6/29/16, Saginaw, Bay, Au Gres, Fishing Report

[Trophy Specialist]

My clients had a beautiful day on the Bay today as they caught their limits of nice walleye, but he bite was anything but easy with the ever changing winds.  This was their second of three days fishing with me, and we started the day with a good bite taking about 15 walleyes in the first couple hours of fishing right out in front of Au Gres.    As the wind died though, the bite also diminished and with a lot of boat traffic in that area, we decided to pull lines and run south.  We ran until I started to mark a lot of bigger fish with fewer baitfish in the area.  Out in front of Au Gres, we have lots of walleyes, , but there are also tons of baitfish, so when the wind shifts (or any other change) the walleyes there ten to shut down.  Therefore, areas with fewer walleyes and less baitfish are better bets during time of changing winds, or especially calm conditions like we had today.  All our fish today were caught today on the bottom with heavy bottom bouncer and spinner/crawler rigs.  Like always, I'm using half crawlers with a hook spacing (two hooks) of about 2-3 inches and small spinners (#3).  Color does not mater when fishing the bottom in deeper (+25') water.  Speeds did mater today with less than 1.5 mph being good, but less than 1.3 resulting in more lost fish.  We caught bigger fish south today compared to the northern spot.  Down south our walleyes were mostly 19-20 inchers, with some bigger, and few smaller.  The bite was light today everywhere we went with about an equal number of fish lost vs. fish caught.  Good fish fighting techniques were important, but from what I have seen, most anglers lack in that category. If you have ever seen boards flopped around roughly, less than a 90 degree angle of the rod towards the fish, slack given to the fish, or an unsteady retrieve (pumping or jerking the rod), then those are some good examples of poor fish (walleye) handling.  We caught fish today in waters ranging from 27' to 47 feet.  We are predicted to have good fishing weather on the Bay for the next week, so this might very well be the best fishing of the early summer in this next period.   

Capt. Mike Veine

[cheap limits]

Mike great job on staying on fish everyday, i was 2 miles north of buoys 1 and 2 last night and my 3 year old daughter thought it was funny to start throwing my planner boards over the side i found all but one. It is an old fashioned original yellow, left side i believe. The wind kicked up good while we were looking for it out of the sse so it may be in some of the areas you fish today or over the weekend  if you happen to find please contact me on here or give me a call at 989 670 0104. I have been using the same boards since i was 12 years old and would like to have it back, thanks

[Trophy Specialist]

If you have your name and phone number on the boards you might get them back.  Otherwise, you hopes up.

[cheap limits]

ok thanks mike i do not have name and number on them i guess after 20 years of using the same board its time i finally break down and buy a new one, happy fishing

[EdB]

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Nice job on the fish Mike!   

If the wind was blowing toward land, maybe walk the beach for your boards? Hope you find them.    I've returned a couple sets with names/ph over the years, got one of mine back that way with my number on them and kept a few nice boards without names since I had no way to find the owner nor heard about a loss dockside. You'll have a great story to share with your grandkids some day about their parents.