Sterling State park. Fish the humps surrounding the river channel. A drift sock would be handy. Tubes in colors smoke purple flake, green pumpkin, baby poop. Drop shot Gulp Gobies in pumpkin pearl, and camo. For muddy water try chartreuse Yamo Hul...
we tried leeches several years ago, and its not that they didnt catch fish, but they got ripped off the hook faster than anything else. We ran them right through the sucker like you are supposed to.
I dont mind the occasional perch, normally if t...
I like meat, but I cannot STAND the perch, whitebass, and sheephead. I have used the Gulp crawlers with pretty good success. We fish them at Houghton Lake to keep the perch from ripping up the crawlers.
I have always wondered why leeches aren't p...
Thanks Jim on the finish, and I completely understand the charter program, why keep baiting hooks when you can get eaters into the boat!
To answer your questions about the Jets....yes I am running harnesses behind them. As I am sure you do, and m...
Congrats on the tournament finish! When I am fishing for myself I tend to veer off of the charter program and try to put more quality fish in the boat and fishing with meat is something that I would try. I am sure you can understand that having to...
I just got on, but have known Jim for years since my days in the hell hole in Dundee.
Think you need to start dragging meat, we trolled harnesses in the same spot a week ago (R. Raisin to the buoy) and took second place in the Jeff's Bait Shop To...
Matt, we are using a whole bunch of different color jets. In most cases it does not seam to matter, although there is one color that seams to produce more than others. The watermelon jet seams to enhance the performance of whatever spoon you put b...
Jim, my dad and brother were trolling behind you and steve over the dumping grounds saturday. thought that was funny, i noticed you guys are using the clear jet divers, does the clear make a noticeable difference? i guess it would be more finesse.
I think we might be back up to Frankfort with you and Steve to reel in my years worth of salmon steaks. Got some real nice rainbows this weekend near Lovells. The biggest was 16. I'm prolly done with Erie, got plenty of bass tourney's that take up...
Hey Matt, don't give up on the spoons yet. We fished Brest Bay on Monday trolling with spoons 55 feet behind jet 20s and picked up our limit. We stayed in the 20 foot range for the whole trip. I don't know if it makes a difference but we troll wit...