St. Clair Fishing Report

The weather this weekend looks crappy through Saturday night.  Sorry.  It just does.  Sunday looks better with partly sunny skies and a high in the low 70′s.  To see the weekend forecast, go here.

Where To Go Fishing This Weekend 

Steven is a happy winner!

We received this letter from a reader named Steven Kujawski who landed a 54″ muskie in Lake St. Clair:  I was in a special Olympics muskie tournament on June 21,2011 at the Grosse Pointe yacht club which was held on lake St.Clair and I was aboard the boat Mary Megan the 2nd.  At 9:30 am I latched on to a 54-inch muskie which took 15 minutes to reel in and once it was in the boat it was very lively.  When it was released it swam away right away without a problem and than later I caught a 44 inch muskie.  At 2:55 I heard over the radio all boats need to weigh-in and then I heard that I had won the tournament with a winning 54 inch muskie and everyone on the boat gave me high fives they were all very nice.   That fish took 4 people to hold up and then later it turned out that I was the first and youngest special Olympian to win that event and that whole day was fun.  I cant wait to do that again next year.

Perch fishing is reported to be excellent right now from the mouth of the Detroit River all the way up to Huron Point near Metro Beach.  Anglers are reporting fat fish in sizes up to 11-12″.  You can get a great fillet from those fish!

Also, the bass fishing continues to be strong along the Mile roads.  Anglers fishing for perch are reporting big smallies being caught last week.

It appears weeds are making muskie and walleye anglers irritated.  Detroit River walleye fishing is being effected by weeds and so is walleye fishing in Lake St. Clair.  Successful anglers are suffering the weeds and using bottom bouncers and harnesses.  The muskies being caught are in the Red Barn, Thames River and Belle River Hump areas.

We are getting into the fall “shoulder” fishing season.  This fishing report will slow down to maybe once every two weeks until the ice is in and anglers can get out for winter perch fishing.  But if you have a story to tell, please send it long to us at  report@stclairfishingreport.com.