Bruce County calling.... Again!

With a few days off and an inability to rearrange some things in order to join the guys over in Michigan, a trip up the Pennisula was a pretty decent plan B.

There had been a decent amount of snow plus some rain in that area that put the big river back into shape.

We battled some ferocious winds over the course of 4 days on the big river but the fishing has been nothing short of stellar.


Day 1 access was Grant's Park so we could fish First Rapids down past the Bottom Island.



Plenty of fish moved up past over the course of the day and by days end our arms were sore and eyes burning from the glare of the sun off the water.




Day 2 would only be a half day due to family comittments and we opted for a similar gameplan that saw success the previous day.



I spent the entire two days running a bead in tandem with a roe bag. I don't know how much more proof I need that these beads work - all but 3 of the fish I landed hit the bead!!


The original gameplan for Days 2 and 3 were for a roadtrip to the Catt with my buddy Adam. Unfortunately some big rains in that area had blown the river out yet again. With clear schedules and a desire to fish, we made Bruce County Plan B once again.

I chose a different access point this time, one that would offer some relief from the big SW winds and would no doubt hold some fish.




Around mid day the wind swung around the NW and it turned bitter cold. We took a break and grabbed some pizza and beer before venturing up to witness the 'shit-show' at the Dam Pool. After seeing a few fish and chatting with a few guys we suited back up and slid in down at the Chute to close out the day's fishing.





Interesting to note that I continued to run a bead in tandem with rainbow skein bags and none of the fish hit the bead over the course of Day 3 and 4. :0

The river is literally loaded with fish. Everywhere you look there are fish rolling and jumping - some due to being caught but many for no apparent reason.

The anglers chucking hardware seemed to do exceptionally well and I wonder if it is due to the thousands of these that migragted by me up the river over the course of the trip.


Definitely a good sign for Lake Huron to see such a seemingly healthy alewife population.

Day 4 would proove to be another short day due to the weather and the sheer exhaustion of fishing for 4 days!!



In the end it was a terrific 4 days on the river. We met some interesting people, reunited with some familiar faces and caught lots of fish. There are worse ways to spend a week. Speaking of which, work only called me 3 times wanting me to come in.....

I still have another 10 days off and if I can supress the greedy beast within me I will likely fish again somewhere next week.