2007 Spring DK Open Results - May 12 Lake St. Clair

[Cheetam]

i forgot  Cheetam caught a Tagged or New Baltimore Punk Walleye.  it had a metal tag in it's jaw.  i know them east side eyes are tough so it may have been imitating the kids on shore.  he took a photo maybe he will post it..

It was a smallmouth with a metal band clipped to it's upper jaw.  I took a pic thinking I would be able to read the numbers, but either my eye sight is bad or I took a really bad picture...anyways, it was the first tagged fish I have ever caught out there.

[MadWags]

Fish are coming off the beds but will remain shallow as long as the weather stays cool and the boat traffic light. Even so the first stop for the fish leaving is the emerging weed lines in 8 to 12 ft  of water. They pretty much follow the food source. There is plenty of shallow fish still.

[Ryan]

I would like to thank Dan for putting on another fun filled DK Open, you had some really nice prizes this year.  I had a great day in the boat with two really nice guys, Vince and Shane, and I learned a lot from both of them.  We didn't catch a ton of them, but the ones we did get were nice ones.  For my first ever trip to St. Clair, I was pretty impressed. 

Thanks again for the ride Vince, I really appreciate it and it was cool getting to know you.

Here is a picture of one of Shane's dandy St.Clair smallmouths.


I look forward to fishing future DK Opens!

-Ryan

[dartag]

i forgot  Cheetam caught a Tagged or New Baltimore Punk Walleye.  it had a metal tag in it's jaw.  i know them east side eyes are tough so it may have been imitating the kids on shore.  he took a photo maybe he will post it..

It was a smallmouth with a metal band clipped to it's upper jaw.  I took a pic thinking I would be able to read the numbers, but either my eye sight is bad or I took a really bad picture...anyways, it was the first tagged fish I have ever caught out there.

jeez and you say your eyesite is bad.  guess it was a smallie.  my excuse is my eyes are old.  

[Jay-MadWags]

Thanks again Skip, I  had a "blast" with you and Chris out on St. Clair.  I really learned a lot (especially about fishing line)  .  I just wish I still had that killer rattle trap.  Maybe next time I'll take you up on that net.  Oh well, I guess that is what BassPro Shops is for right??

Who was the photographer that decided to cut me out of the "The First Place Team Photo"??  I do remember fishing from cast n blast's boat.  Even if Skip bumped all my fish off the board. . . .
What's up with that??

[VinceR]

Thank you for the kind words, Ryan. I had a great time. I just wish that the weather had cooperated, and that you could have had the oportunity to see St. Clair in it's glory. Believe me, it is addictive. Oh, and by the way, guys, most of our fish came from the water that you see in the picture. We fished in water that looked like that for most of the day. I have come to believe that water clarity has a greater effect on the fishermen than it does the fish.

Dan, these tournaments were a great idea. It's getting to where I really look forward to these events. Just competitive enough to be fun, but laid back enough to keep it fun.

And just so that you know, I helped this time. Not just with the net.

[djkimmel]

Nice Levataing Banner!

Freaky, huh? Don't know how that got there... ()

[djkimmel]

Yes but.... wouldn't the pixel resolution be lower? I would like to print it and without the original you get a poor quality print. Looks good on the computer though when you check the one out that I drug out it only is 56kb.

Ok - just needed to know the intent I guess. I purposefully lowered the resolution for the web site to save space and mostly download time. I also cropped it quite a bit.

Let's make this easy in case anyone else wants a copy: go to this web address (pull up an image only) to bring up the original digital shot full size - the do the right click and save - should be around 700KB: http://www.greatlakesbass.com/images/w07dkopensall014.jpg

Then, if you want the full size/resolution, but cropped (around 369KB) in a tighter to the anglers, use this address: http://www.greatlakesbass.com/images/w07dkopensallcr014.jpg

Let me know if you have any problems with this.

[djkimmel]

Thanks again Skip, I  had a "blast" with you and Chris out on St. Clair.  I really learned a lot (especially about fishing line)  .  I just wish I still had that killer rattle trap.  Maybe next time I'll take you up on that net.  Oh well, I guess that is what BassPro Shops is for right??

Who was the photographer that decided to cut me out of the "The First Place Team Photo"??  I do remember fishing from cast n blast's boat.  Even if Skip bumped all my fish off the board. . . .
What's up with that??

Don't tell me you have your own screenname now!!??!! Will wonders never cease!?!

You're in the picture dude. We wouldn't want to miss that lovely bright blue Yamaha shirt!!! You may have to scroll to the right to see yourself depending on your screen size and resolution. Should be a horizontal scroll bar.

[djkimmel]

i forgot  Cheetam caught a Tagged or New Baltimore Punk Walleye.  it had a metal tag in it's jaw.  i know them east side eyes are tough so it may have been imitating the kids on shore.  he took a photo maybe he will post it..

It was a smallmouth with a metal band clipped to it's upper jaw.  I took a pic thinking I would be able to read the numbers, but either my eye sight is bad or I took a really bad picture...anyways, it was the first tagged fish I have ever caught out there.

Shoot! You missed a good opportunity to help the MDNR on that one. I believe they are looking for those tag results - date caught, length of fish, place caught, and tag number. Part of a population study on smallies out there. Anyone else catches one, make sure and get the number down. I'll get my memory refreshed on what they are looking for exactly.

[djkimmel]

I'm glad everyone had fun and many of you want more. Guess I better get cracking on the fall event - even more tough to pick a date and lake to get enough people there to make it worthwhile for everyone.

[Skip Johnson]

It was my pleasure Jason hope I draw you again sometime.
If anyone catches a big fat smallie sporting a lipless crank in its lip please contact Jason I think he realy realy wants it back.

[Jay-MadWags]

If anyone finds that lipless crankbait in a smallie's mouth in Lake St. Clair, you can keep it.  I ended up buying a couple new ones at BassPro. Just try not to lose it again if you do find it. . .