Thousand Islands

Thousand Islands (St. Lawrence River) : "A more picturesque fishing destination you will not find. It seems for each of the islands poking out of his section of the St. Lawrence, a dozen 5-pound smallies exist. It took 50-10 to win a September BFL event here, and you had to average more than 18 pounds over the two days to be in the Top 10. And this is more than a trophy fishery, as you will likely be tired of setting the hook and fighting better-than-average brown bass at the end of the fishing day."

WESTERN LAKE ERIE

WESTERN LAKE ERIE
The best walleye fishing has been in Canadian waters around Pelee and Middle islands. Walleye are being caught west and north of West Sister Island, west of West Reef, north of B Can on the Camp Perry Firing Range, north of Niagara Reef and around Gull and Kelleys Island shoals.
The perch fishing has been poor to fair, with some perch caught between Kelleys Island and the Marblehead Lighthouse and around Lucys Point on the northeast corner of Middle Bass Island.

North Sterling Reservoir

 The water level of the lake is good and the lake is full. The lake water temperature is currently 60 degrees. Wiper have been caught in the Elks Bay just south of the boat ramp as well as just east of the swim beach. Walleye are being caught near the inlet canal as well as up the Darby Arm, just North of Darby Point. Boat fishermen have caught trout near the dam and the south boat ramp along with some crappie and wiper. The catfish have been caught at the West Trailhead and at the Inlet Canal. The road to the south boat ramp and ski beach is closed at this time due to flooding.

CONCHAS LAKE

 fishing was good using worms, small poppers and curly tail grubs for bluegill. Fishing was good using tubes, chigger craws, top water lures, crank baits and jerk baits for smallmouth bass and largemouth bass. Fishing was very good trolling crank baits for white bass. Fishing was very good using crank baits, jig and minnow combinations and night crawlers for walleye.

Brush Island

 Minnesota side, there were real good reports off of the points near Brush Island and the red buoy near Brush in about 15-20 feet. There isn't much happening on the Flag Island flats yet since there were no bug hatches this week with the colder weather. There is still good fishing on the NW point of Garden Island and Little Oak is also reporting good numbers. They've had good luck with bottom bouncers and a spinner in about 15 feet of water.

Fish Finders

Developments in technologies that allow us to better find and see structure and fish below the boat, see fish and structure to the boat’s sides and navigate to fishing spots have allowed anglers to be much better at finding fishing spots and fish. Plus, these technologies can now be combined into a single unit.The Raymarine a128 unit I use lets me customize the touch screen to display up to four windows at once. My display shows windows that give me surface to bottom views of structure and fish, a window to view to both sides of the boat and a window to allow me to navigate using a Navionics map.  

Detroit River fishing

 The Michigan DNR reports that the walleye bite has slowed with the exception of the very early morning hours, and the best catches in recent days have come from the Canadian side on the northern section of the river. A heavy white bass run has those fish hammering any baits in the water in the lower stretches of the river. The white bass fishing has been outstanding from the River Rouge downsteam.

Spinner baits

 A good idea is to get a map of the lake or river this will show you how deep the water is and if there are any old roads that have been covered over. You should fish the areas that have been filled in near the dam with rocks and gravel. large mouth bass will look for craw fish that hide in the rocks. Bass will follow bait fish into the cover along the shore lines. If you are fishing from a boat make sure to be quiet as you approach these shallow areas. large mouth bass are very sensitive to sound.
  Try and use baits that look like what the bass are feeding on. Spinner baits are good to use near falling trees. Make sure to tip them with some kind of worm. In the gravel areas jerk baits and artificial baits that resemble cray fish will produce bass. If you are fishing grass beds try using baits that look like frogs.  Texas rigged plastic worm works well near shore lines especially near a drop off. Your fishing gear shoud be a spinning or spincast rod and real with eight pound test line depending on the type of cover you are fishing for large mouth bass.
  Try different color combinations with your bait. The closer you come to what the bass are feeding on the better. Make sure to vary your retrieves. Try a slow retrieve and use a jerking stop and start to simulate a injured bait fish. There are many different combinations a fisherman can use to catch large mouth bass.