Saginaw River 2/27/15

Saginaw River 17 FOW

Saginaw River Fishermen

Fished the Saginaw River on Friday.  Started out in Bay City at the Cass boat launch and fished till 11:30am only hooking one small walleye.  Marked lots of fish in 25 to 27 FOW, but no action.  Moved to Saginaw at noon and setup in 17 FOW and found lots of fish.  Fished six hours in Saginaw and saw hundreds of walleye on the camera moving through, but could not get them to bite.  Overall report hooked four fish with two keepers on my trip.  When the bite returns the river is going to be a lot of fun.

Good Luck....

Saginaw River 17 FOW

Saginaw River 1/29/15

Saginaw River Cass Boat Launch 27 FOW

Stopped at the Cass Boat Launch after work and fished in 27 FOW straight out of the landing.  Caught fish number one dropping my line down minutes into the trip.  The bite was great from 4:30pm to 5:00pm and then it picked up just after dark for a bit.  I caught fish on bottom early and then closer to dark the bite was up at 16 to 18 feet.  Lots of fish on the camera and sonar, no monsters.  Caught three fish over 15 and six undersized fish.

Good Luck....

Saginaw River Cass Boat Launch 27 FOW  

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Saginaw River 1/27/15

Saginaw River

Saginaw River Walleye 38 FOW Slick Jig

Fished the Saginaw River across from the Double Tree Hotel after work today.  Setup in 38 FOW at 4pm and fished till dark.  The best bite was from 4:20pm to 5:30pm on slick jigs tipped with a full minnow.  Marked fish from the bottom up to 20 FOW.  Hooked two fish that were keepers and five that were undersized.

Good Luck....

Saginaw River Ice Fishing 1/10/14

 

Slick Jig Walleye

 

Fished out of the Independence launch down river of the USS Edson this morning.  Started fishing at 8am in 21 FOW.  I used my Aqua-Vu today and enjoyed watching lots of walleyes swimming around.  Early the bite was hot and anything jigged close to the bottom hooked fish.  Around 11am the action slowed up, so I downsized my setup to a small minnow on a slick jig worked close to the bottom.  This setup worked well until the end of the trip at 3pm.  Today I hooked more fish then I can remember with lots being 12 to 16 inches.  If I was fishing for a limit the trip would have lasted about two hours this morning.  Saw a few big fish on the camera that kept me interested till mid day.  Lots of fishermen out on the river hooking fish.

 

Good Luck...

Afternoon setup

 

Kept a few for dinner



Saginaw River Independence Launch

 

Saginaw River 3/1/13

Mark with his first Saginaw River Walleye of 2013



Slick jig walleye

Mark and I fished Saginaw River from 2pm - 6:50pm out of the Independence Bridge Launch.  We setup in 24 FOW along side of the ship docking area.  Lots of fishermen setup in the shipping channel fishing in 27 to 31 FOW.  We marked lots of fish all day from bottom to two foot off bottom.  The best bite was on a slow approach with whole minnows and a slick jig.  We hooked six keeper fish all 15 to 15.5 inches and lots of undersized fish.  The best bite today was from 5:50pm to 6:20pm. 

Good Luck.....



Sunset on the river

Saginaw River 2/26/13

Fished the Saginaw River out of Independence launch after work.  The ice conditions were good with close to six inches in our fishing area out in 25 FOW.  Started fishing at 4pm and marked lots of fish all afternoon.  The best action was on perch colored moxi minnow.   We hooked 4 walleye one keeper and lost two in two and a half hours of fishing. 



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Moxi minnow walleye 25 FOW

14 inch fish 4:45pm

Saginaw River 1/27/11

Fished the Saginaw River after work and had a great time looking at fish.  I got out on the River at 4pm and setup in 17 FOW and started fishing with jigging rapalas and a minnow.  The area I was fishing had 7 inches of good ice and lots of walleyes.   I saw over 30 walleyes, but I couldn't buy a bite tonight.  Most of the fish came in looked at the bait and then moved on.  I'll be back on the River Monday and will report back.