went out fishing 5 times, have only caught 1 fish

[smooth22]

I must be doing something wrong. my boat well is out of fair haven. so i need some fishing spots in that area.

5 times out fishing catching only 1 fish is pretty bad.

fishing for walleye and perch, i can only drift or anchor as i have a 26" boat, will be getting a trolling motor next summer.

gps location or aproximate area would be much appreciated.

thanks

[tubejig]

smooth, which areas are you fishing on the north side of the lake? Though I don't know the north side very well, if it was me that was going to try that area, I would be fishing the channel and its edges since the main waters are shallow. This is just a guess on my part, for that area. If you can get your boat to troll down to 1-1.5 mph you should be ok running harnesses. If it will not, then try running some hot-n-tots or warts since they run well around 2-2.5. Just be sure to look for areas that don't have weeds coming up high off of the bottom, or you will be cleaning hooks all the time.


my .02 trying to help out.

tubejig

[smooth22]

much appreciated tubejig, ya we come out of fairhaven, north part of lake st clair,

ya looks like i need to concentrate more on the channels, as i have been cleaning a lot of hooks from weeds, even in 9-11 feet of water still getting weeds. will go to the channels more were its much dipper, thanks for the info

[ahartz]

Hey smooth, get a chart and find the area known as the strawberry bar, it is a transition area from 4 to 9 feet of water. It is off Strawberry island. This is a known musky spot, so logic would dictate that there other creatures in there as well. also run only one motor and toss a sea anchor over the side to get yourself slow. a big sea anchor will really slow you down. the channel mouths and edges of same are the place to be now that the weeds are up and so is the water temp. change places often, vary techniques..you'll get on top of 'em..andy

[tubejig]

smooth, check your private messages, they are full. Be sure to clean out your sent items.


tubejig

[Joe_G]

Hey Smooth,,,,,I feel your pain....So I just typed ya up a nice PM with some GPS numbers and some other good info for the Bouvier Bay, New Baltimore area. When I hit the send button, it kicked me out of the message and said your PM box is full...DOH!!!!

[smooth22]

Joe_G, i just deleted 3/4 of my private messages, hoepfully you have the post saved and can resend it.

didn't know there was a limit on the amount of private messages you can save, now i know why i haven't been getting any. lol

plenty of room now.

[Joe_G]

O.K. smooth, I re- sent it. There's a nice feature that you may not know about. You can recieve an e-mail notification whenever you recieve a PM, or when your PM box is full, the site will let you know that also.....There's no advertising or junk mail involved with this feature. Go to Control Panel, Edit Options, Send you an email when you receive a Private Message? click Yes.................
Good luck fishin'