Houghton Lake Walleye Report 5-12-09

Fishing team members made it out on Tuesday (5-12) to do some exploring in hopes of finding some new fishing areas. They didn't come up with many fish in deeper water during the day and ended up headed back in shallow for the evening fish. Overall they caught eight keeper walleyes and seven undersized fish. Fishing action was the best from 9:00pm - 10:5pm trolling in 6.5 FOW at 2.1 mph with white bombers and thunderstick Jrs.

Good Luck....

Houghton Lake Walleye Report 5-8-09

Fished Houghton Lake on Friday evening after work and boated three keeper walleyes and five undersized fish. Started out fishing in 6 FOW on the South shore, but soon realized that the bite was slow when we didn't even boat a pike on of first troll pass. After fishing shallow for an hour we headed out into 9 FOW and found a much more active school of fish. The best color during the daylight ended up being purple / white.

Didn't fish Houghton over the weekend, but will be back out one more time this week before we head up to Curtis for a week of walleye fishing. Good Luck....

Houghton Lake Walleye Report 5-5-09

Fished the South shore on Tuesday (5-5) and boated eight keeper walleyes, five undersized, and lost three at the boat. We caught two walleyes at 8:30pm and all of the rest of the fish from 9:30pm to 10:15pm.

We scouted the West shore for two hours and didn't find any walleye or pike.

Houghton Lake Walleye Report 5-2-09

Houghton Lake walleye action continues to be hot on the south shore. We made it out fishing on Friday (5-1) and Saturday (5-2) and boated nine keeper walleyes on each evening. The pike action will keep you very busy and most fishermen I talk to get overwhelmed by it. Walleye action has been the best for us from 8:00pm till about 10:00pm using white colored Bombers and Storm Jr. Thundersticks.

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Houghton Lake Walleye Report 5-1-09

Friday we fished the South shore in 6 to 7 FOW and ended up boating nine walleyes and a ton of small pike in the mix. The walleyes held tight to the bottom all evening which made us change up our normal trolling setup. We rigged up deep diving Thundersticks and ran them just off of the bottom which ended up getting the walleye bite going.

Planning on fishing the north side of the lake this evening.

Houghton Lake Walleye Report 4-29-09

The weather on the opening weekend of walleye season shut us down and kept us on dry land dreaming about fishing. After a four day weather delay we finally made it out fishing Wednesday (4/29).

We started out fishing in 7 FOW on the South shore trolling six rods with Taildancers (trout, black / silver), Bombers (red head / white), and Storm Jr. Thundersticks (white) at 1.8 to 2 mph. Fishing action was excellent the entire evening and the walleye action was the hottest after 7:30pm.

We ended up boating 19 walleye and kept 15 of them. All of the walleye we caught ranged from 16 to 22 inches. Not on common for Houghton Lake are the massive number of norther pike you will catch in a evening of fishing which we caught our share of. The best pike was 25 inches which is an improvement over the past years.

We'll be back on HL this Friday. Good luck.

Detroit River 4-5-09

Fished the river from noon till 5:00pm and boated three walleyes in 9 FOW. Saw a lot of guys on the river and a few nice fish caught. Were heading back up north and will be fishing the Saginaw Bay next Friday.

Detroit River 4-4-09

We made the trip down to try out the walleye fishing on the Detroit River and had a great time. We launched out of the Erie Metro Park and head up river and fished around the Trenton Channel. Overall the weather was good, but he west wind made drifting difficult. Jigging with bright colors (Yellow / White) and Berkly Gulp 3-inch Shaky Shad were the ticket.

Bear Creek 3-28-09

Went over to Manistee River and Bear Creek looking for Steelheads on Saturday. We stopped at Tippy Dam to checkout the fishing action. Lots of boats fishing in front of the boat launch and as usual the banks of the river were full of shore fishermen. The fishing action seemed to be a bit slow, but we did see a few nice fish on strings.

We fished Bear Creek with about twenty other guys. Not many steelhead in the river just yet, but we did have fun catching small trout as we searched.

Detroit River 3-22-09

The beginning of the 2009 open water walleye extravaganza!!! Yesterday March 22 we went out to the Detroit River for the first time this season and man let me tell you the action was hot! We brought home 4 nice walleyes and the smallest one was 22" and the best one was 29” long and nine pounds. The official report is......... The Walleye are in the river south of the Grosse Ille free bridge in around 8'-12' of water hitting on purple and natural lead (no paint) jigs with a large shiner minnow.

Rich "CF Fishing Team"

Budd Lake Fishing Report 3-8-09

My nephew and I fished Budd Lake for a few hours on Sunday (3-8). We found a good school of blue gills in 11 FOW north of the island. No walleyes but we did pick up a few small pike.

The ice is still about 14-inches thick, but you need to use caution especially around the drains.

Budd Lake Fishing Report 2-21-09 & 2-22-09

Had the opportunity to fish in the Budd Lake Fishing Tournament that was held on Saturday (2-21). I started out looking for bait fish in shallow water and on my second hole I found a monster school of small bluegills suspended over a weed structure in 16 FOW. After drilling a few more holes I found a school of larger bluegills and decided to fish the area to get my five bluegills that were required in the team event.

After thinking about the amount of bait fish located in area I decided to setup a tip-up just in front of the first school of small bluegills. The weed growth was about three foot off of the bottom, so I setup my bait at three and a half foot off of the bottom were I knew the bait fish were hanging out. My first flag came at 9:15am with no fish just a lot of line spooled off. The tournament judges were visiting at the time of my first flag and I think they were more excited then me. The second flag came at 9:50am and after waiting a few minutes I had my first walleye of the day. Right as the fish came through the hole she broke my 6 pound crystal fire wire leader, but I was able to grab her by the head and pull her on the ice.

Fishing has improved greatly on Budd this month. I iced forty 8-inch to 10-inch bluegills and one 24-inch walleye in three hours. Over all I saw two nice walleyes on the camera and a ton of bluegills. I took my nephew and his friend out on Sunday afternoon and we iced fifty keeper bluegills out in 17 FOW.

Ice conditions are excellent 14-inches in most areas.