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FooteSite Dam Steelhead Report - lonehunter - 03-16-2008 I arrived right at daybreak , the parking lot a sheet of ice as deep as the parking blocks and as smooth as an ice rink . River road was clear on the way in except for the ocasional deer and a mature bald eagle feasting on a roadkill porcupine . The stairs were dry but you could hear the ice breaking inside them as you walked down . The water clear as crystal , saw a couple ducks swimming around on the overflow side . At the start there were three of us guys along the rail , when I left there were six minus myself , the cold wind kept my fingers froze despite gloves and handwarmers . The fishing ? I do belive the first wave is on it's way and should be in full force this upcomming weekend . The first hour and a half had us taking net duty as we helped land each others fish , 7 cromers at daybreak with 4 others breaking off . Spawn wasn't working , wax worms did the trick . Three were keeper size the other were small jacks and released . I did catch and release with my fish . As soon as the clouds cleared the action shut down . Withe more warm weather and rain in the forcast I can only see the run getting better and going strong by Thursday . No pics today even though I did have the camera with me , windchill temps would have ruined it . WATER , CLEAR Temps , "dam cold " Tackle used , spawn, wax worms , flys #4 TEST MONO . #10 eagle claw and mustad hooks . Man Up Rating , a 7 [signature] Re: [lonehunter] FooteSite Dam Steelhead Report - davetclown - 03-19-2008 I see by the new weather forcast that a change in fishing forcast may be due, cold temps and I see more snow headed up that way again for the weekend.... any talk about smelt yet? [signature] Re: [davetclown] FooteSite Dam Steelhead Report - lonehunter - 03-23-2008 There is ice up here , no chance of getting a dip net out . I fished the au sable friday and saturday . Friday , as soon as i arrived i made the mistake of sitting my brand new st. croix rod down while getting my hand sized tackle box out of my vest , my rod tip slipped down the ice on the bank and over the edge , I saw it sink into the swirling water . I had my old rod as a back up in the truck just incase some of the guys i invited to the trip showed up . The fishing barometer said fishing would be good , the temprature was on the cold side and the fish just wern't very active . There wern't too many anglers that lasted more than an hour at most before calling it quits . I tried several tactics for lathargic fish , none were sucessfull . I stayed at deercamp for the night where I was able to sort thru the hooks , sinkers and swivels , read up on some fishing articals and change out some line on a few spools . The out-house door was frozen to the ground so there were a few trips made to the woods during the evening , ya' really gotta love roughing it in Michigan , don't you ? Saturday was no different than friday , maybe just a bit colder as the wind whipped up the river . From daybreak untill 1 o'clock not one bump . I did see a fresh one shoot past me . I had a visitor in the trees behind me , I'm not shure if you can make him out but give it your best shot . Hint , national symbol . [signature] Re: [lonehunter] FooteSite Dam Steelhead Report - davetclown - 03-25-2008 porkey pine? I may try getting out in the next day or two, the pup seem to be better, dont want to push it to soon... [signature] Re: [davetclown] FooteSite Dam Steelhead Report - lonehunter - 03-26-2008 Bald Eagle , just sat there looking for a bit . How is the wolf doing ? [signature] Re: [lonehunter] FooteSite Dam Steelhead Report - davetclown - 04-03-2008 the wolf not so good. have you been out east or west in the past week? [signature] Re: [davetclown] FooteSite Dam Steelhead Report - lonehunter - 04-03-2008 I hope you get some nice weather down there so your best buddy can have some warm days in the sun . Roosterfish will be up this weekend , we were planning to stay at deercamp and fish the Au Sable but decided to stay here at the house and take trips over to the manistee instead . Roosterfish needs to get his first steelie under his belt and I have to make sure my pup gets it's medication and bandages changed on time ,besides the au sable run look all that promising right now . [signature]