The first week of August was pretty much a bust after a three-day Nor’easter scattered walleye all over the bay. But by Friday of last week, the fishing started to improve, each day better than the one before. Yesterday and today three-man limits of 24 walleye were pretty common with a lot of nice fish […]
Saginaw Bay Area Weekly Fishing Report 03/16/2017
Saginaw Bay has frozen back over for as far offshore as the eye can see, but no one should assume that the ice is safe to walk on! It’s barely thick enough to hold the little bit of snow that fell on Monday into Tuesday so STAY OFF THE ICE! The bitter cold weather really shut […]
Saginaw Bay Area Weekly Fishing Report 02/23/2017
Saginaw Bay: Stay off the ice! There is no safe ice or even remotely walk-able ice anywhere on the bay!! Most of the cuts and rivers around the bay are wide open and can provide some shore fishing for perch. Boat anglers were fishing the lower Quanicassee River. Saginaw River: Had lots of fishing activity […]
DNR asks anglers to report tagged walleyes
DNR asks anglers to report tagged walleyes The Michigan Department of Natural Resources recently jaw tagged 3,000 walleyes in a number of Saginaw Bay tributary rivers. Anglers are asked to collect information on tagged fish they catch and to report it to the DNR. The DNR has tagged more than 100,000 walleyes in the […]
New walleye and yellow perch regulation on Saginaw Bay
The Michigan Natural Resources Commission Thursday approved changes to walleye and yellow perch recreational fishing regulations in Saginaw Bay. The new regulations went into effect immediately. For walleye, the daily possession limit is increased from five (5) to eight (8) fish and the minimum size limit is reduced from 15 to 13 inches. For yellow […]
