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 Member Posts: 2680 Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay. | Took a while for Ol' Captain Dan to track down the catchable walleyes tonight on the Saginaw River. We Jig fished for 2 1/2 hours with all the other 50 boats from 2:30pm till dark, with only 2 lost fish near the boat for our effort. And in that time, only seen 1 fish landed. So when night time came and I took 5 (very long and windy) trolling passes through my favorite spots, with not so much as a bump, I knew I was in trouble with my clients, who drove all the way from Battle Creek. About 7:15 I decided to simply putt along and do some scopeing of the bottom. I ended up as far as Wicks Park in 20 FOW just inside the channel. I was marking a ton of fish only 6 to 8 feet down. So I assigned each person a zone. One would troll back 55 feet, the other 35 feet and the last 25 feet. I'll make this short. We boated 17 walleyes in 1 hour 45 minutes. Only 6 were keepers and we lost about a 5 pounder at the boat. But I persevered and came out smelling like a rose under some bad conditions. And yes, I am kinda proud of myself, for those few of you who will be dying to point that out to me.   Edited by walleye express 11/20/2005 11:00 PM Attachments ----------------  IM001002.sized[1].jpg (18KB - 94 downloads) | ||
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Member Posts: 2680 Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay. | They don't look happy, because I pulled them both out of the warm truck and made them pose for the picture. It got down to about 37 degrees last night and it was real windy.  And yes I used the bow mount for trolling. It was a nightmare in the wind and we were only moving ever so slightly against the current. The key to getting strikes, seemed to be sharply pumping the rods. Some of the fish would hit the lures several times on the drop before getting hooked up. I'll bet the one client gave the "Hook Set" motion 100 times last night without connecting.  He was the one running 25 back and one time he sligshotted a little one right past my ear on the set. Edited by walleye express 11/21/2005 9:01 AM | ||
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Member Posts: 2680 Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay. | fiveinthelive - 11/21/2005 10:23 AM were you using meat or plastic or is that TMI Not sure what TMI is. I know what NOYB is though. But I think you know me better than that. You know how I hate those kind of guys. We were using a variety of cranks last night more out desperation than choice, as the time was running out and the cooler was empty. And changing baits in the dark is a pain in the butt. The client running 25 feet back caught most of the keepers. And he had on a #10 Husky Jerk, Tenessee Shad color. Its also my belief we just happened onto this feeding school of fish, pushing baitfish to the top and stagging near the convergence of the 3 rivers, getting ready to head up either the Tittabawassee or the Shiawassee. My client from last night just called to tell me that 3 of the 6 fish still had large minnows in their gut, and all were very fat inside. All signs of the "binge" feeding we experienced last night. Edited by walleye express 11/21/2005 9:48 AM | ||
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Member Posts: 2680 Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay. | fiveinthelive - 11/21/2005 11:41 AM Dan thank you for that info most people are real tight lipped about location,presentation,etc.. etc... I am new to this whole river bite thing and appreciate any tips i can get thank you again Tony Not a problem. Even I'm not in love with sharing the exact spots. And keep in mind, all rivers and their fishing criterion can often be different. And lastly, you'll find this "Sharing Desease" the least contagious on all the fishing boards. Edited by walleye express 11/21/2005 11:06 AM | ||
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Member Posts: 2680 Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay. | JAKE - 11/21/2005 10:17 PM too much information. Thanks for toning that down for me Jake. I knew my last sentence in the post would accomplish that. | ||
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