AuGres walleye!

[Big Shooter]

Went walleye fishin tuesday at AuGres from10:00am til 2:00pm. Took my limit in 26 to 18fow, using planer boards and husky jerks in black and silver. The bigest was a spawned out 29 incher! The river temp was 55 and the bay was 47. Good fishin!

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[teamyamaharaceing]

Good Job! Nice looking fish!

[Rat City Hooker]

Hope to fish over that way this weakend. Will be the maiden voyage for my son-in-laws boat. Any reports will be thankful since he dont get out very often. Thanks in advance. OH OH nice catch:D :D

[eyebuster]

Those are some beauties you got there "shooter"

[kroppe]

Nice mess of eyes Big Shooter.

[The Whale]

Nice catch there Big Shooter. Notice any action going on to the north of au Gres nearer to the point ? Ya know them smelt netters staked out there should be doing their thing and them fish will be cruising just outside of the nets. Big fun !!!


Whale :) :cool:

[Big Shooter]

Ya whale, we usually fish in the shallower water at night. When the smelt are in its an easy limit, but I like to fish in the daylight when they'll bite. Backlash nailed them saturday afternoon and filled me in, and the results prooved him right on the money! We fished from the river all the way north to the point. This thunder storm might help bring in some smelt and the eye's will be there with them. Good fishin!

[tkpolasek]

Nice catch bud..
I think I might head over that way this weekend if I get it off from work. I will probaly come friday after work and stay till Sunday, that is if I can free myself up from work.
Any info would help a lot.
Nice job again on the fish and thanks for the report.

Good Fishing

Tim

[fishwitch44]

nice fish big shooter.......how was the launch over that way???...hope its not as shallow as it is around the thumb...lol

[Fishcapades]

Beautiful Augres Walleye Big Shooter. I Will Be Up There Friday Thru Sunday Fishin. Takin A Couple Guys From Work With Me Who Dont Get To Fish That Often.

Carl

[Fishcapades]

The Ramps Are Fine North Port Marina Dredged Last Year So It Should Be Good. We Have Been Going Out Of The Dnr Launch At The Mouth Of The Augres River And I Havent Hit Bottom Yet In My Dads 23 Seaswirl.

Carl

[Rat City Hooker]

I was there 3 weeks ago and it was the best landing I have been to this year. Channel is about 6ft deep.

[fishwitch44]

Fishcapades....thanks...i reckon my 21ft thompson should be able to make it then....

[fishwitch44]

thanks rat city hooker.....i have a friend who used to have a bait shop ever there and wants to go back and try for the walleye...was a tad worried about water...no eyes in yer neck of the woods yet???

[Rat City Hooker]

Where do you stay at in au gres? We stayed at a motel by the dnr docks last year and cant remember the name.

[Rat City Hooker]

If your talking about the maple river its full snags and to shallow for my boat. Its 10 times worse than the tib.

[fishwitch44]

we will probably stay at the best western in town if i dont drag the motor home up there also...i live in bad axe so it aint to far of a drive..have never fished that side of the bay before..will be a new experience...my friend used to fish it all the time when he had the bait shop over ther a couple years ago so at least i wont be going totally blind...lol

[Rat City Hooker]

If you got some boards and some sticks its like taking candy from a baby.We go out the dnr launch and head north to the point.We mix up the bait till something works and sometimes we even run spoons of the balls real shallow.

[fishwitch44]

sounds good..i got the boards the sticks and the riggers...now all i gotta do is get the fish...is this normally the good time for them over there....i no as the year goes on a lot of them fish the charities too....sure would make the warden happy...seems i fish salmon more then the walleye any more and she dont like salmon...lol

[STEINFISHSKI]

Nice going Big Shooter. Get in touch and we will have to fish somewhere soon. How fast were you pulling those jerks?

Tim

[Rat City Hooker]

Where is north point marinia and do they rent dock space for the weekend?

[Big Shooter]

Stien. my best trolling speed was between 1.3 and 1.8 mph. I'm watching the weather and am planing to go when the winds not bad. All I was fishin was 2 rods off my drivers side board, I can't imagine how much fun it would be to run 6 or 8 lures. Wow. Good fishin!

[Brian S]

I'll be in the Au Gres/Tawas area next week and plan on fishing both areas. I've never tried AuGres for walleye before.

Question:

Do you troll near the point or do you troll from the river mouth on a heading toward the point? In other words, is the water between the river mouth and the point productive or do you run to the point before starting.

Also, how far out do you have to go to get to 18-24 ft?

[Big Shooter]

BrianS, The fish I caught were scattered from the north point to the river. I saw some boats fishing from the south point to the river. I don't think they're really schooled up like in the summer. I do know at night they come in shallow( 8 to 12fow ) and are more concentrated around the smelt, find the smelt at night and it's easy pickens. Word to the wise; weekends get busy and combine that with darkness... well lets just say some people are less considerate than others. I try to stay away from the crowds at night so I don't loose any lures or my boards. If you fish at night I recomend having a spotlight on board to shine on your boards or lighted boards. Good fishin! P.S. To get to 26fow is really close and both points protect you from any west winds. Northeast is the worst!

[Brian S]

Thanks!

I'll probably be out there next Wed, thru Fri (7th to 9th). I'll be at the cabin (no electricity) turkey hunting so I won't be able to post any reports until 12 May.