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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

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

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

The best booking dates & deals of 2019! The ice may be thick on Lake St. Clair but the season is just 57 days away. Now is the best time to line up your reservations with our crew. We’re hearing that the weather gods may grant us a wa

Pictured is Kathy Rowland (with guide Kerry Taylor ) and Kathy's very first muskie ever! An impressive catch at 46 ½ inches; Kathy also caught a 38 inch muskie during the trip. Kathy's husband Bill caught a 47 inch muskie and helped lan

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

Steve and I went out Tuesday morning and had phenomenal day of Muskie fishing!! We caught a total of 5 Muskie and raised around 6 more Muskie! The smallest I caught was 34″ and the largest was 45″. Steve’s Muskie was 39″. It w

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

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

Now as May sets in and the temps have been steadily climbing along with the water temps so too has the fishing… The Walleye fishing in the Detroit river has been outstanding this season with many big fish and limits of Walleyes caught in very s

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

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

Well August is now past and it was a great month of fishing action. There were a lot of swinging weather patterns that had brought some tougher fishing days however we boated fish in all these adverse conditions. We went through some days of 90 degre

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

Island life is just chugging along!  Great walleye and solid muskie fishing.  Walleyes are snapping as usual.  Jigging and spinners have been catching fish.  Jigging the reefs anywhere from 24’-30’ and spinners anywhe

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.

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

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 Wee

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

October 22 2014 Now for winter… This last week was the end of the summer season for Sportsman’s Oak Island.  The walleye crappie and muskie bite did not disappoint anglers as there was a good bite to be had.  Reports also indic