02-09-2008, 05:04 AM
[size 1]I had planned on going to the 6th street dam on the Grand River to hunt for steelhead..... but..... I got a hot tip from a friend and I ended up in the Rabbit River in Middleville targeting walleye instead.
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Weather wasn't to bad and while water levels were a bit high it was far easier fishing than fishing the Grand River. Took the little wifey along (she took the pictures).
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Spent some time using wax worms with no luck. Switched to pink jigs with a small GULP leech and that got the bluegills interested. Caught 5 gills in a matter of 8 minutes. One was pretty nice size. About a 2 pounder.
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This is the part where Dave will think I"m crazy []-- We had a birthday party to go to right after fishing so I didn't keep them.
The hits quit just as fast as it started and seemed like once I sore liped the 5 of them they got wize to me and left.
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After about another 30 minutes we were just about to call it quits when I got a nice strike. The fish peeled off a good 30 yards of line on me in a couple seconds (forgot to tighten it back up after pullin in the little gills) You can't really see it well from the pic but the rod bent over pretty good.
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After a couple minutes I saw a big yellow belly roll out in front of me. (Ooooh Yeah... Walleye tonight !!!) and then without so much as a warning out pops the hook and line goes slack. SUN OF A PUPPY DOG !!!
So no walleye dinner but all in all we had a great time. I got my "fishing fix" in and got rid of the withdrawls from not going for a couple weeks and the wifey got some great pictures of the dam and ice and snow buildup along the river banks.
ps... my buddy claims he went 2 for 4 (walleyes) in that same spot few days ago. Said they were just barely legal. (knowing him he probably stepped on them in order to make em legal) [/size]
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Weather wasn't to bad and while water levels were a bit high it was far easier fishing than fishing the Grand River. Took the little wifey along (she took the pictures).
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Spent some time using wax worms with no luck. Switched to pink jigs with a small GULP leech and that got the bluegills interested. Caught 5 gills in a matter of 8 minutes. One was pretty nice size. About a 2 pounder.
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This is the part where Dave will think I"m crazy []-- We had a birthday party to go to right after fishing so I didn't keep them.
The hits quit just as fast as it started and seemed like once I sore liped the 5 of them they got wize to me and left.
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After about another 30 minutes we were just about to call it quits when I got a nice strike. The fish peeled off a good 30 yards of line on me in a couple seconds (forgot to tighten it back up after pullin in the little gills) You can't really see it well from the pic but the rod bent over pretty good.
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After a couple minutes I saw a big yellow belly roll out in front of me. (Ooooh Yeah... Walleye tonight !!!) and then without so much as a warning out pops the hook and line goes slack. SUN OF A PUPPY DOG !!!
So no walleye dinner but all in all we had a great time. I got my "fishing fix" in and got rid of the withdrawls from not going for a couple weeks and the wifey got some great pictures of the dam and ice and snow buildup along the river banks.
ps... my buddy claims he went 2 for 4 (walleyes) in that same spot few days ago. Said they were just barely legal. (knowing him he probably stepped on them in order to make em legal) [/size]
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