belleville lake friday

[shametamer]

water still high, quite murky at west end.....fought them all day,14 inch here,14 1/4 there...14 1/2 inch back aways and so on..ended up with 3 keepers one went 21 inches..numerous small bronzebacks....all fish came on lures with orange as predominant color..tried leeches and crawlers also..mostly the bite was shallow 5 to 12 foot....water temp running 73.7 to 74..overcast early sunny midday winds bout 10/12 mph........there is gonna be a ton of legal fish to b had by september!

[ZobZob]

Nice to see you got out again. It's been awhile since I've been doing more skirt chasing than fishing. :dizzy: Hope to get out there again this week and I'll let you know how I did. It will probably be after work on Monday or Wednesday.

Zob

[shametamer]

hey Zob, just make sure to wear the 'smellum' around the skirts!..lol..i might b out one day this week..after 10 hours there friday..and 17 hours over last 2 days chasin skis..i'm bushed....16 year old wifes nephew has the makings of a pro..picks up tactics quickly, has boundless energy and just loves to fish...u know a good trout lake close to us?..he needs a trout(brook,brown or rainbow) to say he has caught one of all gamefish this summer..streamin or flycasting is out for me..i need a lake!.......he leaves for 6 week camp on friday..so i got 4 days to gethim his fish............

[snowmobiler7c]

Hello,

I have always wanted to try fishing belleville lake but never have had the time. Hopefully i can try it something after the 4th of july. anyways Whats the best way to fish this lake for walleyes trolling or drifting? Also Being Ford lake is so close to belleville lake how is that for walleye fishing? Hopefully i can try them this summer. thanks mark

[shametamer]

Gee,i suppose that is personal preference, we take them trolling and casting others do well drifting and the shore fisherman take them casting or still fishing. Orange or orange/gold always seemed to produce best, color wise. Ford lake is not planted, the walleyes there are natural.By this years experience i would say Belleville has the better bite, but Ford seems to produce larger eyes. Tuesday evenings can be rough on belleville, as they have a local bass tounament there..Belleville has 3 public launches(1 marina,2 DNR) Ford has only 1,ypsi twp. park....Both lakes offer a wide range of fish.

[snowmobiler7c]

Thanks for the info, i deffinetly want to try fishing there. Maybe i can try it on July 6th or 7th or else one morning before then. I have been wanting to try fishing inland lakes around the area but just havent had the chance lately. Funny thing is i live right next to lake erie and cant fish there because my boat is too small, 12ft flatbottom with a 8hp motor. Hopefully i can get a new boat this fall and try erie and lk. st. clair until then i cant wait to try belleville and ford. When i do i will deffinetly post how it goes thanks alot

mark

[bolodunn]

shametamerlet me know a nice spot to take my youngins out there. did you try island lake rec, for the trout? i see 'em everywhere but just can't get em to bite!! lol...

[shametamer]

geez mine measures 16 foot 10 inches and on nice weekends or holidays the big guys blow me off even the larger inland lakes, but nice thing bout bein retired i get the weekdays!..if u do much casting or trollin and u hit either lake pick up a gold/orange wally diver(either size)..its been my best producer over the last decade....besides the eyes that lure has taken cats,perch,both species of bass, white/silver bass ,white perch,crappie and even a musky or 2........

[shametamer]

bolo u have the same luck i do on spring mill pond there..lol..i'm not what one would call a born trout guy! I grew up limiting out on eyes,pike and bass in the a.m. and would spend the rest of the day chasin troutcause i already had my limit of warm water species...best luck i ever had on trout was chasin brookies in those 6 foot wide foot deep type creeks..or cornin the rainbows in a lake at night...hmm, for kids..u might try bruin lake(part of the half moon complex)it has good weed, decent depth..usually a fairly quiet little place.the kids can worm the panfish and you can pitch or bobber for the pike and bass..wolverine lake(commerce and glengary) launch on glengary might b a good spot lots of no wake area and no high speed boating time....has lots of panfish,eyes pike and bass..sand lake or wamplers out irish hills way may offer decent fishin also

[shametamer]

U ever get further north, tubbs island rec area might b aspot u would like to take the kids..made for smaller boats.has lots of fish..shallow channels lake to lake and the turtles and frogs and junk kids seem to love.plus they drag some lunkers out of there....u got the boat now u need the tent and trip to the yooper,ihave dozens of little places i'm sure you would enjoy!..u got enough life vests for your crew? i think i might have a couple orange jobs that are practically new.........

[ZobZob]

Made my first trip out to Belleville in a while last night. My buddy and I fished from 5:30-8:00 and caught one walleye at 15" and one crappie that was 14.25"!!! I can believe we picked up a crappie trolling AND how big it was (master angler size). He took it home an vac sealed it cause he's going to mount it. As for the water there are tons of floaties in it. I think it could be plankton??? There is also a little weed growth which screwed up our lures a few times. The water clarity is pretty poor due to this. I should be out again next week sometime.

Zob