5/15/15, Saginaw Bay, Au Gres, Fishing Report We experienced another poor job...

[Trophy Specialist]

5/15/15, Saginaw Bay, Au Gres, Fishing Report

We experienced another poor job of forecasting by the weatherman today. They had predicted 7-12 knot winds with scattered showers with just 1/8" to 1/4" in the forecast for today. Instead we fished through twice as much rain and winds over 20 knots prevailed all morning. I had to change my plans on where I had originally intended to fish with the big, southerly winds a reality. It took us a while to reach the fishing grounds and it was nice to have the top on the boat protecting us with a dry ride out. It didn't take but a few minutes after I began to set lines for the first walleye to hook-up. After that it was non-stop action until we limited out on walleyes up to 24". We fished in one long trolling pass without turning around once, so the fish were stacked in over a large area there. We even took a couple dandy yellow perch as a bonus too. The last time my client fished for walleyes they were skunked. Today though they got to experience the kind of fishing that even rain can't dampen. We caught all our fish on spinner/crawler rigs fished tight to the bottom trolling at speeds ranging from 1.2 to 1.6 mph with the surging waves. We lost a lot of fish too, which is typical in choppy conditions where the lures are lurching through the water. The fish don't latch onto the lures solidly all the time so some get off. The lost fish didn't mater though in the end as they were quickly replaced by fish that didn't let go. My client today, from the Grand Blanc area, will be fishing with me again at the end of May and they can't wait for that return trip as this awesome fishing will just get better as the weather stabilizes and water warms up and really gets the bite into high gear.

Capt. Mike Veine

Posted By Capt. Mike Veine of Trophy Specialist Charters