Flat River
Lowell, MI
Take: Smallmouth (12), Rock Bass (13)

Went back to Lowell again wednesday night. Caught a smallmouth (13″) on Green/Clear asai shad while drift fishing under the first rail bridge. Worked around the pond without much success. Caught a rock bass (7″) under the second rail bridge.

Worked: Green/Clear Cho Asai Shad, Chartreuse/Blue/White Cho Asai Shad
Didn’t Work: Black/Chartreuse Cho Asai Shad

Flat River
Lowell, MI
Take: Largemouth (2), Rock Bass (13)

Fished for a short while in lowell this afternoon. Caught a largemouth (10″) under the tree hanging off the dam island on a green/clear cho. Also caught a rock bass (8″) in the same place on the same lure.

Worked: Green/Clear Cho Asai Shad
DIdn’t Work: Firetiger Zander Shad

Flat River
Lowell, MI
Take: Rock Bass (11,12), Smallmouth (10,11)

Fished one more time at the mill pond before the holiday weekend drew to a close. Caught 2 smallmouth fishing off the east wall (12″,13″) with a green/clear cho and a tennessee shad husky jerk. The water level continues to recede. Jumped in and fished off the buildings near the damn with a red/clear cho. Caught two rock bass (7″, 7″).

Worked: Green/Clear Cho Asai Shad, Tennessee Shad Husky Jerk, Red/Clear Cho Asai Shad
Didn’t Work: Firetiger Cho Asai Shad, Baby Bass Cho Asai Shad

Flat River
Lowell, MI
Take: Rock Bass (7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16), Bluegill (3)

Snuck in a little fishing this afternoon while Lisa was hanging out with her old friends. Fished the Mill Pond at Lowell, water was warm and starting to shallow up to a point where you can wade the breadth. Started with a Baby Bass Cho on the west side. Caught 2 rock bass (7″, 6″) under the rail pier. Caught another rock bass (6″) down from the rail pier. Waded over to the east side. Caught four rock bass (7″, 6″, 7″, 8″) on a Chartreuse/Blue/White Cho. Switched to Green/Clear and caught 2 more rock bass (7″, 8″) and a bluegill (8″) off the island shore.

Worked: Baby Bass Cho Asai Shad, Green/Clear Cho Asai Shad, Chartreuse/Blue/White Cho Asai Shad
Didn’t Work: -

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
Lowell, MI
Take: -

Started at the boat launch. Lots of fry in the water and quite a few shad running through, but nothing of any size.

Didn’t Work: Baby Bass Big Bass Shad, Black/White Mid Wart

Flat River
Lowell, MI
Take: Smallmouth (4)

Moved down to the Mill Pond. Didn’t get much fishing in as the mosquitos have gone wild in the hatch and my arms not look like dinner to them. In the short time I did manage to stir up a 14″ smallmouth on a green/clear cho shad. Quite a few nice bass rolling in the shad tonight but it wasnt worth being dinner.

Worked: Green/Clear Cho Asai Shad
Didn’t Work: Blue/White Jr. Thunderstick, Perch Zander Shad

Flat River
Grand Rapids, MI
Take: Largemouth (6), Rock Bass (56,57,58,59,60,61,62), Smallmouth (48)

Interesting night tonight. No fish in the usual places at the mill pond, and no fish taking the usual techniques elsewhere. Pulling cranks with the current through the weels near the barrel stream brought the first success. Caught three rock bass (6″,7″,6″) off the island on a green/clear cho. Using the same method with a smoke subwart brought in a largemouth (8″) and three more rock bass (6″,8″,7″) at the upstream end of the weeds. While fishing the hole down of the pier caught a smallmouth (13″) and a rock bass (8″). The smallmouth had some damage. I’ve seen fish before with iron sores from people leaving hooks in fish, and I have seen fish with damage from fisherman using oversized trebles, but I’ve never seen anything like this. There was a large growth inside the lip and raw swollen skin outside the lip. Not sure if it was an infection or a tumor, but I’m thinking tumor. Strange. Do fish get cancer? Maybe thats a dumb question, but I don’t know.

Worked: Green/Clear Cho Asai Shad, Smoke SubWart
Didn’t Work: Firetiger 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: Northern Pike (6), Rock Bass (25,26,27,28), Smallmouth (43,44)

Fished the mill pond this evening. Caught a northern pike (8″) on the first cass on a yearling bass cho shad in the grass up from the barrel stream. Moving over to the railcar pier with the same lure brought in 3 rock bass (6″,7″,8″) off the end of the pier. Changed to a green/clear cho and back to the grass and caught two smallmouths (11″12″) off the edge of the island while a big pike, probably 31-32″, kept circing me, angry because I was on his turf I guess. On the way out fished past the pier again and caught one more rock bass (8″). Very good night.

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