It’s time for the East Arenac Sportsmens gun Raffle again

Posted by Greybeard on Jul 27th, 2009 in Shootist | Comments Off

The East Arenac Sportsmens Club is trying to give away guns again.

Check it out at http://eastarenacsportsmen.blogspot.com

Fishing Report out of the Au Gres River

Posted by Greybeard on Jul 25th, 2009 in Fishing, Local | Comments Off

The waves were around two feet,  and 4 of us decided to brave the predicted scattered thunder storms for a little Walleye fishing.

We fished hard for about 8 hours and pulled in 7 Walleye, (six keepers) and 2 big Catfish.    The keepers varied from 15.5 inches to about  23 inches.  Not a trip to write home about,  but still,  a pretty good day on the Bay.   We worked the waters about 3 to 4 miles out from the river,  and from there,  maybe 3 miles south.  We varied between 47 and 31 ft of water.  We marked a lot of bait fish,  and a lot more (Walleye looking) fish than actually took our harnesses.   I’m wondering if their lack of aggression has anything to due with the abundance of bait fish.  Maybe they’re just full and lazy?

We finished the day with a pan fried Walleye dinner,  backed up with a huge Taco salad and a nice bottle of Pino Noir.

River Phenomenon

Posted by Greybeard on Jul 22nd, 2009 in Local | Comments Off

When we left the house today,  the river was pretty normal.  (Au Gres River).  It was moving slowly and about 8 inches up onto the seawall.   There were numerous thunderstorms around us,  but the weather was nothing spectacular in our area.

When we returned about two hours later,  I noticed the the dock ropes on the boats were tight.  Inspection revealed that the river had risen nearly 2 feet in the 2 hours we were absent.  A couple of stationary docks upriver,  were completely covered, with only the dock poles sticking up out of the water!   Within the next 45 minutes,  the water moved back out and the river was back to normal levels. 

I reckon there must have been a storm out somewhere on the bay.

Skunked

Posted by Greybeard on Jul 19th, 2009 in Fishing, Local | Comments Off

It’s looking like the Walleye -have- moved to parts elsewhere.  We did a 4 hour tour today,  and though we saw lot’s of bait fish on the Fishfinder,  not a Walleye showed up for the party.     It’s looking like the next trip will be to the south a bit.

Back in the water

Posted by Greybeard on Jul 18th, 2009 in Fishing | Comments Off

The “Late Harvest” is back in the water.  The new Lowrance x-510c is installed and appears to be working quite well.  We took a quick run out into the Bay yesterday,  (braving what looked like a brewing thunderstorm).   The 510 grabbed the bottom quickly and held a lock securely up to the boats top speed of almost 40mph.  I think it’s going to work out quite well.  Today we’ve got severe weather threatening again,  so no fishing,  and I’ve been hearing that “the Walleye have moved”.