Fishing Forum

in gladwin the recent flooding has been a hassle and a blessing to us fishermen that are brave or stupid enough to go fishing .
the water is at it's highest marks in years , this means all the smart old fish are being pushed out of there saftey spots by the swift currents combined with murkey water and are seeking the food and oxigen rich water at the dams .
yep , that's where i'll be for a bit .
todays outing had me testing out a multitude of lures , panther martins , rapalas , daredevils , mepps, stick baits , jiggs , flys and of course worms .
the ultra light was the first rod to be retired for the day , the fish were just to big to be finessed in these currents . the flyrod was second to go down for a nap , the fish are still hugging the bottom refusing to surface for any dryfly presented .
the ugly stick was the hero of the day , even thou the reel was destroid by a huge tiger muskey . how big a muskey ? well let me tell you this , that reel has landed steel without a problem , a little earlier it landed a sizeable bugle mouth bass (carp ).
the first hint of the mamoth muskey was when it broadsided a 22" pike i was landing and left it's teeth marks from one side of it's jaws half way down the pikes body . thats at least a 11" jaw opening . i have the pic to prove it too ! SEE THE PIC ON THE MICHIGAN BOARD .
after that i put on a rapala and three casts later it hit with a vengence . it peeled line so fast that the spool bent off it's axis and caused the line to snap . that was the end of my fishing trip for the day .
i cought smb, lmb, rb, carp, northern pike and a sizeable pumpkinseed . only kept one pike and the pumpkinseed . see the fish as entrys in the BFT 16 SPECIES FISHING CONTEST on page 5 .
bring on the rain ! big fish and i hit the dams when the weather gets wet .

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Sounds like fun! Only problem is, we need the rain to recover from last years drought. We're already in a semi-drought condition for this year. Imagine that... the land of 10,000 lakes is running out of water!

There's flooding up north but not enough rain down here in my area. The last few floods sure have helped the lake levels raise though! Another three or four good storms and people might be able to launch their boats using the cement launches instead of the sand/mud next to them.

I'll definitely need to get out to the rivers edge though and see what I can get. They've finally closed up the dam near me so that the boats could launch and head north since our Walleye and Northern opener was today.
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Hey DDR, If you guys get any more drought conditions they will have to change your 10,000 lakes name into like 29 ponds. LOL. I pray for the best outcome for you guys there.
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LOL. Thanks TubeN2. We are expecting rain throughout this week, starting today. I should be out enjoying the sunshine right now but I'm helping my girlfriend control her ADHD child which didn't get his meds yesterday. I finally got him to take them this morning just a few minutes ago. Hopefully he'll be better behaved by the time I leave with my friend Darrell.
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Is the child ready to learn how to fish yet or is that down the road a ways??

I know that I find it as good therapy for relaxation.[][cool]
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He's ready. But he's very impatient with it. Sometimes he's really good with it but half the time he doesn't listen to the advice and tangles things up and gets frustrated and quits.
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There are some cases that are more difficult that others. But any and all cases can use a little PPT or Prayers, Patience and Time.[]
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So true. This morning he absolutely refused to take his pills. I tried everything in the human book and was getting extremely frustrated. Then I stared out the window, said "Lord, I can't do this. I need Your help and guidance." Immediately I knew what to do. Sure enough, he took his pills!
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[]hey there bud, sounds like your doin good! haha me and cliff been hittin the black river, i caught a 2 lb rainbow sat. had a ball come close to fallin in after it, haah oh well worth it. so there hittin pretty good here too. we still got some good waters in hte river too. but i gyess not like YOU! HAHA CLIFF got 5 3/4 lb rainbow last week an another 3-4 lb rainbow the next nite. cool huh?? thought i told ya somewhere,s but fergit where. haha i,m gonna go look at the fish that ruined your reel haah bet he,s somethin! later catch some more. and dont fall in. haha later[]
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