That is very cool. Way to stick with it!

 

Atta boy DP! Great job.

Is the fifth photo a trash can full of huge perch?!?

 

No, it's a shallow oil change type pan

 

Cool post! I've been fishing the wall since I was 14.

 

Great pics. Thanks for sharing!

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Very cool pics DP,that looks like a St.clair special whipping rod?

 

Here are a couple of my pictures pertaining to whipping or chugging rods. First one shows me back in the early 70's with my 21 ft. cane pole that I used on the old wooden docks at the foot of Thomas Street in Port Huron. The second picture shows me with my custom made 12 ft. long, 2-pc. chugging (whipping) rod that I use today on the railings in Port Huron.

It doesn't reach out into the current as far as the old cane pole did, but it sure is a lot easier to haul around and I still manage to do well with it. It is actually a heavy surf fishing rod blank that I bought on Ebay years ago and had customized by a local rod builder. My chugging success usually depends on whether or not the minnows are running upstream close to the wall on the nights I'm there. The more minnows there are, the better the fishing. I always use F13 (5 1/4") floating rapalas for my chugging lures.

 

Good stuff; you're living Michigan right. Can't help noticing the hat, too. Semper Fi.

 

Hope I make it to 64! Thank you for your service. Hopefully you've got plenty more ahead of you. Great pics!

 

Awesome!

 

Great pictures! Hope to see you sometime this spring again looking for those perch!

 

Phenomenal post Admiral! the river, is a necessity in life out dare

 

Great post, nice to see the old pics. Keep catching them fish

 

What a journey, that for photos

 

Very, very cool.

 

Time we’ll spent and great to see the older pictures!

 

Awesome pictures, thanks for sharing! 👍

 

Very cool, thanks for posting this up!

 

That's awesome, keep at it dp cause it's the fishing that keeps us young. Shhh don't tell anyone. Great pics

 

Great pic's DP. Sure brings back a lot of memories of very similar experiences. I grew up on the river in PH, about 7 house south of the Seaway Terminal/Bean Dock. Lots of great fishing in our backyard from the 60's until our Mom sold the house in '97. Walleye, smelt dipping and salmon, steelhead, browns in the 70's - 80's. I still have two of the 20+ ft. bamboo poles we used off our dock. Did a lot of trolling (now called hand-lining, pulling wire) back then. Still have all my stuff + boxes of pencil plugs. Most of my river fishing has been in the Marine City/Fawn island area for the last 25 years. Even though the fishing remains great, I miss those days.

Tight Lines!

 

Awesome thread and pictures to remind us how the time flies.
I grew up fishing Lake St. Clair for perch, bass, walleye, and crappie since the early 50's. Sadly, my experience was limited to Anchor Bay for most of those years. It wasn't until about 2013 or so that I discovered threads on this forum related jigging the River for walleye. I soon became an addict, and can assure you that ever since I have been making up for lost time!
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Awsome pics love the old long bamboo/ cane poles its always amazing to see them in action ....been wanting to get my hands on one for me and the kids to fish with then eventually pass it down to them to keep the tradition alive dont see many fishing the wall like that these days

 

 

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Spear fishing already down from the Black? 😬

Teens rescued from St. Clair River

Rescue crews responded to the river near the Blue Water River Walk about 1:15 p.m.

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Love the pics! Thanks for sharing.

 

Thanks for sharing. I have seen you down at the River several times over the years. My driveway is on Thomas Street. I miss the old fishing docks and dipping smelt by the Cement Plant. It all has changed but still catch the fish. Good Luck this year!

 

Here is another type of fish that you will occasionally see caught in the St. Clair River: Tiger Musky I have landed four of them over the years while live-bait fishing for other species, usually smallmouth bass. I have actually hooked a few others that managed to cut my line during the fight. Like Pike and Great Lakes Muskies, their mouths are filled with sharp teeth. I never deliberately target these fish, but it is always exciting when you do hook one.