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Just got back, love to visit my mom. Chartered one evening out of Algoma, Fished 2 mornings from sister up to the island. Walleye fishing has gotten better in the summer over the years. Still on the quest for a 23. Don't have one yet. 20-22 is a daily fun fish. Picked 20 gallons of cherries in an hour and ate well, too well. 78 degrees and light breeze every day. Tourism is definitely down and place was not crowded.

Use it a lot in clear water. Caught a lot of 8-10 lb steelhead in current on it. Makes a big difference, like double the bites over 8-10 lb in that clear water. The longer rods make a big difference. Try it in open water. Around here, I never have in the rivers.

They will be deep (relative) on reefs or drop offs. I have not fished St Clair in 4 years and that was through the Ice. Tremendous walleye fishery as well as perch and Muskies. I fished just north of there last year this time. I have cousins in Bad Axe and Cass city that fish it regularly and fished with me last summer on Huron. Since the gobies invaded the lakes a Blackish plastic seems to do the best. The craws are lighter colored in the big lakes so a light brown or light green tube has merit. My cousins seemed fond of drop shotting. One used blown up crawlers with a white bead on a lindy rig to catch variety. Mouths of rivers/Rocks are always good this time of year on the lake. Headed home tomorrow and will fish Washington Island for a day or two. Fish Salmon with a buddy or a charter for a day to let my wife feel the pull. Great time of year on the great lakes, talked to a buddy fishing perch today at ludington, bring a hoody, mornings are cool. That's a good thing. I almost forgot, light line and a spinning rod about 7 to 7-6 feet. 4-8 lb test light. More bites

Both, had a square bill in a craw color and a natural colored flicker shad. Steeper banks I threw the flicker and shallower sloping banks threw the square bill. If no bites on the crank worked the ned slow down the hill.

good one, fish seem to be really chunky this year, all those shad we have seen I'm sure.

The weekend before I was at Buck Creek for three days and chased walleye mostly. 5:30 to seven I fished topwater and caught a lot of fish of the big mouth variety and A few smallmouth over 40 ft of water When the sun came up sunday I fished a crankbait around the points for three casts then threw a ned for 3 casts. There were 1-2 smallmouth or spots on every point. It has to be easy for me to catch bass. Not being facetious.

These fronts will cool it off considerable I think. Surface was only 60-64 yesterday on main lake. Little shad all over though. Everything was on the bank.

Got it thanks, They were 5-11 ft today, got into two large scattered schools. Fun day jigging, I will get one of these and modify it.

What do you do buy a chunk of 3/16 chain and double it over the rope end?

Fishing was so so, no pattern and they were scattered. Spent afternoon today taking the ulterra apart and think I got the belt problem fixed. thanks to youtube! Fixin stuff for dummies🤪. The damage to the trailer will be a long project or 3. I was pleased to get some fish after a 5 hour trip to go 2 hours. Bass pro and midway both have flickers on sale. I lose 3-10 a trip chasing walleyes.

Caught these last night after a road hazard flat on the trailer and trolling motor malfunction. short afternoon , but productive. 24 11-13 inchers and 3 keep walters with a bonus flathead. Pink and purple sucked, it was all about chartreuse and orange. Fish were scattered 6-30 ft and hammered the plugs. 1.6-1.8 mph. Flatline, inline, and lead line, to reach the fish. It's time.

All good info and advice. I get them during the spawn on the points out from their spawning cove after they pull off later in the morning. Tend to get a better grade of fish as well during the spawn with trolling the mouths of the coves. I have done better with the Bandits personally. Along with all the mentioned colors I seem to do well with a brown craw with orange belly as well as any of the pinks like grenada shad. I also seem to do better with blue chrome over the black, Depends on the day as much as anything. Middle of June and I'm done.

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Stopped three places today and all there was in the tanks were Crappie minnows. I was told there are no big minnows this year from the wholesaler local to the area. Rivers are blown out central MO so I can't get my own. Any one know of a bait shop that carries 3-4 inch minnows in Branson or Warsaw area? Thx

I always thought just ok, kinda like a paddlefish. When your smally fishing up the Menominee and one jumps out of the water and crashes back in next to the boat it will fill your shorts. Green sturgeon from the mouth of the Columbia are firmer and better eating for me.