Things are slowly getting back to normal down here as well. The rivers are still swollen but are getting better every day. The lakes really needed the extra water and as crazy as it sounds, some of the lakes are still low.

Weird spring in SE Michigan.

Warm, stable weather here finally? Maybe?

Not great for numbers, but I've already caught several green fish north of 4 lbs.

Sick of strolling. Give me a frog.

Just got back from St Clair and the spawn was defiantly delayed. Should be on like donkey Kong right now.

The big-time snowmelt combined with the dam-busting repeated & excessive rain events

have resulted in historically high water levels for most of northern lower Michigan.

The majority of the Lake Menderchuck boating access points have remained closed, even today.

The few times and places I have been able to get on the water, I have been very fortunate to bump into a few plus-sized brown bass.

Like that quite a bit.

Jerkbaits and a crankbait have been good.

Common thinking is that the water will recede and that lake levels will eventually 'get back to normal.'

I am not in that group and expect what we are looking at now to be the new normal.

The results of which will most likely have long-lasting repercussions that alter our world up here for years to come.

Time will tell.

I am hoping that I can get out for the late summer bite, which has been world-class for me a few times.

A-Jay

7 hours ago, PGA Dropout said:

Sick of strolling. Give me a frog.

I usually say bring on the frog too but that past few years for whatever reason, its been my Achilles heel and has caused me to lose all confidence in it.