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

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
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)

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: 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

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

Flat River
Lowell, MI
Take: Largemouth (2), Rock Bass (17,18,19)

Fished the dam pond in lowell with no success. Had to figh the swans for water space, not my cup of tea. Moved down to the Mill pond and waded out to the weed bed need the babble creek. Pitching a matzuo down current to the barrels yieled a surprise river largemouth (13″) and a little rock bass (6″). Fishing the shoreline of the island brought in another rocker (7″). After moving back into the main stream caught a rocker (7″) off the end of the covered railcar loading bay.

Worked: Green/Clear Cho Shad
Didn’t Work: Smoke SubWart, Gizzard Shad Swim’N Image, Firetiger Zander Shad

Grand River
Lowell, MI
Take: -

Finished the evening at the boat launch. Pitched a bit of everything but coulndt stir anything up tonight. Strangeley, this is the first time I have caught more than 2 fish without catching a smallmouth. Curious.

Didn’t Work: Blue/Silver Krocodile (#3), Firetiger Kastmaster (1/4oz.), Black/White Shadling, Smoke Blue MidWart, Firetiger Asai Shad, Green/Clear Cho Shad