Lake St. Clair Fishing Report, March 21

[miangler]

Lake Erie: A few holdouts were fishing the ponds at Pointe Mouillee. A couple boats were seen out in Brest Bay but other than that, there was little activity.

Huron River: Is producing a few steelhead. Anglers are using small jigs in a variety of colors with spawn or wax worms.

Detroit River: Boat anglers are jigging minnows for walleye. Try the hot water discharge off the Trenton Edison Plant. The launch at Elizabeth Park is not open yet so most are using the Metro Park. Boat and shore anglers caught jumbo perch in the canals and marinas of Grosse Ile and Gibraltar. They are using perch rigs with shiners, a piece of crawler or leaf worm. A few pike were caught in the canals and marinas. Boat anglers need to go slow and watch for ice coming down the river.

Lake St. Clair: Is in between fishing seasons. There is no ice left. The boat launches were ice free however the docks were not in. Anglers will need waders if they want to launch a boat.

Clinton River: A few perch were starting to move into the river and the spillway. Minnows were the preferred bait.

Harbor Beach: A couple anglers were fishing right off the boat launch.

Saginaw Bay: Palmer Road had limited ice fishing in five feet of water. Catch rates for perch were slow. Very small perch were caught in the Eagle Bay Marina. Those fishing off Neuman Road, Townline Road and the State Park caught perch on minnows and beads in four to six feet of water. Walleye were in seven feet. The ice in Wildfowl Bay was bad. Small perch were caught in the Sebewaing Marina and off Caseville. Most were using perch rigs with ice fishing poles.

Saginaw River: Not much going on since walleye season closed. Ice is still a problem along the river.

Quanicassee River: Boat anglers were fishing in the morning.

Flint River: Suckers were starting to move in before the cold weather returned.

[backwoodsmanbob]

Great report, thanks.

[bennybear]

no one is on the Detroit river, once the ice moved out it's been chocolate milk since, going to be a week before it cleans up, check the MODIS pic's, it's little cloudy to see but you can make out Lake St Clair in the background and the whole lake is mud which flows right down the river, muddy on both sides, truct me I can't wait to get out and hammer the Walleye.