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Detroit River Walleye Fishing

Started by Hooksetter, April 23, 2006, 09:15:53 PM

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Hooksetter

I went down to the Detroit River with my son-in-law this morning. It was a tough day. We launched at Belanger Park at 6:30 am and left at 2:00 pm.

This was my first trip to the river specifically targeting Walleyes and I only caught one, 14 ". My son-in-law caught one also, 15 3/4". We caught about a dozen smallies, one about 3 lbs. We talked to a bunch of people and it seems it was a tough day for everyone.

We were using 1/2 oz jig heads, solid brown and solid black, tipped with matching 4" finesse worms and minnows.  We caught most of our fish right in front of the RenCen. All in all It was good to get out. The best part was it didn't start to rain until we were pulling out onto Jefferson.


Peace.
It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.

djkimmel

Well - you did better than me in all my spring walleye Detroit River fishing put together (4 or 5 times) - it is a worse jinx for me than Lake Lansing in a tournament. I don't know why for sure. I don't think I'll make it over there this spring (darn... I'm so disappointed).

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fishon1219

My dad and I hit the river yesterday as well. We stayed right in front of ballenger park. We launched at 6:00am and had our 10 fish by 7:30. They were all caught with a chartruse jig head and a zoom fluke, but every fish came on the stinger hook. The stinger hook seems to be the trend this season as 95% of the walleyes I have caught have been on the stinger.
There is still about 2 more weeks of excellent fishing on the river, but unfortunatly I have to remove my green fire line and spool up the florocarbon to start chasing bass.
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Help stop invasive spcies. Don't move fish between unconnected bodies of water. Clean, drain and dry your boat before launching on another water body.
Unless clearly stated as such, opinions expressed by Dan Kimmel on this forum are not the opinions or policies of The Bass Federation of Michigan.

Hooksetter

My son-in-law was using Fireline on both of the rigs he was using. I was using 8# mono on one and 8# floro on the other. All of my fish came on the floro. The two rigs I was using were identical except for the line.

Overall I caught two more fish than my son-in-law did.

We might head back down there on Sunday. Saturday we will be chasing bass on either the Half Moon or the Portage chain.
Peace.
It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.

djkimmel

I guess the lesson might be that walleye have good eyesight?

Help stop invasive spcies. Don't move fish between unconnected bodies of water. Clean, drain and dry your boat before launching on another water body.
Unless clearly stated as such, opinions expressed by Dan Kimmel on this forum are not the opinions or policies of The Bass Federation of Michigan.

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