When driving past the river on Sunday I saw 2 guys wading the river upstream of Jerome Road on private property. If u guys are on here did you have any luck? I am gonna wait a couple weeks before I start but I cant wait to see the reports start coming
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Has the Maumee run Started?
Hitting like crazy. Start at Orleans & walk (swim)10 miles downriver to Maumee Bay. Walk another 20 miles across the ice to Crane Creek. Fish everywhere there.
It's going to be quite a while my friend.
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I didn't get any warreyes but I did catch two sharks, a bluefin, and pretty sure I had a white snapping turtle bite me off either that or it was a black crappie.
I think it will be a good 3 weeks till its worth a hoot this year... But when they come, they'll be gone before ya know it!
I think it will be a good 3 weeks till its worth a hoot this year... But when they come, they'll be gone before ya know it!
lol guys. im not gonna fish the run all that much this year but I feel like when the run starts it signals that it is finally spring again and time to start crappie fishing, etc. The run is fun but with heavy crowds in the cold weather I usually wish I was somewhere a little more peaceful up north.
I believe it was 1995 when we had a winter sorta like this one...we didn't really get fishing until around the 10th of April that year as I recall.
When it happens, it'll happen fast. No trickling in this year.
When it happens, it'll happen fast. No trickling in this year.
Yea, in my experience with the run, easy math has generally applied. Imagine a million fish over an 8 week run. You grind it out for some limits and bring home some fillet's. Or, you get those million fish in the system over 4-5 weeks. Then it's 10 cast limits in your favorite honey holes and you do everything in your power to make it out if only for an hour. I will take the latter
Drove past side cut today. Jerome rd seems very fishable, the water is nearly as low As in the summer. The gauge at Waterville said 2.80 ft, that is really low. I was surprised to see no one fishing.
at the rate these pigs are being pulled through the ice...I hope they leave a few to come up the river! Lol!!
Maumee fish have been traced back to Lake St. Clair. It is believed that is where most of the run comes from.
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It is, depth-wise, fairly low. Its at 580.2 as of today. The problem is that the flow rate is very fast for the depth and with the melt today, it's only going to get faster. Better know where you're fishing and don't wade too far out at risk of going for a swim.
Hey KaGee! Pretty interesting info. You gave me some homework to do. I checked out google maps and it geographically shows N to S Lake St. Clair which connects to the DR which connects to Lake Erie which connects to Maumee Bay which connects to Maumee River. It appears that there is no direct connection between LSC & Maumee River. Do you know the origin of this belief? I'd like to read about it it obviously has me mega curious.
And no I'm not trying to prove you wrong or make you look bad I'd really like to know more about the history of the migration as walleye is one of my favs to fish for
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GoneFishn it was a tagged fish study done by the combined efforts of the Michigan and Ohio DNR. This was done quite a few years ago, I do not remember the years, only the fact that there was indeed this study and results were published in the local paper.
I've never heard that either...Hey KaGee! Pretty interesting info. You gave me some homework to do. I checked out google maps and it geographically shows N to S Lake St. Clair which connects to the DR which connects to Lake Erie which connects to Maumee Bay which connects to Maumee River. It appears that there is no direct connection between LSC & Maumee River. Do you know the origin of this belief? I'd like to read about it it obviously has me mega curious.
And no I'm not trying to prove you wrong or make you look bad I'd really like to know more about the history of the migration as walleye is one of my favs to fish for
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I heard that a few yrs back while fishing the run when someone brought a tagged fish into Maumee bait and tackle, pretty sure it was an employee telling the guy where his fish could have came from. has anybody here caught a tagged eye during the run ? JON
I have been shown a couple of charts on the tracking of walleye that have been tagged in Erie.
I think what it showed was that some walleye in Erie have migrated up into lake St Clair through the Detroit River, one, if I remember right, was even caught in Saginaw bay somehow. I may even still have a copy of that chart somewhere. I think they have some more very current radio tracking data. I also think this was presented recently by the ODNR speakers at a recent meeting at the walleye club Toolman is associated with.
I don't remember seeing that the fish that spawn in the Maumee come from LSC, but do remember that there are slightly different strains (DNA) of walleye that run up the Sandusky River than run up the Maumee
I think what it showed was that some walleye in Erie have migrated up into lake St Clair through the Detroit River, one, if I remember right, was even caught in Saginaw bay somehow. I may even still have a copy of that chart somewhere. I think they have some more very current radio tracking data. I also think this was presented recently by the ODNR speakers at a recent meeting at the walleye club Toolman is associated with.
I don't remember seeing that the fish that spawn in the Maumee come from LSC, but do remember that there are slightly different strains (DNA) of walleye that run up the Sandusky River than run up the Maumee
I drove across the Maumee today where 75 crosses and it was solid ice, not chunks, but flat solid frozen ice, as far as you could see in both directions
Lundy, that's miles down river from where the run takes place.
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Yep, been there done that many, many times, just not in the last 10+ years. I used to go often back in the 80's and 90's
We probably crossed lines
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