| Have you ever decided to take a trip away from | | | | ever popular small mouth bass. Numerous local fishing |
| home to enjoy the great fishing at some far away | | | | tournaments involve lake St Clair waters for walleye, |
| location? I live in southwestern Ontario, situated right | | | | musky and small mouth bass. The Detroit River hosts |
| in between Lake St Clair and Lake Erie. I have gone | | | | a terrific spring run of walleyes to start of the fishing |
| off on several fishing trips in the more northerly | | | | year right at ice out time. |
| areas of Ontario to take a whack at the fishing in a | | | | If I want to travel 10 miles to the south I can enjoy |
| few of these tourist wonderlands. | | | | the bounty of Lake Erie. The western Lake Erie |
| I realize that there is always one conclusion when I | | | | fishing offers arguably the best walleye fishing |
| think about my experiences at home and away from | | | | anywhere in the world. Follow the walleye from the |
| home. When I leave home to go fishing somewhere | | | | shallows in US waters in the early spring to the |
| else, I am leaving behind me some of the very best | | | | deeper waters on the Canadian side to the north and |
| fishing in the world. Yes, I really enjoy getting away | | | | northeast. The islands of western Lake Erie |
| to a fresh area for a short period. I must say though | | | | consistently offer walleye fishing and small mouth |
| that far too often, the fishing does not rate up there | | | | bass. |
| with the fishing in my own backyard. | | | | Move out away from the shore a bit and experience |
| I was a charter fishing guide and captain for 15 years. | | | | some great perch fishing. This fish has made a great |
| I competed in many fishing tournaments in which I | | | | comeback in Lake Erie in the past five years. If you |
| either won or placed very respectably in the final | | | | want to move just east of Point Pelee where the |
| standings. I think my opinion in these discussions are | | | | water depths are greater, you can experience days |
| fairly credible and I think many other area fishermen | | | | that offer catch limits of exciting rainbow trout. The |
| would share my feelings about this issue. | | | | numbers can roll in big on a good day and many fish |
| I am surrounded with top grade fishing opportunities. | | | | exceeding 10-12 pounds are going into fish boxes. |
| I can drive 15 mile north to Lake St Clair to the | | | | In conclusion, if I want to catch big fish, large |
| entrance to the Detroit River. Lake St Clair hosts one | | | | numbers and a wide range of species, should I go on |
| of the top fishable populations of muskies that range | | | | a fishing trip? I do not need to think about this one |
| from large numbers of juveniles to extremely | | | | too long. Common sense slams the answer to that |
| consistent catches of trophy size wall hangers. This | | | | question right into my face. |
| lake also calls itself home to a huge population of the | | | | |