With Father's Day Weekend's arrival, it for me usually symbolizes the end of Spring Fishing season. However, with Summer peeking over the horizon, for us here at JW W.M.O. it signals time for different species of fish to chase after, different methods of chase, and of course preparing for Fall, with getting several hours of bow shooting in!
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| Allegan Steelhead |
Spring began with a bang, fishing for steelhead in the St. Joeseph River, and in the Kalamazoo River, Below the Allegan (Caulkins) Dam. Fish numbers seemed to be pretty fair, and in the Kalamazoo River, quite a few sturgeon were hooked (and released)!!
Shortly after Ice-Out, some of us hit the piers for great coho fishing, (which went well!!), and some of us got out to the bigger inland lakes, like Gull Lake, and went after lake trout...
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27" Lakers out of Gull Lake, MI
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Then came the Bluegills....
A lot of good fishing can be had in alot of West Michigans local inland lakes. Our staff slayed the slabs in several locations, and wound up bringing home limits, or near limits of fish in the 7.5 to 10" range...and that is awesome in this portion of the state!!! Most of the lakes holding these fish were within 10-45 minutes from home!
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| Staffer Will and his 8" green sunfish hybrid! |
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| My kiddo and her Slabber red ear |
We even got the kids out early and let them in on the fun! Take caution, though, the kids will have a tendency to out fish the adults!!!!
Now comes summer... Bass fishing, Walleye trolling and jigging, Pike, Fish Camp, Bow shooting.
We'll be heading out to Lake of the Woods Decatur, Cedar Lake, Fish Lake Marcellus, Fish Lake Orangeville, Fine Lake, Eagle Lake Bloomingdale, and some of the other local lakes in search of anything that swims....
Remember, Kids keep us going, and kids keep the sport(s) growing...Send us your pictures, tips, etc!
Keep Your Lines Tight, and Your Pins on Target!!
