I'm heading to Skegemog tomorrow and was hoping to get a little advice to increase my chances.
Seems like the weeds where we got all of our summer action have died off, and the last two times I have been out I have felt pretty hopeless.
I have been fishing in the weeds in front of the torch river, where they seem to grow on the flat that runs 8' to 14' then breaks into about 24' of water. During early fall and summer we got most of our action casting bucktails in 8'- 10' but late fall makes me think that I need to make some changes.
Should I move out to 12 -14'? Drop the bucktails and pick up the crankbaits? Change spots completely? Break out the trolling gear? Take a Scuba class so I can really know?
I'm lost [smilie=brickwall.gif]
Any help is greatly appreciated, I need to catch my first fish before Thornapple so that I come in as a seasoned vet.
use slower baits, like gliders or jerkbaits, but anything you use should be slowed down a lot. The waters a lot colder so the fish slow down a lot and don't eat as much. Ive never fished up there so other guys will have to comment, but you shouldn't need to move to deeper water. With cooler water a lot of fish move in closer. I had a lot of action on topwater last couple of wks but now everything is slowing down a lot with even colder water temps.
Though some of those weeds will die off there will still be weeds in those areas that are holding fish. You may need to get down a little deeper than you were in the summer because the remaining weeds will not be as tall and the fish tend to hug them more than sitting on top as they would in the summer.
Lures like the 9" Grandma and 10" Jake will get you where you need to be whether casting or trolling. Mag-Bulldawgs are an excellent tool that can be fished so many ways you almost don't need another lure in the boat.
If you are just looking to catch fish consider fishing upper chain from Central Lake to Ellsworth as well as Six Mile.
"Chris Musselman" said:
Awesome, I didnt know those lakes had fish in them (higher density?)Also I see Ellsworth and Sixmile on the map but not Central Lake would it have a different name?
Central Lake is the name of the town located on the north end of Intermediate Lake. I would assume that is what Will was talking about.
As far as a higher density I couldn't speak to that… as far as I am concerned I wouldn't consider them numbers water at all, however the prime structure is somewhat easier to find [smilie=2c.gif]
Scott
"Chris Musselman" said:
Awesome, I didnt know those lakes had fish in them (higher density?)Also I see Ellsworth and Sixmile on the map but not Central Lake would it have a different name?
As Scott mentioned I was talking about the names of the towns at each end of the upper chain. Technically Bellaire is the end of the upper chain not Central Lake. Intermediate is very different from the upper lakes. Here's a good link that will show you the upper and lower chain – <url url="[Permission to view this media is denied]
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There is a higer density in the upper chain but we're not talking anything like a stocked lake. Of the lakes Sixmile seems to have the higest density but there has also been some significant harvest in recent years.
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