Fishing Michigan

One of those days when the weather dictates your actions, hate not being in control lol.  So made the best of it and got my paperwork done, made my calls, did the snail mail thing and the email thing as well.

Still hoping to get out a few more times for putting perch in the freezer, hit Irish Hills for some bull gills,  but must admit my attention is slowly turning towards the hardwater season.

I got my “care package”  from Northland two days ago and cannot wait to start dropping  jigs down a freshly opened hole. They have come out with some sized #14  jigs in both the Mud Bug and Gill-Getter that was introduced last year, as well as the new Hexi Fly that they are coming out with this year.

The flat surface behind the head is designed to read better on your sonar flashers, while looking at it from the side still gives you a very small profile. Crappie looking up from the bottom will still see a nice FAT target to strike at.

They also have some really nice steelhead jigs called Bugaboo jigs, which are also available  in  larger sizes can be used for walleye and smallies.  The Buckaroo jigs in the half ounce size will be perfect come spring time out on Erie for walleye down in Ohio waters.  They have also expanded their muskie lineup which looks GREAT, and some really nice new patterns available on their blades.

Talked to Thorne Bros. up in Minnesota and they have some nice things coming out in their ice rods.

Also made arrangements to have my power auger tuned up at the Strikemaster plant in MN.

So far have been signed up to do shows and seminars in Gander Mountains, as well as Bass Pro (not sure yet if its Rossford or Great Lakes) for Vexilar, St Croix, Northland and Clam. Clam has done a really nice job re-engineering both the Pro and Scout, and will be introducing two revamped shanties to replace them.

Love WTP products and will be taking the witch tape to redo some of my jigging spoons and give them a facelift soon. Also started shopping around to add to the arsenal for both walleye, pike and perch.  Maybe some crappie.

Need to do this, do that, and wonder why there just isn’t enough hours in the day.

Even when fishing, stop and take a good look around you.  What you see can really be impressive.  Enjoy these shot on the lake the cabin is on, plus some of the lakes in the area.  Also, we had a visitor one night in one of our 90 year old white pine trees.

Munising Falls

Jug Lake Split

My Dock

Skeels Lake Split

Moon shot

Clouds over Grassy

owl off the front porch

and he will be in the home run derby as well!!!!

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090709&content_id=5783112&vkey=news_det&fext=.jsp&c_id=det

Over the three years I have been writing this blog about fishing in Michigan, my most read posts have juggled for the top sport from time to time.  For a long time in the beginning it was about pike fishing,  or the moose that walked across my uncle and aunts lake front property in the Upper.  Since Kelly Gotch announced her leaving Michigan Out of Doors,  the outdoor sprite held the top position, but this morning that lead is no more.

It must be global warming, or the fact that it snowed in the Upper last week when temps dropped down to 28 degrees overnight, but there is a new leader.  Its all about the ice fishing around here from November through March, but this is a first for the month of June.    The blog about my favorite walleye ice fishing reels has taken over the top spot.  It wasn’t long, or full of lots of pics, just short and to the point.  More of a teaching thing that allowed anglers to pick a quality reel for a good price.

http://www.blogsmonroe.com/fishing/2007/11/walleye-ice-reels/

http://www.blogsmonroe.com/fishing/2008/09/gotch-leaving-michigan-out-of-doors/

http://www.blogsmonroe.com/fishing/2007/03/the-best-walleye-lure-ever/

http://www.blogsmonroe.com/fishing/2008/06/hybrid-perch-rigs/

http://www.blogsmonroe.com/fishing/2007/03/on-the-hunt-for-the-water-wolf/

My first weekend doing a garage sale went fine;  had fun, sold a bunch of crawler harnesses, worm binders and some jigs.  A few things I learned over the weekend are the following:

If someone was a nice person 20+ yrs ago, they tend to be nice people today, and raise good kids.

Redneck girls are still the best, the Bellamy Brothers had it right in the song all those years ago.  There really is something about a gal with her name on the back of their belt.  Think I like the sight of a horse trailer coming down the road. 

A free bottle of water will make people smile, and to think I thought for years that bottled water was silly.

It really is a small world after all, you meet folks from far and wide, and you will have something in common with a few of them.  Hope the worm binders work for you.

Sold 25 crawler harnesses to one person yesterday (this is a fishing blog), but not for walleye fishing.  You really do learn something new every day,  turns out they work really well for cat fishing down at the “hot hole”.  That’s the warm water discharge at the Edison plant for the non locals who read the blog.  I have caught a few out in the river channel, so that makes and cats do like worms.

Now, the question is, “Can I get the grass cut before it rains?”