Houghton Lake Walleye Report 4-29-09

The weather on the opening weekend of walleye season shut us down and kept us on dry land dreaming about fishing. After a four day weather delay we finally made it out fishing Wednesday (4/29).

We started out fishing in 7 FOW on the South shore trolling six rods with Taildancers (trout, black / silver), Bombers (red head / white), and Storm Jr. Thundersticks (white) at 1.8 to 2 mph. Fishing action was excellent the entire evening and the walleye action was the hottest after 7:30pm.

We ended up boating 19 walleye and kept 15 of them. All of the walleye we caught ranged from 16 to 22 inches. Not on common for Houghton Lake are the massive number of norther pike you will catch in a evening of fishing which we caught our share of. The best pike was 25 inches which is an improvement over the past years.

We'll be back on HL this Friday. Good luck.

Detroit River 4-5-09

Fished the river from noon till 5:00pm and boated three walleyes in 9 FOW. Saw a lot of guys on the river and a few nice fish caught. Were heading back up north and will be fishing the Saginaw Bay next Friday.

Detroit River 4-4-09

We made the trip down to try out the walleye fishing on the Detroit River and had a great time. We launched out of the Erie Metro Park and head up river and fished around the Trenton Channel. Overall the weather was good, but he west wind made drifting difficult. Jigging with bright colors (Yellow / White) and Berkly Gulp 3-inch Shaky Shad were the ticket.