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. Fishing Reports from around the country 12-15-99
Lake Erie and lake St Claire charters and fishing report by Captain Tom Arlington FROM: LEECH LAKE GUIDE COALITION PHONE: 218.547.3212 FAX: 218.547.4080 EMAIL: advnorth@djam.com December 12,1999 Anglers are enjoying the mild temperatures and some good panfishing
on area small lakes. Most lakes less than 1000 acres are covered with ice
and most are walkable. It is reported that most lakes of this size have
3-5" of ice. Cooler weather is expected this next week therefore anglers
should be able to get to their favorite small lake. Leech lake does have
some ice in bays in fact Steamboat bay has 5-6 " of ice and Northern Pike
fishing has been great with both a 13 LB and 15.8 LB fish reported this
past weekend. The big lake of Leech and Walker Bay are still open.
Good Luck, and enjoy the outdoors. Leech Lake Guide Coalition Chip Leer EMAIL: advnorth@djam.com
November 29, 1999 There is some ice forming and holding on smaller area ponds and lakes.
It looks as if it may hold this time. Leech Lake, as of this report has
some slush floating around the lake and some skim ice in the backs of some
bays. Hopefully, we will see this all firm-up soon and Ice Fishing will
be just around the corner.
November 22, 1999 Waterfowl numbers are still low in this area even though a few birds
moved in this past weekend. Again, mostly Goldeneye's very few Bills. So
hunters can still get some action in before the season closes yet it seems
unsure as if a large wave of birds will ever show up. The small area ponds
have had some very thin ice crust on them the last few mornings which has
helped the big lake hunting, as some birds that were hiding back there
have now moved to bigger water. This could be the reason some hunters reported
an influx of Mallards this past week. Us optimistic waterfowl hunters will
be out until the end!
Good Luck, and enjoy the outdoors. Leech Lake Guide Coalition November 15th Deer hunters continue to have good success this season. All the "Big Game Registration stations" are reporting that numbers of deer registered are up. This past week has seen a share of good size bucks registered. The rut activity in the woods is high, and hunters are enjoying the increased numbers combined with the unseasonably warm weather. There are not many fishing reports as very few anglers have taken advantage of the weather. It does appear that walleye activity is strongest in the twilight hours off breaklines into the main basin of leech. Look in the depths of 12-17' using a Fire-Ball jig and a minnow. Slow presentations, almost stationary on the bottom producing. If this weather continues to stay above normal, look for numbers of anglers to get the boats back out and give open water angling one more try. Waterfowl numbers are not at pace with previous years. There was a surge of divers, both Bluebills and Goldeneyes, that came through the region the first part of November yet it appears the main thrust of the migration has not got here yet. Maybe a weather front from the north would help bring in some new birds. Good Luck, and enjoy the outdoors. Leech Lake Guide Coalition Chip Leer Mississippi River Report James Holst Moving Waters Guide Service www.movingwaters.net 507-280-6399 12-04-99 Fantastic fishing ahead! With the on-set of some cooler weather anglers are seeing a much more
consistent bite at the Lock & Dam north of Red Wing. Most are able
to catch enough fish for a limit with the majority of the walleyes taken
coming in around 16"-19".
weekend so you can expect a little more elbow room than in weeks past. Some of the staging areas are seeing a strong run of fish also. The rocks just downstream from the launch at Bay Point Park, the sand flat down from Hay Creek, and the shoreline south of Baldwin Is. all are experiencing a strong run of fish as the walleye and sauger make their way north to the Lock & Dam. Some of the strongest catches from these areas are coming on crankbaits fished on 3-way rigs pulled slowly into the current or on 3/8 ounce jig/minnow. Best colors have been orange and purple in the last week. Crawlers still are producing some very good catches in addition to those taken on fatheads. As the water continues to cool look for the crawler bite to fade away but for the present don't hit the river without a healthy supply of both. River stage in Lake City- 6.2 Water temp.- 42 degrees
We have a dusting of snow, mostly on the ice, and about 75% coverage
on the land. The U.P.S. man made a delivery yesterday, and his puddle jumper
broke through the ice
The really good news is the weather forecast. Below zero temperatures
are forecast for Thursday on. This should but the ice to bed until April.
Our tentative plans are to
Muskie, walleye, sauger, northern, pike, bass, fishing, hunting, resort and guide service Lake of The Woods Oak Island Minnesota the low 40's, so we should get a few weeks more out of it. We'll just have to squeak a few trips in-between getting ready for ice fishing season. As most of you should know by now, the border conflict between Ontario and Minnesota appears solved. You can read about it in the MNR's press release; http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/MNR/ Thank God! Walleye fishing has been of fire. We have been getting limits in short
fashion fishing the deep points off Oak Island. Muskie fishing continues
well. Our efforts have been greatly reduced due to increased duck hunting
activity. We caught fish most every (short) trip out last week.
As to duck hunting, the small number of bluebills that we have had here
have all but left. We have been shooting limits of buffelheads most every
day, but the larger ducks have eluded us. I'm not sure if they have bypassed
us this year, or are still up north. With 45 mph winds out
I would like to thank everyone for tolerating my ramblings over the
season. If you find yourself with nothing to do, shoot me an e-mail baystore@means.net
just to keep my blood flowing. I wish everyone a
Frank Walsh e-mail baystore@means.net Muskie, walleye, sauger, northern, pike, bass, fishing, hunting, resort and guide service Lake of The Woods Oak Island Minnesota
Kids. We had another group of eight that boated 30 fish for the week. The largest being 34 pounds. I'm not sure of the length. They got the majority of their fish casting, with a few trolling as well. Duck hunting continues mixed. Minnesota diver hunting has been excellent with limits being taken most every day. Pressure for the coveted spots has been a problem. We have not stumbled over significant diver activity in the Canadian waters, although I have seen a number of ducks in the Windigo area while fishing. Last night I encountered quite a number of ringbills in the back beaver ponds. The high winds probably drove them there. Frank Walsh e-mail baystore@means.net Muskie, walleye, sauger, northern, pike, bass, fishing, hunting, resort and guide service Lake of The Woods Oak Island Minnesota
fisherman went through over a gallon of minnows in three days, fishing only half days. Musky action has been good. Most of the fish are being caught trolling (crunching rocks) with 10" Jakes in 10 to 25 feet of water. Most color patterns have been working, but the Orange Tiger, and Glitter Perch colors have by far out produced the rest. Last night we smacked 42 and 47 inch fish using the Glitter Perch, as well as three big northerns up to 40 inches. Water temperatures continue to fall slowly just below the 50 degree mark. I have found temperatures as low as 46, and also climbing back to 50 degrees with a high sun. A few fish have also been caught (or raised) casting select pieces of structure. These are mostly rock points, that still have fairly healthy weeds on them. Crankbaits have produced best. Jerk baits have not had much activity. Bloom for the most part is no longer a problem. Duck hunting is a mixed bag. Puddle duck hunting in the Canadian side has been slow. There is a fair number of ducks around, but hunting pressure has made them skittish. Diver hunting on the Minnesota side has been phenomenal. Large numbers of divers are rafted between Flag Island, and the mainland. We have shot limits of divers most every hunt. The ducks are predominantly buffelheads, with a few goldeneyes mixed in. We are seeing a fair number of bluebills as well, but they are flying later in the morning, after we are almost filled out with buffelheads. Frank Walsh e-mail baystore@means.net Muskie, walleye, sauger, northern, pike, bass, fishing, hunting, resort and guide service Lake of The Woods Oak Island Minnesota Capt: Dan Manyen, Walleye Express Charters. November 29, 1999 Good reports of big catches of walleye continues to come from the Saginaw River. Jigs are catching the most fish while vertical jigging and slipping the current, in or near the river channel in both Bay City and Saginaw. Hot spots are behind the Temple Theater and near Holly's Landing, in Saginaw. And near the Vets Bridge and Boys Club in Bay City. I recently stopped at the Vets Bridge launch and talked to 2 guys fishing from shore who had 5 very nice walleye in a 6 gallon pail while fishing perch rigs with minnows. They also had some nice perch in the pail as well. Two recent charters of mine on the Tittabawassee 11-27-99/11-28-99 produced a total of 18 walleyes landed up to 5 pounds and as many missed. If your looking for a charter, you might want to consider booking me and my Jet Boat for a day of river fishing. You can find my web site right here at this walleye fishing domain. Keep checking back for further river reports. Capt: Dan Manyen, Walleye Express Fishing Charters. Date: 11/22/99 If you got plans to be up in the deer woods for the next 2 weeks good luck. But if you want to bend a rod on some walleye, get over on the Saginaw or Tittabawassee Rivers now. I will not tell you that I personally have been killing them on the Saginaw, that's only what I've heard. But, I have been doing very good on the Tittabawassee. On my charter today (11-12-99) we boated 10 walleye, 1 pike and a smallmouth. The walleye were up to 4 pounds. I have to say that the Tittabawassee is dangerously low, especially in the mornings before the Sanford Dam opens it's one wheel. Then the river may rise about a foot. The water is crystal clear, yet we caught fish in as little as 5 feet of water today, so they seem hungry enough. If your interested in a charter in my jet-sled, when water depth don't make a difference, give me a call or e-mail me. Lets catch some walleye, Capt: Dan Manyen. 10-22-99 Lake Erie and lake St Claire charters by Captain Tom Arlington REPORT 9/25/99 The weather and the fishing have been cooperative this week. Nice size Perch are biting early in the morning between Belle River and the St Clair Lighthouse. Use shiner minnows for the best results. In the same location a few walleyes and smallmouth bass are caught as well. Muskie fishing is heating up on Canada's south shore. The limiting factors fishing for Muskie are the floating weeds. Find an area that is free of floating debris with bait fish nearby and BINGO! You will catch fish. Study your graph and current position on Loran or G.P.S. when you get a strike and observe the fish marks on your graph. If the marks are high in the profile, higher than 50% the water depth, feeding activity is optimum. For a good reference on fall Muskie fishing pick-up the latest issue of Michigan Hunting and Fishing magazine. A informative article written by Mike Zielenski this month explains in detail St. Clair fall Muskie fishing. Good Luck! Capt. Mike
Veine
Lake Erie Walleye 09-07-99
With summer nearing its end, Michigan's warm weather fishing action is edging closer to a turning point. Even though my charter fishing season is over for the year, hot salmon action still seems to be ruling the Michigan fishing scene with both Lake Michigan and Lake Huron still putting on one exceptional fishery. I managed a trip to Rogers City last week and was lucky to have fished during outstanding weather conditions. We caught limits of kings on all outings, but the fish ran a bit small. We were at Rogers City just after the 40 pound king was caught, but our largest salmon was under 20 pounds. Judging from the other fish coming into the fish cleaning station, our fish were typical with most running 10 to 15 pounds. We had our best success using spoons with Green/Dalphin and Green/glow Silverstreaks and Diamond Fluter spoons getting the most fish. We also ran some dodger/squids and j-plugs with some success. It seemed like the sliders in the vicinity of the dodgers were the hottest baits. When we lowered the dodgers below the other baits, our hits dried up. We caught most of our fish early in the morning (before sunup) and our best area was north of the lighthouse and straight out from the Calcite plant in 75'-110' of water. Free sliders with the primary set at 60' was our best set; especially with a dodger/squid set at 45' which I'm sure attracted the fish to the spoons. The salmon fishing along the Gold Coast on Lake Michigan continues to produce unbelievable results. Manistee and Ludington are the top destinations with master angler kings and cohos coming on a regular basis. More browns and steelhead are showing up in the catch which is a sure sign that the salmon action is nearing its end for the year on the lake. On our U.P. tour last week, we made the long run out to Stanard Rock for some outstanding lake trout action. Last year we launched at Marquette to fish Stanard Rock, but this year we cut the trips distance from 45 miles down to 34 miles each way by heading out from Big Bay. Big Bay is the best place to access Stanard Rock as the shoreline vistas are worth the trip alone. With picturesque cliffs, rocky outcroppings and the Huron Mountains in the background, the port of Big Bay is a sightseers delight. We made the trip to "the Rock" on nearly calm water and with my Optimax quickly pushing us along, my Lund Baron made the trip in just 40 minutes. We started out jigging which is the preferred method on the 5 mile long reef. The water was so calm that we experience limited success jigging, so after an hour or so we started trolling using riggers and spoons. We quickly found an active school of lakers and for several hours we couldn't even keep our lines in the water. We caught and released more than our share of fish with several of the lakers exceeding the 15 pound range. We even managed to snag a 15 lbs. Mackinaw by the dorsal fin which took me over an hour to haul in and release. We fished for lakers from several different ports along Lake Superior and it seemed like where ever we fished we caught lots of fish. We even caught some salmon and steelhead while lake trout fishing much to the surprise of some of my local friends. Besides salmon and trout, we also targeted pike, walleye and smallmouths on several different waters. We caught some impressive smallies and pike and walleye filet graced our frying pan on several different occasions. On the way back home, we stopped at Gladstone to watch the weigh-in of the Master Walleye tournament on Little Bay De Noc. As usual, most of the top teams fished the open waters north of Little Bay De Noc with the are between Cedar River and Ford River yielding the winning catch. Spinner/crawler rigs fished either suspended or using bottom bouncers were the hot ticket. I watched the DNR ticket several tournament pros at the event for breaking the slot limit laws. You are only allowed to keep one walleye over 23" per day and despite the catch and release format of the tournament, the rules was strictly enforced. I am planning a trip to Little Bay De Noc later this week for some walleye action which should be peaking over the next month. The perch fishing on Saginaw Bay is still hopping with the perching being the best in recent years. Limit catches of decent sized fish are the rule with nearly all the waters of the bat producing outstanding action. Until Later, Capt. Mike Veine
LAKE ERIE CAPTAIN HOCKENSMITH "WE DO FISH" LAKE ERIE FISHING REPORT from Captain Ken Hockensmith of The Anglers Advantage The weather has been mild for the last week and the Walleye bite is
pretty good around the reefs in the Western basin, Bass Islands, Catawba
and Marblehead.(contact Camp Perry range master on vhf channel 16 for firing
range schedules, consult charts and use extreme caution navigating these
areas some of these reefs lay just below the surface with current low water
conditions) Anglers are catching fish on jigs & jigging spoons silver,gold,
pink,white & chartreuse tipped with shiners also try blade baits &
lipless cranks vertically jigged.(trick) tip your blades & cranks with
shiners, it works! water temp 38f, Air temps forecasted to warm into
the 60's this week will surely bring out the anglers and warm up the fishing
as well. Anchor off the reef areas and use vertical presentations,for
small boat anglers use your bow mounts & electronics to locate and
hold over pockets of active fish and then have some fun. Don't forget the
camera for that trophy Walleye. Practice catch and release, Those big females
play and important roll in reproduction and really dont taste that good.
For info on lodging and accommodations to the Walleye & Smallmouth
Capital of the World, Ottawa county visitors bureau visit www.lakeerie.com
Well it has been a tough start on the fishing season here on Lake Erie, Nor Easter after Nor Easter. But the water is starting to warm up so is the fishing. With this weeks forecast in the 70's. By the weekend action should be pretty good. I still have some dates open in June & July. call today to book a trip some of the best fishing in years as predicted by the Ohio Division of Wildlife. Don't wait get in on the action, book now! I have just received a trip cancellation for the Memorial day weekend. Give me a call for a deal! also July 3rd, 4th,& 5th has not been booked and is open book one day or all three save $ on these holiday trips. Smallmouth Bass in Canadian waters in August, with Smallmouths taking off in September & October around the reefs in the western basin. THANK YOU CAPTAIN KEN HOCKENSMITH 1-888-WEDOFISH ( 933-6347 ) Midwest Fishing Report
Date August 1st 1999
The Outdoor report 08-01-99
Madison Chain of Lakes
Lake Mendota
Big jigs and 4 or 5 inch plastic tails are getting the best fish now, working the deep breaks off Governors Island, you can mark these fish anywhere from 25-40 feet down. These are probably the fish tournament anglers will target. Other deep water structure areas include Picnic Point, Second Point, And Dunn's Bar. I believe someone will find a way to catch Mendota's big walleyes. Lake Wabesa
Wisconsin River
Long line crankbaits like the Mann"s Stretch 5, #5 Walleye Divers,
#5 /shad Raps, and smaller
Hot-N-Tots are all working. You want to be bouncing the crank off
the bottom to produce hits. Crayfish, fire-tiger, blue/chrome, black/chrome
are all working. Fish are running from 14-18 inches, but there's
plenty of them.
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