Hi Guys,
I was going to start a new sign-up post for Lake St. Clair on July the 12th but realized were already scheduled to fish on July 16th on Lake Orion.
Do people want to do both? One over the other? Pick a later Date? Let us know your preference.
Mark
I vote for the 12th on St. Clair with the 16th as a backup date. Many of us really want to get to the Canadian Shore and Walpole, so if we can't fish the 12th, I vote for St. Clair again for the 16th. We could make it an evening event.
Sounds fine to me. I'm with the rev on that one.
I'm out for the 12th, family reunion business meeting overseas. We are planning to go Sunday morning (tomorrow), the weather looks to be much better.
Would anyone be down for fishing US waters only tomorrow?
i'm good with rev on this one....july 12th might b dicey to get off of work since the board is full for days off. 16th on lkstclair in evening is awesome idea i can still work and b able to fish plus just spent the money on walpole license and i wanna b able to use it yeepiieeeee
I will be able to make the 12th as a non boater. Can't make the 16th though with it being a Wednesday night and all. Looking forward to seeing y'all again.
I can fish the 16th. I'm out for the 12th.
Joe
I can do either the 12th or the 16th.
Non-boater, American side.
I'm thinking that we are not fishing this Saturday ???
Don L
My schedule has changed but I am still out for this Saturday and I my flight gets in Friday evening the 18th so theoretically I can make it on the 19th. I'm having some minor motor problems that need to get resolved first though.
Hi Guys,
I was kinda sitting on the fence waiting for people to reply but with the lack of response I don't thing it's going to happen. At this time I would rather fish Lake Orion on Wednesday than go back to the south shore again.
I was down to the south shore of Canada yesterday (Wednesday) with another club I belong to and I will tell you the fishing was tough with mostly small fish in the mix. The wind did make it hard to find and see the dark spots but it's just not fishing as well as last year at this time. Between 14 guys (7 boats) we only caught 118 fish with about 55 keeper sized. Most of them were between 14-17 inches with an occasional 18-19 in the mix. Not very good for the amount of time per fish caught.
I was also watching the weather today and they are forecasting scattered thunderstorms again for this Saturday. Lucky us.
Also, how many people still want to do Lake St. Clair for this Wednesday or leave it as scheduled for Lake Orion?
My vote is to leave it as scheduled for Lake Orion. I'm in as a boater.
Mark
Saturday is calling for 29 mph gusts. The storm forecasts don't call for rain until the afternoon hours. I can do either day but I do not want to do both. Maybe an inland would be a change of pace? So far Walpole has not been worth the ride over there. Maybe it will turn on in a couple of weeks. I'm good with whatever but with 30 mph gusts I probably won't head over to Walpole. Let's see what happens.
I still on for the 16th
Let's see, so far it looks like this for this Saturday, the 12th, if I understand what people mean by their comments.
Boaters:
Tom
Joe
Shane?
Non-Boaters:
Eric
David
Rick US Only
Don
Rob are u in or out for the 12th?
Also, who else plans on fishing US waters only?
Sorry about wrong date. This is for this Saturday, the 12th
I have church on Wednesday night so I will not be there.
If we do the 16th is it Orion or St. Clair ?
Sorry about putting down the wrong date, I revised it.
Saturday, July the 12th will be on Lake St. Clair as a make-up date for the June 28th Lake St. Clair that got cancelled.
That being the case I am in for US and Canadian. Where and when are we planning to meet up?
By the way, it looks like there are big ones biting on St. Clair right now per this article from the FLW.
http://flw.flwoutdoors.com/tournament.cfm?cid=1&t=news&tday=1&atype=6&tid=5888&tyear=2008&aid=148786
Sorry I've been too busy to respond. I'm in for Saturday. The fishing's been tough on the South Shore, but it's better than a day of work. :) It looks like winds from the South, so the South Shore should be the easiest place to fish. I'll be at St. Jean at 6am. Hopefully we'll see some FLW boats out there. Should be fun. Bring the GoreTex!
I can't fish Wednesday most likely. We're still a long way from finishing the new church renovations, so I'm committed to being there to work.
Something's come up the last minute and I won't be coming down tomorrow. (Sat).
The 16th has changed for me as well. I have to take my Dad to the Docs on Wednesday. I'm not expecting this to very good news, so I don't want to plan on leaving him alone afterwards.
Sorry to back out at the last minute. But, it looks like it will even up the boater/non-boater #'s as well.
If anybody is heading out west and wants to fish one of the inland lakes around Dexter/Pinckney/Brighton give me a ring. You can ride in my boat.
Also, if anybody is looking for a non-boater to share gas money on Clair during the week, I'm free most of the summer. Only two restrictions, bad back, and only a Michigan license.
I'm out for the morning as well. If I made it in the morning I could only stay until about 12:00.
Don L
Bass_cat,
You have me as a boater for the 12th but I can't fish the 12th I can fish the 16th.
Cant get the day off mark i tried like hell but cldnt pull it off. sorry guys. mayb we can still fish wednesday @ orion
I'm out for Saturday on LSC. Either location is do-able for me on Wednesday...although I'd probably like to fish Lake Orion. If the weather is good, I might hit LSC with Fiker on Tuesday. I can be a boater. Don't have to pair me with Fiker (although we do work well together)...I'm eager to learn from anybody willing to teach.
Look fwd to seeing all on Wednesday.
PS...I can ditto Fiker's request for anybody who wants to fish inland in Southern Oakland, Washtenaw, Livingston and Genesee County Area. Have boat will travel...short distances. So far this week is relatively open.
Sorry Joe,
So, as of right now it looks like this for Lake Orion on Wednesday, July 16th. I will also start a new thread for this later.
Boaters:
Mark
Joe
Non-Boaters
Rob
I guess people will believe me the next time I tell them that there are posssible thunderstorms for Saturday!
Sorry to hear about your dad Rick. Prayers sent your way.
Mark
PS. I did get out yesterday and we hit the deeper water (12-16 fow)between Askins and the Belle River Hump. We caught about 35-40 fish with my best 5 being about 18 pounds. Had one about 5 pounds with many others being 2 3/4 - 3 1/2. Look for the weeds! We also caught about 8-9 perch in the mix between 8-12 inches. Great day on the lake!
We believed ya! ...but it was still fun to get out. ;D
David and I got out at 6 and around 7, about 10 FLW boats came blasting by with camera boats and spectators. They all seemed to head North on the US side, but we didn't follow them. I'll be interested to see the show NEXT MONTH (grr >:( ) to see where they were fishing. With the South wind, it looks like most of them chose to avoid Erie.
We had a fun time, but got off the water by about 11. So we got a good 5 hours of fishing time. David got one that went 4 and so did I. We got a few small ones mixed in and a few respectable 2 pounders.
We never got into any severe weather, but heard a few boomers in the distance. It mostly just rained from about 10am on, some of it heavy. Once the rain looked like it was gonna be more steady, we called it a morning and went home pretty satisfied with our day. Too bad no one else could make it. It looks like the bigger fish are out deeper than 12 FOW like Mark said. We got our best 2 fish in deeper water. We ended the day with a BIG ugly that probably went over 5. I thought I had a monster smallie on. Fooled me I guess.
I can't make Wednesday, but I hope you all have an awesome evening on the water. Looks like great weather for the week.
Greetings all...
I still plan to fish Lake Orion on Wednesday...I can be a boater.
I'll need to know time and launch location. If anybody needs a ride from the NE end of Washtenaw county...or thereabouts, let me know.
Cheers
Hay guys good news bad news...good first we were out sunday trolling for muskies and caught several smallies a 4lb and a 5lb smallie on a muskie bucktail in front of 9mile on the hump there. Pulled the line out of clip and took drag..wow what a fight for from the smallie even on skie tackle. Now the bad news A 44 inch 30lb skie got hold of my hand while reviving it and in the process managed to rip my thumb from joint to nail and part of hand requiring 7 stitches in thumb and bandaging on hand. As soon as i figure out how to put pics on computer I will post the smallie pics on here. cant fish till weekend when stitches come out. the nurses and doc working on hand didnt believe me until I showed pics of skie that did it. So looks like it wont b till our St Clair River trip in august that i get to fish with you guys again. But if anyone wants to go out on a sat. afternoon or a afternoon during week drop me a line and I will be more than happy to kick some gas money.