Saginaw River 12/21/14

Saginaw River

If you don't have good ice yet try the Saginaw River.  Mark and I fished the river on Sunday (12/21) and had a great time.  Lots of young walleye in the river and the bite is great on jigs and minnows.  We caught over sixty walleyes most of them 14 inches in four hours of fishing North of Veterans Memorial Park.  We kept 5 fish and had a blast.

 

Good Luck....

 

Weekend Fishing Report 2/3 - 2/5

Houghton Lake Sun Set

Saginaw River (2/3) Fished the river Thursday afternoon South of Hooters in 23 FOW.  We hooked nine walleyes in two hours all 12 to 14 inchers.  On my way out to my fishing area I found several areas that only had about 2-inches of ice which was a bit alarming and odd for as cold as it has been.

Houghton Lake (2/4)  The fishing was very good, but the snow drifts and slush conditions made traveling on the lake difficult.  We fished the NW side of the lake in 9 FOW from 7am - 7pm.  The best bite was on tip ups set 18-inches off the bottom with small gray minnows.  Overall we hooked eight walleyes, four keepers, two pike and lots of perch.

Pratt Lake (2/5):  Headed to Pratt Lake on Saturday and found lots of deep snow and slush.  Fished the SE side of the lake in 9 to 15 FOW and caught lots of pike and bass, but no walleyes.  

Rich and Butch Tip Up

Houghton Lake

Saginaw River Micro Walleye

Saginaw River

Scouting Pratt Lake in the Slush

Saginaw River 1/31/11

Fished on the Saginaw River near the Boys Club after work today.  I setup in 23 FOW and five minutes later I hooked my first fish of the night which was a 11-inch walleye.  Fishing action was great, but all of the fish were in the ten to fourteen inch range which is a great sign for the fish population.  I had the camera down and did see a few keeper fish, but no luck hooking them.  Overall, I caught and released twelve underside walleyes in my two hours of fishing.   The report at work is that the big fish are out 7 miles in the bay at the plug. 
Good Luck...

Saginaw River

Walleye checking out the bait



Micro walleye #1, walleye on the camera



Micro walleye #9

3" magnum Report

Saginaw River Micro Walleye

Saginaw River "Mirco Walleye"

Rich with a Mirco Saginaw River Walleye

Friday afternoon on my way up to the hot hunting spots secret cave
headquarters I stopped by the saginaw river for an hour of fishing in front
of the cement factory 3/4 mile down stream of the zillwakee bridge. I
dropped my camera down and saw walleyes of all sizes the entire time I was
there. I saw no less than 50 fish in an hours time and the only ones I could
get to bite were 3 micro walleyes. I wasn't sure what they were at first
until I saw that dorsal fin and goldish color and I laughed at the fact that
I caught these fish on 3" minnows.
Saturday we fished Houghton lake and had a great time with Dennis, Holly
and tracker the walleye lab. The bite was really lite with most action on tip
ups and 1 undersized walleye on a flying minnow dressed with a minnow head.
Sunday my dad and I went to Pratt Lake and fished a drop off in 8 fow
near a weed bed on north end of the lake with no bites on our jigging rods and
3 flags that produced 1 15" pike.
Next Friday the HHS pro staff will be executing a sneak attack on the
unsuspecting walleyes on Houghton lake with a good sized group of
fishermen,women and lab with the capability of setting many tip ups.

Saginaw River

Cass Avenue Boat Launch looking South

I took a trip to the Saginaw River at lunch this afternoon to checkout the ice conditions.  Went over to the Cass Avenue boat launch and it shows signs of fishing activity.  I walked out on the river and checked a few of the holes and found 3 to 4 inches of ice.  If the cold weather continues I'm going to plan on fishing the river Thursday after work, so I'll have a better report then.  If you go on the river  be careful because the conditions change everyday.

Good Luck...

Cass Avenue Boat Launch Looking West at the old bridge

Cass Avenue Boat Launch Looking North