your favorite salmon fishing location..

[lurtch]

so were is your favorite salmon fishing location..i would rather fish the betsie river..but can only get ther a few times a year most off the time i settle with the grand river..so where do you guys normally go..just curious
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[Jaackrabbit]

I like the black river in Petoskey... its a small run between the lake and the dam and gets crowded fast but if you can hit it on a weekday it's a blast. 3 1/2 hour trip though


Next fav spot would have to be Tippy Dam. Did quite well out there last year. I prefer the south side of the river as it's not as crowded BUT that means you get to climb 300 stairs coming back up. 2 hour trip

Whitehall pier/channel is a nice place as well. Not crowded but your better off hitting it in a boat if you have one.

I settle for the Grand River at 6th street Grand Rapids. It's not the best fishing because it does get crowded but when the run is hot it is some fun fishing... plus it's only a 20 min drive from the house (5 mins drive from work) []

Looking to hit a few new spots.... so if you need someone to tag along and net some let us know.
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[davetclown]

I like the foote dam, but havent caught one there in years.

all my buds fish over your way, they drive from the east side to there half dozen times a year....
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[lurtch]

i fish the grand only at nite after work durring the week..fresh silver kings start up the betsie at the end of august ill be going there your welcomed to join me..2 and a half hour drive..i useed to fish tippy alot myself before the gas prices went up..i like the gravel barrs bellow the crawford dam for steelhead
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[lurtch]

you know..ive noticed that alot..theres a couple guys that camp out at six-street dam for two weeks every year from your area.and 3 guys from saginaw who stay for a month in the spring for steelhead..is it acctually that much better on the west side..
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[bassass]

No fish on the east side.........thats what I tell people anyway
i got a few buds that go west every year to
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[lurtch]

so what is your favorite salmon river..is it on the east side or the west side..does lake huron get alot of salmon planted or not as many..
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[davetclown]

they planted salmon on bell isle before grandholm took office, but I have never heard anything of them comming back. they do find their way in to flatrock,

scantly a few in cirtain parts of the clinton river, "again planted several times a year"

just a few up in the tawas area anymore, its my understanding the quit planting there all together... "some one can correct me if I am wrong"
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[bassass]

no fish plants on this side of the state up here anyway.....
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[davetclown]

its been years since they planted the north east, dont realy know why, I do know there are comercial fish traps out side of tawas in the bay...

tis realy to bad cuz tawas is a lot closer to me than grand rapids. and I would rather go to tawas than grand rapids, even if I have to cross the zilwalky bridge...
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[bassass]

it's all about the walleyes now on this side...
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[davetclown]

thats the way it is down here too in the big waters, with the exception of lake st clair wich is noted for its musky, and the st clair river wich is noted for stergeon.

mind you that walleye is heavely targeted in both of these waters, by far greater than othe species...
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[bassass]

well my self I don't eat to many fish out of the great lakes .never have really.....eat a lot out of the rivers and streams a few out of inland lakes
don't forget about the next world record small mouth and walleye coming out of lake st clair LOL
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