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walleye express

Posted 11/24/2006 4:53 PM (#49104)
Subject: Tuffy today on the Tittabawassee.

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Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay.

I guess the Sanford Dam maintenance and power crew gets Thanksgiving weekend off like everybody else does. As the water levels were lower then they've been in 2 weeks today when we arrived this morning at the ramp. I was hoping they would open the dam on time this afternoon, but no such luck. Never had a bite until 12:30, and ended up catching four of the 6 fish we had on, a very long way downriver in some of my favorite deeper pools. Right when we were leaving, they opened the dam.

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walleye express

Posted 11/25/2006 10:09 AM (#49109 - in reply to #49104)
Subject: RE: Tuffy today on the Tittabawassee.

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[quote="JimHert"]We came off the Saginaw at about 2:30, probably about the time they opened the Dam. So, then we would have had to stay later I guess. Would the extra current and water flow get the walleye to "turn on" as far down as the split, where the Tittabawassee floes into the Saginaw?

Jim.
In years past (on the Tittabawass) I wished for low water, as that would "pool" the fish in the smaller/deeper holes, slots and depressions. For some reason (so far this year) they seem to turn off when the waters are low. This I believe will change slowly as it both gets colder and more and more fish crowd into the Titt.

When water is first released, and that innitial surge hits, it moves things around (including hidden baitfish) and the preditors turn on and move around with them in that first hour or so. The bite can be unreal during this time. I'm thinking with the size and depth of the Saginaw, it being 50 miles below Sanford Dam, and factoring in the other rivers that continually flow into the Saginaw at it's headwaters, this change is not as pronounced. But I'd still say it does effect the mood of the fish in a positive way when it happens.

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