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| you hear a ton about it in the fall but how is the fishing the first part of the season? |
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| This place is good all year. Season opens the first Sat in June and just about everything works. It's a unique and productive place because of the current and migratory tendency of the fish. Jigging, casting, trolling...whatever you prefer. |
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| openers can be fickle first 2 weeks. after spawn big fish re-coup. waters warm the bites hot.open water trolling rocks..
depending on which month. |
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Location: Detroit River | It can be good at times but it all depends on the conditions (cold/warm spring, muddy water etc.). I tend to catch & see a lot more smaller ones when casting early in the season. The fishing pressure for musky (casting) has increased 1,000% from what it was 5 or 6 years ago. I took a day off work last year to avoid the weekend crowds & still had other guy's musky lures landing near my boat. |
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Location: Madison, WI | Zib - 1/3/2014 1:29 PM
The fishing pressure for musky (casting) has increased 1,000% from what it was 5 or 6 years ago. I took a day off work last year to avoid the weekend crowds & still had other guy's musky lures landing near my boat.
Join the club with EVERY other metro water, except most of us don't share a 250,000 acre lake. |
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| if you fish the community spots of course theres folks. head into the lake itself theres 2 miles between boats. on weekdays theres many you see boats miles away. |
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Location: Detroit River | woodieb8 - 1/4/2014 5:59 AM
if you fish the community spots of course theres folks. head into the lake itself theres 2 miles between boats. on weekdays theres many you see boats miles away.
That may be the case on your side of the pond but not on my side. Plus we have a whole lot more drunken pleasure boaters that you have to watch out for in the warmer months. If I had a bigger boat I wouldn't even bother fishing Michigan waters. If I can get my buddy's to get the proper paperwork to cross the border I'll be trailering my boat over to your side this year.
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| Well whatever you decide...it's going to be a while. This is Belle River looking west today. Ice as far out as one can see....
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Location: Canada | ^^ Nice
I'm not surprised though after my last outing down that way and trolling planer boards along a shelf of ice out in 10' of water. |
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| zib. your correct. south side rules are different on boating/alchol, speed limits in the d. river.. no matter what body of water there always folks that should never re-produce there genetics. |
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| Kind of like any similar system.. A LOT has to do with what kind of spring we have leading up to opener...
maybe this cold will kill some shad off?
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Location: Detroit River | MuskyMulisha - 1/6/2014 6:49 PM
Kind of like any similar system.. A LOT has to do with what kind of spring we have leading up to opener...
maybe this cold will kill some shad off?
Spring of 2011 had a huge shad die off on LSC from the cold winter. There was shad everywhere you looked floating down the Detroit River. Walleye were coming up to the surface to feed on the dying shad in 30 to 35 fow.
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Location: Grand Rapids, MI | Zib - 1/3/2014 2:29 PM
It can be good at times but it all depends on the conditions (cold/warm spring, muddy water etc.). I tend to catch & see a lot more smaller ones when casting early in the season. The fishing pressure for musky (casting) has increased 1,000% from what it was 5 or 6 years ago. I took a day off work last year to avoid the weekend crowds & still had other guy's musky lures landing near my boat.
Where are these crowds you speak of? I made the trip over there several times last year, all on the weekends, and never had problems with crowds.  Only fished Canada one of the times. |
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Location: Grand Rapids, MI | Sorry, I lied -- the first time there last year, 1 week after the opener, I joined a crowd of boats in AB. I got sick of the 30 follows so we found other water where fish were a little bigger, and more willing to bite! |
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Location: Detroit River | JimtenHaaf - 1/7/2014 11:21 AM
Zib - 1/3/2014 2:29 PM
It can be good at times but it all depends on the conditions (cold/warm spring, muddy water etc.). I tend to catch & see a lot more smaller ones when casting early in the season. The fishing pressure for musky (casting) has increased 1,000% from what it was 5 or 6 years ago. I took a day off work last year to avoid the weekend crowds & still had other guy's musky lures landing near my boat.
Where are these crowds you speak of? I made the trip over there several times last year, all on the weekends, and never had problems with crowds. Only fished Canada one of the times.
Between the northern tip of Celeron Island & the Blue Water Bridge. 
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| I find most guys wait until the fall when the fish are packed up but all season can be good if you take the time to learn the water and pay attention to bait fish. Trolling is your fastest way to find musky once you contact them start to cast. Double 10's from opener until late fall always do good over open water. Top water baits have there time and when the fish want them it's a fun day as you can have a ton of action on them. Shadzillas work great all season casting open water.
Trolling I love Georgie's woodies jakes they are my goto baits for starting off. Don't forget that trolling big blades work amazing but at times it's all about the wood for trolling. |
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| Its way too crowded to even think of fishing. Everyone should just stay home |
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| SpencerBerman - 1/9/2014 12:43 AM
Its way too crowded to even think of fishing. Everyone should just stay home ;-)
Well said !!!! hehe |
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Location: Canada | SpencerBerman - 1/9/2014 12:43 AM
Its way too crowded to even think of fishing. Everyone should just stay home ;-)
yup |
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| early I look for the warmer water. hint hint. run a handlbarz up hi. the custom brown frogs work sweet. I think there limited run . get a few or a blazin walleye. or run a smaller crank up hi. were runnin georgies 50 ft clean no weights. if ya find the bait hang out. you will get a mix in size normally with a bonus sow.
lots of room at 24by 25 miles ,its not bumper boats on the lake. |
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| I agree. It was worse than Vermilion, and there are way too many muskie anglers there now. The pressure has also killed the action. Go to the Ottawa. Much bigger fish and better fishing! |
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| I will agree people are like sheep. see 1 boat move in in an hour theres 10 boats.
thing is find your own fish.
sorta like gawkers at a car crash..
that's everybody of water being fished. |
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Location: Canada | I had a friend down there fishing a particular area. He made/answered one innocent phone call and within a couple hours 20 boats showed up. |
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