Anyone fishing the spillway??

[salmonslammer]

Has anyone been out for the eyes after dark?? I have this evening and tommorow day to fish before that job thing gets in the way again. I know that I have hammered them right before the season closes, but dont know how soon they start.

[ESOX]

If you stay out on the lake in front of the Spillway, the season never closes. I haven't fished the spillway in the winter since they put the boom up by Riverside Park, but I have seen a fair number of shanties out there.

[salmonslammer]

Good point Esox... Is the boundry from shore to shore or is there some sort of buffer zone??? Used to know all of this stuff. Think I ll go check out metro...stupid taxes anyway!!!

[ESOX]

Boundary is from the two extreme ends of land.

[salmonslammer]

Right on....Drove by metro, only 2 shantys out there and a handfulll in the basin. Couple more off of ginos and the launch and that was it. Looks pretty brutel out there today with the snow devils swirling around. Didnt talk to anyone.

[Houghton laker]

You can legaly fish from the bridge at the spillway and jefferson all the way into the lake!! this was told to me by a DNR officer a few years back!

[Ed Michrina]

yes it's the bridge to lake. I used to fish it open water when the lake is still ice. I'd blow up a 4 man raft with trol mtr. and use a chugging stick with jig. rap or jig. but the last few years eyes have been slow that way . lots of pike

[ESOX]

HMMM I saw a couple of guys getting tickets a few years back for having Pike in their possession below the bridge while the inland season was closed. Their shanty was between the bridge and the mouth. Technically, that's inland water, but I'm sure there is some disgression used by different officers.

[salmonslammer]

Just saw a report that a guy picked up two eyes and some jumbos fishing off of ginos last night. About time to start trying down there I think......Hope the ice holds into march this year!!