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 Member Posts: 2680 Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay. | Arrived at the ramp on the Tittabawassee River this morning a good 40 minutes before my charter client. The water was high and well over the top of the dock, due to the Thunderstorms and the 1 or more inches of rain we had Friday night. The cubic feet per second (CFPS) was still under 2,000 when I checked before I left home, and I new the water itself would be in this shape. What did slip my mind was the amount of leaves, weeds, sticks and other debris that would also be part of this scenario, especially during this time of year. When we arrived at my first spot it was evident the amount of debris picked up on every cast was going to put a BIG kink in my 1/4 casting jig presentation. I immediately got on the phone to a friend who was supposed to be fishing the Saginaw today to see if the conditions there were as bad. Unfortunately, he had stayed home and wasn't going to hit the river until afternoon, so I had to figure out something to salvage the day. I knew there had to be a decent population of fish in this river because the Saginaw had been on fire for over a week. And the water levels on the Tittabawassee were being kept in decent shape by the Sanford dam for over 2 weeks during this time. We just had to figure out how to compensate for both the high/fast current and the huge amount of debris. I knew of only 2 spots that would give us good protection from both the current, and also give us a partial solution to the debris problem. One was a sharp bend in the river where most of the debris would be deviated away from the bank and give us some relief. The other an intake Dow Pump house, that had floating barriers around it and deviated a good portion of the floating debris out and away from this protected area. Of course the debris still in the water column was also a nightmare. There was little other choice then anchor right on top the best spot in the holes and do what I learned on the Saginaw the other day. We put on heavy jigs and simply jigged straight up and down behind the boat. We boated 9 Walleyes, 2 nice Northern Pike and a catfish. Released 2 walleyes and lost 6 to 8 others and salvaged what could have been a real skunker. Edited by walleye express 11/12/2006 5:08 PM Attachments ----------------  IM001220.JPG (68KB - 73 downloads) IM001221.JPG (88KB - 77 downloads) | ||
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| Mark Komo |
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| walleye express |
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Member Posts: 2680 Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay. | M_komo - 11/12/2006 6:40 PM Man, thats nice work. I was going to mention my walleye BLT sandwich, but looks like I dont need too. Thank's Komo. Seeing the title, I bet you thought this thread had been misplaced from the recipe section of the board hey?    | ||
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