is there steelhead or salmon fishing near wakefield, mich. in sept?
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I’m planning a short vacation to sunday lake, near wakefield, michigan this fall(sept). Are there any places within an hours drive where one can fish for steelhead or salmon? If so – what type of equipment an lures are needed?
Would also like to know of some specific locations
Usually they can run that early depending on the weather but usually it’s the end of sept or the first couple weeks into oct. You need rain to get them up into the tributaries. If no rain they will be located off the shore at the mouth of the tribs waiting swimming back and forth. I use a 7 ft light or med light rod with 8lb test. If they are in the lake still throw spoons from shore. Little cleos or KO wobblers in blue/silver, chartreuse/silver or orange/silver. In the tribs i always use mini foo jigs with a combination of black and some other color. Make sure you have several colors because they will change what they want hour to hour at times. I only use mini foos in 1/32 or 1/64 oz. Buy the egg shaped weighted floats so it’s easy to cast the little light mini foos. Tip them with maggots or wax worms, maggots are best, i use 3 on the hook. In the tribs if the water is really stained go to the bottom with berkley power bait in orange or chartreuse with a 1 ft lead from your sinker. Between the spoons, mini foos and powerbait that’s all you need. Oh, if the water in the tribs is crystal clear i would use minnows.
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March 8th, 2010 at 12:34 pm
Usually they can run that early depending on the weather but usually it’s the end of sept or the first couple weeks into oct. You need rain to get them up into the tributaries. If no rain they will be located off the shore at the mouth of the tribs waiting swimming back and forth. I use a 7 ft light or med light rod with 8lb test. If they are in the lake still throw spoons from shore. Little cleos or KO wobblers in blue/silver, chartreuse/silver or orange/silver. In the tribs i always use mini foo jigs with a combination of black and some other color. Make sure you have several colors because they will change what they want hour to hour at times. I only use mini foos in 1/32 or 1/64 oz. Buy the egg shaped weighted floats so it’s easy to cast the little light mini foos. Tip them with maggots or wax worms, maggots are best, i use 3 on the hook. In the tribs if the water is really stained go to the bottom with berkley power bait in orange or chartreuse with a 1 ft lead from your sinker. Between the spoons, mini foos and powerbait that’s all you need. Oh, if the water in the tribs is crystal clear i would use minnows.
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