6/9/16, Saginaw Bay, Au Gres, Fishing Report

[Trophy Specialist]

After a very windy period that kept me off the water for the past three days, we finally got back on the Bay today and were met by light winds, sunny skies, but very cold conditions at 39 degrees this morning.  We headed to the spot where I had been catching a lot of fish before the big blow, but the water temperature their had cooled down by almost 10 degrees and the fish apparently left that area as we didn't get a single strike in an hour of fishing there.  We then ran over my plan B spot and sonared the area.  I really didn't expect to find many fish there, and was really planning on fishing at my plan C spot a few miles from there, but I did mark a lot of fish on the bottom at as we cruised over Plan B, so I changed over to heavy bottom bouncers and set lines for a test run.  It didn't take long before we started to get some action and that bite was pretty good there, especially considering the post cold front conditions.  We had consistent walleye bites all morning and eventually limited out taking 24 nice walleyes mostly in the 15 to 20 inch range.  We also did throw back some smaller walleyes and caught a catfish and a few sheephead for good measure.  We also lost a couple northern pike today too.  All our fish came right off the bottom and that is the only zone that I marked fish in as well.  There is a major Mayfly hatch going on now on portions of the Bay, so until that is over, it will be a pure crawler bite for best results.  Color of harness did not mater today as all rigs were hit about equally.  A trolling speed of about 1.5 mph was best.  The water temperature was about 65 degree this morning in the area where we found fish, which was about three degrees warmer than where we started out.  Right now, higher water temperature areas are going to have more walleyes than colder spots. 

Capt. Mike Veine

Edited June 9, 2016 by Trophy Specialist
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