Fishing Friday weekend.....
Three inches of rain here in southern Wayne County (Michigan) and poor drainage. I may not have to move the tackle box any further than my own backyard this weekend. If nothing else, I did mow back there on Wednesday before it became a lake, so it has a reasonably well-groomed and mulched floor.
People fishing on the shoreline will probably be disappointed.
....mmmmmmmmm. Good luck. My mouth is watering for you.
i took the 4 youngest kids fly fishing (dry files, as civilized man is intended to fish) wednesday afternoon as it was the youngest's 9th birthday, and it was sunny and gorgeous. included in the trip are the twins there to the left in my avatar pic. as per usual we do a little stream-side reeducation about tying knots, where the best place to float your fly is, casting, etc., and then we start.
anyway, we have a couple of rods set up and the 4 of them are switching back and forth as we make our way slowly up river. understand the youngest, the birthday boy that day, has some special needs so fly fishing is a bit more difficult for him besides the fact that it's difficult for younger kids in general. we are catching a few fish as we go, small trout and some salmon fry, and thats fun, but the birthday boy has been skunked so far. the cool story bro part comes when i am helping two of the other kids and i hear a yell and one of the twins is helping the youngest reel in a fish that he's caught on a dry fly, nothing big, but his first without adult or much older sibling assistance. that made for a very special birthday for our little guy.
so that's my slightly cool fishing story bro summary for the week.
they are pretty small, less than a foot long, and some less than 8". its the thrill of the catch for them.
and they are fishermen the rest of their lives. Great story to hear for a guy with two boys and another on the way.
Congrats to him.
at some point, don't forget to take them too. taking my daughters to alaska to hunt and fish in july. the sons will have to wait their respective turn. my oldest daughter is probably the best fly tier in the family, not that any of us are particularly skilled. still, fun to get on a river and have her catch something of her own creation.
If this rain doesn't stop, I'll be able to fish in my back yard...and I live in a Detroit suburb.
I'm guessing that is Air Traffic Control. FAA or Mil?
Our community dock goes in next week, so I'll put my rowboat in then & hopefully be able to fish a bit.
I'm also boat shopping, but I'm on a tight budget & havent found quite what I'm loking for yet.
I'm stationed at Vandenberg AFB and we have about 40 miles of coast line and the fishing pressure is almost nil. Rock fish and cabezon are a blast.
Still, I would trade it all for a great fall day on the Carp River when the kings are running.
flowing into lake superior over near harvey?
Family has a cabin on Brevoort Lake, a treasure in its own right.
Usually go to Kent Lk - Kensington and kill the Bass and Pike with spinnerbait. We will be going out Sunday morning. Would like to try out some other local lakes. Any suggestions? Heard White Lk was worth trying.
plenty of good fishable water both upstream and downstream from that dam(n) busted dam. and then there are plenty of decent streams around, even if the boardman isn't your choice anymore.