Fifth Time out got 9 tonight ......6 crappies 3 gills keepers.... threw back 3 small crappies and threw 5 gills back , water temp 53 degrees
I finally got my toon out, on Gull last night, & tried for lakers On the north end. No bites, but I did see some swimming around. Headed down to the Detroit river, for a walleye charter, Mon. afternoon, w/ a well known walleye expert. Really looking forward to trying something new.
I never got out this past weekend. My little girl chose to give me a new grand daughter on Thursday. Me and Grammie got to watch the 2 year old for 4 days. We are still recovering. That little princess ran us ragged. It sure was fun though. Gotta buy more fishin poles!
Wow, what a trip w/ Capt. Lance Valentine, last night. In 3 hrs. we boated 19 eyes . The biggest was just under 10 lbs., & another was over 8 lbs. . Seems to be the 2 most important things about Detroit river walleye, are knowing where the fish are, & boat control. The wind was terrible last night, but Lance did a great job keeping us on the fish. I would highly recommend him, if someone is interested in trying this fishery.
bought a old town vapor 10 angler kayak (lifetime hull warranty) so i can fish lakes i can't launch my boat. been using the flies i started tying and doing super on them. i couldn't eat them all when i had a fish fry for the wife and me. that was one days catch of 11 9" gills.trying some new fly rods and reels and lines too. i sttill like the okuma 8 weight rod over the new 5 weight cabelas rls+ rod. both new fly reels and lines are much better than my older ones. the older lines have to have a no-tie metal spike pushed into the end of the line. the new lines have a loop to receive the newer tipets that also have a loop.got my fishing buddy to buy two kayaks yesterday.some really nice deals at dunhams right now if any one looking to fly fish from kayaks is wanting to buy one.stealth all the way. its rewarding to catch too many fish on your hand made fly's too. i use the black spiders with chartreuse legs mainly.looks like fishing will be on hold until next tuesday at least, unless we get some ice to walk on before then.