Detroit River Lake Erie Lake St. Clair St. Clair River

US Canada Walpole

Boulders with fast running current Breakline with rock Bridge spanning canals and lake Buoy marker on a chain fixed to a concrete block Cabbage bed between river current and shallow flat Cabbage beds on deep flat Cabbage beds with spacing Canal Outlet Canals Channel outflow Concrete mooring block with buoy Concrete Mooring for buoy on chain Crib Culvert (concrete) Deep break off of a shallow sand point with a weedline Deep break on hard sloping drop in river Deep flat surrounding fixed channel marker Deep lake flat with scattered weed Deep river break Depression on sand flat Dock in Lake Dredged channel buoyed Dredged cut with sandy bottom, buoys and cabbage beds Dredged zone Eddy behind fixed channel marker Eddy with a small flat at the bottom of a pitted clay break Eddy with cabbage on shallow edge, mid-range flat and deep drop into river Eddy, small and tight to shore with bulrushes and cabbage beds Fixed channel marker framed by crib and rock and surrounded by sand flats with light cabbage weeds Fixed channel marker lighthouse with iron seawalls surrounded by sand Fixed channel marker with wood pilings and rock at the base Fixed marker on river channel with rock around the base Fixed marker on river channel with rock around the base and eddy behind Flat Flat and break with weed outside of dock Flat covered with a variety of weed growth flats Horseshoe shaped inside turn with sand and rock Inside weed edge Island with bulrushes Isolated driftwood embedded in sand Isolated sand humps with random rock structure Isolated seawall in river current Large rock shoal in river eddy Line of cabbage beds along sandy break Long sloping sand flat with sandy break and cabbage beds leading to deeper water None One foot sandy break in shallow water with light cabbage growth Outflow cut off of main river channel Rip rap with fast race over rocks and boulders Rip-rap River River bottom at the base of a break River bottom covered with rock piles River bottom covered with small rock and zebra mussels River bottom slot with rock and sand River bottom with sand, clay and rock River bottom with wood River bottom: sand with rock River break hard sandy drop River break with cabbage beds River break with eddy and cabbage beds River break with pitted clay River break with pitted clay step structure River break with sand and cabbage River channel outflow River docks River eddy along river edge River eddy zone with light current, pitted clay, wood dock, cabbage line River eddy zone with light current, seawall and rock shoal River flat - deep River flat - deep with zebra mussel encrusted rock and sand River head River seawall River seawall with eddy River slot River wreck Rock field with sand grass Rock pile Rock pile on sand rock piles Rock piles and shoals on a sandy bottom Rock shoal deep with some cabbage Rock shoal on lake break Rock shoal surrounded by sand Rock shoal surrounded by sand in shallow water Rock shoal w/weed Rock wall - underwater Rock/sand combination Rock/sand combination on break Rocky break in shallow water Ruins near shore on sandy flat Sand bar with deep pocket Sand bottom with rock Sand break with cabbage beds Sand flat deep with cabbage beds Sand flat with bulrushes Sand flat with cabbage beds Sand flat with dredge channel Sand flat with rock field Sand flat with rock piles Sand flat with rock piles and cabbage beds Sand flat with some rock Sand flat with sparse weed Sand flat with weed clumps Sand flats Sand with dredged cut Sand with rock Sand/rock break with weelines of cabbage Sand/rock flat with scattered weedbeds Sandy break with cabbage next to a long sand flat Sandy drop with cabbage weedline Sandy ridge with flat on top and cabbage on break into deeper water Sandy river break Scattered Rock and shelf Seawall facing the Lake Seawall facing the Lake with current Seawall with rock ledge and rocky drop into river Seawall with sand ledge, cabbage beds and pitted clay drop into river seawall with tight open zone against wall, some weedbeds, river drop into deeper water Seawalls Seawalls with sand slot against it and weedbeds on opposite side of the slot Shallow bay with sand and sparse weed Shallow bay with sand, sparse weed and some rock Shallow break in the lake Shallow river flat Shallow river flat next to wreck Shoals and rock piles on sand hump with drop into deep water on three sides Small river outflow Spawning flat in 7 feet of water in front of shoreline ruins Submerged pilings on sand Sunken wood dock and pilings Trough along seawall/shallow water Trough cut into shallow rock/sand flat Trough next to seawall Trough on flat Trough with seawall Underwater sand point with rock piles and weedbeds Underwater sand point with weedbeds Vertical clay bank Warm water discharge Weedline Wood dock on sand with cabbage beds before a sandy drop-off into the river Wood ruins along shallow river flat near shore Wood ruins in lake Wood seawall ruins with high sandy ledge and drop into river Wood wreck sitting on sharp river break Wreck on flat, shallow on one side deep on the other

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3 1/2" Tube 4" Creature/Beaver 4" Skirted twin tail grub 4" Tube 4" tubes 5" Tube Buzzbaits Crank and Stick Baits Crank bait Crankbait Curly tail worm deep cranks drop shot tube drop shot, tube Drop-shot tube jerk bait jerk bait, tubes Jerkbait jerkbait, tube Multiple Rattle Trap Skirted Twin Tail Grub Soft plastics spinner bait, drop shot tube Spinnerbait Topwater Tube Xtreme Bass Tackle 5" Tube X-worm Zara Spook

3-way rig Casting Casting/dragging Drift and drag drop shot Drop-shot Fished slowly with long pauses Jerkbait Pitch Upwind and let current wash back Slow, twitch, pause Suspending jerkbait, with long pauses Tight to structure Topwater Tube Vertical jigging Wacky

Black blue back, orange belly Blue Green Brownish char shad Char Shad / Purple Grape Chartreuse and blue Chartreuse on chartreuse Chrome Chrome and Blue Clear with small gold flake Firetiger G3 perch / firetiger Plum Chartruse, Ghost Minnow, Blk/White- w/ Orange Root beer slither St. Clair Goby Variety White white char spinner, sliter tube Xtreme Bass Tackle 4" Dark Melon Dbl. Orange Xtreme Bass Tackle 4" Erie Goby Xtreme Bass Tackle Canadian Mist Xtreme Bass Tackle Formula G3 Xtreme Bass Tackle Great Lakes Craw Xtreme Bass Tackle Mayfly Xtreme Bass Tackle Muskegon Goby Xtreme Bass Tackle Slither Xtreme Bass Tackle St. Clair Crayfish

Baitfish Baitfish, Goby Gobies Mayflies perch, minnows Shinner, Goby