7/19/2014, Saginaw Bay, Au Gres, Fishing Report

[Trophy Specialist]

I had some customers today from Fort Wayne, Indiana. It was their first time fishing on Saginaw Bay and it will be a day they remember for a long, long time to come. We had mostly clear skies this morning with a light east wind, but for the most part it was pretty calm. We ran out to the spot were we fished yesterday and set up in the same location as yesterday and trolled along the same line. We started catching walleyes right off the bat and it was non-stop action until we limited out on good eating sized walleyes that ranged from 15 to 21 inches. We never did turn the boat all morning while we were fishing. I just set the autopilot in one direction and trolled for about four miles in one direction never running out of fish. They also caught a nice catfish too, but that was the only non-walleye taken this morning. We ran the same program as yesterday with spinner crawler rigs trolled near bottom at 1.8 -1.9 mph. The faster speeds keep the non-target fish off the lines, but the walleyes are now willing to chase down a faster meal. Like yesterday, when we reached our limits, I still had a couple lines left in the water, so I bumped the speed up to 3.5 mph to keep more fish from hitting, but a walleye still grabbed one of the lures even at that scorching speed. Silver/red and chartreuse/orange harnesses were both working wonders today. The next days to come will likely serve up similar, world class walleye fishing as the stable weather pattern usually keeps the bite going big time.

Capt. Mike Veine

[John P]

Thanks for the info. We'll be there Friday - save some for us!