Twill23

To be honest fishing during the day is a waste of time. The water is sooooooooooooooooooooooo clear here. Its nothing to see bottom in 60 plus feet of water. Priority1 may be able to give a little insight on that. People try, but not to much avail. When they're stacked in close to grass island They can be caught during the day. Some of our best walleye tournament guys struggle to catch more than one or two in a whole days worth of fishing.

Personally i believe you can't just go with one type of set up. You gotta go with what the fish want, and both can produce fish on any given day. On those slow days a lot of people tend to get into that lazy mode. Running the same baits for god knows how long, and most of the time your box will reflect that. I for one have no shame in saying that happens to me. Having both set ups can turn a meeger box into one the isn't so shameful. Some days the copper just doesn't produce fish but the lead will, and vice versa. Leaving either in the water when its not producing really does nothing for you. If your going to buy 4 set ups, get two of each, but don't be scared to switch them out at different parts of the day. And as time goes on add to those set ups. You can NEVER have too many rods or too many different presentations. Catching fish on either is no guarantee but the more presentations you throw at em the better luck your going to have. Just my two pennies

It was great having you guys come up for a trip. The fish began a little on the smaller side having to return i think 4 or 5 undersized to begin the morning. It was the first time all week we had to return fish because they were undersized. But then again when have lake trout ever been early risers? These fish have been about average, 6-8 lbs. The larger is in the 14 range. Believe it or not that fish was caught on that can, and i sell those for 20 cents a piece. haha.

Fishing continues to be steller right now, and as the fish move out into deeper waters numbers will increase, although size will decrease. But heck who cares it's fun anyways.

Unfortunetly, now i am back to work in Pennsylvania and wont be doing any fishing in the area for at least a month or two, but when i do make it back i welcome anyone here to come experience some of the best lake huron has to offer.

18's are hot in old school fire tiger as well as old school clown. 13's125-135 behind the board have worked well too. Smithwicks are also producing fish as well

Lastnight was another good night of fishing. Launched the boat around 10:15pm and headed south again. Water temp had cooled 5 degrees and most only had one or 2 fish. It seemed that most of the traffic was centered around the west end of the reef to grass island. We decided to head the the east end to stay away from all the people. Good decision. We ended the night at 12:30 with our 15 fish and a cat to boot. We got one real nice one tipping the scales at 8.6lbs and just over 27 inches. This fish was absolutely jam packed full of gobies. Again everything came on body baits right on the reef.

Boat traffic out of alpena this weekend was absolutely TERRIBLE. We drove down to the launch at around 7pm to check out how many trailers were in the lot. Over 45 trailers were parked in the parking lot. If any of you have fished out of alpena, especially for walleye you'll know how bad that really is. We decided to go back and take a nap. We launched the boat at just after 12am. We ran south to what is called the big reef and set our six boards. After that it was all over. We ended the night with 17 walleye. All on body baits. Our best time was between 3 and 4 am. We boated 8 fish in that time. We pulled the boat out of the water at just after 4am. Overall it was a great night of fishing

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Another great day of fishing. Launched the boat early this morning looking to grab a couple atlantics before it got sunny. Much to my surprise water temp had dropped 5 degrees since the morning before. The lake trout had moved in heavy into the atlantic waters and we had a 5 man limit in just under 3 hours of fishing. After changing out presentations and picking up the pace we ended up going 0-2 on the little acrobatic suckers. They were fun to watch even though they didnt end up all the way to the boat. The lake trout came on everything from spinners to mags, to body baits. Lead core, riggers and flat lines all worked. Pretty much a stick your finger in the water kind of day. Tomorrow we hope to duplicate the same success, but this time im going to try and stay awake long enough to get pictures before someone cleans the fish

P.S. I do have an opening on the boat for tomorrow, yes short notice but send me a pm if interested.

Lol thanks. It was in a board rod holder and thought it would be a nice touch.

I only post this picture because i find it slightly comical, If you look very close you can see people standing on the other boat. At the exact time this picture was taken, they were taking a picture of our boat. You can see the flash of their camera. We were running at about 27mph headed to the honey hole. What a beautiful morning

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Yesterday we fished rockport for an afternoon fish. Brought out a newbie and told him the chances of slammin em were pretty slim seeing how we were launching at 12:30 in the afternoon. We ran north 2miles and set lines. In 2 hours we had a 9 fish Lake trout limit, including one tipping the DNR biologists scales at just over 15 pounds. Also added to the cooler was a little surprise, a 27in, 8lb walleye. All in all it was a decent day. The lake trout all came on tin cans and spinners. The walleye hit 4 colors of lead with a gold spoon.

It was a great trip! Thanks again for the invite. Lines dropped at about 720. It never got real hot n heavy, but it was steady all day long. A great day of fishing on a still great body of water, lake Huron!

Certain times of the year while targeting lake trout you'll pick up an occasional whitefish. Or what's really rare is a king near 15pounds. I'd have to say that's the most unexpected.

even with the soft tops they're havin issues. waiting ten or more minutes to gain satellites. darn bass guys didnt think about us!

well the first question would be what kind of top, if any do you have? unfortunately the new birds have had a slight issue shooting through tops of any sort. To me id go with the external just because i have a hard top.

an hour and a half south ill have open spots:D drop me a pm

Trust me guys, I am not happy about the 'no Salmon' thing in Huron...I am not exactly a "the glass is half full" kind of guy. But I am not going to just sit here and bitch, and that was not the intent of my post. I don't have nearly the same amount of money invested as some, however, my new plan is to fish Saginaw bay for walleye most of the time and go west 4 or 5 times a year until it picks up again around here.

I am no expert, however I agree with the "cycle" theory. So for now I will clean Saginaw bay out of walleye and wait for the return of the Kings.

And if that never happens, I will start reloading for my 12 gauge and then start shooting Asian carp....Think about it; It might be kinda fun hanging off your gunwale doing 20 mph, with an auto-loader shooting them as they jump out of the water.

i love this entire post, still chuckling to myself.

there is a difference between the truck loads of smelt that were harvested back in the 80's and the monumental crash to almost a non existant status to the significant increase we have now. smelt were caught through the ice on the river for the past two seasons, for the first time in years. its extremely encouraging to open up a healthy 5lb walleye and see it packed full of bait. i agree with frank. fish have to adapt as do the fishermen. its something we all love, and if you want to continue with it you gotta do what ya gotta do.

Amen!

wow! you cant beat that! you did an absolutely superb job!!

yes there are more smelt now than in the last several years, you can get this information at your nearest eastside MDNR fisheries office. more than ever? i dont know where you would have read that? sure the alewives invading the lakes is the whole reason we're on this site right now. it was great for us. but if we want to keep these fish around we need to be patient and wait for them to adapt. there is plenty of bait...plenty. and yes, regardless of species i am always going to be extremely thankful for big lake fishing, even after spending over 100 grand into three boats and all the bells and whistles. again i can only encourage people to examine numerical charts of both lakes and notice the very clear trends. but then again we will all be sitting on our couches with our "investment" rendered completely useless if the Asian carp are not stopped.

you dont have to spend a lot of money to catch either. be thankful for what you have, and remember salmon were introduced to do a job, and with the help of some other contributing factors they have done their job.

It seems that a lot of people forget about how each lake goes through periodic cycles. I belive anyone who has fished the west side remembers the kidney disease that nearly killed lake michigan. There are higher number of smelt than there has been in the last several years as well as higher numbers of "blues" or other small shad in lake huron. In the past two years we're getting less and less of the kings who have a larger head than body. The salmon are adjusting and its going to take time. There are lots of fish to be caught if you want to put the time and money into it, but honestly with the lake trout fishery and walleye fishery, who wants to do that?

I totally agree with you. Lake Huron is lucky enough to have 2 or the top 10 walleye fisheries in the nation with with Saginaw Bay and Thunder Bay. The Lake Trout fishery is absolutely amazing. It's a great starter fishery for younger kids, in my opinion. Yes there is no doubt i do miss the days of screamers but, again only my opinion, its a lot easier to get the younger kids to catch a fish they can reel in all by themselves, and to keep them excited about it, rather than having a king dang near rip the rod out of their hands. I am still extremely excited about Lake Huron fishing, maybe because i live on lake huron. But hey, theres plenty of fish and lots of fun. Its just different than it used to be. Not any average joe can just go out and catch fish anymore, and maybe thats unattractive to some people, but to me i find it very appealing.

If you dont mind me asking, how much money went into the making of the new arch? Btw, it looks great

I went out and bought an 85 2700 open with updated power. I need to do some electrical work, but there are just some deals you cant pass on