Muddy Water, go see….
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007the Detroit Tigers.
Most anglers stay off the lakes after several days of rain. The waters become muddy and the bite gets tough. So what is there to do? Go see the hometown heroes of course.
This was my first game at Comerica Park. In fact it was my first since the ripe old age of 11 years. Each section looked like a sceen from the television show Sesame Street. For roaming the seats were dozens of people dressed up like the character “Big Bird”. Mark “The Bird” Fydrich made a summer of poor baseball worth being something to see, and the whole state was watching, I didn’t know it then, but baseball fans across the country would turn the channel to watch his antics on the mound. My favorite Detroit Tiger back then was Aurellio Rodriquez, the 3rd baseman they always tried to replace. He was the Brandon Inge of the time, great glove, but little stick. It was terrible to hear just a few years ago of how he died walking near his favorite place to eat in Mexican Village when he was struck by an out of control car. During the early 1980’s for some reason the same held true, “My Tiger was Tommy Brookens”. He was small in stature, but gruff and a outdoorsmen to boot. Its great to have him come back in the organization and managing a farm club right here in Michigan. I would drive just to see him in the dugout.
Being a diehard Tiger Stadium fan, I must admit to being impressed by the new ballpark. There really isn’t a bad seat in the house. Here we are sitting in the third base side upper deck, four rows from the very top. It looked like we were right on top of the players, plus there was shade and a breeze up there. The vendors always came right on time, and the field itself looked immaculate. I forget the name of the woman who runs the grounds crew, but she needs a raise! The score board was right there to the left, and when Zoom Zoom Zumaya came into the game, I caught myself looking at the radar gun results with all the rest of the 40,000 plus fans.
After the game the next stop was right across the street to to the pub owned by Red Wings defenseman, Chris Chelios. Cheli’s Chili Bar soon filled with like minded fans who wanted to unwind with a bit to eat and a drought. These two friends (Alisha and Alexa) were given season tickets as gifts by their husbands. After attending most of the home games, they go there after every trip to the park. If you make it there, try the pulled pork sandwich. Good stuff.Ok, so how do I tie this into fishing? By going to a Lake St. Clair bait shop just up the road on West Jefferson of course. Lakeside is well stocked in everything you need for fishing the lake, and both the Detroit and St. Clair Rivers. After all the reports from Captain Mike at Matthews Bait and Tackle this year, and his success with trolling spoons. I decided to add a few to the spoon box. They had an impressive selection of Jr. Streak spoons from Wolverine Tackle. I should have took some pics of the spoons, but I will later this week for a blog on trolling spoons.