Little Bay de Noc Fishing Reports

Diane and I headed down to the Escanaba River after dinner Sunday night for a little evening troll. I was happy to see that the water temps were in the low 70's. Normally when it first hits the 70 degree mark in the river, the trolling bite for walleyes and bass is hot. It ended up being surprisingly slow. We didn't catch anything until after 9pm. Between then and 10pm we landed 6 walleyes and a bass, and lost another 5 or 6, (not a bad trip, just slower than you would expect.) Half the fish we landed, and most of the ones we lost, were nice eaters. Didn't feel like cleaning fish tonight, so back they went. Normally at this time of year you have to sort through 10 or more small fish to get one keeper, so this trips average was pretty good. Got one on a #6 pink clown Husky Jerk. All the rest were on a chart/green Rebel Wee-R Crayfish trolled in 3 to 6 FOW.

If you have kids or just want to catch a bunch of fish in a short time and have some fun, the next couple weeks should be good down there.

Good luck.