 2 to 3 feet. The water temp is 59 degrees. Started fishing at the S Buoy (41 48 000 / 083 21 850) trolling towards the E Buoy. We ran crawlers on 2 oz. bottom bouncers set at 60 feet back. Our first pass through the dumping grounds we caught 5 walleye. Pulled lines and ran the same pass again and we only caught 1 walleye along with a few junk fish. The 3rd pass we ran jet 40s set at 32 feet back and jet 20s set at 55 feet back. All that we caught were junk fish. By this time it was hard to control the boat and we called it a day. Kept 6 walleye for the trip.

Trolling with Crawlers

Fished with Daryl. Temperature this morning was in the lower 30s (we had a frost) and when we quit fishing it was in the lower 50s. The wind in the morning was out of the northwest 15 to 20 knots and after a couple of ours of fishing the wind was blowing less than 10 knots. Waves were less than 2 feet and the water temp is 59 degrees. Started fishing 1/2 mile northwest of the E Buoy (41 49 800 / 083 21 450) in 16 feet of water trolling with the wind. Daryl setup with crawlers set at 55 back on 2 ounce weights and I set up with  junior thundersticks set at 75 feet back. Daryl started catching some walleye with his setup so I switched over to the same program. We would troll just past the E Buoy, pull lines and head back to our starting spot and make the same troll again. That worked fine until the lake laid down and then we started to catch a lot of junk fish. We were running low on crawlers so we went to gulp worms and they caught some fish. Kept 11 walleye and 3 perch and released 3 walleye that were undersize.

Detroit River

Fished with Captain Dwayne on the Detroit River. Temperature this morning was in the lower 50s and when we quit fishing it was in the lower 60s. There was hardly any wind and there where no waves. Just a great day to be on the water. We started fishing on the Canadian side of the river in front of the power plant. We caught most of the walleye there and then we moved up the river about 1/4 of a mile and caught the rest of the fish. We caught about half a dozen small mouth bass, only a couple of silver bass and 9 walleye. Two of the walleye were small so we put them back. All we used today was a Wyandotte Worm on a jig with a stinger hook. Dwayne had to work today so when we got to the dock we gave the fish away. That's the lucky fisherman holding his new catch in the picture. It sure made his day. Dwayne made some improvements to his boat this spring and it made for a better fishing machine.

Tough Day at the Turtle

Fished with Captain Daryl. Temperature this morning was in the upper 40s and when we quit fishing it was in the upper 50s. It was much colder by the water today because of the northeast winds. The winds were out of the northeast 10 to 15 knots with waves 1 to 2 feet with the occasional 3 footer. Oh, did I mention, the weather man called for light and variable winds today!!. The water temp is 59 degrees and from the picture you can see it is very dirty, from all the east winds this past week. Started fishing by Turtle Island in a pack of 2 boats. We made 3 drifts in this area and decided it was too dirty and we had no bites so we moved to the dumping grounds by the E Buoy. The water was just as dirty here so we made one drift and called it a day. Had no hits for the whole trip. We cancelled the trip for tomorrow.

Turtle Island

Fished with Captain Daryl. Temperature this morning was in the middle 50s and when we quit fishing it was in the lower 70s. The wind was out of the east southeast 10 to 15 knots with waves around a foot. The water is a little dirty (visibility is 12 to 16 inches) and the water temp is 55 Degrees. Started fishing by the Toledo Light House in a large pack of boats and caught nothing. Once we got halfway between the Light House and Turtle Island in 12 feet of water we started to catch some fish. All the fish came off the blade baits with the white one the hottest. We caught walleye, perch and quite a few white perch. It was hard to believe a small white perch could get hooked by a blade bait. Kept 2 perch, 4 walleye and had 3 other walleye on that got off.