6/9/15, Saginaw Bay, Au Gres, Fishing Report

I'm officially declaring today as the the nicest day of the year. We had blue skies, highlighted with some skimpy, fluffy clouds and a light westerly breeze. With temperatures in the low 70s, it was as close to a perfect day as one could ask for. My clients form the Grand Rapids area joined me today on this beautiful day and they had an awesome charter indeed taking their limits of nice walleyes. We started out heading back to where we finished up yesterday and did manage to catch three fish, also loosing one in about a half hour, but fishing pressure in that area was high and some of the other boats didn't seem to know the rules of navigation, so we pulled lines and headed to where we fished Thursday and got into some good action right away. That good bite lasted for a while, but when the wind died down, the bite slowed and our last few fish took some effort, but with near perfect weather conditions, that effort was certainly pleasurable. Unlike yesterday, all our fish today came on or near the bottom. I ran high lines all day and never did catch one keeper on them. Pulling harness through the fish with bottom bouncers was the hot ticket. We fished in a long trolling pass covering waters 26 to 33 feet deep. No particular spinner color proved superior today as they hit everything about equally as long as it was trolled at less than 1.5 mph and near the bottom. When I got back to the ramp, my clients from yesterday were also just pulling into the docks at the same time in their boat. They chartered with me on the first day of a week long vacation in the area and hoped to learn some savvy so they could catch more fish on their own. They too had taken limits of walleyes and told me that their success was due to what they had learned on their charter the day before with me. My clients for tomorrow were also at the launch too and I got to meet them while cleaning fish and they got to see what will be in store for them tomorrow and are now even more excited about their upcoming charter. Hopefully the weather will cooperate tomorrow as the National Weather Service has predicted a cop-out forecast of a 50% chance of bad weather tomorrow. I guess that their forecast also means that there is a 50% chance of good weather. My glass is half full.

Capt. Mike Veine
trophyspecialists.com

6/9/15, Saginaw Bay, Au Gres, Fishing Report