Fishing Michigan

Here are the pictures I promised from prefishing today with my dad.  Fishing was good, but how can you pass up spending time with your father?!

the rod of choice, St Croix Premier 8′ Glass

This pic was sweet, I was just taking a picture of one of the boards running and it started to go under! You can notice the mayflies coming up.

The shot above from the boat, always like putting the fish on ice right away, keeps the meat firm. The pic below is the limit amount from the day, all caught in less than 2 hours.  Had two come off, and for the most part the junk stayed off the lines.

…..and that is the only hint I am going to give as to what was the best lure today out on Erie.  Just for all the smart …um…alecs out there, no it wasn’t “Trailer Trash Pink”, by Reef Runner.  I will spill all the details after the tournament tomorrow.  Won’t be writing anything tomorrow, but will  have all the details and pics from Saturday ready for Sunday.

I’ll have some pics from today later, I just got done cleaning the 2 man limit of walleye that I took with dad today.  Call it a belated “Father’s Day” outing.  It was a really good day to be on the water, and the fish just kept cooperating.  From what I heard at the landing, a lot of folks were picking up fish, but not all getting their limits.  One good sign was that we only caught one sheepshead, and one silver bass.  The mayflies were loving today also,  they really came up as the morning turned towards 11 am.

Nope, not an outbreak of some type out at MIS, but the current  top producers for catching walleyes.

From Saginaw Bay down to Lake Erie, these blades and spoons have been replacing the standard norms of Confusion, Watermelon and Bumble Bee as top producers.

So much so that it looks like Frank’s Great Outdoors will be offering “pink panties” in a custom Hot n Tot next year.  Measles have been a fav of mine for a while, mostly because of the chartruse body.  NASCAR, by any other name is “Cheap Sunglasses”, and this hodge podge of colors on a copper blade that I paint has been one of my favorites for years.  Look for it to come out by the big boys (mfg’s) in a year or so.  In the meantime, the spoons are out there.

These are just some of the hottest colors floating around this year for walleye fishing.