7/22/18, Saginaw Bay, Au Gres, Fishing Report

[Trophy Specialist]

7/22/18, Saginaw Bay, Au Gres, Fishing Report

 

The weather forecast was totally blown by the weatherman who predicted light winds today.  We had to delay our departure a couple hours due to heavy rain coming through the area.  For the run to the fishing area, the winds were light, but right after we got there, the wind picked up a lot and we had 15 to 20 knot winds for the rest of the charter and the wind was ever changing all morning too starting out from the north, then changing to the NE, the east then southeast then back to the east.  The bite today was actually the slowest we have had in weeks due to the weather, but my long time, repeat clients from Kalamazoo, MI still caught limits of 24 walleyes without too much trouble.  We ran a mixed spread of Hot N' Tots on the outside boards and spinner/crawler rigs on the middle & inside boards and two flatlines.  We trolled at 1.8 to 2.1 mph going with the ever changing winds.  Lure color did not seem to mater.  Most of our walleyes today were 14 to 20 inches with a few larger and a some smaller throwbacks too.  They also caught a handful of channel catfish, one large yellow perch and a few sheepshead too.  It was kind of a rainy day today with on and off drizzle all day long, but the fishing was still pretty good despite the conditions.  You know the fishing is super good when a "slow day", with bad weather still results in about 8-10 walleyes caught per hour.

Capt. Mike Veine