Houghton Lake 8-29-08

Walleye fishing is still excellent on Houghton Lake. We made it out for three hours Friday and boated twelve keeper walleyes fishing with the North West wind. Trolled taildancers 55 foot back and D.A.M. 3" minnows 30 foot back at 1.95mph.

The D.A.M. baits are a new bait to our collection and are working very well. I purchased them at Northwoods in Pinconning for $1.99 each which is a great price for a lure of this quality.

I'll be back on Houghton tonight and will report back.

Houghton Lake August 22nd, 23rd, and 24th

Houghton Lake Walleye Fishing continues to be excellent. We made it out fishing over the weekend and limited out everyday.

Friday (8-22)
Headed out of the West launch at 12:30pm and fished in 6.5 FOW one mile out. We trolled with the South wind using Blue and White Tail Dancers 50' back and White thunder sticks trolled at 1.98mph. Boated 32 walleyes and kept 15 with the best fish being 22-inches.

Saturday (8-23)
Fished out of the South DNR launch out in 4 to 5 FOW. We got out on the lake at 5:45pm after the storm and had our 4 man limit by 8:30pm. Fished our normal setup.

Sunday (8-24)
Fished out of the South DNR launch and headed out to 7 FOW. We started fishing at 7:45am and had to work to get a three man limit. We boated 30 walleyes and lost 11 at the net.

Local fishermen will tell you to fish in the weeds to find the walleyes. My suggestion is to find the bait fish and follow them. Find the bait, match the bait in color and depth and you will catch walleyes on Houghton. The lake is know for it's large weed beds, but it also has small pockets without weed that make trolling a great method.

I'll report back.

Houghton Lake 8-15-08

Another excellent Friday morning on Houghton Lake. When we hit the water this morning we were greeted with water temperatures ranging from 66 to 68 degrees. We setup to troll off of the south point with tail dancers (Blue / Silver) and white storm thundersticks running at 1.65 mph using the north wind to keep us on our troll line. Over three and a half hours we boated nine walleyes with the best fish being 16 inches.

I'm planning on fishing Saturday evening in my quest to find larger walleyes on Houghton. I'll report back. Good Luck!

Houghton Lake 8-8-08

Fished Houghton Lake Friday morning and landed seven walleyes trolling in 6.5 FOW.

Were starting to explore some new areas on the lake hoping to find some bigger fish. I'll be back on Houghton Lake this week and will report back.

Go Fishing.

Houghton Lake 8-3-08

Houghton Lake walleyes were feeding a bit on the light side this weekend. We made it out on Friday morning and picked up seven walleyes fishing in 6.5 FOW trolling 2.5mph with Storm thundersticks and taildancer. Our other team members fished Houghton on Sunday night and boated fifteen walleyes, six bass, and a ton of pike trolling 1.5 to 2mph in the same area.

Saginaw Bay:
Joey and his team fished out of Standish on Saturday afternoon and boated seventeen walleyes in three hours with only five keepers in 21 FOW trolling meat.

Good Luck.