September derby

Lake St. Clair muskie fishing is going strong. This weekend was the September derby for the Michigan Ontario Muskie Club. There were alot of big fish caught, even though we had strong north winds. The north winds in general shut down the fishing, but it did not seem to bother the fish this weekend. There were 3 fish entered a 34.1, 32.4, 32.1. Two fish were caught near the Thames River area and the other by the South Channel area. The first place fish was caught by my dad and mom, again they showed up at the scales with another winner. They caught that fish on one of the baits I made a few years ago called a ripper. It ripped a nice fish for them again. Way to go mom and dad. The second place fish was caught by my friend Dave G. he was fishing the South Channel area. Dave is a good fisherman. He is in the money quite a bit. This happened to be the first time he was out fishing on his boat the Special T this year, luck would have it, he scores. The 3rd place fish was caught by Jim and Scott D. aboard the Shelly Kristy, they were fishing the Thames area, again these guys know what it is like to be on the winners stand. It was good to see good fishermen get the big ones this derby. All the winners fish a lot and fish hard, my hats off to the winners.
The last two weeks have been pretty good fishing, every time out we've caught fish over 30 pounds. It's been a bit on the windy side and sometimes the weeds are bad, But the muskies are still biteing. The good fish is still to come so don't let the cool weather stop ya from going out the monster muskies will be hitting. Good Luck to all .