Fishing Michigan

I went back down to the Maumee River today and the action is picking up slightly.  More anglers are showing up along with a few more male walleye.

Not sure if I explained this enough a while back when I was talking about carolina rigging a floating jighead.  Take a size 1 jig, take about a two foot section of line or fluorocarbon, and place a bead in a loop at the other end.  Do a double loop knot with the bead inside.  You can then slide an egg sinker (1/4 or 3/8 oz) over the loop.  The bead will protect the knot from the sinker, and you can attach a snap connected to your mail line through the loop.  Sometimes you may have to go up to a 1/2 sinker.

If I already didn’t have a hanging box for my walleye spoons there is a good chance this is what I would be using to hall around my collection.  Called the Spoon Caddy , it is made by MaxedOut Enterprises.  You can buy them online or Frank’s Great Outdoors carries them, and I am pretty sure I saw the mega version in Matthew’s last year.  The original size holds 60 3″ spoons and is the same size as a 3 inch Plano plastic tackle tray, except that its three inches high.  The mega size holds quite a bit more than that.  Either would be a good choice for 3 inch or smaller walleye spoons.

This Thursday there will be a seminar given at the monthly meeting of the Huron River Sport Fishing Club, formerly the Steelheaders, by yours truly.  This is the same group that held the fishing and boat show at the county fairgrounds in the Expo Center back in February.  The club meetings are open to the public.

The topic will be walleye fishing on Erie and the Great Lakes in general.  They gave me roughly a half hour give or take 10 minutes, and originally wanted something on jigging, casting and trolling.  With the time constraints I am going to focus on trolling and casting, with some drifting thrown in.  If someone wants to talk about jigging, I will be there for a bit after the seminar is over to handle any questions folks might have.

I will be packing some of the rod combos that I use for each of the techniques and presentations that I am going to cover.  They will be my cue cards so I don’t lose my train of thought, which if you know me at all, isn’t all that hard to do!  When I start talking fishing, you never know what topic will come up next.  Hopefully I will have enough goodies for everyone attending; some catalogs, cards stickers and patches.  All were donated by Frank’s Great Outdoors, Mustad, Power Pro, St. Croix, Matthew’s Bait and Tackle, Bass Pro Shops  and Vexilar.

The Germania Club is located at 23156 King Road in Trenton, and the meeting will be held between 7 and 9:30 pm.  To get there you can take Telegraph north to King and then go east (take a right).  If you get to Dix Toledo, you went too far