steeliebob

I checked everything out a few months ago be prepared to drop hundreds here there and everywhere. I strongly recommend getting a good business plan before you invest a dime. At age 18 I would join the coast guard and get my captains license through them. You will also get plenty of water time.You will also have a full time job at a location near water where you can start as a captain.

I know lots of tribal fishermen and I asked them first hand on how many salmon that they caught last fall. Most pulled their nets early because the salmon were not there. In years when the tribal members caught loads of salmon I had no problem catching all that I wanted. Sure some get caught in the nets but there has always been enough for everyone. The big problem is that guys want to fish for salmon when the sun is blazing on the lake or river and they don't bite then.

I carry two extras but it helps when you put one of them in the boat before you launch. The boat filled with water so fast that I had to jump in the lake and put the plug in. I had to pull it back out and spent 20 minutes waiting for the water to drain out of it.

I was on the ice for the last time on 04/11 and got skunked. What a nice day to be out on Lake Michigan fishing for steelhead though. The temperature was 45 degrees and the sun was beating down on me. I watched a total of 13 golden and bald eagles throughout the morning. A variety of ducks and geese were landing on the open water. Time to put the tip ups and ice rods away for the next several months and get ready for some soft water action. I am sure that the spring runs will be starting up by the weekend. There are some nice pressure cracks out there so it is better to be safe than to go for a helicopter ride.

I managed to get on the hard water for a couple of days of Steelhead fishing. I changed techniques and managed to ice 4 of them and missed some more but it was fun. There is still plenty of ice but I don't expect it to last too long. We saw lots of wildlife between catching fish too. A great fishing weekend.

Does not matter I checked it out a month ago and found out the same thing. You also have to be careful where you guide, federal forest land is more or less hands off unless you have a special permit. There are lots of illegal guides out there. If you accept money for boat gas you are an illegal guide. Lots of it does not make sense but for the guys that have a large investment in the guiding business they want to be protected to some extent.

Always fun to watch the kids catch them

If you want Lake Trout you will do good. You will find a few salmon throughout the summer. If I lived in that area I would try for pike and muskie until later in the summer. There are also some inland atlantic salmon to make things more interesting. Good Luck

Not before fishing......the boat would sink

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There should be some good steelhead fishing right now. Spawn, Yarn, Wobbleglos, Mepps #4 Spinners and rapalas have all worked for me. It has its good and bad days but if you work at it you can get them. Later in the spring the walleyes will be in there too. About the same time the walleyes are in there a few pike, muskie and some sturgeon show up. About late May it is a great spot for walleye, cats, smallies, and drum.

After this winter it would be good to be walleye wacking on a boat. Thanks for the offer Frank I think that I will finally take you up on it. I have been out steelhead fishing on the ice this winter twice, It has been way too cold up here. Wind chills at -40 keep me inside. I have been tearing up the pike though in December and January nothing really big I think 9 lbs was the largest but all and all pretty tastey. I did catch one steelhead out of the two trips about 3 lbs a short fat one.

It should be good fishing from Tawas north. If you get up to Mackinaw City or St Ignace let me know and I can give you a report or go with you and show you the water. It is always an experience to fish by Mackinac Island or the bridge.

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We have 24 to 32 inches of ice in the UP way too cold to ice fish right now. The wind chill is way below zero. Thinking that the ice will still be around in May.

Thanks for sharing a great story goes with it too.

I have had more than my share of them this winter in similar weather, I feel your pain. It has been below 10 degrees every time that I have been out this winter. I wonder what March and April will bring.

I keep saying that I am going to go fishing with you Farnk and never seem to make it. In April my daughter is going to have a baby (boy). If I make a day trip and start on the road about 4 am I can make it down there by 7. I thank you for the offer and man I want to fish those waters again. I will have to figure something out.

That is where it is at.

Just 3 steelhead for the year all on tip ups. The fishing has been so horrible I think that I am going to call it quits until either last ice or the hard water is gone. I caught a 10 pounder in the first few minutes of the first trip out and that had me all fired up. Since then I have caught two 7 pounders and have really had to work to get them.

I guess that I will be putting a hold on my trip to South Haven. I would hate to come home with anything less than a cooler full of salmon.