Going to St Clair Wednesday for the first time...advice?

[steve-hamilton]

If anyone has any advice for a first time St Clair fisherman, i'd be greatly appreciative...

if you want to PM instead of posting public, that would be fine as well...

i 'believe' we are fishing outta Belle River. Thats about all i know....

I know most people troll....the rest we are going to discover as we go....

Thanks in advance,

Steve

[fish_man_dude]

heard the skiis are taken trolling with big believers and suicks...eddie baits...look for the green stuff...

[Relic]

Never fished St.Clair but here's what I know from talking with others

The lake is mostly lack of structure therefore trolling is the best option.
Baits in the 5.5 - 7 inch range are best, due to smaller forage. Fingerlings and woodies are popular baits.
Usually trolled high in the water column with multi line spreads
South wind is best

Maybe some seasoned St.Clair muskie nuts will offer some advice

[Todd B.]

Steve,

I've heard that the muskie fishermen on St. Clair will often short troll Believers, etc just behind the boat right in the prop wash. They're none to shy to hit them.

[g unis]

steve try the rivermouths and 8- 10 feet of water. the fish are on the shad fattening up. the thames rivermouth or detroit river mouyth. the hot colors are perch, dogs balls. try boat rods set at 25 feet of line at speeds of 3.5 to 2.7 mph.. the lake is weeded up and the waters are dirty now but may change in a day or 2. get a weather report as its fall and we have predominant north winds that can make the main lake pretty lumpy. the best bet is to try the thames or detroit river. . hope this helps, if ya need any more e-mail me i will try to answer any questions
g. unis

[Jimmy]

Hey amigo
.... I just ran a similar thread....


You might find this helpful... http://fish-hawk.net/hawktalk/viewtopic.php?t=14935

George is a good guy to talk to.... been down there and fishing for years....

Good luck ... it was too windy for us this past weekend .... might try again next...

[steve-hamilton]

thanks man, missed that initial thread.

[steve-hamilton]

ok, sounds like we are going to fish the Thames River Mouth area....

i'll be sure to post our results....

I'm sure there's a launch in the Thames Mouth area?

[Shad]

Dude, was there last Friday, it was rough! We didn;t get any into the boat but had two massive strikes and short fights! Silver& black J-11's worked well! Caught a couple sweet incidental smallies though!

Why didn't you ask me to go, you b$&%%$d!!!!!!! LOL! You quit school already for fish, haha!

Good luck man!

[BBRich]

Steve if this is any help, some friends of mine were there on Saturday in the rough weather, fished Thames R. mouth for 5 hours and got nothing but saw a 52 inch ski get caught.. I hear big Jakes are producing. Good luck

[Fighting15]

Steve...ligh house cove Marina...right at the mouth of the River.

[Chrispy]

Get yourself some Woodies in the colours that G Unis wrote down...you won't be sorry!!! You can get them in Belle River, I think the place is called D & R Tackle....Woodies have been the go too bait for a few years now on St. Clair.


Chrispy!

[BASSSTALKER]

Get your self a Woodie!

Good luck

[steve-hamilton]

picked up myself (through dwc) a yellow bellied perch woodie from Burns tackle in Burlington....

but there's a small craft warning now tomorrow....fug.

sounds like its gonna be Thursday we try and get out.

[BBRich]

Get your self a Woodie!

I know I got one! Sorry I had to