iFish Lake St. Clair

As most of you have noticed the ice is gone. Talk about a short ice fishing season. Who knows if we’ll get ice for the rest of winter. Oh well, let hit the soft water. I have been hearing reports of fisherman jigging the Detroit River already. I also have got reports that guys are catching walleye from that same Detroit River. The problem many are having is finding a place to launch their boats. The launch at Crocker is open, but as of a few days ago the docks were not in. This is a long ride down to the Detroit River. I’ve made it and it’s a miserably cold ride.

Perch off-shore. I’ve heard of some shore fishermen catching perch on perch rigs, but the fish have been small. Try anywhere you can find open water. Guys have been using minnows.

That’s it for now. What a crazy winter. Be careful out there fishermen

The Sinbad’s walleye tournament is this weekend in the Detroit River (more info on walley-palooza here). We have received reports from several guides that they have been cancelling walleye jigging trips due to the horrible water conditions.  With the heavy rains and wind, the Detroit River is so muddy it seems that you could almost walk across it. With calmer winds on Friday, hopefully the water will clear up before the tournament start.  We have not received any reports of fish being taken in the last day or so, but there have been a very few guys out giving it a go.  Looks like decent weather for the weekend. Good luck to all the tournament fishermen.

Bit of cooler weather coming by, but don’t let that stop you from getting out as the fishing is really good right now.

Smallmouth Bass Report

The smallies are fairly heavy off the mile roads straight on up to Metro.  Follows those weed lines and throw tubes and cranks.  Lipless and lipped cranbaits doing well.  Go for 8-12 feet of water. Go for natural colors like perch and shad.  Make sure you have a second rod ready as follows from other fish are going to happen.

Walleye Report

Still getting reports of success jigging in the North end of the Detroit river.  Go Fin-S on a chartreuse jig head.  Fish being caught primarily in the morning on both the US and Canadian sides.  Also getting some reports of walleye being caught in the lake off the mile roads.  Trollers are having some success pulling crankbaits in 10-12 feet of water.  Expect a mixed bag with smallmouth in the area also.

Perch Report

I’ve heard a few reports of Perch being caught around the 400 Club tower on minnows.  They do seems to be scattered however, so you may need to move around a bit.  The St. Clair Light area usually starts to get some fish around now, but we haven’t heard any reports from there yet.

Good luck and be safe.