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quick question,  Is Saginaw Bay Considered a Drowned River Mouth?  I was fishing Saturday on the bay and when loading my boat on trailer a guy standing on dock noticed a drop shot tied on a rod laying on the deck of my boat,  he informed me that I cannot use this on the Bay because its considered a Drowned River mouth??? Is this the case? 

No, Saginaw Bay isn't a drowned river mouth.  Here's a link to the DNR website with drowned river mouth listings:

http://www.michigan.gov/documents/dnr/FO-218-06_182411_7.pdf

Quote from: Kentuckybass on May 19, 2010, 06:14:38 PM
quick question,  Is Saginaw Bay Considered a Drowned River Mouth?  I was fishing Saturday on the bay and when loading my boat on trailer a guy standing on dock noticed a drop shot tied on a rod laying on the deck of my boat,  he informed me that I cannot use this on the Bay because its considered a Drowned River mouth??? Is this the case? 

Jeez louise who the heck did you run into? Dudley Do-right? People really need to read the fishing guide before they go around telling other people what the law is.

He's a couple hundreds miles and 2+ hours off in his interpretation on the drowned river mouths, which are all on the Lake Michigan side of the state.

Drop shot is legal on all of the Great Lakes and connecting waters as defined in the Michigan fishing guide. Saginaw Bay is part of the Great Lakes so you are safe on the bay. Drop shotting is legal in all inland lakes except the specifically named drowned river mouth lakes off Lake Michigan (not all of them are listed).

However, drop shotting is not legal on the Saginaw River, or any other inland river or stream. Saginaw River is not a Great Lakes connecting water. Just a tributary.

Here's all the information that you need on the drop shot issue on this site under the Legislation board: http://www.greatlakesbass.com/forum/index.php?topic=47.0

Thats what I thought but just wanted to make sure.  Thanks for the info.