6/28/2014, Saginaw Bay, Au Gres, Fishing Report

[Trophy Specialist]

We had the heaviest fishing pressure I've seen in years today out of Au Gres. I ended up running to a spot I hadn't fished a while in an attempt to avoid the "crowds.". Unfortunately even at this distant spot, there were still a bunch of other boats in that area too. We started a bit earlier than normal today to avoid the tournament crowd at the launch, however the tournament organizers changed the start time at the last minute so we still ended up waiting in line at the ramp which sucked. The first hour or so of fishing was a bit slow as I am firmly of the opinion that walleyes do not bite real good early in the morning on the Bay. Eventually though, the walleyes started hitting better and better as the morning wore on and my customers from Martinsville, Indiana pulled in an impressive, four man limit catch of walleyes with several fish in the 26 inches range, but they also caught a some smaller eating sized fish too for a good mix. The fish were still holding tight to bottom, so we ran an eight rod spread of all spinner/crawler rigs with bottom bouncers. That spread consisted of six lines run off to the sides of the boat using Church Tackle Walleye Boards. We also ran two flat lines right off the gunnels too and those rigs caught a quite a few fish too.

Capt. Mike Veine

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[Priority1]

GJ Mike as always. It was good talking with you at the ramp after your trip.