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Today's Update and, ...or Fishing Report?
3/18/24 This is 3rd
hand info from a trusted source. Lk. MI action
out of my home port of Manistee, MI has been hit and
miss. A couple of fish a trip. Being
Brown Trout and Lake Trout. So, no big numbers
yet. Wind has been an issue with fast moving
cold/warm fronts every few days. Best area was
said to be S of the pier heads.
Probably a good month away from a more stable
fishery with higher numbers. On second
thought, a couple of fish a trip is a good deal for
the first half March. Just a few years ago the
harbor would have been iced in.
3/17/24 Happy St.
Patrick's Day and the luck of the Irish be with
you. You can make your own luck by staying
the course. Not by getting pulled off a
program known to work for you. If you're
not taking bites? Don't blame yourself for
no fish around your boat. Swapped out
tried and true for a shot in the dark, probably
is not going to increase your odds.
3/16/24 Best
fishing going in Manistee, MI is for Yellow
Perch in Manistee Lake. Minnows and
wigglers and you're all set to take some mighty
fine eating. Just about any anchored buoy
in the freighter channel will produce.
Dedicated Perch anglers use automatic scalers to
preserve the skin. Those really good at
it, butterfly the fillets This has to be a
labor of love to keep the bones out. Perch
and Walleye are tied in book for the best eating
fish out of freshwater.
3/15/24 Steelhead
fishing in the Big Manistee River is a no go.
Fish are scarce as hen's teeth according to a
reputable guide I spoke with yesterday.
Can see the reasoning behind the MDNR's decision
to cut the limit to 1 fish a day.
Bass and Walleye has seasonal limits in many
lakes and rivers to protect them during the
spawn. No such luck with Steelhead, unless
they're in a designated Trout stream.
Then, there's methods used to catch Steelhead
when light line is used. Essentially,
tiring the fish to the point of exhaustion when
they cannot be revived for release. Seen
this when the fly fishing began to take over the
Big Manistee when I quit guiding in 2003.
While the fish may swim away, 3 miles downriver
seen perfectly healthy fish belly up. Not
all Steelies survive the spawning process.
There is built in mortality. Those fish
are easily identified with fungus on them.
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