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September Swing Well the summer is now quickly changing into fall and the summer breezes are being replaced with the fall winds. This time of the season is a short but unstable switch over into the fall feeding frenzy! We have noticed that these chan

Muskie Season kicked off last weekend with a bang! The MOMC held their opening tournament and most anglers had good success fishing different areas around the lake. The winner of the tournament caught a 37.6 lb Muskie that was 52” long! We had s

With the cooling temperatures this fish have really starting eating on the reefs.  Rock points will hold good numbers of walleyes as well.  Jigging the drop offs or drifting spinners will get fish on these reefs.  15’-25- has be

Spring Walleye Season is just around the corner. We will be starting our Walleye Charters at the start of April if the ice is out of the Detroit River by then. They will run through the end of May. These Walleye Charters will be for up to 4 people fo

You don't get sunsets like this in the city!! We are so blessed with the natural beauty that surrounds us. Our weather has finally stabilized into beautiful summer days in the 70's and cooling nicely overnight into the 60's. Last Friday

Duck Bay Lodge guide report: muskies are being raised and caught in weedy bays with rocks; orange and black bucktails are productive. Northern pike are in deep weed beds in 4 - 8 feet of water; red and chartreuse spinner baits are working well. Wall

The walleyes are snapping in the islands. Walleyes are holding to deeper rock structures. Drifting spinners over the tops of these rocks or jigging down the edges will produce walleyes. The muskies are really ramping up as we head into the later par

The opener was quite different this past opening weekend.  The water level is very high and the surface temps were quite cool in the low 60′s.   We caught big fish on reefs when it was cloudy and now the sun is finally out a

The week has been a mix of sun and cloud. Daytime temperatures are in the high 60's and low 70's. After an early warm spring it is feeling like summer has not yet arrived. The hot tackle right now is: Walleyes: white jigs in 15-20 feet of wa

We are into the 2019 season with another great start to the spring Walleye run in the Detroit River! Over 10 million walleye are staged in the Western basin of Lake Erie making their way up and through the Detroit River system for the spring spawn.

What weather challenges?! We have finally had some nice summer weather and that has warmed the waters a bit. The higher water levels with the colder spring and all the constant rain has shown some challenging days during the start of the season. We

Muskies season is open! And they are active! Pictured is Duck Bay guide Sam Dornian with a 47 inch muskie. Other nice fish being caught this week are: Alex Olson (Des Moines IA) a 34 inch muskie (his 1st ever!) Erik Olson (Big Lake MN) a 41 ½ i

Here is a nice muskie caught off the dock at Duck Bay this week. Pictured is Andrew Lindquist with his 45 ½ inch fish. Other nice catches of the week are: Dan Franzen (Sweden) a 43 inch muskie Mike Van Klei (Plymouth MN) a 20 ½ inch walley

Pictured is Jeff Shreck holding his wife Diana's 46 inch muskie. The fish was too heavy for Diana to hold herself! There is starting to be a hint of fall in the air. Overnight temperatures are cooling to the low 60's. Daytime temperatures ha

Weather this weekend calls for highs in the upper 50′s.  Expect showers…again! Earlier this week we received this fishing report from Captain Kevin Backus from Mr. Muskie Charters.  Kevin is a sponsor of the Lake St. Clair Touri

Pictured is sister and brother Jordan and Brett Knutson. Jordan and Brett caught these two fish on the first day of their trip at the very first fishing spot of the day and at the exact same time. Guide Jimmy netted both fish at the same time. A gre

Well the sizzling hot summer of Muskie fishing is starting to change as the weather changes into fall. We had an awesome August as well as a great start to September. We had great days with good numbers of fish boated as well as 3 trophy Muskie over

While his guide Troy was cooking shorelunch Ben Eisenberg (McKinney TX) casted off the shore and caught this huge 20 ½ inch smallmouth. It is the biggest smallmouth caught this season. Crappies are being caught in both quantity and quality the

Walleyes perch crappies and Muskie are all going great! Walleyes are schooled up anywhere there is bait. Saddles deep holes current areas and large structures are all good. Crappies and perch will also be on these structures. These guys will be more

Our Fishing with Grandpa group (the Lohmiller / Catton families) have fished at Duck Bay 18 years. First John (grandpa) and his wife Penny spent a few years here then they began bringing their children and grandchildren. This is a family who all lov