FishTack Posted May 30, 2006 Posted May 30, 2006 Fished Manistee Thur nite: hordes of bait and a quite a few hooks. Spent last 3 hours of daylight between the 9's and the 12's. 40'-160'. Not a rip. Fri morn: too foggy for me to run so we hit the pierheads 1 for 1. 12lber on a Jplug 50' back, 25' down on a slide diver just inside the south pier. Got back to the 11-12's about 10am...still lots of bait in 85-90' but very few hooks. Walked the piers Sat/Sun with the kids (while everyone else fished the calm water! ) and saw alot of alewives. Biggest was 4". Lots of small ones...
bluedevil Posted May 30, 2006 Posted May 30, 2006 Sounds just like my trip on 5/27. We also worked the 9 and 10's area between 60 to 90 fow and marked a crap load of bait and fish but we could not get them to bite.
GLF Posted May 31, 2006 Posted May 31, 2006 Sounds like the fish have a smorgashborg of baitfish and are not hungry. I have a feeling next time you will haul them in.
CaptLevi Posted May 31, 2006 Posted May 31, 2006 Well let's hope that the years observation of baitfish is here to stay. Get those salmon fat and sassy!
FishTack Posted May 31, 2006 Author Posted May 31, 2006 I didn't clean the fish we caught but a buddy that cleaned a couple said his fish were stuffed with all sorts of bait including smelt, small and large alewives, and shiners!
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