paul, adam, and myself made it up to the saginaw river in michigan for a few days of fishing. we were expecting lots of 20's and possibly some 30's but that's not what happened. although everyone caught a fish over 20lbs they were just few and far between. lots of fish were caught that ran between 12 and 16lbs. i had over 50 fish myself with the biggest being 21lbs and the next 19lbs14oz, and i was bringing in my poles at night. we were fishing big rigs and big baits and still catching mediocre fish. a little disappointing but i still had a good time. i just don't know if it was worth the 6 1/2 hour drive.
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Pretty nice fish there. That's a trip I would love to make. Like anywhere else, gotta be there at the right time. Glad you guys had a chance to get up there.
Nice job everyone!
QUOTE (joeysitarski @ May 31 2009, 04:29 PM) 
paul, adam, and myself made it up to the saginaw river in michigan for a few days of fishing. we were expecting lots of 20's and possibly some 30's but that's not what happened. although everyone caught a fish over 20lbs they were just few and far between. lots of fish were caught that ran between 12 and 16lbs. i had over 50 fish myself with the biggest being 21lbs and the next 19lbs14oz, and i was bringing in my poles at night. we were fishing big rigs and big baits and still catching mediocre fish. a little disappointing but i still had a good time. i just don't know if it was worth the 6 1/2 hour drive.
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21 lbs even
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19 lbs 14 oz (i should have just called it a 20)
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21 lbs even
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19 lbs 14 oz (i should have just called it a 20)
I've caught 5 fish this year and you call that a dissapointing trip with mediocre fish?
charlie,
don't get me wrong, it was a good trip. it's just that our expectations were pretty high
don't get me wrong, it was a good trip. it's just that our expectations were pretty high
i know what you mean charlie,its been a while 4 me 2,i thinkin about going too TURTLE CREEK just too catch some, good job all
Nice fish...................
Niiiiiiiiice Road trip captures "J" Dawg, 
it's nice to know the possibility of 30's was there!
it's nice to know the possibility of 30's was there!
nice fish joey and great goen guys.
WTG Guys Nice Fish.
Nice Job!!!
nice fish
very nice sorry you did not find that 30.
Sorry you didnt get the thirty but still a very respectable trip none the less
We had a massive amount of action,at times unable to keep 3 or even 2 rods in the water. It did not seem to matter what you threw at them either,I was alternating Boilies,Corn ,Tigers and pack,and everything was running constantly!Adam set up a "work station" for baiting up,and this was pretty busy,and we got through quite a bit of bait.(Thanks for the pack dude!) I lost a couple of what felt like good Fish,a few dollars in rigs and leads,and almost killed one of my Reels! But all in all it was a fun experience with a lot of hard fighting Carp between us. Like Joey says though,I don't know if I want to drive 5 hours plus again unless there are some monsters on the cards. Here's to our next expedition! cheers guys
Glad you guys had a great time Poor Otis looks WORE OUT! Take care of that back Paul.
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