Fishing Michigan

I will be down in the new Expo Center on the 31st with some of the other bloggers between 6 and 8 pm.  The Monroe Evening News will have a booth in the SW corner of the building.  Some of the companies that I am staff with have provided me with some stickers and other goodies to hand out so stop by if you have a chance and talk a little fishing.

This just in from Jason at Matthew’s Bait and Tackle in Bolles Harbour.  Like the sheephead idea, well not really !  Is there anything worse than thinking you have a monster walleye on, only to find out it one THOSE fish?

Recently at the ICAST sport fishing show, these new products won their categories, with the new CuradoE taking overall best in show.

Look for details on many of these items as they are introduced later this fall and available in many of your favorite retail locations.

At the recent ICAST sportfishing show, these items were selected from six categories.

• Original Floater Minnow (1936) remains one of the most successful and widely copied hard lures in sportfishing’s history.
  Original and current manufacturer: Rapala
• Spring loaded Bobber (1947) made suspending a baited hook at a desired depth simpler and easier. Even today this item is virtually in every angler’s tackle box.
  Original manufacturer: Nibble Nabber
  Current: Various companies
• Mitchell 300 (1949) was the first commercially successful spinning reel, and is still one of the most common reels used today.
  Original manufacturer: Mitchell
  Current manufacturer: Pure Fishing
• Creme Plastic Worm (1949) changed the sport forever as the first ― and still famous ― long-lasting artificial worm that both looked and felt real.
  Original and current manufacturer: Creme Lure Company
• Closed Face Spincast Reel (1949) made fishing easy and affordable to everyone regardless of age, size, gender and expertise.
  Original manufacturer:  Zero Hour Bomb Company
  Current Manufacturer: ZEBCO Brands
• Lowrance Fish Lo-K-Tor (1957), the “Little Green Box” introduced anglers to the use of sonar in locating individual fish.
  Original Manufacturer: Lowrance Electronics
  Current: Lowrance/Navico
• Monofilament Line (1958) improved the durability, affordability and casting ability of fishing line while reducing its visibility to fish
  Original manufacturer: DuPont Stren
  Current manufacturer: Pure Fishing
• Minn Kota Trolling Motor (1958) was the first electric gear-driven trolling motor gave anglers the ability to quietly maneuver and position their boats.
  Original manufacturer: Minn Kota
  Current manufacturer: Johnson Outdoors
• Fenwick High Modulus Graphite Rod (1972), with its super-sensitive carbon (graphite) fibers, revolutionized the method of making fishing rods and how anglers fished.
  Original Manufacturer: Fenwick
  Current Manufacturer: Pure Fishing
• Shakespeare Ugly Stick (1976), with its special construction, created an affordable, unbreakable and dynamic fishing rod still in use today.
  Original and current manufacturer: Shakespeare

My only complaint is two fold, where are the handline reels that made fishing on the Detroit River famous,  and how could they leave off the old faithful Red and White Daredevle?

 One of my favorite ways to land pike is with the use of a spinnerbait.  Like many other types of baits that are effective, a spinnerbait can be fished in a variety of ways.  Fast, slow, shallow and deep.

Most anglers fish from the drop-offs into the shallows and then retrieve their lures back out to the boat over the deeper water.  A very productive method is to reverse your position when casting.  I picked this up from an In-Fisherman video on muskie tactics yrs ago, and has proven itself many times since then.  Navigate the shallow water edges of an inland lake.  Cast out into the deep, let the spinnerbait sink, give the rod tip a sharp jerk to straighten the bait out, and begin your retrieve.  Often you will get pike that are in the cooler thermoclines to come up and chase your bait.