Flat River
Lowell, MI
Take: Bluegill (1,2), Rock Bass (1,2,3,4,5,6), Smallmouth (5,6,7,8,9)

Snuck a little fishing in on my vacation day. Started on the west side of the mill pond. Caught rock bass (7″) and a smallmouth (10″) on a green/clear cho. Switched to Firetiger and caught 2 more rock bass (8″,8″).  Moved over to the east side of the pond fishing with a baby bass cho. Fishing from the wall towards the barrels caught a rock bass (7″), smallmouth bass (12″) and two bluegills (8″,8″). Moved up towards the east dam and caught a rock bass (7″), smallmouth (12″) and another rock bass (8″) still on the same lure. Switched to a Chartreuse/Blue/White cho and caught 2 smallmouth (14″,16″).

Worked: Green/Clear Cho Asai Shad, Firetiger Cho Asai Shad, Baby Bass Cho Asai Shad, Chartreuse/Blue/White Cho Asai Shad
Didn’t Work: Perch Zander Shad, Bass Cho Asai Shad, Black/White Rapala(#11)

Grand River
Grand Rapids, MI
Take: Smallmouth (2)

Decided to get a little fishing in downtown tonight before it cools off tomorrow. Most of the preferred fishing holes remain flooded out including Bridge St, the wall, Pearl St. and the carousel. Fishing below the Pearl St. bridge yielded a little smallmouth(9″). Nothing much else going on downtown right now.

Worked: Baby Bass Big Bass Crank
Didn’t Work: Olive Flash Hot’N'Tot, Green/Chartreuse Fat Free Fingerling

Thornapple River
Alaska, MI
Take: Smallmouth (3)

Finished the night in Alaska. Caught a nice smallie (14″) fishing from the north side of the pool. Water is still too high for much.

Worked: Firetiger Zander Shad
Didn’t Work: Perch Zander Shad, Chartreuse/Black Baby 1-

Flat River
Fallasburg, MI
Take: Smallmouth Bass(1)

Started off at the covered bridge at fallasburg park. Fishing with a firetiger zander shad under the bridge stirred up a smallmouth (13″) near the rocks. Nice surprise as it is unusual to find anything over 8″ near the bridge.

Worked: Firetiger Zander Shad
Didn’t Work: Bluegill Shallow Shad-Rap, Smoke Subwart

Flat River
Lowell, MI
Take: -

Water is still a little too cold at the Mill Pond. Fished under the Rail Bridges and under the covered mill rail.

Didn’t Work: Chartreuse/Black Cho Asai Shad, Green/White Fat Free Fingerling

Thornapple River
Cascade, MI
Take: Largemouth Bass(1)

Water is too high to fish the rocks under the dam. Fished the pond above the dam casting from the fence toward the first outcrop stand behind the fence. Caught a Largemouth (11″) out from the shallows in the rocky area.

Worked: Autumn Zander Shad
Didn’t Work: Firetiger Cho Asai Shad, FireRed Black Fury(#3)

Flat River
Lowell, MI
Take: Rock Bass (64,65,66,67), Smallmouth (53)

Fished in Lowell on the mill pond tonight. The weeds are getting thick and the water low. The temperature is beginning to cool through, and the water is reflecting that. Caught 2 little rock bass (6″,7″) under the railroad tressle. Caouldn’t stir anything up in the thick of the weeds so I moved down the barrel stream to the tressle and caught a smallmouth (9″) and another rock bass (7″). Moving up the island stream I found one more rock bass (8″) in the center behind the rock pile.

Worked: Firetiger Cho Asai Shad, Smoke SubWart
Didn’t Work: Craw Jig (Motor Oil)

Grand River
Grand Rapids, MI
Take: Rock Bass (63), Smallmouth (49)

Fished downtown tonight. The water is down below where it was before the floodout earlier this summer. Rather difficult finding the fish. Caught a little smallmouth (10″) off the wall in the shurn on a firetiger asai shad. Fishing under the pearl st. bridge with a threadfin cho shad caught a rock bass (7″).

Worked: Firetiger Asai Shad, Threadfin Cho Asai Shad
Didn’t Work: Chartreuse/Blue/White Cho Asai Shad, Bass Cho Asai Shad

Flat River
Lowell, MI
Take: Rock Bass (45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54)

Caught a bunch of rock bass in lowell tonight. (7″,6″,8″,7″,6″,8″,8″,7″,7″,5″). Fishing with a firetiger cho, caught the first six under the pier from upstream on the wall. Caught the next two from direct upstream of the end of the pier. Caught the next two down from the open dam fishing the current’s edge and the last one off the end of the pier again. Fun night. Nothing with any size, but fun nonetheless.

Worked: Firetiger Cho Asai Shad, Green/Clear Cho Asai Shad
Didn’t Work: Firetiger Zander Shad, Baby Bass Cho Asai Shad

Flat River
Lowell, MI
Take: Largemouth (5), Rock Bass (36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44), Smallmouth (45)

Making my way down the barrell stream yielded a 5″ largemouth under the cross stream log. Under the east tressel there was a rock bass (7″). Caught two more rock bass off the end of the pier (7″,8″). Found a smallmouth (11″) in the hole downstream of the pier. Strangely, it was the first smallie I caught in the last fifteen fish. Caught another rock bass (6″) in the same spot. Finished upstream of the pier and caught a few rockies (8″,9″,6″,6″,6″). Pretty good night.

Worked: Green/Clear Cho Shad, Baby Bass Cho Shad, Firetiger Cho Shad

Flat River
Lowell, MI
Take: Rock Bass (29,30,31,32,33,34)

Fished the pond again today. Caught a rock bass (8″) off the east dam on a yearling bass cho, another (7″) off the pier on a firetiger zander, andother (6″) off the island on a firetiger cho and three more (7″,7″,8″) under the tressle.

Worked: Yearling Bass Cho Asai Shad, Firetiger Zander Shad, Firetiger Cho Asai Shad

Grand River
Grand Rapids, MI
Take: Northern Pike (4) Rock Bass (16), Smallmouth (37,38,39,40)

Started at the carousel, caught a smallmouth (11″) along the shoreline on an asai shad. Moved down a little bit and fished a backwater under the carousel that is formed by a log dropped there during the storms. Caught aother smallie (11″) on a thinfin.

Moved up stream to the wall in front of the Ford. Caught a rock bass (8″) just below the hole, followed by a smallmouth (10″) right out of the hole. Failed to set the hook on a third one above the hole. All were on an asai shad as well.

Moved further back up to Bridge St. Dropped my lure in the water to draw it up for the cast, but had a bass (12″) on before I could draw. Caught a northern pike (26″) off the walkway wall. Again, both on an asai shad.

Finally, moved up to the ladder launch. No luck here. Finished out the day at riverside park. Couldn’t stir anythihg up at the boat launch, nor on either side of the lagoon.

Worked: Bass Asai Shad, Firetiger ThinFin, Firetiger Asai Shad, Chartreuse/Blue/White Asai Shad
Didn’t Work: White Booyah Spinner, Blue/Silver Rattle Eye Joe, Crawdad Asai Shad, Threadfin Asai Shad, Texas Shad Timber Tiger, Firetiger Rattle Eye Joe, Pearl White Asai Shad, Black/Gold Wiggle Wart, Baby Bass Hot-N-Tot, Firetiger Zander Shad

Flat River
Lowell, MI
Take: Smallmouth (36)

Started at the dam pond tonight. Couldn’t stir anything up other than a nice slip and fall into the river, leading to what feels like a hairline fracture of one of the bones in the heel of my hand. Should feel nice in the morning.

Moved down to the mill pond, starting from the mill side. Apparently the whole pond is so shallow you can easily wade the whole thing as I crossed it twice on both sides. Caught a nice little smallie (10″) off the end of the mill extention bridge.

After that we packed up and went down to the confluence. Water still is higher here than it was a few weeks back, as the wading is considerably deeper than before, but still nice. Nothing going here though tonight.

Worked: Firetiger Zander Shad
Didn’t Work: Emerald Rattle Eye Joe, Perch Zander Shad, Firetiger Rattle Eye Joe, Texas Shad Timber Tiger

Grand River
Lowell, MI
Take: -

I couldn’t stir up a damn thing here. Fished the dock, the first tree, the boat launch and the overpass. Dad caught a couple of smallies off the boat launch on a threadfin mat though.

Didn’t Work: FirePerch Tourney Crank, Threadfin Asai Shad, Baby Bass Asai Shad