Holy crap. Am I ever going to be able to fish my low-water spots this summer? I can't remember a summer that the river has been blown up like this so often, and for so long. Maybe it's just creating some new holes to explore late this year, or next year
The moss is definitely a mess out there right now. Got a lot of that too. Spent the afternoon on a small pond and had a blast. All C&R.
Nice way to pass the day and help bridge this slow time of the year until "good" fishing picks up again! Attached a few sample pics.
Keep at it Fisherboy! You'll get those kitty cats! We've been down to the Maumee recently and doing really well floating crawlers for cats. Some bigguns out there!
Hey Dr. Walleye: Are you floating the crawlers under a bobber or bottom bouncing with an inline weight? Just curious what's working best right now. Thanks!
Went out early this evening and had a blast. I'm finally finding some holes and rapids I like to fish and pulled 3 good smallies and (I believe a drum) out with itsy tubes! Water felt great and I'm happy the algae is down a bit
Hey Fall, not asking for your honey hole location, but were you fishing in Lucas or Wood Co.? Just curious approx where you are getting smallies right now. Currently I've been going up to the Raisin and catching them there. Not much luck with them on the Maumee ever! Have caught plenty of drum, cats and walleye but never hit a SM yet. Thanks for any intel you have (if you like you can PM me some details). Thanks!
you gotta walk to get away from the crowds I'll walk a mile, mile and a half to fish.Dont wanna say where on here Falls coming I believe we get some Lake run smallies in the fall..Just way to tall and fat for river fish
Thanks DFA, that's what I figured but wanted to verify. Can't fish anywhere in the Maumee without snagging some of that sponge-like seaweed and of course there's always the ever-present "monofilament seaweed" clusters that are hung-up all around every submerged bit of structure out there, LOL!
The moss wasn't too bad on Sunday when I went down for a bit. Did well with a few decent smallmouth on green pumpkin tubes. Girlfriend got a few cats and lost a really nice smallie when it jumped the 4th time. She was pretty salty about it, I had to rub it in and tell her that was bigger than any I've gotten out of there so far this year. [emoji41]
Dude, don't make the girlfriend mad cuz you will pay for it a lot more later!! Besides, if you are lucky enough to have a girlfriend that likes to fish, don't mess with that. Much better to have someone that likes to fish with you than someone who complains that you are away from her too much because you're fishing. LOL!
Went out again this evening for a couple hours to no avail. It was 63 and raining, made for a chilly Wade. I'm just starting to learn how the river acts throughout the year and I couldn't believe how much higher and murkier the water got from two days ago just from that little pop up shower today. It rained for maybe 5 minutes at my workplace on Toledo so maybe we got more rainfall upstream. There we're fish jumping all around me. I tried top water, suspending and bottom but just couldn't get them to bite. I couldn't make it to my holes either, wading up to my belly button was enough for me. How you had better luck on the raisin laser?. Never been up that way, how big is the river compared to the maumee? And any chance for some decent access spots to drop/retrieve a kayak?
it wasn't from that pop up shower yesterday it was from the showers on Sunday, some parts west of the Toledo area got 1/2-1 inch of rain I think the news said.
Went out again this evening for a couple hours to no avail. It was 63 and raining, made for a chilly Wade. I'm just starting to learn how the river acts throughout the year and I couldn't believe how much higher and murkier the water got from two days ago just from that little pop up shower today. It rained for maybe 5 minutes at my workplace on Toledo so maybe we got more rainfall upstream. There we're fish jumping all around me. I tried top water, suspending and bottom but just couldn't get them to bite. I couldn't make it to my holes either, wading up to my belly button was enough for me. How you had better luck on the raisin laser?. Never been up that way, how big is the river compared to the maumee? And any chance for some decent access spots to drop/retrieve a kayak?
Hey Falltum, never made it the Raisin last night, had something come up. As far as the river itself, it has a vast number of places you can put in a kayak easily. The fishing varies from one place to the next. There are a good number of nice smallies in the 10"-17" range throughout the system. Probably your best options for wadding and kayak would be from the Grape Dam on downstream until you get to Monroe near the mouth of the river. There it widens and gets much deeper for boat traffic so kayak only in some of those spots. Much of the upper reaches are shallow and easily wadded. Directly upstream of an empoundment will be deeper of course. I've only just started to explore this river so by no means an expert but there are some good threads about it on the Southeast Michigan Streams and Rivers blog site, here's the web address: http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/forum/forums/south-east-michigan-streams-and-rivers.26/
If you get a chance to try it I think you will find it to be a nice alternative to the Maumee when things are slow there. Let me know if you get up there how you do. Here's a nice 14" SM I caught there last week.
I had big plans to hit my smallie spots this morning at 7am, but woke up sick as a dog at 6. After about an hour of writhing, I'm must've fallen asleep...next thing I know, it's 11:30 and getting hot. So much for those plans. I power washed the house and split wood all day instead. Productive, but nothing compared to that big smallie I was chasing in my dreams...
Drove to BW today & looked. Guess you can drive down to the river. Also looks like no camping there next yr unless they start soon. & no it was too hot to fish
I fished Grand Rapids Dam, Otsego Park and Weir Rapids with only a few fish. Probably the cold weather turned them off. Hopefully next couple of consistent temp days with get them fired up again.
I went out on Saturday and banged out 9 smallies and 4 farm animals between 2 different locations. 5 of the smallies were pigs, and one of the sheephead might have been the biggest I ever caught. That thing was every bit of 25" and maybe longer.
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