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Author:
jomonkey527
Date:
Apr 26, 2011
Subject:
Saugatuck Reservoir
Message:
Went today. I hate fishing from the shore, but have not had a chance to get my kayak from my parents. So I hit the Saugatuck Resevoir today. At least for me the bite there has been slow, well nonexistant until today, as well as those anglers I have talked to there and seen. Besides one guy who caught a nothing to write home about rainbow. Well I saw many sunfish and small bass along the shore yesterday. So I started off throwing a perch colored husky jerk Rapala. I did great there last year using anything perch colored. Nothing. Aftter getting skunked there so far this year I went over all I have tried. The Husky jerk, Original Rapala, crankbaits, all with nothing. So I happened to have a worm hook, and a package of Berkley Small Fry. So i wacky rigged it, unweighted. On my first cast I got a bite! But I lost the fish in the brush at the side of the reservoir. I hate fishing from shore. As an aside, I love the Berkley Fry I like the way they work wacky style, and the scent they have, but they really are not very durable. Second cast out I got one again. He put up a good fight, and I have moved just slightly away from the brush and landed him. He was just a bit over 12 inches. So I bounced around the various shore access points. I only had so many of the Berkley fry, and went over to a Vicious Fire Tiger crankbait, and had a bite from another smallmouth, but lost him at the shore as I was trying to move to a better area to land him. I hate fishing from shore. Moral of the story, it looks like the smallmouth bite is really picking up there, and I hate fishing from shore.
Author:
brandon72801
Date:
Apr 27, 2011
Message:
Yeah, bite has been tough there. Spend about 12 hrs there the last three days with not even a bite. Hit the usual access points on both Valley Forge & Rte 53. Let's hope it picks up soon.
Author:
jomonkey527
Date:
Apr 27, 2011
Message:
I got some bites. on 53 just before the bridge on your left there is an area that is now underwater whereas last year it was dry. Thats where I got my first two bites. Also once you get past the bridge I ame that left and headed up that way. There is a little pulloff on the left, and the water was really still. I had another bite there too. It can be a pretty frustrating place to fish, especially if you are hoping for a walleye like I am.
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