Well, it wont' be long now, The Steelies will be showing up and so will some real foul mouthed "fishermen". I want to warn everyone now. Some of the language that fishermen yell back and forth at the park, gives us all a bad name. Women, children, and seniors are around the park all the time and "fishermen" are yelling obscenties in front of them. You need to know how much weight those seniors carry. They had night fishing banned, because of the noise. They had the picnic tables removed from the east side of the bridge, because they were intimidated by all the guys gathered at them using foul language. If you can't control your language around women, children, and seniors, we may see more restrictions. If you are next to someone who is yelling like that, you may want to ask him to check his language. If that doesn't work, call the cops and let them stop him. You can be prosecuted for yelling the "F" word in a pubilc park, as well as the myriad of other stuff I hear on an almost daily basis. If you can't control you language please fish downriver somewhere, where no one will care. Trust me, that stuff is being heard.
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Well this is my first year fishing down there and i must say i have met some great guys down there that have helped me tremendously and even got to take my kids down there and fish for the walleye (catch and release ) at night i don't think my kids will ever forget that we had a great time so there are always bad apples everywhere you are gonna go just don't give a place a bad name because of them ! it is a great local resource we are blessed with it only takes a few to make a difference so when your there give back as much as you can carrying a plastic bag to pick up some trash is a small price to pay thats all good luck and great fishing!!!!!:coolgleam
I just want you to know that I am not trying to bash nor ruin this post. You do make valid points and I apologize if I came off wrong. But in years past I definetly know what your talking about. I've seen more then a mess down their before but I think the city has done a great job of cleaning up the problem children and your right, it's on us as sportsman to maintain our own. I've defintely seen guys throw a bunch of line on the ground when they get a birds nest and I politely tell them to take their lazy a@@ to the trash can that is 50 feet away. Anyways good luck to everyone this year, if it's anything like last fall it's gonna be a great experience. Jigs with waxies seemed to be the ticket last year, but they were hitting on Silver and gold plugs and you can never go wrong with spawn.
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just a quick heads up for the guys who fish below the coffer if they don't open the dams up river or we don't get any rain there is a new element to battle as in laydown logs strew all about in that area.
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We shoud get some decent rain before the run. I start catching fish around the third week of October though, so it better hurry. There is rain in this weeks forecast. As I posted in another thread, tell any of your boater friends that if they ruch on down there, when we get some water, they need to be careful. When the water comes up, there are going to be a lot of big tree limbs coming down the river. I'm wondering how much junk there is above the dam, let alone all those limbs below the coffer.
There are many days when everything is just fine at the park. Unfortunately, the seniors and other pedestrians don't make phone calls to report a pleasant outing. It's the bad days that draw negative attention to us.
There are many days when everything is just fine at the park. Unfortunately, the seniors and other pedestrians don't make phone calls to report a pleasant outing. It's the bad days that draw negative attention to us.
Ive fished rivers from every corner of the state. The huron is by far the calmest river as far as idiot fisherman go that I have fished on. It dont matter where you go your gonna get a problem every now and then. And most of the steel down there are plants. I have caught very few "unclipped" fish over the years. So lets stop arguin about clipped fins and just enjoy the fact we have a steel fishery in s.e. MI. The run has been gettin better and better every year. I'm expectin the same this year. Good luck to all this season....
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Of course Flatrock is not as bad as some other places I've seen, but when someone files a complaint, the cops don't take that into consideration. In some places, like Tippy Dam, Foote Dam, Cheboygan Dam, or the dam on the Betsie you don't have too many familes strolling along the shoreline, right behind the fishermen, so there aren't likely to be too many complaints. I'm not very famliar with 6th Street, but they can work out their own problems. Comparisons make no difference to the people that live in Flatrock, only what they see in their park. I ran across a case of rudness and disrespect, a week ago, while fishing for Smallies. Two guys in a pick up, parked in the wrong place, waded in front of another fisherman, when he was the only other one around, with the music turned all the way up in their truck, and had a dog that was running around on local residents property while they fished. "Things are fine" is a relative term. If profanity and littering doesn't bother you, things are fine, if it does bother you, things ain't so fine. Let's be clear, what goes on there doesn't bother me, except for the littering, but history has shown that some people are concerned. You can fish all night at most dams right? The cops told me that night fishing was stopped, because of noise complaints. Does that sound like it's fine? Now the tables where guys group up, within ear shot of the seniors apartments have been removed due to complaints, I was told. Does that sound like things are fine? I'm glad to hear that they aren't enforcing the hours too strictly, but let the crowds start showing up at night and I'll bet they will. It's more than what happens by the water. It's about the parking lot being so cloae to the senior residence with doors slamming and guys yelling at each other to get the gear, etc.
Yes, low water hurts the run.
Yes, low water hurts the run.
Steelmon your point was made 10 posts ago. If you go down there looking for trouble you'll find it. If you go down there and stick to yourself and don't cause a ruckus you will be left alone, even by the cops at night. bntz go get yourself a gold and silver set of hot n tots. Go to the little dipper and get yourself some spawn, you can tie it yourself or they have pretied. Orange and Pink work good so does yellow, you'll have to see what they like that day. Start reading on drift fishing and bottom bouncing. You can also try a white jig tipped with a wax worm under a bobber. Black wooly buggers work also. The water being low right now will have nothing to do with the run. Before the run even starts there will be a few fish trickle in but once we get our first good rain around thanksgiving you should start fishing for them consistantly. A good indicator of the river being blown out is the Gauge at Ann Arbor here http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?04174500
Once that puppy gets to 800 or higher for the first time, you know that the river is a raging and it's time to gear up. On another note, get your info here or whereever but when you come to this site, take some of the members posts with a grain of salt cause things get pretty heated around here. I think the economy in michigan has all the males on their permarag.
Once that puppy gets to 800 or higher for the first time, you know that the river is a raging and it's time to gear up. On another note, get your info here or whereever but when you come to this site, take some of the members posts with a grain of salt cause things get pretty heated around here. I think the economy in michigan has all the males on their permarag.
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You mean a Sat. back in March or April !.... the top pic. has no clips. The skein is far to mature for a September fish....I smell something fishie !....
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It is VERY rare for Mich. to have a Fall spawn of Steelhead... though it does occur... the pic. showed Sat. morning... Sat was day before yesterday....
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The water being low right now may not effect the run, but we will need a good flush of high water, before the fish come up in any numbers, next month. The high water increases the current at Pt. Moullie and sends more of the river's scent out to the lake, helping the fish find their way.
Sorry if it sounded like I was complaining too much. My intent was just to see if I could get others involved in helping to keep things cool down there. but I kept getting the not as bad elsewhere arguement, which holds no weight with the residents.
Sorry if it sounded like I was complaining too much. My intent was just to see if I could get others involved in helping to keep things cool down there. but I kept getting the not as bad elsewhere arguement, which holds no weight with the residents.
The topic name of the post I made with the fish was called Saturday cause I caught those fish on that Saturday and sunday last year when it truly was a huron river steely fest. You may think that it is very "Rare" to have fall spawning steelies on the Huron but that is not my experience.
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Speaking of skien, I caught a 10 lb. Hen on April 19th this year, that had just tiny green skien in her. She was nowhere near ready to spawn. You don't see that very often. I think she was making the spring run, but wouldn't have spawned until this fall maybe.
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That's okay. A pm would be fine 
. I've caught chromers at the end of April, above the ladder, but I released all of them. I never went up there in May though, even though the condition of the fish told me they must run up there into May.
. I've caught chromers at the end of April, above the ladder, but I released all of them. I never went up there in May though, even though the condition of the fish told me they must run up there into May.
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Tiny green skein is being absorbed back into her, or the begining of new ovum for the next cycle, I believe the number of fall spawners is less than one percent of the fish, they run in the Fall because they like to eat Salmon & (Trout) eggs, and other food sources, and their liking of the River environment, due to the Trout part of their make up. Summer run fish are not summer spawners, they run early due to their natal waters being far up stream ( as far as 1,300 - 1,500 miles), and the journey taking several months to complete, summers are actualy the first to spawn, sometimes as early as late January.
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