Michigan bass anglers

[detroit1]

Unfortunately - bass, pike, and walleye all fall into that "last sat. in april" routine. You can't say you were fishing for any of them before the 25th. You were just testing your new lure/reel/rod/practicing casting/whatever..... or you're trying to catch a new state record panfish on that dd22!

[A-Jay]

4 Days and Counting . . . . .

Oh Boy ~ I can hardly contain myself . . . . .

A-Jay

[zrt594]

Anyone have any plans for the opener this saturday?  Suppose to be a really nice day.  Me and my brother will probably head over to Kent Lake.  Any other suggestions for this early in the season?

[jamarkwe]

Oh Man I can't wait!!!! Saturday I will be on Cass or Pontiac and fish until about 2pm. Then go home watch and see who the Lion's draft and then I'm off to maybe Orchard Lake til dark..... 8-)

[A-Jay]

I haven't decided just where I'll start out on Saturday.

Of course The SNOW we got yesterday and The Snow we are getting Right Now probably isn't helping anything at all . . . . . :

A-Jay

[bass slayer21]

its "supposed" to be 80 out so we will see

[Scorcher214]

ya hopefully the weatherman holds up his end of the bargain, but in Michigan, you never now. i got a lacrosse game Saturday so ima have to go on Sunday.

[Sfritr]

Hi Shawn.  I'm also new to the site and am in your area.  kearsley area.  There is definately some good info on this site.  Good luck this year  

[paragon]

Hey guys where are all the opening day reports. I went went out in my float tube, got caught in the worst part of the storm. But we dried out and went back to it. I ended up with 8 good bass in just a couple of hours. Cant wait to get back out. How did everyone else do?

paragon

[Sfritr]

I decided to forego the Opener and went for walleyes on the Saginaw river Sunday.  Limited out in the rain AND I did catch a dink Smallmouth.  Going out in ten minutes to Holloway.  A cold day fishing is STILL better than working.....

[A-Jay]

Hey guys where are all the opening day reports. I went went out in my float tube, got caught in the worst part of the storm. But we dried out and went back to it. I ended up with 8 good bass in just a couple of hours. Cant wait to get back out. How did everyone else do?

paragon

Even though it was Killing me, I waited the whole weekend until the darn thunderstorms blew threw before I headed out. Finally wet a line yesterday ~ to my delight ~ the jig bite was hot. No mutants but not bad considering there is still some snow on the ground

A-Jay

[paragon]

Now thats what im talking about pics and everything. So only 2 of us went bass fishing. strange huh  :-?

[A-Jay]

Now thats what im talking about pics and everything. So only 2 of us went bass fishing. strange huh :-?

Guess so - that's OK with me

I went out again today - in the rain - and the jig did a little damage

8-)

A-Jay

[paragon]

a-jay those are some great fish. I hope to get out this weekend, after I get my WAY overdue break job done. I am a carpenter,  that means I hate working on cars. >

[A-Jay]

a-jay those are some great fish. I hope to get out this weekend, after I get my WAY overdue break job done. I am a carpenter, that means I hate working on cars. >

Thanks ~ good luck with the fishing and the Brake job . . . .

A-Jay

[logger]

Paragon, my opener lasted about 3 hours and consisted of rain, 49 degree weather, bad winds, and 3 hammer handle pike. So not the opener I had waited all winter for, but at least I got out and the boat ran fine. I boated my first 2 largemouth Wednesday night, nothing huge. Both hit a tube and were already in 2 feet of water.  I was shocked that the water temp was already up to 55 here in Mio.

[paragon]

logger I'm going to try again this year to make it up to Wakley. Do you remember when that lake opens for fishing?

Of course my break job turned in to a whole rear end thing, but went real smooth. Thank god for neighbors with all the right tools and Fridays off.

paragon

[jamarkwe]

I managed to catch 4 LM and 4 pike all on my special 3/8oz spinner bait. I had 12 bites in the 3.5 hours I was out. All bites were in 2ft or less with temp ranging from 58.7- 60.8

I thought I had an ok day for the opener... That was until the freaking hurricane hit.

But what sucked was after I re-tied my spinnerbait after every snag and pike. The storm came through while I was in a a small pocket that had a metal wall on one side. While hurrying to start up and head back to the ramp, the motor stalled and the wind blew my boat into the wall with my lure hanging off the side.... I didn't notice until my boat was on the trailer that my favorite spinner was gone.. :'(

I post up a few pics in a bit...

[logger]

logger I'm going to try again this year to make it up to Wakley. Do you remember when that lake opens for fishing?

Of course my break job turned in to a whole rear end thing, but went real smooth. Thank god for neighbors with all the right tools and Fridays off.

paragon

June 15th Wakley opens Let me know when you plan to go

[JacobK]

caught my first smallie of the year decent sized guy i'm guessing maybe 2 1/2 pounds?

and i upgraded my rod, but i don't have enough for a new reel haha i'm slowly getting there.  ;D and yes thats a hello kitty toy hanging from my tow hook. I'm so JDM  ;D

[SMALMTH]

Hey guys (& gals), I live in a small town southwest of Kalamazoo. I have 36 lakes within 6 miles of my house and several miles of river. I own a tunnel hull with a jet and fish the rivers 99% of the time.

I did a little pearch fishing on St. Claire a couple weeks ago, but only managed to catch a couple hundred smallmouths. Must have been using the wrong color???? ;D

Launched my jet for the first time the other night. The rivers around here are still very high and smoking fast. I didn't fish much, but I caught 5 largemouths on a buzzbait. Couldn't get a strike on anything else.