Hey everyone, I have a tournament on St. Claire in a few weeks. I figure I will head to the mile roads, and fish slow. Any ideas on what to throw? Color? Size? Depth? What state are the fish in? Thanks all that help?
good luck. ;D
1jav
You could start by purchasing a good map and look for promising spots.
Then spend countless days, money on hotel rooms, meals and a bunch of gas trying to find the fish.........that's what I do. Sometimes it works, and sometimes not so much.....
BS ;)
Quote from: BigSmallie on June 16, 2010, 12:07:24 PM
You could start by purchasing a good map and look for promising spots.
Then spend countless days, money on hotel rooms, meals and a bunch of gas trying to find the fish.........that's what I do. Sometimes it works, and sometimes not so much.....
BS ;)
LMAO so true !!!!! lololol
Tough question with a big tourney coming up.... not sure how many peps are willing to give up an hot spot.
what? no one is willing to give up their best spots to a guy who makes his first post on the board? geez, you guys are tough.
Alright, I'll give might up, go to the 6 mile road and find 13ft. Shouldn't be too hard. There is a weedbed right around there. That is the hard part. The fish are everywhere right now. And by that I mean scattered. Fish fast and use gulp. It helps if there is a stiff 25 mph wind. Start deep and move shallow. If it doesn't happen right away, pee in the water. ;)
If you beat me in the tournament, I want half!
You can do like 90% of the fishermen out there (and 99% of the pleasure boaters that decide they want to catch some fish). Drive around slowly and look for someone that catches a fish. Then sit down right on top of them, claim you had a waypoint on that exact spot and start fishing.
That is the Ben Trodder technique. ;D
I sure can't help, my spots are very nice Tues-Friday! ;D Not so hot Sat 'n' Sun..... :o
We had a couple hotspots today. Got a 6+, a couple 5 +, and a couple 4s. Unfortunately, the waypoints are in a SI unit at the bottom of the lake. If you find it, the waypoints are yours.
I had a real good day out on the Mile Roads yesterday. I caught about 18 fish. I would say 14 of them would have kept. My best 5 would have gone about 19lbs. I hadn't been out there in about two weeks. Still 18 is a slow day on St. Clair. I was out there about 10 hours. Still a slow day fishing on St. Clair is better than a great day at work. :o
BD ;D
Quote from: Cheetam on June 18, 2010, 10:35:45 PM
We had a couple hotspots today. Got a 6+, a couple 5 +, and a couple 4s. Unfortunately, the waypoints are in a SI unit at the bottom of the lake. If you find it, the waypoints are yours.
Are you kidding me?? :'( What is the "Rest of that story"...
I am going to start safety wiring my stuff up...That is the 3rd unit this year that I have heard is sitting on the bottom of the lake..
I would puke on the spot if I saw my Lowrance drop in the lake....I have "Most" of my GPS Coordinates backed up but not all...
Quote from: smbassman on June 17, 2010, 08:44:22 AM
You can do like 90% of the fishermen out there (and 99% of the pleasure boaters that decide they want to catch some fish). Drive around slowly and look for someone that catches a fish. Then sit down right on top of them, claim you had a waypoint on that exact spot and start fishing.
Isn't that the Truth......Even Stren Pros from Kentucky....but that is another story...
Quote from: motocross269 on June 19, 2010, 09:36:51 PM
Quote from: Cheetam on June 18, 2010, 10:35:45 PM
We had a couple hotspots today. Got a 6+, a couple 5 +, and a couple 4s. Unfortunately, the waypoints are in a SI unit at the bottom of the lake. If you find it, the waypoints are yours.
Are you kidding me?? :'( What is the "Rest of that story"...
I am going to start safety wiring my stuff up...That is the 3rd unit this year that I have heard is sitting on the bottom of the lake..
I would puke on the spot if I saw my Lowrance drop in the lake....I have "Most" of my GPS Coordinates backed up but not all...
Speared a wave coming in and "bye bye" Hummingbird.
Best to try not to do that. Bummer.
That totally bites ... thank goodness I had Dan Kimmel in my boat showing me how to drive rougher water. It sounds silly, but being from the West side, the water is just different and Dan showed me a lot about how to drive and stay dry. Only speared one wave. Fortunately, all my stuff is still intact!
Quote from: Cheetam on June 20, 2010, 02:06:50 PM
Quote from: motocross269 on June 19, 2010, 09:36:51 PM
Quote from: Cheetam on June 18, 2010, 10:35:45 PM
We had a couple hotspots today. Got a 6+, a couple 5 +, and a couple 4s. Unfortunately, the waypoints are in a SI unit at the bottom of the lake. If you find it, the waypoints are yours.
Are you kidding me?? :'( What is the "Rest of that story"...
I am going to start safety wiring my stuff up...That is the 3rd unit this year that I have heard is sitting on the bottom of the lake..
I would puke on the spot if I saw my Lowrance drop in the lake....I have "Most" of my GPS Coordinates backed up but not all...
Speared a wave coming in and "bye bye" Hummingbird.
That is not nice! I lost my 798cSI off the bow running across Burt on Wed a.m. before the Tx a few wks back. I never saw it leave the boat! The plastic clips just gave way, my ram mount was just sitting there looking empty. That was a nightmare scrambling to find a replacement while up in Cheboygan... I feel your pain Jeff.
The unit was my buddy Charlie's. It was heartbreaking. It was pretty much brand new.
Hey thanks for some help I really appreciate it!! ;)
We need to get some Aircraft Mechanics to give us a class on safety wiring...Their stuff is a work of art...I can do it but it doesn't look as nice as what they do...
Safety wiring will be the trick to keeping those units safe...
Wow! I can't believe how harsh some guy's are being. The new guy was just looking for some tips. In time he will figure out how this sight works. It is a give and take. I agree he may have worded his question wrong, but come on. Give the guy a break. I'm glad everyone on here has been awesome to me from the start. Things may have been different if I was treated like crap on my first post. Then again, maybe I'm the one that's wrong.
Quote from: bassassasin88 on June 22, 2010, 09:15:45 PM
Wow! I can't believe how harsh some guy's are being. The new guy was just looking for some tips. In time he will figure out how this sight works. It is a give and take. I agree he may have worded his question wrong, but come on. Give the guy a break. I'm glad everyone on here has been awesome to me from the start. Things may have been different if I was treated like crap on my first post. Then again, maybe I'm the one that's wrong.
I think it has more to do with the fact that he was asking for spots because he had a tournament coming up on St. Clair. Alot of guys on here fish that water and bank on getting on them good out there, and odds are they were fishing against this guy. Are you going to risk pulling up to your spot only to find him sitting on it whacking them? I doubt it. I don't mean anything I said to be harsh, just honest. You can ask guys you are cool with for some pointers, maybe a pattern or color, but probably not a good idea when you're fishing against these guys to ask for more than that. Maybe I'm wrong, but since I'm never wrong...
1jav
In general the summer is heating up quicker than last year. The fish are starting to show up in their summer areas in deeper water. Also the fish in the channels are just beginning to chase baits. After the post spawn rest some of the big girls are starting to put the feed bag on. In the lake, fish weed lines in 12-15 ft of water.
Contact Wayne Carpenter for good lake info.
Thanks Dave...I appreciate you mentioning that. It sounds like you had a whale of a time at the "Monster Quest." I'll be using a quote from one of your posts in my Lake St. Clair webTV Broadcast: www.combat-bassfishing.com (http://www.combat-bassfishing.com) on Friday night.
Oh no. Should I be concerned. LOL! :D
Just a continuation of your exceptional public image!
Madwags – Great Lakes Bass dot com
"It was truly an awesome event. The best I have ever attended. Will always have this one on my calendar."
No hard feelings. I agree it wasnt a great question. As you may have noticed I didn't give up any of my own spots. you gotta kind of warm up to everyone on here, and then they are more than happy to throw you a few pointers. You may want to refrain from asking for specific spots in the future. Thanks for the info Dave, that is awesome of you to do that. I'm talking about the Viagra of course.
Yea after the first couple post I realized that it wasn't the right kind of question. Thanks so much for the help.
Combat fishing waypoints are loaded on my GPS as WC1, WC2 etc with special Icons...Sometimes I do a quick check or do some refinement of those points on my way to fish what I have in areas...
I am starting to get WP cluster Frick on my graph though....I was resetting some stuff last week and it was like..."What the heck did I mark that for?"
Bottom line...Hook yourself up with some of Wayne's stuff...It will give you a place to start and also show you patterns that develop throughout the year....
Quote from: WayneC on June 23, 2010, 05:23:57 PM
Just a continuation of your exceptional public image!
Madwags – Great Lakes Bass dot com
"It was truly an awesome event. The best I have ever attended. Will always have this one on my calendar."
Now that right there is an oustanding quote. I appreciate the nod Wayne. Looking forward to the podcast.
Its after 9pm Wayne. I have to go to bed. NBAA Double Barrel in the morning.
Don't forget to remove your bunny slippers before you crawl in...
I'm honored Moto...Never thought of WC1,2,3,etc..
You wrote: "...some refinement of those points on my way to fish what I have in areas..."
Using the "data" as baseline information and building on it is the core philosophy behind the information products. Awesome!
Sorry about that MadWags...I blew up the show when uploading it to YouTube at 9pm and had to sort that out. Your quote was put into the segment on current events before the show.
BTW - Nice finish today at the Double Barrel on Lake St. Clair!
Thanks Wayne. One cull away from the win, but our bite shut down. Thats fishing. GLB member markgoetsch finished in 3rd place I believe with 18.85lbs of channel bass. WTG Mark! Great job on the shows Wayne! Really is great to have such an awesome fishery isn't it?
Thanks for reminding me Dan. Last time I forgot to remove my bunny slippers. I coughed up a hair ball in the morning. ;D
Thanks madwags but we actually squeaked out 2nd by 0.03 lbs. It was actually pretty tough fishing most of the day but we got on a school of fish at the right time. Within an hour we caught around 15 with multiple fish following every fish we hooked. Then like someone flipped a light switch they were gone but luckily we got enough to cash a check before it was over.
Sorry about that Mark. Second place is a great finish against a talented field. You guys rock!
I know the weights were tight at the top. Somewhere between your 18.85 second and my 18.61 fourth was a third place finisher that I missed. Do you know who it was?
Hey the results are up on the NBAA website already!
Congrats on the good finishes, Mark and Dave.
Dave, you and Jay have been on a roll on St. Clair, this year. Keep up the good work. I see that "first" in your furture, real soon.
It's not rocket science. If Sky's are cloudy fish 8to 6ft around weed beds. If sky is clear go deeper. Find flats with scattered weed beds and rock piles. Use plastic, warms/tubs varies colors. Until your get the right color. GOOD LUCK.