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Location: Northern Ky 30 miles South Of Cincy | I'm in Northern Kentucky and come to Michigan to Fish, we were staying in Bay De Noc the 1st week of Aug and had a ball watching you pros go out and talking with you after really learned a lot .
Somebody and at 64 I don't remember good ( I have to get use to jotting stuff down but pride gets in the way) told me about October and the Walleye coming in to Muskegon Bay.in the lower section of Michigan. I can go the 12,13,14,Oct but not sure how or when there anybody a little help
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Location: Fremont, Wisconsin | lil bob, let me give you a tip, go to the best buy and get a pocket secretary. It is a small recorder. when talking fishing just turn it on in your hand. you can then relive the moment. nobody seems to care |
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| Possibly Muskeogon Lake? If it's a bay, then Saginaw Bay, both are good bets. Although the warmer weather has the bites off kilter a bit. Not sure on Muskegon Lake, but if you fish the Saginaw Bay you will get nice fish and little or no company out there to bother you. Fish near areas typical in the spring but deeper. If nothing else fish the ship channel out from the Saginaw River, it is the migration highway. |
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Location: Northern Ky 30 miles South Of Cincy | Good Idea Ive been carring a little pocket pad Then I forget the Pen |
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Location: Northern Ky 30 miles South Of Cincy | We have fished Saginaw out of Linwood Holyles marina many times, Its had to get out of Linwood Corner Resturant and Franks, Time your out of Franks Time to go to Linwood Corner again
Yes I said lake and it is a bay it was a little closer for us than Saginaw and weve never fished Muskegon. The guy we were talking to said the Walleye move off Lake Michigan into the Bay and then the river, simular to Saginaw were about 7 hours from there and 10 to Linwood If I can get Grandkids past McDonalds. With the kids I thought Muskegon might be less rough than Saginaw
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| Lil Bob, you are correct that there is a population of fish that move into Muskegon and some fo the locals have done well in the spring and fall. Unfortunately I can't tell you much more than that since I don't know. Great Lakes Angler has a handfull of guys from that area that fish salmon and some walleye. It may be a good source of info. If you're willing to travel that kind of distance, I know it's a bit farther but the Bays De Noc area of Green Bay (Lake Michigan) hosts many many large walleyes from this time of year right through ice up.
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Location: Fremont, Wisconsin | The pro you may have talked to coulda' been Mark Martin. Google mark as he is also a guide. |
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Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay. | Lil Bob.
The fall fishery on Muskegon lake is indeed a good one. But I have to think the guy telling you about it might have said it starts in October. As (like LBDN) the walleye fishing there only gets better as the days and nights get colder. I say nights because they're night time troling fishery is what made Muskegon Lake famous for their monster walleyes in the first place. Last year the ice came late and the fishing just got better and better according to friends. In fact a 16 pound monster was taken right before the ice set on last year.
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| Lil bob
You actually have a good population of saugers right close to you on the ohio river. Just northeast of cinci is a lock and dam, I lived there for a couple years and went fishing in the fall time at the dam . If you have a boat you shouldnt have any problems finding them there. I usually fished the ohio side of the river. You also have some very big stripers in the river, I personally dont eat them but they were a ball to catch when I was pulling shad raps. The stripers in the river get petty big to I caught a couple ten ten pounders in there. Hope you can catch something by the house. Jigging spoons were a big hit for me in the ohio river. good luck  |
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Location: Northern Ky 30 miles South Of Cincy | You just can't fish the Ohio once you been on the Great Lakes. There are a lot of heavy populations of Sauger below Meldhal and Markland Dams. We had a lot of fun Thanks
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| Would be cool to see a major circuit go to the Ohio River some day...big enough water, who knows how big the fish really get in there? |
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Location: Northern Ky 30 miles South Of Cincy | I believe that might be his name is he the one that caught big fish in August at LBDN Lives on some lake inthe area of Muskegon |
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Location: Northern Ky 30 miles South Of Cincy | There are some monster cats its a great river and is getting cleaner year by year there are just too many big fast pleasure boats that have to run wide open and some pretty disasterous incidents. I run a marine operation on the river, Tugs pushing barges and they try to run over my guys all the time. It's really incrediable you wouldn't believe it unless you saw it. |
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Location: Northern Ky 30 miles South Of Cincy | Thanks we might just run up for a couple days grandkids out of school and I just love to keep them busy with a fishing rod in hand. Whats really good is they like it and are really good out in the boat. |
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| The good walleye bite is usually just getting started here on LBDN at that time. Don't know if I'd make that long a drive for it right then. If you could make it up 2 to 3 weeks later, you'd be hitting it at prime time. |
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OK let me do this question over somebody has to know