5/6/15, Saginaw Bay, Au Gres, Fishing ReportToday I decided to fish an entirel...

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5/6/15, Saginaw Bay, Au Gres, Fishing Report

Today I decided to fish an entirely new area in search of a concentrations of walleyes, which I knew were out there in mass. The Bay right now has more walleyes swimming in it than at any other time in recent history. In fact, the DNR has gone on record saying that there are "too many walleyes in Saginaw Bay". I hadn't fished this new area in a few years, but I did have a lot of GPS waypoints for that portion of the Bay from past years and we spot checked a couple locations using sonar and didn't see many fish in those locations. Then we ran to another spot and did mark some fish, but they weren't biting there. We then ran a few miles to yet another spot and started hooking up right away. From then on it was non-stop action with fish on constantly for the next hour. My four man crew of mostly active and retired U.S. Postal Service workers pulled their four man limit in just a little over one hour at that hot spot. We were fishing in water 15 to 18 feet deep pulling spinner/crawler rigs behind bottom bouncers with a 35' setback off the Church Tackle Walleye boards. Color did not mater as they hit everything I had in the water from bright, florescent colors to natural patterns. Speeds of 1.6 to 1.7 mph were best. We also ran a couple flat lines with the same rigs, but didn't get any hits on those all morning, so the fish in that clear water were obviously negatively reacting to the close presence of the boat and not taking lures close to the vessel. The walleyes were caught were all keepers ranging up to about 23". This was certainly some world class walleye fishing today and we did not have any other boats within a mile of us today while we were fishing.

Capt. Mike Veine

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Posted By Capt. Mike Veine of Trophy Specialist Charters

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