6/11/15, Saginaw Bay, Au Gres, Fishing ReportMy clients from Troy, MI and Plai...

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6/11/15, Saginaw Bay, Au Gres, Fishing Report

My clients from Troy, MI and Plainwell, MI enjoyed a beautiful day of the Bay today taking a limit catch of nice walleyes. One of my clients also shared the same high school alma mater with me as we both graduated from Manistee High. Even though we were more than a few years apart, we still had some of the same teachers. It was funny that my favorite teacher, Mr. Strouf, was his most hated teacher. Despite that, we still got along great and it was fun talking about our old home town. We had a blow-day yesterday with the small craft warnings and nasty, high winds ruining more than a few planned fishing trips I'm sure. Today, we headed out with the destination of the same area we finished up on Tuesday. We marked a lot of fish over a five mile stretch leading there though, but there were lots of boats along the way too. We set lines when we cleared all the boats and started to get some hits right away. After about an hour of good action, the bite slowed up a lot after the wind died down to dead calm conditions. After that it was a slow pick until my clients had boxed their legal maximum for the day. Our keepers were all 16" to 23" walleyes with one 10 pound catfish and one small sheephead also caught. Color was not much of a factor, but putting the spinner/crawler rigs on the bottom with a fairly slow trolling speed was certainly necessary to get consistent action. When we had the West wind chop early, speeds of 1.4 worked well, but when the wind died, I had to slow it down to 1.3 mph to get them to bite. With millions of dead Mayflies all over the surface, it was obvious that a major hatch had taken place last night, so that was certainly a factor in the very light bite we experienced. Despite having sharpened my hooks before the trip, we still lost more fish than we caught. The fish were certainly well fed as they puked up a lot of Mayflies, minnow and shiners in my live well. I've had several clients this year from my old stomping grounds and it is always a treat to take out hometown folks for some awesome fishing on Saginaw Bay.

Capt. Mike Veine

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Posted By Capt. Mike Veine of Trophy Specialist Charters