Southern Michigan Walleyes

[calvin21]

Anyone have any good inland lakes for walleye within 1 or 2 hrs of macomb county, i can't find them on lake st. Clair.  It seems like the smaller lakes would be easier to locate them on.

[thecanoeman]

calvin21
The only inland lake that I can recommend is Union lake. However, if you want walleyes but are willing to work at it, check out the lake Erie (breast bay reports) they've been doing well down there, they're 2 mi out. A local bait shop is going to start a shuttle service this week when they zero in on them.

[pinche]

Halloway res. below the dam. I talked to a few guys on saturday that said they were there last weekend and did well.

[RLWagner]

Calvin,
You obviously have access to a computer as evidenced by your participation in IceShanty.com. Get on the Michigan Government web site and goto the DNR section. There you will find the stocking records for all MI lakes and rivers to include private stockings that a permit was filed for. You may find that lakes never known for Eyes, have been recently stocked. You may find your own honey hole this way. Good Luck.

[walleyechaser]

Calvin,
You obviously have access to a computer as evidenced by your participation in IceShanty.com. Get on the Michigan Government web site and goto the DNR section. There you will find the stocking records for all MI lakes and rivers to include private stockings that a permit was filed for. You may find that lakes never known for Eyes, have been recently stocked. You may find your own honey hole this way. Good Luck.

Thats how I found mine. 

[calvin21]

Thanks

[RealityCheck]

I just found my NEW favorite WALLEYE lake also.....thanks guys for the heads up!

[calvin21]

Calvin,
You obviously have access to a computer as evidenced by your participation in IceShanty.com. Get on the Michigan Government web site and goto the DNR section. There you will find the stocking records for all MI lakes and rivers to include private stockings that a permit was filed for. You may find that lakes never known for Eyes, have been recently stocked. You may find your own honey hole this way. Good Luck.

Where is exactly ar ethe lists of the lakes that have been stocked all i can find on there is how many fish have been stocked in the past couple of years

[flockshot]

Where is exactly ar ethe lists of the lakes that have been stocked all i can find on there is how many fish have been stocked in the past couple of years

that should be the same list. its says stocking records-where we stock fish.  its all gonna be older data..which is good..who cares what they stocked this year...those fish arent catchable.

[RLWagner]

Calvin,
You should be able to access the lists by County and or year. The Master angler cathes for both Keep, and catch & release are also available by County and Year I'm rather sure. This way you can target the species, and trophy waters of your desire.

[walleyechaser]

http://www.michigandnr.com/fishstock/

here ya go Calvin you can search by county, species, date etc.

[calvin21]

Thanks for the link i found out that the lake i want to go to was stocked in 1999 with about 4 in walleye and in 2001 with 5in fish.  Those fish should be of pretty good size by now right.( any guess on length or weight)

[flockshot]

Thanks for the link i found out that the lake i want to go to was stocked in 1999 with about 4 in walleye and in 2001 with 5in fish.  Those fish should be of pretty good size by now right.( any guess on length or weight)

good luck buddy..you just completed the easy part..finding what lakes have them...now the hard part..finding where the heck they all went after the dnr truck dropped them off.

[calvin21]

I checked the master anglers also and there are a ton of walleye from Muskegon lake this year.

[walleyechaser]

the numbers stocked doesn't mean they took.  Keep in mind that 2% of stocked fingerlings survive to maturity
It takes walleyes 3 years to reach legal size.  Also sometimes they can be stocked in lower numbers and take off like crazy. . 

[USMarine1171]

I've heard good things about Saginaw Bay/River.  Anyone been out there?

[flockshot]

the bay is to sketchy to get to the good water..but the rivers producing alot of small fish.

[USMarine1171]

the bay is to sketchy to get to the good water..but the rivers producing alot of small fish.

Yeah, I've heard there are good numbers out there.  Too bad they are small.  Prolly some fun fishing though.

[calvin21]

I was out on the bay last weekend 6 miles out and we caught 6 fish all keepers what happened this week to make it unsafe.

[flockshot]

I was out on the bay last weekend 6 miles out and we caught 6 fish all keepers what happened this week to make it unsafe.

i dunno.. i heard it was just very very very spotty at best from alot of people..your the first guy ive heard of going more then 4 miles out.

[RLWagner]

If you go down 4-6 miles out, you wont have to worry about rescue, it will be a recovery! Too much open water and unsafe conditions being reported on the big waters to chance it for me.

[calvin21]

I'm not positive how far exactly we where out but the guy we were with had the GPS and that is how far out he said we were out.  By the way the ice was about 10 inches thick where we were and there were a couple guys out further then us.