steelshady

You will be able to catch fish all May in the river, drop backs that are hungry and late spawners.

Yaa, fishing has been crazy on the Detroit River this year, probably more fish then ever. Guys are limiting out from shore, my buddies have been fishing every day, catching 40 plus fish per person lol.

Nice fish, was at the pool yesterday for a quick hike with a rod, water cold and stained, no bites....You bottom bouncing in the gorge?

Bring your rod, browns and rainbows around...

I park by old pier 61 Restaurant, next week will start fishing the river when days are longer, lots of fish are moving up and going back to the lake by April, Lake Erie water is warmer by 5 degrees F, warmest recorded temp in 100 years for March. With the last two warm winters I doubt that there will be any fish in the pool by May just like last year. I was catching spawning fish in the river early February.

I was fishing the west side yesterday, browns are around....

Should be ice by end of next week at local ponds, looks like freezing temperatures are coming back...

Are you drifting in the harbor or lake?

Was a great weekend for a hike but not fishing. Hundreds of tourists at the Glen and Whirlpool from TO yesterday, I could not find a parking spot lol. Hiked all the way to the Hydro Dams and had that stretch from Pebbly Beach down to myself with the water being low, what a great hike that was. Port was packed with anglers, 30-40 guys fishing the dam side, current is back to normal and all the zombie salmon finally showed up. What a $iht show at Port, guys fishing next to each other against Covid protocols and no masks😆

Brown eggs and a glow in the dark bead 12" above, only caught them at Port at Night. They screw the current this year, seems much less salmon in the harbor this year, last year they were stacked, and browns followed later until the new year.

They shut the water on the 12! Super low and great for bass and pike fishing now! Since water is off, there is no flow in the harbor pushing salmon back deeper in the lake, need another strong North wind.

Pier has been good; I saw a guy catch a four-pound rainbow and loose a salmon casting! Bass and big cats around as well.

Most likely due to the warm winter/spring the fish probably spawned earlier than usual. I was catching out of season bass after bass up to 5 lbs in late April above the Peace bridge while float fishing for Trout, we were catching up to 20 fish in a few hours and had to change locations since it became a nuisance.

Fishing was slow yesterday at Port, I will try today again fishing the west side of the dam bouncing a jig. Did see a guy land a small sturgeon and one jumped! Lucky for him that I was there to inform him it's a sturgeon and that the season is closed all year, fish was released otherwise there would be MNR on site lol.

Been fishing the pool every week, this has been my worse year fishing the river as fishing has been tough. No fish at the pool, last year and previous years the pool has been loaded with fish, I think all the fish have spawn in February and are back in the lake lol.