Pere Marquette Battle

 

not every fish is caught just fun to do battle

Michigan Chinook Run

 

Sorry for being a week late on my post but had the privilege to be invited to my friends place close to the Manistee for our 2nd annual fall season opener float trip on the manistee river. The weather was great for our first float of the fall. Great way to get the boats set up ready for when the steelies arrive. My boat didn't do so well, all we could land was a small small mouth bass

The darn plug was almost as big as him but still any fish on your line is a good fish.

 

The other boat fared a little better with Norland tying into a small coho which eventually made it to the barbecue and supper table.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trust me u cant beat a fresh  coho on the supper menu. The boys cooked it up perfect on the barbecue along with a few other appetizers

 Day two we decided to hit the Pere Marquette fly zone area  for some Chinook or what ever wanted to tease our lines

 

Brian and Norland went up river while Arnold and I went down. I luck in to finding a pod of Chinook in a small pool under some trees for protection. Not being prepared and didn't have my go pro on I hooked up with a nice Chinook using a green Oscar hex missing out in a good opportunity to for some good video. What a lot of fun got one jump then I was able to land it on shore, take a quick picture and released back to complete its journey on the river.

 

I had a couple more fish on but were fowed hooked so I straightened my line for a long release and let them continue on their way unscathed.

Brian landed a nice little smolt rainbow for his efforts, then the rains came and we decide to go for lunch.

 

We decided to try another spot on the Pere Marquette but the river was way to busy and decided to cut our loses and go back the the cottage for some R and R.

 

Well Day three I was worn out and decided to make a quick break to beat the bridge traffic back into Canada. The others stay and Arnold decide to take one more stab at Tippy dam  to get his trophy.

 

 

Well cant wait for the upcoming steelies season to happen in late Oct with the boats all set up ready to roll.

Fall Pike and Bass best time to fish

Well my son is finding out Fall is a great time to to catch big Pike and bass. Hes been having a riot on a small local lake which still can produce some nice fish.

 

early Sept pike

late Sept pike

 

 



 

early Sept bass

 

 

 

now some real late Sept bass. Lindsy had to show us how to catch them.

 

and the nice thing is that all the fish were put back in the water because of the lake being as small as it is, we don't want to hurt the fish population. Great conservation by 

the kids who hope this resource will be around for their kids.



Late Summer Muskie

Well couldn't ask for a better way to end the summer holidays out fishing with my boy on my float boat on a local stream. My boy out fished me on the bass using conventional gear.

 

 

 

amazing how the bass will take on the color of the water

 

But I forgot to tell him we were after muskie. So I had to show him how to catch them with the fly rod

 

and Mr.Muskey made mince meat of my fly

 

 

So we put him back to grow bigger for our next encounter

 

 

So Kory thought he make a attempt at fly fishing so here is a short video of his strugles as a flyfisherman but I dont think he has got the concept yet.

 

 

kory from Just An Aging Steelheader on Vimeo.

Always a good time when I am out fishing with my boy and hope to have many more to share.

 

Soo North spey Clave and Atlantics

Well its that time of year i do my yearly summer track to the Soo for Atlantic Salmon on the spey rod but this year was with a twist. Brad owner of Soo North Fly Shop organised a spey clave.

 This was cool because a few guys from my area decided to take the 6 hour trip up. So we got to see the new technology in Loop fly rods and fished the rapids for Atlantic's.

As I crossed the Soo bridge couldn't believe there were hardly anyone on the rapids and the tail out i l love to fish was still open. So in my haste to get to the river I forgot my good camera but had my head cam with me. hooked up on 3 fish but figures the last fish I hooked up and did land the head cam went dead and just my iPhone to take the picture

Well had a hell of a time landing fish ending up losing all but the one, will show a short video at the end of this blog of lost fish.. I  got to fish for 2 days then went to the clave the next two. Totally enjoyed it the guys from Loop Canada, they were so helpful in showing the new technology in rods and casting.

some casting lessons going on

Well at the end of Sunday the last few stragglers went back to Brads store for a few fish stories and even the odd fishing secret slipped out. Guess for all you guys that missed it you will have to stay to the end next time. Had a ton of fun and booking my time for next year

 

 

Atlantics Salmon Soo Rapids 1 from Just An Aging Steelheader on Vimeo.

1000th Hit Thanks

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