St. Clair river report

[AL D.]

Fished the treatment plant Saturday with several others and the fishing was HOT!!!!! Several steelies,browns, and kings caught , probably 15 coho salmon and a few atlantic? salmon(according to some locals). Minnows, spoons and bomber/rapala type body baits were best. Wind was blowing hard out of the southwest causing the dirty water from the black river to move upstream. I hooked 3 salmon, 2 kings and 1 coho in 3hrs. unfortunately lost the 2 kings due to bad net job by one of the locals, landed the 3lb. coho by myself. Packed up at 8pm and moved down to the parking lot south of the bridge, what a zoo. Seen 2 walleye caught before 11pm on pencil plugs, 1 fish was 6.5lbs. the other was easily 10 lbs. Sunday the fishing was slow, no comparison to Saturday.Smelt were non-existant all weekend. Lots of shiners swimming near the wall. Hope the smelt pick up for the outing next weekend, treatment plant will probably be the best bet, less people and they have a porta potty there now. I will be there early on Saturday salmon fishing again and will have my radio on 7-0. Hope the weather is as nice next weekend. See Ya .....................AL

[Ed Stringer]

It's been nuts the wall guys have been out doing the boats !!! Kinda cool for them dudes.

[Muddpuppy]

Jimmy Da Fish and I tried some jiggin this afternoon at the Edison plant, made a few passes there and a few other known honey-holes. We didn't roll one but marked some. A couple salmon-ers where doin' it but answered back to the thumbs up/thumbs down as we passed by, they just held up they're arms like to say "when you find 'em let us know too ehh". Beautiful day, sunny with a light, warm South wind. Pretty early yet.

[neversunk]

Its NEVER too early for the fish where you were at.....I would suspect that the fishing for salmon in the river this spring will follow the pattern of the fishing in Lake Huron......that being a negative pattern unless the smelt and alewive populations there pick up.