iFish Lake St. Clair

Walleye Palooza 2011

9:00 pm Saturday, April 30, 2011
through
3:00 pm Sunday, May 1, 2011

Weigh-in at ‘Sindbad’s at the River’
Detroit, Michigan

Entry fee is $50.00 per angler. Limit of 4 anglers per boat. No substitutions.

• Blind Draw prize for best combined weight of the “Blind Draw” Team
• Limit of three fish per angler weighed for individual classes.
• Individual Class Prizes for 1^st through 3^rd based on the total individual weight.
• Big Fish Prize
• Prizes based on level of participation with 100% payout after Derby Expenses
• Weigh in to begin at 2:30 pm on Sunday, May 1st and ends promptly @ 4:30 pm.
• Boundaries for the Tournament will be from the North tip of Celeron Island in the
• Detroit River to a line running due East from the Fort Gratiot Light in Lake Huron.

Any walleye’s weighed will be donated for the Walleye Palooza Banquet at Sindbads Sohar room, which will immediately follow the weigh-in.

All left over walleye fillets after the banquet will be donated to the Gleaners Food Bank.

****************Youth Palooza Division****************

Entry fee is $10.00 per angler 16 years of age or younger

Single fish weigh-in for Youth division

Prizes based on Total Individual Weight with Length of biggest fish used as tie breaker

See rules for more information. Don’t forget to ask about the Calcutta Derby.

Click Here for Tournament Rules

Contact Information:
Joe Yonkoski jyonkoski@yahoo.com

(810) 335-1871

Click here for entry form

(586) 945-3008

We are starting to see some reports of walleye being caught in the Detroit River. We have couple reports coming from the St. Jean area of some walleye being taken on different colored jigheads tipped with minnows. The water temp. is still pretty cold, but the fish are there. We have also received several reports of walleye being taken in the Trenton Channel area. Most fish were coming in and around 20 feet of water on live minnows and Fin-S on chartreuse jigheads. Still not a lot of guys out there yet, so there is plenty of room if you can take the cold. Good luck.

Been a while since our last report, so here you go with the most up to date Lake St. Clair fishing report on the web.

Smallmouth Bass Report

Lots of reports of some smallies being caught off the mile roads.  The fish are in deeper water – 12 to 14 feet.  Go for the usual tubes and cranks in natural colors.  Also getting reports of some nice bass being caught off of Metro Beach in 10-12 feet of water.  Go for tubes and try some Erie Darters and DS Darters on a drop-shot rig.  Set yourself up for a good drift once you find the weed beds.  Stick to the edges.

Perch Report

Steady reports of perch being caught off of the St. Clair Light area.  Set-up around 15 feet of water with perch rigs and emerald shiners.  You’ll have to weed through some small ones, but some jumbos are out there.

Musky Report

Reports from the Salt River area of Anchor Bay from casters and trollers.  Big blades and big tubes for the caster and body baits in perch and jailbird colors have been catching fish.  Get near the weed beds in 12 feet of water.  Grassy island has given up some fish as well.  Towards the south end of the lake we’ve been getting reports from the Dumping Grounds.  Try different depths as the fish are fluctuating based on cloud cover and temperature.

Walleye Report

Getting some reports of walleye being taken out by the Firecracker on planer boards.  Guys are fishing natural colored bombers and rapalas. haven’t heard a depth, but you’ll probably see a few guys out there.

That’s is for now. Good luck and be safe.