A Day on the Water
(17) Saginaw Bay Trib, few Bass & Pike on Popper Pattern
Bass Poppers Kayak Fishing Pike Popper
This tributary to Saginaw Bay is a medium small stream with a DNR boat launch near the mouth. In the lower river, swells of rising and falling water in Lake Huron would reverse the small current and send rising water upstream for almost a mile. Then the water would fall back out to the mouth carrying extra volume + the normal flow. It would carve out or flush out a wider and deeper channel. Big Bass, Small to Medium Pike, big walleye, Bowfin, Channel Cats and a rare Sheephead would move in during the spring and early summer. There was good fishing...
16) Pere Marquette Lake & Tippy Dam, August 19 & 20
Center Pin Jigs Kayak Fishing Mopworm Jigs
Basically zero Salmon in either spot. Saw one dead King Salmon in PM Lake and foul hooked one salmon at Tippy. Two Summer Steelhead were on stringers when I arrived, no more were hooked. I got 2 rainbows, 13 and 8 inches on jigs under a float, #6 White Mopworm and #8 Brown Intruder Jig. A couple Salmon broke the surface.
22) Lower AuSable Bass Oct 23
On the end of the pier several guys were casting spoons, plugs, jigs or fishing minnows. They caught or hooked a couple of smallmouth, one guy caught a very long Sheephead that was in extremely bad health due to age, disease or maybe having been gut hooked some time ago. I caught an stout 18 inch bass and lost a smaller one. 4 to 6 foot swells were rolling in and bouncing back and forth between the two pier heads making for a very action packed bobber presentation. The fish came to a #6 White Mopworm Jig set to 11 feet...
20) 10mm Yellow Glo-Beads take Browns behind Spawning Salmon.
Center Pin Beads Center Pin Jigs Steelhead & Salmon
Lots of big and small Salmon jumping at Tippy Dam above the coffer on Sept 27: I saw a 6 pound and a 17 inch Brown caught. Below the coffer, I got two 14 inch Browns and lost a bright 6 lb bright Coho or Steelhead on 10mm Yellow Spot on Painted Glo-Beads, Above the coffer, I also fair hooked a big salmon and caught an 11 inch rainbow on a new Brown Balanced jig tie. I was fishing not so deep under the bobber and only foul hooked one salmon. A Balance jig will hang horizontally and drift and jig naturally under...
21) Tippy, October 10 and 17th. Salmon and Steelhead are in
On October 17th, I was 1 for 2 on big bright steelhead above the coffer. On October 10th, I got a big healthy black King to hit. The week before I got two 14 inch browns and a 12 inch rainbow. All fish were on 10mm Yellow Glow Beads except the bright steelhead that broke off Saturday who hit a 8mm Yellow Glow Bead.