Eyes on Monroe

[LlipRipper]

Heading down to Erie on Thursday for a couple of days. Does anyone have any reports on where they have been getting them recently? I heard that Monroe was having success earlier but nothing recently. I know it's called fishing not catching but some idea where to begin would be greatly appreciated. Anyone looking to fish with someone works also. Anything I find out while fishing I will be glad to pass on, hopefully about catching. It sounds like Catawba has been doing good but prefer not to go that far if I don't have to. A pm or email is fine too. Thanks.

[bolodunn]

honestly, i have been there everyday since last thursday. never even "marked" a fish! haven't seen or heard anyone do anything. nothing to talk about down there. maybe spring will get here really

[fishindude644]

Heard of a few guys picking up a few but nothing to write home about

[4x4_Hunter]

Com'on now fishindude...

"nothing to write home about." Hmmm, funny because an hour later, you post a nice thread where you have some dandies that jumped on your line. :rolleyes:

[griz]

go to catawba, runout to green island light. It won't take long to find the fish, it also won't take long to find a limit!

[huntingmaniac45]

Dont know about that................Fishindude, a couple posts down, doesnt seem to be having any problem finding them.:evilsmile

[roc65]

It's all about punchin' holes, technique and lure selection.
fishindude and I have been fishing these waters for over 30 years.
show em' our pic's from today Ted

[griz]

i agree with that if you know an area well. We killed the eyes on sunday on the sag river. guys sitting right next to me with 1 fissh to my 6, plus mine were keepers. I had the presentation, they did not. But for the average joe that is new to an area and less agressive in their techniques, usually a spot with higher concentrations of fish makes for a more productive and enjoyable day. Can't get any higher concentrations of fish then off the reefs in the western basin unless of course your hitting a river with known runs.jm2c.

[suckerbass]

honestly, i have been there everyday since last thursday. never even "marked" a fish! haven't seen or heard anyone do anything. nothing to talk about down there. maybe spring will get here really

I wish your warent a liar :rolleyes:

[bolodunn]

I wish your warent a liar :rolleyes:
seriously mike! skunked again tonight. might have to head to lake "X" tomorrow!!:confused:

[Trippin' Dipsies]

go to catawba, runout to green island light. It won't take long to find the fish, it also won't take long to find a limit!

Fishing has slowed down considerably since Saturday and it's getting pretty sloppy. I see you're a GC Superintendent... I'm the Superintendent over at Gowanie in Mt. Clemens. I'm heading to CCreek in the morning (to get stuck).

[griz]

just wondered how the crane creek thing went. Heard the ice was pretty rough down that way. Might as well get the fishing in now for it's turf time coming shortly! Gonna hit the sag this weekend again, been doing good up there and i know the water better.

[CMFish51]

hit up crane creek on sunday...nasty snow drift made is hard to get out with even my 4WD quad...took 5 eyes in first hour and then it shut down once the sun peeked out...was out about 2 miles

[roger23]

just wondered how the crane creek thing went. Heard the ice was pretty rough down that way. Might as well get the fishing in now for it's turf time coming shortly! Gonna hit the sag this weekend again, been doing good up there and i know the water better.
It is real sloppy fish are hit and miss you can get your limit pretty fast when you find them.wear a rain suit and rubber boots I would take a snowmobile to stay on top the slush I have chains on the ATV only had to go around a couple spots it changed from yesterday. saw several air boats thats the way to go ,I don't think it is going to last much longer need cold and no wind
I think we will try Breast Bay Tomorrow it is locked in better

[fishindude644]

with the winds like they are going to be tom watch that pressure crack. it will probably open up.

[Trippin' Dipsies]

just wondered how the crane creek thing went. Heard the ice was pretty rough down that way.

We did them pretty well. Nines guys....54 fish. The ride was certainly interesting, plenty of areas to get stuck in. We had an airboat come to us in the fog, they ended up being a film crew for a Wisconsin outdoors show. On Saturday, this same airboat had MUCC out there to tape a show. They pulled 97 walleye that day.....should make for some good TV.

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/542/medium/walleye2007.JPG

[griz]

Nice job chad. Was gonna go that way the other day but was talked into going to bay city instead. Didn't matter still got our fish and only had to go a sand wedge from shore. Good luck this season on the course and in the wild.

[Trippin' Dipsies]

Good luck to you as well...sounds like the fishing is good all over. Everyone be careful out there and don't end up like these fellows.......

http://www.wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=6127387

[fishindude644]

Nothing too much better than nice walleye smacking your lure.

[griz]

been there done that with coast guard off port clinton. not fun. especially when there is 250 of you out there and you have to wait to get an airboat to retrieve your quad and gear. Plus being hoisted up 150 ft on a cable swinging in the wind trying not to lose your cookies. Be smart, offshore winds on erie, no matter how strong can get in trouble in a hurry!

[Trippin' Dipsies]

I took this post off another website....it's a ice fishing report/experience from Catawba.........pretty crazy stuff.

Stranded.....No, but a brother in law and I know know another reason it is called lake "ERIE"...we were out off of Catawba Thursday morning, early knowing the wind was to pick up and planed to leave before noon when the high winds were predicted. We stayed relatively close as we were on foot, and conditions were marginal. We about 80yds lakeward of the small pressure ridge that has been there all along ( 1/2 mile out). After a hour or so of pumping jigs in the portable shanty, there was a loud ugly boom, and violent tremmor on the ice that felt like and earth quake (I guess, never been in one...) As we starred into eachothers wide eyes to make sure neither had just imagined it.....another smaller tremmore shook the shanty again.The end of the shanty facing the Catawba dock was open, and my brother in law was facing that direction, he saw a chunk of push ice on the small pressure ridge fall, then another, and when I looked that way, ice was falling into the abyss the full length of the pressure ridge.......NOT GOOD, We were out of the shanty at once, and realized the entire ice western basin field was moving shoreward, and doing it PDQ. The sheet ice we were on was sliding under the shoreward ice from west to east,shoving some up into a ridge, but most just disapearing under the ice towards the dock. We have fished the big lake for several years, but this would be our first ( and last) flow event, not sure what to do, we kept moving west, staying our original 75-80 yds from the impact area. A group of snowmobilers from the pack further out came speeding in, aware of the problem too, and we talked to them hoping they were more experienced and knew what to do, they were rookies too, and figured all you could do was to find a place that looked reasonably flat and give her #### and try and shoot across. The best description I have of the situation is the "people mover" conveyor belts you see at airports, where you have to think about that first step off onto the stationary floor, but here it was the entire 12" ice field in the western basin,sliding and breaking up at impact under the shoreward pack.I would say it was moving almost as fast as you could walk, so you had to keep moving to stay away from the edge. The snowmobiles started making the jump, the last one toppled as he hit the busting slabs, and luckily he and his overturned sled landed on the shoreward ice. We found a place that was somewhat free of twisting slabs, and decided to go. Brother in law went first, and then I followed, with the rope to the shanty,piled with gear. Pretty darned creepy standing on slabs of ice as they disapeared in the abyss jumping across to "safety" we puled the shanty up over the busting slabs, and of course gear fell off, we recovered most of it, but my coleman propane heater got caught in the disapearing slabs, I made one desperated grab and found the handle. and yanked it from the hungry, angry jaws of miss Erie. Its busted plastic housing will serve as a reminder to me to never venture onto her frozen shell on foot again, certainly not if there is any wind , and not at the end of ice season. Lesson learned, thick ice "locked" in west of the islands can and does move regardless of what the "experts" say. MY next trip on this "Erie" ice will be in an air boat.....I was not the only one who kissed the cold steel dock at the state park yesterday morning...be careful this weeknd guys.....!