Whats
Next Outdoors
By Uncle
Bob.
Chuck and I were planning
a trip back to Higgins Lake
at the end of March for lake
smelt in the shallows but
it doesn't look like the ice
will hold out.
Next seasons:
- Annual smelt run.
- Turkey.
- Morel mushrooms.
- Great Lakes Salmon.
- Detroit River Walleye.
Chuck and I are very anxious
to go smelt dipping like we
used to when we were kids.
One problem is back in the
day the smelt run ran several
times for several days at
a time. Now there's one run,
maybe 2 if you're lucky, and
it lasts one to two day, maybe
3, max. In other words, you
have to be sitting there when
it happens. Needless to say,
it's turned from an event
everyone travels to, to a
localized event.
The run is predicated on water
temperature. When the water
temperature hits between 42
and 45 degrees and after a
warm rain. .they go. The plan
would be to wait till the
temperature hits 40/41 on
a consist ant basis and go
camp out at Lake Port on Lake
Huron for a week, keeping
an eye on the weather for
a rise in temperature and
a rain front that comes in
from the South. These conditions
happen anywhere from the end
of March to the end of April.
Morels and turkey:
My turkey tag runs in May,
on private land. I have several
places I can go and will most
likely stay in Livingston
County. . .unless I can hook
back up with Mike Wills friend
Mike Mac Kekron. I shot a
silver medal class bird the
last time I went with him.
It is recorded in the SCI,
black powder (muzzleloader)
record book. 12in beard and
1in spurs, 23lbs. Honey suckle
my ass!!!
As for morels. . .that happens
from mid-April to the first
part of June. You go when
temps hit the low 70's right
after the rain. Our hook up
with that is Ken Kneeley from
KD outdoors. The last time
I went, we went to his cottage
up in the Huron Forest. Stayed
for a few days and came back
with poundage!!!
Salmon starts in mid to late
April and runs all summer.
Best tasting fish are in spring.
Biggest are in the late summer/fall.
Detroit River Walleye. April
through the end of June (at
least it lasted that long
last year.) Again, this year
as last year, we will be with
Muskie Mike Pitigglio and
his first mate and we will
go as many times as possible.
Camping will be addressed
during all those seasons both
tent and RV.
Chuck and I are also going
to make a couple of serious
runs on Fletchers Flood for
spring pike and pan fish right
after ice out. We will either
be in tents, cabins or RV.
That's it for now. At this
time, we are in transition.
You will not catch my ass
out on the ice any more this
season. . .I don't care how
cold it may get. Now is when
that stuff gets real iffy.
Much love to all
Uncle Bob.
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