I made the drive across state to fish with my brothers on water we grew up on. One great thing about Lake St. Clair is you never know what you'll catch. The day started in the early morning hours. I arrived at my brother's place shorty after sunrise. After making a quick game plan, it was time to get on the water. Its rare to find the lake this calm, so we took advantage of the opportunity to throw poppers. We got some love from a few largemouth. Then it was time to look for smallies. After catching our fair share of smallies, we decided to pound some weedbeds looking for pike. We also landed quite a few bass on the bigger stuff, so I switched back to a crawfish pattern on caught a young musky. Go figure. Also got into some perch.
It got a little rought at times, but we stuck it out until dusk. I thought this was fitting on Memorial weekend. 5 hours driving, 14 hours on the water...and I was back home.
sounds like a great time and good way to spend the weekend, not to mention catching what sounds like a ton of fish!
Awsome pics.. nothing better than a good day on the water and that looks like a great day on the lake!
Gorgeous pictures Matt. Man those types of pics make me want to go fishing this week. I believe I will be out on the water either Thursday or Friday. First canoe/lake trip of the year. You have a nack for taking some wonderful pictures that really capture the moment and essence of your fishing experiences.
Nice photos, glad to see you had a good time. I went out sunday after bass, beat up the 10-14 inchers but didn't catch anything nice.
Awesome pictures as usual. Assuming you use a sinking line for the weed beds? I'm considering taking my flyrod to the cabin in Canada this year for some still water fishing.
Thanks everyone. I really enjoy chronicling my trips with photos from time to time. You assumed correctly. Most of my streamer fishing in lakes and rivers is done with a Scientific Angler Streamer Express line in various grain weights. The first 30' is sinking, the rest is an intermediate shooting line. I've tried numerous sinking lines and this is definitely my favorite. Its actually considered a sink tip line as opposed to a full sinker. I'm not a big fan of the full sinkers.
Yes, just a variation of a woolly bugger known as a Sparkle Dad. I tie them in a few different colors for smallmouth.
