04-14-2004, 12:18 AM
i'll e mail my cousin to see if he can get me the stores name and addy .
trolling speed varies there .
you saw the rock wall that extends into the river from the plant and the small shallow bay area , spawning grounds ! (great catfish area , hmmm, maybe our buddy from uscats knows the stores info )
from the shallows to mid river is a shelf/ drop off area , the current is actually slower on the sides than in the middle . as for speed , you have me there . i didn't have anything to judge speed . i would use my humminbird 3-d fishfinder to locate the fish and stay 30 feet ahead of them and rod jig . lift up , peel off some line and lower . kept repeating the process untill i was right in there faces . from then on i just reeled them in and sorted them out .
late commers always ended up further out in the river with the swifter current . i would always hand line if i was a late arival . i used a crome collored torpedo jig tipped with a large minnow on braided copper wire .
the oppisite shore is one of the best bass fisherys south of lake st. clare . mant tournamets are fished there .
elisibithe park area of the river is the white bass heaven of michigan .
fighting islands west side to it's southern end holds monster rockbass and crappie .
mud islands southern shore is a great spot to watch spawning stergon and muskeys .
the north east end of mud island has a calm area to anchor in with a steep dropoff . there is a spring hole that goes down 200 feet at the channels edge . around that hole is every kind of fish imiganable . it is not uncommon to spend a few hours there and limit out on all kinds of fish at one time . use a walleye crawler rig .
i have had to beach my boat there several times due to thunderstorms that came from nowhere .
as far as trolling , use the same set-up as the st.clare river . pencil plugs off a cannonball or a dipsey diver and a slow troll . but only in the spring . once the pleasure boats start getting out on the open water the weeds are churned up and end on your line nonstop .
breast bay in monroe is always a good area for walleye , trolling the mudline with erie dearies has always been my favorite way to spend a weekend day .
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trolling speed varies there .
you saw the rock wall that extends into the river from the plant and the small shallow bay area , spawning grounds ! (great catfish area , hmmm, maybe our buddy from uscats knows the stores info )
from the shallows to mid river is a shelf/ drop off area , the current is actually slower on the sides than in the middle . as for speed , you have me there . i didn't have anything to judge speed . i would use my humminbird 3-d fishfinder to locate the fish and stay 30 feet ahead of them and rod jig . lift up , peel off some line and lower . kept repeating the process untill i was right in there faces . from then on i just reeled them in and sorted them out .
late commers always ended up further out in the river with the swifter current . i would always hand line if i was a late arival . i used a crome collored torpedo jig tipped with a large minnow on braided copper wire .
the oppisite shore is one of the best bass fisherys south of lake st. clare . mant tournamets are fished there .
elisibithe park area of the river is the white bass heaven of michigan .
fighting islands west side to it's southern end holds monster rockbass and crappie .
mud islands southern shore is a great spot to watch spawning stergon and muskeys .
the north east end of mud island has a calm area to anchor in with a steep dropoff . there is a spring hole that goes down 200 feet at the channels edge . around that hole is every kind of fish imiganable . it is not uncommon to spend a few hours there and limit out on all kinds of fish at one time . use a walleye crawler rig .
i have had to beach my boat there several times due to thunderstorms that came from nowhere .
as far as trolling , use the same set-up as the st.clare river . pencil plugs off a cannonball or a dipsey diver and a slow troll . but only in the spring . once the pleasure boats start getting out on the open water the weeds are churned up and end on your line nonstop .
breast bay in monroe is always a good area for walleye , trolling the mudline with erie dearies has always been my favorite way to spend a weekend day .
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