03-23-2008, 09:44 AM
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 .
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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 .
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