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American Eel Weight: 7.44 Length: 43 Year: 1990 Water Body: Lake St. Clair County: Macomb Angler: Chad Markham

Atlantic Salmon Weight: 32.62 Length: 41 Year: 1981 Water Body: Lake Michigan County: Mason Angler: Elaine Bender

Black Buffalo Weight: 31.96 Length: 36 Year: 1998 Water Body: Grand River County: Ottawa Angler: Anthony H. Starks

Black Bullhead Weight: 2.31 Length: 16.3 Year: 1990 Water Body: Prickett DamBackwater County: Baraga Angler: Michael Anderson

Black Crappie Weight: 4.12 Length: N/A Year: 1947 Water Body: Lincoln Lake County: Kent Angler: Frank Lee

Bluegill Weight: 2.75 Length: 13.75 Year: 1983 Water Body: Vaughn Lake County: Alcona Angler: Gary Saylor

Bowfin Weight: 14 Length: 35 Year: 1981 Water Body: Little Crooked Lake County: Livingston Angler: Michael Miller

Brook Trout Weight: 9.5 Length: 28.1 Year: 1996 Water Body: Clear Lake County: Houghton Angler: Dennis Nevins

Brown Bullhead Weight: 3.62 Length: 17.5 Year: 1989 Water Body: Coldbrook Lake County: Kalamazoo Angler: Michael Kent

Brown Trout Weight: 34.38 Length: 38.25 Year: 1984 Water Body: Arcadia Lake County: Manistee Angler: Robert Henderson

Burbot Weight: 18.25 Length: 40 Year: 1980 Water Body: Munuscong Bay County: Chippewa Angler: Thomas Courtemanche

Carp Weight: 61.5 Length: 47.5 Year: 1974 Water Body: Big Wolf Lake County: Jackson Angler: Dale France

Carpsucker Weight: 8.0 Length: 25.25 Year: 2000 Water Body: Stony Lake County: Oceana Angler: Kevin V. Zoulek

Channel Catfish Weight: 40.00 Length: 41.5 Year: 1964 Water Body: Houghton Lake County: Roscommon Angler: Richard French

Channel Catfish Weight: 40.00 Length: N/A Year: 1960 Water Body: Houghton Lake County: Roscommon Angler: Dick Latarski

Chinook Salmon Weight: 46.06 Length: 43.5 Year: 1978 Water Body: Grand River County: Kent Angler: Ray Essex

Coho Salmon Weight: 30.56 Length: 40 Year: 1976 Water Body: Platte River County: Benzie Angler: Paul Lewandowski

Flathead Catfish Weight: 47.5 Length: 44 Year: 1943 Water Body: Maple River County: Ionia Angler: Elmer Rayner

Freshwater Drum Weight: 26 Length: 37.5 Year: 1973 Water Body: Muskegon Lake County: Muskegon Angler: James Black

Gizzard Shad Weight: 4.12 Length: 21 Year: 1996 Water Body: Lake St. Clair County: St. Clair Angler: Gary Bielecki

Great Lakes Muskellunge Weight: 48 Length: N/A Year: 1984 Water Body: Skegemog Lake County: Kalkaska Angler: Charles S. Edgecomb ****

Green Sunfish Weight: 1.53 Length: 10 Year: 1990 Water Body: Kirkwood Lake County: Oakland Angler: Julius R. (“Chip”) Drotos

Hog Sucker Weight: 2.54 Length: 19 Year: 1994 Water Body: St. Joseph River County: Berrien Angler: Allen L. Shembarger

Hybrid Sunfish Weight: 1.44 Length: 11.25 Year: 1988 Water Body: Arbutus Lake County: Grand Trav. Angler: James Manville

Hybrid Sunfish Weight: 1.44 Length: 11.75 Year: 1991 Water Body: Doan’s Lake County: Allegan Angler: Lloyd T. Jarman, Jr.

Kokanee Salmon Weight: 1.94 Length: 18 Year: 1978 Water Body: Clinton River County: Oakland Angler: John Reiland

Lake Herring Weight: 5.4 Length: 25 Year: 1992 Water Body: E. Grand Trav. Bay County: Grand Trav. Angler: Robert E. Rogers

Lake Sturgeon Weight: 193 Length: 87 Year: 1974 Water Body: Mullett Lake County: Cheboygan Angler: Joe Maka, Jr.

Lake Trout Weight: 61.5 Length: 49 Year: 1997 Water Body: Lake Superior County: Unknown Angler: Lucas Lanczy

Lake Whitefish Weight: 14.28 Length: 31.75 Year: 1993 Water Body: Lake Superior County: Ontonagon Angler: Robert J. Majurin, Jr. ****

Largemouth Bass Weight: 11.94 Length: 27.00 Year: 1934 Water Body: Big Pine Island Lake County: Kent Angler: William Maloney ****

Largemouth Bass Weight: 11.94 Length: 26.00 Year: 1959 Water Body: Bamfield Dam County: Oscoda Angler: Jack Rorex

Longnose Gar Weight: 18 Length: 53 Year: 1995 Water Body: Williamsville Lake County: Livingston Angler: Dennis Promo

Longnose Sucker Weight: 6.88 Length: 22.5 Year: 1986 Water Body: St. Joseph River County: Berrien Angler: David Rose

Menominee Whitefish Weight: 4.06 Length: 21.5 Year: 1992 Water Body: Lake Michigan County: Ottawa Angler: Kenneth E. Bilski

Mooneye Weight: 1.69 Length: 14.38 Year: 1995 Water Body: Lake St.Clair/Goose Bay County: St. Clair Angler: Robert J. Commire

Northern Muskellunge Weight: 49 lbs. 12 oz. Length: 51 Year: 2000 Water Body: Thornapple Lake County: Barry Angler: John Geml

Northern Pike Weight: 39 Length: 51.5 Year: 1961 Water Body: Dodge Lake County: Schoolcraft Angler: Larry Clough

Pink Salmon Weight: 8.56 Length: 28 Year: 1987 Water Body: Carp River County: Mackinac Angler: Ron Karasek

Pinook (Chinook x Pink Hybrid) Weight: 14.05 Length: 31.5 Year: 1992 Water Body: Lake Huron County: Chippewa Angler: Buddy L. Jacob ****

Pumpkinseed Sunfish Weight: 1.32 Length: 9.5 Year: 1993 Water Body: Wabasis Lake County: Kent Angler: Robert Howard

Rainbow Trout Weight: 26.5 Length: 39.5 Year: 1975 Water Body: Lake Michigan County: St. Joseph Angler: Mark Johnson

Redear Sunfish Weight: 1.94 Length: 13.25 Year: 1995 Water Body: ColdwaterLake County: Branch Angler: Ellen Gillette

Redhorse Sucker Weight: 12.89 Length: 29.25 Year: 1991 Water Body: Muskegon River County: Newaygo Angler: Mike Polega

Rock Bass Weight: 3.62 Length: 20 Year: 1965 Water Body: Holoway Reservoir County: Genesee Angler: Edward Arnold

Sauger Weight: 6.56 Length: 25.5 Year: 1976 Water Body: Torch Lake County: Houghton Angler: Gary Frederick

Smallmouth Bass Weight: 9.25 Length: 27.25 Year: 1906 Water Body: Long Lake County: Cheboygan Angler: W. F. Shoemaker

Smelt Weight: — Length: 12 Year: 1996 Water Body: Ripley Creek County: Houghton Angler: John Watson

Splake Weight: 16.25 Length: 33 Year: 1977 Water Body: Lake Huron County: Huron Angler: Richard Jezewski

Tiger Muskellunge Weight: 51 Length: 54 Year: 1919 Water Body: Lac Vieux Desert County: N/A Angler: John Knobla

Tiger Trout Weight: 9.25 Length: 26.6 Year: 1975 Water Body: N.Branch Manistee R. County: Kalkaska Angler: Francis Putnam

Walleye Weight: 17.19 Length: 35 Year: 1951 Water Body: Pine River County: Manistee Angler: Ray Fadely

Warmouth Bass Weight: 1.02 lbs Length: 10 inches Year: 2000 Water Body: Eagle Lake County: Cass Angler: Mark A. Losee

White Bass Weight: 6.74 Length: 21.9 Year: 1989 Water Body: Lake Huron/Sag. Bay County: Arenac/Iosco Angler: David Kraushaar

White Bass Hybrid Weight: 10.75 Length: 27.5 Year: 1996 Water Body: Kalamazoo River County: Allegan Angler: Jeff Van Broklin

White Crappie Weight: 3.39 Length: 19.5 Year: 2000 Water Body: Stoney Creek Metro Park County: Macomb Angler: Terrance Poirier

White Perch Weight: 1.69 Length: 13.25 Year: 1996 Water Body: Roethke Pk. Pond Lake County: Saginaw Angler: Jeff Spooner

White Sucker Weight: 7.19 Length: 28 Year: 1982 Water Body: AuSable River County: Iosco Angler: Matt Frampton

Yellow Bullhead Weight: 3.45 Length: 16.5 Year: 1979 Water Body: Reeds Lake County: Kent Angler: Gary Bennett

Yellow Perch Weight: 3.75 Length: 21 Year: 1947 Water Body: Lk. Independence County: Marquette Angler: Eugene Jezinski

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I hate to do this to ya lone hunter, but here we go again, its another master angler size fish. a 9 1/4 green sunfish.

this is just to show ya what I am entering in to the 16 species contest after the next tally.

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lol I had to go back and see what that green sunfish is going to do to my score, Its going to raise it three quarters of one point. (thats 0.75 points lol :blush:) I needed another quarter inch to make a whole point. Oh well the patch will help cover my skinned knee :laughing:

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where you catching these fish , at the powerhouse gym ? lol !

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you are prity dam close lol, I get them at the dam on powers beach on the huron river :sunglasses:

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cool , i glad i’m not the only ( pardon the pun ) dam fisherman !, i love fishing the dams , i get more fishing action there .

i hear the lower huron is getting some smallie action , but that’s gonna be a drive for you . there’s a few coho’s in with the steelhead at flatrock during late october there .

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you aint a kiddin about being a long drive, I live just 1/2 mile from the river and I am just about 3 miles from the rivers’ point of origin.:sunglasses:

flat rock is about 40+ miles as the crow flys from me and 100+ miles by boat [crazy]

them smallies turned on prity good my way this week too. they are hitting on top the water. its wild to watch their backs and dorcil fins breaking water just a few feet away from me like sharks before they hit.:astonished:

the kids came out to fish beside me today and was flat out amaized to see the bass jumping right out of the water to swallow ay my fly. while I enjoy seing the fish jumping and have come to expect it, the surpize for the kids is a reward of its own.:sunglasses:

also a first for the kids to see today was a fly rod and how it works. it was a little to windy to make it work properly but what I could show them has them excited about fly fishing.:sunglasses:

changing up on my styles of fishing has been productive for me and brought in a different species in the same area. seems the different fish are holding together but each like different presentations. even using the same lure or bait with a different presentation has made a difference on what i will reel in.:sunglasses:

now if I could fix my short term memory and right down my experiments relults I would be able to match up my fish to my lure and how to… [sly]

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sounds like a perfect day of fishing to me !

seeing them kids smile and learning a new way of fishing has to be inspiring to say the least .

with all my practice , i’m still having a little trouble with a simple roll cast , but mending a cast came second nature . i think it must have something to do with getting my arm smashed last year , some mussels work better than others .

watcha using for a fly ? i’ve been fliping rocks and checking along the banks for creatures to imitate , but nothing seems to work , i think there’s too much cottonwood fuzz on the water for a deacent fly presentation , but that big old brown just keeps rising and gulping every so often .

i think he knows i’m there and he’s just having fun teasing me ! lol !

i’m thinking of hitting the river with a few spinning lures tomorow , after i put the jeep’'s interior back in . ther’s more to that story . see the freshwater forum .

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I try to use the colm days for the fly rod and windy days for spinner baits and crank baits live bait and plastics.:sunglasses:

we actualy got run off the lake yesterday by a nnasty electrical storm. I ran the kids away from all the aluminum boats, they just got back to their house when it hit with a burst of heavy winds and hail. three kids a mile or so down the road from he met my misfortune and was hit by lightning. one is hospitolized with a busted ear durm, he is rough shape but is expected to be ok.[pirate]

the news camera showed where the bolt hit the ground and left a big hole. the kids was running to get in out of the storm when they were hit right in their own front yard.[pirate]