Mark Martin was at the Downriver Walleye Federation meeting last night and if Mark’s in town the walleyes can’t be far behind. Mark was giving tips on fishing the Detroit River and the 500+ in attendance were all ears. You can judge the interest in a speaker by the lack of side conversations in the room and when Mark stopped talking, which wasn’t very often, you cold hear a pin drop. Considering this was 2-3 times the normal attendance Mark’s reputation is well known. An interesting moment of the evening was the Pledge of Allegiance by the crowd of mostly 40 and over men. A pure slice of Americana.
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Mark pointed out quite a few hot spots on the river to try. He also pointed out that if the spot is crowded with boats and the fish aren’t biting, to try moving just up or down river to find active fish that are spooked by the armada. One thing he did stress more than once is that if the water is dirty jigging takes a backseat to crankbaits. The fish can hear the crankbait better than they can see it and are more prone to hit. This knowledge helped him develop special techniques to present the lures where the fish are. All the info is found in his book of which he only covered maybe 30%. If interested in the book or just finding out more about Mark go to http://www.markmartins.net/.
On a sad note it was announced that Dorothy from Lockeman’s Hardware and Boats is very ill and in need of some support. There is a fund raiser for her this Saturday, March 26th at Westland VFW Hall, 055 South Wayne Road. Check out the web site:
http://www.giveforward.com/fight4dorothy
or stop by the shop to leave a donation.
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Was Matt Tenwalde there?
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