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18 08 - Field Reporter Terry
T's Report
- Palmer
Road near Standish A great day on the bay - had 21 big perch in three hours- lot of small fish but the big ones make up for it, there are quite a few pike in the area. We were running four wheelers along the bay shore, out to about half mile. Lots of fisherman in every direction. |
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| Oct 30 08 - Perch
fishing was limited to shore fishing in the marinas and river mouths becasue
of the wind this past week. Check, Linwood Marina, the cut at Finn Road,
the mouth of the Quanicassee River, the lower Sebewaing River and the
public marina, and the harbor at Caseville. |
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| Oct 23 08 - Fair
to good perch action near Buoys 4, 5, and 22. Good catches of 8 to 12
inch perch off Quanicassee when fishing anywhere from the last buoys at
the end of the navigation channel to about 8 feet of water two miles out.
North of Caseville, perch fishing was good off Oak Point in the 50 foot
hole. Sebewaing River - Small perch, some crappies and sunfish are being taken in the river and marina. |
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| Oct 19 08 - Perch
fishing north of the Spark Plug has produced 20 to 30 fish per boat while
those fishing east did much better with 50 to 70 fish per boat. Slow catch
rates off Quanicassee. Boats were heading out about 2.5 miles but the
schools of fish have moved. Sebewaing has good catches of bluegill, crappie
and sunfish. A few small perch were caught off the breakwall at Caseville.
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| Oct 9 08 - Some
Walleyes have been caught off Linwood and the Pinconning
Bar in about 20 feet of water. Walleyes are also reported near Buoys 1,
2, and 27. Good perch fishing at Buoys 1 and 2, the first Spark Plug,
and around the Black Hole. Off Sebewaing, perch were caught north of the
channel near Lone Tree Island in 10 feet of water. At Caseville, perch
were caught in 40 to 50 feet of water between Oak Point and Sleeper State
Park |
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| Oct 5 08 - Field Reporter Terry T's Report - At Bay City the Perch fishing is day to day, earlier this week we hit them really good at buoy #1. Today only four fish and we fished from #1 buoy all the way back to the mouth of the Saginaw River. | |
| Oct 2 08 -
At Bay City and Quanicassee perch are being taken place to try are in
7-11 feet of water, east of the Spark Plug in 16-17 feet of water and
around buoys 18 and 19. Anglers are using perch minnows with good results. |
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| Sept 25 08 -
Perch were caught from a variety of locations including the Spark Plug,
the Callahan Reef, and 2.5 miles north of the Quanicassee River. Perch
were also caught in 50 feet of water off Oak Point which is up near Caseville.
Walleye fishing is quite slow, as it always is this time of year. A few
channel cats were taken at the Hot Pond. |
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| Sept 18 08 -
Perch have been caught around the Spark Plug and near Buoys 15, 16 and
18. Some nice perch were taken from the weed beds on the edge of the Callahan
Reef in 8 feet of water and about two or three miles northwest off the
mouth of the Quanicassee River. A few walleyes were caught on a crawler
harness in the Slot however anglers were doing more fishing than catching.
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| Sept 11 08 -
Walleye action slowed with the onset of cooler weather, heavy rain and
strong winds but fish were still being caught in the vicinity of the Spark
Plug and one or two miles east of the Plug in 19 feet of water. Some found
fish near the Callahan Reef and in 15 feet of water over the Bar which
is west of Sebewaing. Perch fishing is spotty with a few caught near the
G Buoy, one or two miles east of the Spark Plug and about two and half
miles north/northwest of Quanicassee. At Bay City - Perch are active around Callahan Reef the Black Hole and Buoys 18 and 19. Walleye action remains great north of Buoys 1 and 2 in deeper water and also in 6-7 feet of water around Callahan Reef. At Bay Port - Crawler harnesses and Hot-N-Tots seem to be working on fair catches of walleye. The fish are in deeper water and are scattered. The Bay Port public access launch is closed and will be open by duck hunting season. |
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| Aug 28 08 - Perch
are being caught in small to moderate numbers a mile east and a mile
north of the Spark Plug, near Buoy #18 along the shipping channel, just
south of the Black Hole, and 2 miles north off the mouth of the Quanicassee
River. The action is not fast and furious but the fish being caught
are running 8 to 11 inches. Walleye action continues fair at most locations,
with angler effort concentrated around the Spark Plug, off Spoils Island,
and in the Slot northeast of Quanicassee up to the outside of the islands
off Bay Port. Bass are still hitting in Wildfowl Bay. |
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| Aug 22 08 - Field
Reporter Terry T's Report - Fished yesterday out of Sunset - Took limit but it took four hours-14 ft of water-still a few around-you can tell it is winding down-many of the boats west of the channel had 1 or 2 fish - Caseville has much cooler water and the bite has slowed - still some being taken but slow - No report of any perch action up there-some reports of boats on bouy # 1 chasing perch |
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| Aug 14 08 -
Walleye fishing has slowed considerably for the time being. Strong winds
have stirred up the bay and floating weeds and algae were causing some
problems with lines. Experienced anglers are reporting large quantities
of forage fish showing up on their fish finders, and this may help account
for the bite slowing down. At Linwood - The walleye fishing remains strong and steady. The fish have moved to deeper waters, and all types of baits are working well. Perch are active in the shipping channels in 19-21 feet of water south of the Black Hole At Bay City - The walleye action has slowed a bit and fish are moving to deeper waters. Perch are just starting and the hot spot is near the Spark Plug. |
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| Aug 7 08 -
At Linwood - Walleye fishing is good in the deeper waters on Saginaw River and Bay. Crawlers and Hot-N-Tots are working well. In the channel and around the Black Hole, the perch action is good when using minnows. At Bay City - Good fishing activity is four miles out from Quanicassee and around Thomas Reef using crawlers and Hot-N-Tots. Perch action is good on around buoy 18 and 19 when using minnows. At Bay Port - Walleye activity has slowed a bit but persistent anglers using crawlers, minnows and Hot-N-Tots will reel in a few especially near the “gap”. |
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| Aug 7 08 - Field Reporter Paul Smith's Report Fished the Bay on 8/6/08 the bite for us has slowed down the past few trips. It appears the majority of the fish are now in deeper water 22' - 28' fow. Our average has fallen from about 5 fish per hr to about 2. The high pressure system that came through on the 5th may have slowed 'em down as most fish we marked were near bottom. We started shallow in 14 fow in the Slot and only boated 1 fish in a little over an hour, the water was dirty there and churned up from the wind. We picked up and headed to near the end of the shipping channel, the water was clearer here and we began to pick up a few fish, but after 7.5 hrs of fishing we still ended up 5 short of our 4 man limit. our most productive lures were a homemade spinner harness with a Halloween colored (orange/brown) blade and a 1/2 oz Hot n Tot, Gold with Black Back, these two accounted for 1/2 our fish. Effective depths were within 5' of bottom at 1.5 - 2mph. |
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| Jul 31 2008 -
At Linwood - The perch action is improving with the best fishing being found along the edge of the shipping channel in water 20-23 feet deep. The walleye fishing remains steady in water approximately 20 feet deep. At Bay City - Walleye fishing is very good on, early mornings are the best time to be out, with crawlers being the preferred bait. At Bay Port - Walleye fishing is very good a few miles west of North Island using Hot-N-Tots or crawlers. |
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| Jul 26 08 - Field
Reporter Paul Smith's Report - Fished
with my Buddy Blue and his son out of Quanicassee the 26th and 27th.
The 26th was a good day on the water, a little bumpy toward the end of the trip caused by 10 - 15 mph South winds but all in all a pleasant day. We trolled Blue's homemade crawler harnesses, color didn't seem to make much difference, silver, gold, pink, and purple spinners all did well. We pulled 'em 35' to 45' back with 1 oz inline weights. The bite slowed a little as the wind began to build but we managed our 3 man limit in 4 hr. What a difference a day makes, we fished the same area in the "Slot"
on the 27th, with the same program as the previous day but with stiffer
winds 10 - 20 mph outta the South West we spent most of the day fighting
2 - 3 footers making boat, speed, and depth control difficult. We stuck
it out for near 8 hrs. But failed to limit for the second time this
year. We worked hard to boat 11 walleye but turbid waters and floating
weeds caused by the wind dampened our efforts. But still any day on
the water beats a day at work. |
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| Jul-24-08 - The
Bay continues to have phenomenal walleye fishing from Au Gres around to
Port Austin. At Linwood - Perch are active in 20-23 feet of water near the edge of the shipping channel and walleye can be found in 20-22 using plastic baits At Bay City - Limits of walleye in 4-26 feet of water near Oakhurst and Charity Island. Anglers will only need 45-60 minutes to catch their limits.. Best results have been using crawler harnesses, Hot N Tots, and mini disks with a spoon. Some nice perch were caught in 20 to 23 feet of water north of the Spark Plug which is near Buoys 11 & 12. At Caseville - Good walleye catches were reported up by Oak Point. |
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| Jul-23-08 - Field Reporter Terry T's Report - The good walleye bite is still on - off Oak Point near Caseville, limits are being taken daily. We fished the lower bay again today off North Island and took 10 fish in 1 hour and 20 min using pink and green crawler harnesses with #2 bottom bouncers in 20 to 22 feet of water - lots of fish and not alot of fisherman. | |
| Jul 16 08 - Field
Reporter Paul Smith's Report - Mark,
I, and 2 other friends hit the Bay out of Quanicassee on Wed. the 16th.
The weather was hot and humid with very little breeze and waves under
a foot. There was a lot of floating weeds from storms that went through
the previous night (these caused us to have to clean lines continuously).
We fished the "Slot" in 14 to 16 fow. We started setting lines
about 8:30 am and were pulling lines with our 4-man limit at about 11:30
am. The fishing on the Bay has been outstanding this year. We didn't believe
it could get better than the 2007 season but it has. Reports have the
entire inner Bay producing limit catches. We trolled "meat" behind boards, 40' to 50' back with inline 1 1/2 oz weights at speeds between 1.5 and 2 mph. Color didn't seem to be a big factor as we pulled a rainbow of colors that morning. We pulled both spinners and spoon harnesses. It was our first experience with the spoon harnesses and they performed well. We used both the Eyeliminator (spoon/spinner combos) and Captain Dan's (Walleye Express) custom spoon harnesses made with Stinger Scorpion spoons. The spoon harnesses will tolerate higher speeds than the spinners. However, the fish liked slower speeds most of the morning, at times fairly tight turns which would almost stall the inside boards would produce best. The fish ranged from 15.25" through 19," great eating size
and that's what we wanted. |
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| Jul-15-08 - Field
Reporter Terry T's Report -
The walleyes are still hot- Monday was still rough but limits were taken
- at Caseville you have to search for them, the water tempature is still
a problem. We plan on going out of the Saginaw River tomorrow. At Port Austin - Very hot for walleyes here, with many big fish and limits being caught - the charter boats are all out fishing those large eyes. |
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| Jul 10 2008 -
Walleye fishing in the bay has been incredible with lots of limit catches
being taken. Crawler harnesses and Hot-n-Tots
were taking most of the fish, but some anglers were also using small
spoons. The walleye are averaging between 17-22 inches. |
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| Jul 5 08 - Field
Reporter Paul Smith's Report - Mark
had is nephew Bob from Columbus, Ohio up for the holiday and wanted to
show him the Saginaw Bay fishery. So we hit the Bay the day after the
Fourth and what a day it was. We set lines at about 8:30 am in 14 fow
in "The Slot" out of Quanicassee and had filled our three-man
limit a little after 10:30 am. We ran all "meat" behind boards,
spinners, 40' - 45' back behind 1 1/4 oz. in-line weights, the average
speed was about 1.8 mph. Color didn't seem to make much of a difference
but we did have 1/2 of our lines rigged with spinners having some purple
in the color scheme. The walleyes were the usual chunky Bay fish and ranged
from 15 1/4" to a little over 23". We only had 4 throw backs.
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| Jul 3 2008 -
Pick any port around the bay for excellent
walleye fishing! Fish the vicinity of the Black Hole, the Spark Plug,
Callahan Reef, off Jones Road, and the Slot from about 4 miles north of
Quanicassee all the way up to the tip of Sand Point. They're also taking
fish off the Bar on the west side of the Slot. Fish a variety of depths
but in some area anglers need to fish in a minimum depth of 10 feet. From
Bay Port and At Bay Port - fish the Slot outside Heisterman and North Islands northeast to the tip of Sand Point. |
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| Jun-26-08 -
Walleye action is good just about everywhere using crawler harnesses.
At Linwood - head toward the middle of the Bay. At Bay City - Walleye is good around the Spark Plug. At Quanicassee - Catch rates slowed in the Slot, but fish are still being caught. |
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| Jun-21-08 - Field
Reporter Paul Smith's Report - Another
day on the Bay, it took us about 4 hrs (9:30 am - 1:30 pm) to get our
3-man limit 2 - 4 miles east of Linwood Beach Marina, 18 - 20 fow. Lots
of small fish today some as small as 8" -12". Trolled
Hot & Tots and Spoons. The Stinger
Scorpion Spoons were the ticket, hot colors were Kervorkian, Blueberry
Muffin, and Rosemary's Baby, pulled 45' - 50' back off boards, behind
#30 Jet Divers. Jun-20-08 - Field Reporter Terry T's Report - Fog was a problem early morning-slow bite for a lot of boats-had our 10 fish by 10:30- heavy boat traffic out of the mouth of the river |
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| Jun 19 2008 -
Walleye fishing has been excellent
all over the bay. Lots of fish were taken near Buoys 1 & 2, around
the Spark Plug, off the Bay City State Park, the Callahan Reef, Quanicassee,
and in the slot from Fish Point to Sand Point. At Linwood - Walleyes are being taken in waters 5-18 feet deep and getting decent results with when using a variety of colored spoons or various body baits At Bay City - Walleyes are being taken on crawler harnesses and Hot-N-Tots, as well as trolling with mini disks and a trailing spoon. At Bay Port - Fishing has been been idled due to extreme windy conditions. When anglers can get out on the waters the fishing is very good for walleye and catfish. |
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| Jun-18-08 - Field Reporter Terry T's Report - The bite has been hot untill the weather has kept us off the bay. The North Island slot area has been great took 2 fish over 24 inches, fishing with two lines- off Thomas Rd Sunday morning 5 fish by 11am -1&2 bouy has been real good-trying different things-mini disk with small spoons has been fun - Next week Caseville all week weather permitting. | |
| Jun-15-08 - Field
Reporter Paul Smith's Report - My
buddy Chris and his son Lucas celebrated Father's Day fishin' on Saginaw
Bay with me. They were forecasting 1 - 3' waves with 5 -15 mph winds out
of the SW so I decided to launch at Linwood Beach Marina and fish the
lee side of the Bay. We set lines at about 8:30 am and headed in with
our 3-man limit around 11:30 am. We ran spoons and Hot-n-Tots
about 35 - 45' back off tethered boards. The spoons were pulled behind
#30 Jet
Divers. We started picking up fish right away on 1/4oz Hot-n-Tots,
Gold/Black and Purple/Chartreuse. But throughout the day the spoons outfished
the Tot's at least 2 to 1. Hot color for the spoons, Stinger
Scorpion was Kervorkian Gold. We had probably about another limit
(15) of throwbacks (undersize), which was good to see as we haven't been
catching many small ones so far this year. We fished the 18 - 21 fow,
2 - 4 mi east of LBM, trolling speed was around 2 knots. This was the
first time using the Jet
Divers instead of the mini-discs, most times the divers surfaced even
with only small fish and you got to fight the fish more rather than the
diving apparatus, which was a plus in my book. |
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| Jun 11 2008 -
Excellent walleye fishing out near the Spark Plug and the Callahan Reef.
Most are using harnesses, but some are starting to use Hot-n-Tots.
Anything with silver is working. At Linwood - Good success with walleye in waters up to 17 feet. Bottom bouncers are working well also crawler harnesses. At Bay City - Walleyes are hitting on just about every thing this week. Running spoons on mini divers as well as crawler harnesses. At Bay Port - Walleye action is good near the North Island on crawlers and Hot-N-Tots. At Quanicassee - Excellent walleye fishing was reported in the Slot up to Bay Port in 12 to 15 feet of water. |
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| Jun 05 2008 -
Walleye fishing remains excellent in
many locations. Crawler harnesses trolled off planer boards seem to be
the rig of choice at all of these locations. At Linwood - Fish in 14 to 19 feet of water northeast of the Spark Plug Try using a crawler harness or bottom bouncer. At Bay City - Fish near the Callahan Reef using crawlers. The carp are moving in close to shore, providing bow anglers with a few opportunities. At Bay Port - Walleye fishing is good near Sand Point and North Island. At Quanicassee - Fish the slot north to Fish Point |
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| Jun-01-08 - Field Reporter Paul Smith's Report - It was a beautiful day on Saginaw Bay, warm, sunny, and calm. We began setting lines near the "Plug" about 11:30 am and had our 3-man limit by 4:30 pm. The fish ran a bit bigger this trip, than last with many in the 3 - 4 lb range and topped off by one over 5 lbs. We did however toss our first and only undersize fish of the year back. The Tots seemed to do better for us than other presentations although we caught a few on spoons. Color didn't seem to matter much, as we took fish on about everything we put down. Fish appeared to be hugging the bottom so we trolled our lures at about 17 - 18' in around 20 - 22 fow. | Click
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| May-29-08 -
At Linwood - Walleye action in the area is good, in 6-15 feet of water, using crawlers. At Bay City - Walleye action remains good near the “B” buoy and between Jones and Finn roads useing crawler harnesses, trolling extremely slow. At Quanicassee - Walleye action is at Callahan Reef, and north to the Slot. |
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| May-25-08 - Field
Reporter Paul Smith's Report - Buddy,
Mark took his boat out for the first time this year Greg, Matt, and I
went along for the ride. Started fishin' about 11 am, messed around in
shallow water about 4 mi out of Quanicasee for about an hour as a boat
came in while we were launching with a two-man limit from that morning
fishing 10 - 11 fow in that area. No luck there running meat and Tot's
so we picked up and went out east of the Spark Plug where we began catching
fish in 20 - 22' fow on 1/4 oz Tot's and spoons behind mini-discs run
50 to 60' behind boards. Gold /black back was the hot color with the Tot's
and a pink/chartreuse color (I don't know the name) and a Confusion colored
Scorpion were our hot spoons. Matt started the day landing a nice Pike
(37") on a spoon. The action was pretty steady for a few hours until
the front started moving in and the wind began picking up. We decided
to go in at about 4 pm with 15 walleye ranging from 15.5" to 23"
as they were forecasting storms later that evening. Surface water temps
were right around 56.5 degrees and it was warm and calm most of the day.
A great day to be on the water. |
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| May-22-08 -
Excellent walleye fishing can be found on the bay when the wind is not
blowing. At Linwood - Walleyes can be taken for here up to Pinconning in 8-14 feet of water. At Bay City - Walleyes are being taken off Calahan Reef in 7-9 feet of water and near the “B” buoy. Crawler harnesses are working well when trolling very slow and then drifting. At Quanicassee, Walleyes are being taken in 7 feet of water off Knight, Finn and Quanicassee Roads. Shore anglers are catching a lot of channel cats. At Bay Port - Walleye action is good at North Island and The Slot in 10 feet of water using Crawler harnesses trolled off planer boards. At Sebewaing - Crappie and bass have been caught in the marina. |
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| May-15-08 -
Walley Fishing is Picking Up. At Linwood - The walleye action is steady, trolling in water 8 to 17 feet deep. At Bay City - Walleye fishing is fair by the “B” buoy. The Hot Ponds are producing some excellent channel cat fishing. At Quanicassee - Fish are found straight out and between Jones and Finn roads, in 8 feet of water. At Bay Port - Walleye fishing is good using crawlers. |
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| May-15-08 - Field
Reporter Paul Smith's Report - First
trip to the Bay in 2008. My buddy Blue and his son fished Saturday the
10th and caught their two-man limit pullin' Deep Jr.Thundersticks and
Tots (silvers and golds). So we headed back up to give 'em a try on the 13th, we stuck with the same program, pullin' cranks in 8 - 10 fow east of the shipping channel, 30 - 35' back off in-line boards. Fishin' for us was slow to say the least, the wind shift from N - NE (on-shore on the 10th) to S - SE (off-shore on the13th) may have had something to do with it. We had to quit about noon due to prior commitments so we didn't really have time to do a lot of wide range searching. We ran into 4 guys at the launch that had limited out deeper (in 15 - 18 fow) dragging meat behind 1.75 oz weights and using large thumper bladed harnesses. We ended up with 2 walleyes 18" and 19" plump fish for our efforts. It was great to be back out fishing walleye on the Bay again even if
we didn't tear 'em up. |
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| May-10-08 - Field
Reporter Terry T's Report -
Walleyes bitting off North Island down through the slot - Sand Point has
been weedy and very hard to fish - the wind on 5/9/08 did help clear it
out. Planning on fishish hard this week weather permitting. |
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| May-09-08 -
At Linwood - Doing well for walleye, using bottom bouncers and crank baits. At Bay City - Good to excellent walleye, about two miles past Finn Road in shallow waters 4 feet deep, using crawler harnesses. At Quanicassee - Excellent walleye fishing straight out from the port in 8 feet of water using crawler harnesses. At Sebewaing - Pike and largemouth bass are being taken. |
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| May-01-08 -
At Linwood - Good walleye action was reported in 14 feet of water. At Bay City - A few walleye are being caught, but anglers are working really hard to get them. Due to cold and windy weather. At Sebewaing - Crappie and pike were caught from the docks in the marina. At Caseville - A few bass and some small perch are being taken from shore.. At Quanicassee - Walleye are being taken at the southern end of the bay off Jones and Finn Road in 5 to 7 feet of water, using crawler harnesses or stick baits. A few channel cats were taken from shore in the lower river. |
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| Apr-24-08 -
Perch and walleye fishing are started to pick up this past week. At Linwood - Good walleye fishing is in 6-15 feet of water on crawlers harnesses. Some are trolling with stick baits. At Bay City - Walleye action is getting better drifting with crawlers at the mouth of the Kawkawlin River. Perch are still hit or miss. At Bay Port - Perch are being taken from the cuts and crappie at Bayshore Marina. At Quanicassee River - Perch and catfish are being taken from shore in the lower river. Some walleye are being taken by the mouth using crawler harnesses. At Sebewaing - A few small perch were caught in the river and the marina. |
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| Apr-18-08
-Perch fishing is still slow off Pine River and
Palmer Roads. A few were caught in the Linwood Marina, but it sounds
like the fish are just not in yet. The Rifle River is producing suckers
with crawlers being the best bait. |
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| Apr-10-08
-Perch action is starting to pick up in some of
the cuts around the bay. Rains from last week has left the water in the
cuts high and muddy. At Linwood - Still some ice bing reported. Sucker fishing in the area is picking up. At Bay City - Pike are decent at the mouth of the Hot Pond. At Quanicassee - The river is producing some fair size perch around the iron bridges, with minnows working best. The larger fish range from 7 to 9 inches. Boaters moving up and down the river seem to be catching some of the bigger fish. At Sebewaing - Lots of small perch are being caught in the river. At Caseville - Perch are being taken in the harbor |
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| Apr-4-08 - At Caseville - A few perch are being taken in the harbor. | |
| Sep-27-2007
- Perch fishing has improved as water cools down.
Try the shipping channel from the mouth of the Saginaw River all
the way to out to buoys 11 & 12. Some fish 9 to 12 inchs have
been caught. |
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| Sep-20-2007 -
A few perch are being caught near the Spark Plug and around Buoys 15,
17, and 22. With the fish averaging 8 to 12 inches. |
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| Sep-14-2007 - At Linwood - Perch fishing is improving in about 20 foot of water. Walleye action is steady. Try near buoys one and two and the Black Hole. At Bay City - Perch fishing is improving using minnows try by the Spark Plug. At Bay Port - Perch fishing is fair At Caseville - Perch are being caught north of the breakwall in 25 feet of water. At Quanicassee - Nice perch reported 5 mile north. |
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| Sep-06-2007 -
Walleye fishing was better than last week and Perch fishing is getting
better. At Bay City - Perch were caught by the Spark Plug and near Buoys 11, 12,15,and 16. At Quanicassee - Perch and walley were reported by Callahan Reef. At Caseville - Perch are being reported in 50 feet of water off Oak Point. At Linwood - Perch fishing is good, with minnows working well, early morning is the best time to be out.Try by the Black Hole. At Bay Port - A few perch are being taken. At Sebewaing - Walley were being taken in the Slot, fishing 12 to 15 feet of water. |
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| Aug-30-2007 -
Fishing has been slow from all ports. A few walleye were taken west of
the Spark Plug near Buoys 11 & 12 and in 7 to 8 feet of water in the
Slot off the islands. Some nice perch were taken near the Spark Plug and
around Buoy 15. At Linwood - Walleye fishing is fair. The best spots are near buoys one and two and the “blackhole.” At Bay City - The perch fishing is picking up, with minnows being the preferred bait. At Bay Port - The perch fishing is good by Sand Point. |
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| Aug-23-2007 -
Walleye fishing is starting to slow down, . Perch action is just getting
started with some 8 to 11 inch fish caught out by Buoys 15 & 16 and
Buoys 11 & 12 near the Spark Plug. At Linwood - Steady walleye action is being reported. Try around the “black hole,” and 1 & 2 buoys. In 25 to 30 feet of water.The perch fishing is improving, in water about 20 feet deep. At Bay City - Walleye fishing is fair, poor weather earlier in the week kept boats from getting out. The perch fishing is spotty on the bay. At Sebewaing - a few fish are being taken in 9 to 15 feet of water off Fish Point. |
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| Aug-16-2007 -
Walleye fishing seems to be slowing down a bit. The best fishing continues
to be out near Buoys 1 & 2. |
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| Aug-11-2007 -Saginaw
Bay - Field Reporter Paul Smith's
Report - Fished
near Buoys 1 & 2, started at 10am and had our 3-man limit by 2pm,
the fish ran a little larger than usual today, around the 17" to
19" mark, with a few smaller ones and topped by a 5+ pounder. We
trolled spoons and cranks off boards, mini-diver spoon combos 60' to 70'
back and 1/2 oz Hot & Tot's 100' back. Hot colors for the spoons where
"Monkey Puke" and "Rosemary's Baby". The hot Tot color
was Gold/Red. Beautiful day on the Bay with light variable winds. |
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| Aug-09-2007 -Walleye
remains good around both the inner and outer Spark Plug Buoys, and Buoys
11 & 12. Harnesses worked best followed by chrome colored crankbaits
and spoons. At Pinconning - Walleye have also been caught along the weedbeds.. At Sebewaing - Walleyes can be found in 10 to 15 feet of water in the Slot off Fish Point and outside the Islands. At Linwood - Walleye fishing is good on up to Au Gres, also walleye have also been caught along the weedbeds. At Bay City - Walleye fishing is fair with the best fishing is found near the “sparkplug” in water about 30 feet deep. |
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| Aug-01-2007 -
The best locations for walleye has been the areas of Buoys 1 & 2 and
beyond the end of the shipping channel in 30 feet of water. Walleyes were
also taken in 10 feet of water by the Pinconning Bar
At Linwood - walleye fishing is good with the best
fishing being found in water 18 to 22 feet deep, north to Au Gres. |
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| Jul-31-2007 - Saginaw Bay
- Field Reporter Paul Smith's Report
- fished from 9 am til 1 pm catching a
4 man limit in around 4 hrs. with about a dozen throwbacks. We fished
near #1 Buoy trolling Stinger Scorpions / Mini-Divers 65' - 75' back off
boards at 2 - 2.5 mph, in 23 - 24 fow. Caught fish on all colors but Mai-Tai
and Clown were some of the hotter ones. Fish ranged from 15.5" to
22". It was a great day fishin' and a beautiful day to be on the
water. |
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| Jul-26-2007 -
Walley fishing remains good when trolling crawler harnesses, spoons, and
crankbaits. At Linwood - The walleye action is pretty good, the perch fishing ranges from slow to fair, with the best area being by the “blackhole,” in water 20 to 22 feet deep. At Bay City - The walleye fishing is good around Buoys 1 & 2. At Bay Port - Good numbers of catfish are being caught along the shoreline. The walleye fishing is fair. The best area is by the Charity Islands. |
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| Jul-19-2007 -
Most fishing activity is concentrated in the middle of the bay, around
Buoys 1 to 4 and around the inner Spark Plug in 18 to 23 feet of water.
At Pinconning - The area off the Bar has been good. At Quanicassee - Fishing is reported slow At Sebewaing, - Most are fishing by the Spark Plug. At Caseville - Fishing is slow, with a few walleye coming off Oak Point. At Linwood - Walleye action is steady with the perch fishing being reported as slow, but there are a few perch starting to show up near the “Blackhole.” At Bay City - Walleye fishing is good on crawler harnesses, small spoons and Hot-N-Tots.Good numbers of channel cats are being taken out of the Hot Pond. At Bay Port - Walleye fishing is spotty, strong winds in recent days has scattered the fish. The perch fishing is slow. |
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| Jul-14-2007 -
Hot weather has pushed the fish out to deeper water in the middle of the
bay, try around the Second Spark Plug out near Buoys 1 and 2. Crawler
harnesses along with blue and silver Hot-n-tots were both producing fish.
At Bay Port - bass are coming on a variety of lures near in 6 to 10 feet of water. At Caseville - walleyes are being taken trolling with crawler harnesses off Oak Point. At Bay City - Walleye action is much better on the Callahan Reef near Finn Road. Try fishing in 7-14 feet of water. At Bay Port - Windy conditions has slowed the activity in the area with only a few walleye are coming in from Sand Point. Perch action has stopped. |
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| Jul-5-2007 - Saginaw Bay
- Field Reporter Paul Smith's Report
- A buddy and I fished the Bay this morning
from 7:30 am til 11:30 am. Trolled mini-diver/scorpions behind boards
a few feet from the bottom. Took a 2-man limit with 3 fish over 20"
with he biggest at a little over 23.5". The fish averaged a little
better today than on previous trips with only a few throwbacks. The hot
color today was Blue Circus Freak. My Monkey Puke spoons one lost on a
break off and the other with just about all the paint and plating worn
off weren't as effective. |
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| Jul-5-2007 - Windy
cooler weather has slowed the walleye fishing, but limits of fish are
still being taken near the Spark Plug, the Callahan Reef, the Coryeon
Reef, in the Slot, and off Sand Point. The most consistent area has been
out in the middle of the bay in 20+ feet of water. |
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| Jun-30-2007 - Saginaw Bay - Field Reporter Paul Smith's Report - Two friends and I hit the Saginaw Bay for the first time since the 16th, the weatherman's nearly calm forecast was 3 footer's for a while, but I've learned to expect that on the Bay anytime the wind is from a Northerly direction. Started trolling cranks and spoons in the area of the "Spark Plug." Since the spoons were the only baits producing we switched to all Scorpions trolled behind Mini-Divers 50 - 60' off boards after the first hour. The hot color was "Monkey Puke," spoons with Blue, and Blue/Purple combo's also produced well. A lot of throwbacks today almost twice as many undersize as keepers. Took us almost 5 hr. to sort through all the dinks for our 3-man-limit. Fish are ranging 15.5 - 22" on an average. Still a lot of fun a some good eating. | Click
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| Jun-28-2007 -
Walleye fishing continues to be excellent with limit catches being taken
by those willing to stay out and fish for several hours. Favorite lures
have been harnesses with purple and gold spinner blades along with fire-tiger
or rainbow Hot-n-Tots . At Pinconning - Some 10 to 12 inch perch were taken off the Pinconning Bar along with a walleyes.. , At Sebewaing - the walleye are straight west of the channel or north of the islands in 9 to 12 feet of water. At Bay Port - walleye are mainly in the Slot outside the islands in 11 to 14 feet of water or right off Sand Point in 22 feet of water. At Caseville - walleye action is picking up off Oak Point in 30 feet of water. At Linwood - the walleye fishing is very good in water up to 20 feet deep, near Buoys 1 & 2. At Bay City - the walleye fishing is good when fishing near the Spark Plug, off Callahan Reef and Knight Road. |
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| Jun-21-2007 -
At Pinconning - Excellent walleye action is being reported
off the Bar in 5 feet of water. At Quanicassee - Fish in 9 to 11 feet of water near the Callahan Reef for walleye. At Sebewaing - Good walleye action is in 12 feet of water in the Slot. At Bay Port -Reports of good walleye action west of Heisterman Island in 14 feet of water or straight out from the water tower on Sand Point. At Linwood - Walleye fishing ranges from good to very good At Bay City - Walleye fishing is excellent in 20 feet of water in the shipping channel near Buoys 1 and 2 using small spoons, Hot-N-tots and crawler harnesses. Also a few are being picked up in 7 feet of water off Jones Road. |
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| Jun-18-2007
- Saginaw Bay - Field Reporter
Paul Smith's Report - Friday the 15th. started about 8:30 am and limited by about 2:30 pm. Trolled 1/4 oz Tots off in-line boards (forgot my big boards, just brought the mast, I blame that on "Old Timers" disease). Hot color was silver / blue herring bone from 70' - 80' back about 2 mph. On Saturday the 16th ( remembered the boards today), wind came up in the morning giving us 2' -3'+ waves, making boat control a problem until it laid down just before noon. Fishing was real slow for us only had 5 keeper fish in the box by 2 pm, then one of our buddies called and said they had just picked up a few on spoons, so we dropped in a couple of Stinger Scorpions behind mini-discs 60' - 70' back and they started out doing the Tots by about 6 to 1. We dropped in two more lines with Scorpions and landed many walleye in the next few hours including 9 keepers, were running 2 - 2.5 mph. We ended the day with one shy of a 3 man limit at 5 pm, as it was smokin' hot out there and we ran out of liquid refreshments and even drank up all the water we had aboard. All our fishin' was within a 2 mile radius of the first "Spark
Plug" and the keepers were about 16" to 22" averaging
around 18", great eatin' size. |
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| Jun-15-2007 -
Walleye fishing remains rated as Excellent with lots of limits. Using
crankbaits and crawler harnesses, color does not seem to matter. At Linwood. Those trolling are catching fish just about everywhere try around G and H buoys. At Quanicassee - 13 to 16 feet of water off the Callahan Reef. At Sebewaing - Fish about 16 feet of water in the Slot with crawler harnesses. At Bay City - Walleye fishing is very good in water about 20 feet deep 2 to 3 miles east of the Spark Plug. At Bay Port - walleye fishing is very good on near Sand Point. |
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| Jun-08-2007 -
At Quanicassee - Walleye fishing
continues to be red hot off Finn Road. |
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| May-31-2007
- At
Bay City - the walleye fishing is very good near the “H”
buoy. |
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| May-30-2007
- At Linwood - Field Reporter
Paul Smith's Report - Fished about 3 - 3.5 miles east of Hoyles,
dropped lines about 8 am and were headed in with our two-man limit at
about Noon. trolled 1/4 oz. 'Tots about 80' back off boards. Silver or
Gold were the hot colors. From the sounds of the chatter on the radio
the guys dragging meat were doing a little better this morning. Fish averaged
17" - 18" with the largest around 20".. |
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| May-28-2007 - At Linwood - Field Reporter Paul Smith's Report - The nice weather and moderate winds lured us to Saginaw Bay even though it was a holiday. Despite having to wait in line at the launch, the trip was over all a success. We dropped lines at 8:30 am and 3 hours later we had our two-man limit. Fished near the sailboat buoys, in 18 fow, trolling 1/4 oz 'tots about 80' back off boards at about 1.5 - 1.8 mph. Anything with silver seemed to catch fish. | Click image for larger view
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| May-24-2007
- At Linwood - the walleye fishing is steady
with the best action being found 14 to 17 feet deep, near buoys A and
H. |
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| May-23-2007 -At Quanicassee, Dan Ray from Caro Mi, reports the fishing on the Bay has never been better. During the last week except for Sunday, to windy, Dan says they have been taking limits of 17 to 21 inch walleye no matter how many he has on his boat, Dan has been running night crawlers. Today Dan says he also had taken a 14 pound nothern pike. | |
| May-17-2007
- At Linwood - Walleye
hot spots before the winds was H bouy in 8 to 17 feet of water. |
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| May-10-2007
- At Linwood - walleye fishing is reported
as being steady trolling with Rapalas and crawler harnesses in water eight
to 14 feet deep. At Bay City - the walleye fishing is good on Mornings being the best time. At Bay Port - perch are spotty near North Island and Mud Creek |
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| May-04-2007
-At Linwood - Fair to good walleye fishing
was reported, to the Saginaw River At Bay City - Walleye fishing was good at the Spoils Island, North of Farley Road and out by Buoy #1. Crawler harnesses, jigs baited with worms, and bodybaits were all taking fish. At Quanicassee, limits of walleye were taken in 7 feet of water at the mouth of the Quanicassee River. At Caseville - a few perch were taken at the mouth of the river. |
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| Apr-26-2007
- At Bay Port - perch is good when
using minnows near Bay Shore Marina. |
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| Apr-19-07 - Perch fishing remains slow to fair between Linwood and Bay City. | |
| Apr-4-07
- At
Omer Field Reporter Paul Smith
and a friend went up and fished the Rifle River on Monday the 2nd and
in 4 hrs caught all the suckers they wanted for the smoker. |
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| Aug-31-06
- At
Bay City - fair perch fishing is being reported near Buoys
18 and 22. Also a few walleye were being taken fishing with crawler
harnesses either trolling or still-fishing near the second Spark Plug.
At Sebewaing fishing is reported slow due to the weather, but a few perch were being taken in 12 feet of water near Lone Tree Island. At Linwood fair perch fishing is being reported. At Caseville, Fish at Oak Point for perch. |
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| Aug-24-06
- At
Bay City fair to good walleye fishing being reported north of
the Callahan Reef and around the Spark Plug using crawler harnesses. Perch
fishing has been reported good to very good at Buoys 1, 2, 15 and 16,
also try near Buoy H. At Linwood fair to good perch fishing near the black hole and pencil buoys in water 18 to 22 feet. By Caseville, the perch fishing ranges from fair to good near Sleeper State Park. Also near Oak Point and Sand Point a few walleyes are being reported. |
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| Aug-17-06
- At
Linwood fair to good perch fishing around the Black Hole and
Spark Plug. |
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| Aug-10-06
- At
Linwood the perch fishing ranges from fair to good.
Try near the “blackhole” and the pencil buoys in water 18
to 22 feet deep. Walleye are reported fair. |
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| Aug-04-06
- At
Linwood, perch fishing is fair fishing near the black hole
in about 20 feet of water. Walleye action is steady. |
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| July-28-06 - Great report from Paul - finally got out fishin' here's what some info in case ya decide to go Wally fishin'. Fish were 15.25" to 22" and we threw back at least a dozen short ones.Bite was slow but we managed a nice 3 man limit of eaters taken near the "Spark Plug" on 1/4 and 1/2 oz Hot'n Tots and 3/8 Rattle Tots. 80' to 120' back off boards, 1.6 - 1.8 mph. Hot colors were "Tutti Frutti", "Gold/Black Back", and "Gold/Red Back". | Click image for larger view
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