Tuesday, Lake St. Clair, Michigan
Dan writes:
I launched up in the river today, determined to get out to those spots on the eastern side where the river dumps into the lake that were so productive two years ago. It’s been too windy to fish these areas for the last two days, and it’s no better today but at least having launched on this side I don’t have to run across the lake to get to them. There were three-foot waves out there while I was trying to fish, but I did manage to work two of the areas I had wanted to look at. The water is ten degrees cooler still over here, I didn’t find any grass growing, and I also didn’t get bit at all.
I eventually crossed back over to the west side, and wandered around some more in Anchor Bay, fishing it deeper today looking for the bigger fish. I never found them, and at around 11am had to call it a day. The wind was blowing about twenty-five mph making for a simply awful ride back across the lake to the boat launch, and I was thoroughly drenched by the time I arrived. After that it was an hour’s drive back around to Metro Park, where Annie was with the camper and where the tournament registration would be this evening.
We spent the afternoon in the huge parking lot there at Metro Park, setting up rods and organizing the boat for tomorrow, then went to the registration meeting, and then moved over to a parking area just outside the park where we set up for the night.
Annie writes:
Seeing that the campground is about 30 miles from the launch ramp, we decided to move the camper, the truck and the boat over to Metro Park. While Dan was practicing today I drove the camper over and Dan met me there in the afternoon. We spent a couple of hours working on his tackle and boat while visiting with a few of our journal readers, who just happened to see us parked in the big open lot. We have met at least five of our readers here this week, and it is nice to get to meet some of the people who follow us. We asked their opinions of the journal, if it’s too long, or detailed enough. Each one of them said it was not too long, they love the detail and would like to see some of it even longer.
After going to registration and the partner pairings meeting, we went to the Metro Park office to see if we could sleep in the parking lot overnight. They said absolutely not! We asked if there was a parking lot nearby that we could sleep in, and they mentioned a golf driving range not a mile away that sometimes lets campers park there. The name of the place was Marino Golf Center, we drove over and spoke with the owner. He had no problem letting us camp for two nights, and charged us twenty dollars. It works out great for us. We are one mile from the launch ramp and it is very convenient for tournament days.