Wadin' the Bay

Saw lots of fisherman wading the bay saturday when I took a walk around presque isle. Was wondering if anyone has been doing well wading, planning to give it a try tomorrow since Im off work. Shoot me a message if anyone would like some company or has any advice, I've stayed in the lagoons thus far and would appreciate any help.

Throwing cleos work well for the smallmouths or would i be better off fishing something slower like semkos? all i ever seem to catch is largemouths

Try the flats between the marina and the monument.  The smallies are there and hitting all kinds of stuff.

Didnt get any bites in the bay throwing spoons. Maybe I should have tried some plastics? It seemed like the flats were pretty barren other than some giant carp... at least the guy with the fly rod confirmed there were a few fish to be caught. Wasn't complete blowout though, got some small bass on semkos around the lagoon launch and a fairly large one on a motor oil/red powerworm.

waded the bay tonight caught some bass mostly largemouth with one smallie. 1 3 pounder but the rest were fairly small. the bite is getting better again as it seems the spawn is winding down finally

Hit the bay again this evening after 5pm. Fished for a good hour throwing everything I had at them without any bites. Finally found the right lure and hooked 3 in about 15min, the 3rd broke my lure off when I grabbed the leader to release it. :-(
I dont think they even make the lure anymore but I stopped at gander mtn and stocked up on similar things afterwards. Gonna give it another go in the morning I think

are you the dude that wades out in between the bass boats?

I doubt im the 'dude' your talking about. I see alot of people wading out among the boats including a couple of guys who didnt even bother with waders and were out even further than I cared to go. I just started fishing the bay about a week ago but you could have seen me since I was out there 3 different days since.

oh all good either way.

even though the pictures don't do them justice...




kinda throws off the whole size perspective when i have to hold them out to take a shot.

Thanks. We where out today, lots of jacka**es going in and out the channel.    We did ok, could be better. No Pike just follow the lures and then turn around.

good advice from mr slickfish also i keep a log in my computer as to where, when, how, weather conditions and so forth then i look at log from previous years and decide on a game plan. works out pretty well.  

ORIGINAL: indsguiz

if you're getting a follow on pike, just let your lure stop and fall for a little then pick it up and move it with a jerky motion. Or carry a baseball bat.

 Ha, yeah we where thinking they where just looking to see what was going on is all.