Archive for May 24th, 2008

Are you a Resident serving in the Military?

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

Then fish for a buck all season long.  The cost is $1.00 to those men and women serving in the military in their home state of Michigan.

See page 6 of the Fishing handbook for more details.  Here is the link for the online version.

Fishing Handbook: Rules and Regs

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Friday’s Trip on Erie

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

Had a good day on the water with Dad yesterday,  trying out the new E-tech 40 hp.  Liked the motor even more after today’s venture, really nice.

The fishing was good, not great.  There was some work involved getting our limits today.  If you are fishing in the morning, skip the shallow areas and head out to 23 fow and start fishing there right off the bat.  The slower I went (.7 to 1.1 mph) seemed to produce just silver bass, but when kicking it up a notch ( 1.4 to 1.7 mph) with the harnesses the walleyes turned on.

The harnesses off the 4 oz bottom bouncers in front and at the side of the boat produced best,  with a few less hits coming off the boards.  Today was also a good day to fully test out the new TX-22 Church Boards.  I found them to work very well,  well worth the investment. 

We had lots of boats in the area,  everyone getting ready for the weekend.

boat traffic

 

We each caught a couple of bonus perch off the harnesses

eyes and perch