Shag's TBN Outfitters » GRand Rapids MI http://www.fliesandtackle.com Fishing around West Michigan is the Best Fishing around the Great Lakes!!! Fri, 15 Jul 2011 17:25:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Feb. 17th Fishing Heating up http://www.fliesandtackle.com/fishing/feb-17th-fishing-heating-up/2011 http://www.fliesandtackle.com/fishing/feb-17th-fishing-heating-up/2011#comments Thu, 17 Feb 2011 13:34:52 +0000 Shag http://www.fliesandtackle.com/?p=850 Went down to the River Feb.14. And Fished the Dam. Never got a Bite the Wind was Blowing and it was just nasty out. So i waited on a few buddies to come up from Battle Creek and we went down River and Started to Hit the Fish.

 With the Low water we have had all winter long the Fish are Holed up. You find you a good Hole and there is going to be a few fish in it. We fished spawn and jigs for awhile never never hit anything. But then I threw on a spinner and BAM. There he was son. Got a Brown on the Line and the fight was on. After that i threw a few more cast and hit another BROWN. All in ALL I hit 3 Browns all on Spinners. And then Landed a Steelhead and then Lost another Steelhead at the Boat. The Grand River is Big and there is allot of water to Fish. Find the Log Jams,Eddy’s and the Holes and you’ll Find Some Fish.

]]> http://www.fliesandtackle.com/fishing/feb-17th-fishing-heating-up/2011/feed 0 Feb. 13th Water is about to start to come up!!! http://www.fliesandtackle.com/fishing/feb-13th-water-is-about-to-start-to-come-up/2011 http://www.fliesandtackle.com/fishing/feb-13th-water-is-about-to-start-to-come-up/2011#comments Sun, 13 Feb 2011 11:58:52 +0000 Shag http://www.fliesandtackle.com/?p=848 It’s going to start getting Warmer this week. Good time to get your fishing gear ready. When the water raises up those fish get there tail up river. When its on the rise the steelhead are on the move. And then after it Peeks, about three days after the water peeks there will be steelhead every where.

Float Fish with Jigs and Spawn. And don’t forget to bounce the bottom for steelhead either. If your throwing spawn. One of my go secret’s for HIGH WATER. Is to put about a one inch piece of yarn on for steelhead. And then If I have skein I cure. I save the JUICE and put it in a Bottle and squirt. That Steelhead juice on the yarn with my choker bag.

Walleye are in the river right now to. The Big Hens will be here really soon!!! This next month will be the BEST time of the year for you to hit a trophy WALLEYE!!!! Use Buck tail jigs and Body Baits. Throw small body baits up and down the grand river for walleye and you will be amazed!!!

GEt out and go FISHING it’s only getting better day by day!!!!

]]> http://www.fliesandtackle.com/fishing/feb-13th-water-is-about-to-start-to-come-up/2011/feed 0 River Rat Joe with one!!!! http://www.fliesandtackle.com/fishing/river-rat-joe-with-one/2010 http://www.fliesandtackle.com/fishing/river-rat-joe-with-one/2010#comments Fri, 03 Dec 2010 18:21:49 +0000 Shag http://www.fliesandtackle.com/?p=776 Joe went to the River today he went 6 for 1. But he got this one Plunkin a Crawler at the Dam. The Fish are Picking up!!!!!

]]> http://www.fliesandtackle.com/fishing/river-rat-joe-with-one/2010/feed 0 Time for the 2010 Grand Slam!!!!! http://www.fliesandtackle.com/fishing/time-for-the-2010-grand-slam/2010 http://www.fliesandtackle.com/fishing/time-for-the-2010-grand-slam/2010#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:17:25 +0000 Shag http://www.fliesandtackle.com/fishing/time-for-the-2010-grand-slam/2010 The 2010 Grand Slam Mode is on!!!! Fish are in!!!! Not huge numbers yet but there in. Good time to catch a Grand Slam!!!!! Steely,Coho,King,Brown or maybe a Laker. There in there!!!!

Allot of Guys are Dead Drifting flies. CannonBall and about a 4 to 6 foot leader. Light line because the water is so low and clear right now. Running enough weight to just tick the bottom of the river. Running about a 1/4 once of lead or lighter right now. Others are Plunkn about a 1/2 oz of lead at the Dam with about a 2 foot leader with a Half a Crawler. And Just letting it sit there. You dont know what youll pick up then. There using a Half of a crawler so you kinda elimanate the chance of short Bites on um. A few Float fisherman are running some bags but more of the fish are getting caught Dead drifting right now.

This Steelhead was caught on the east side of the river this morning. Johnny is a local River Rat that has caught more fish in his teens than most people catch all there life. Hard Core Fisherman that isnt afraid to stay up all night just to wait to get a FISH ON!!!

]]> http://www.fliesandtackle.com/fishing/time-for-the-2010-grand-slam/2010/feed 0 Killn the GILLS and SPECS at REEDS LAKE!!!! http://www.fliesandtackle.com/fishing/killn-the-gills-and-specs-at-reeds-lake/2010 http://www.fliesandtackle.com/fishing/killn-the-gills-and-specs-at-reeds-lake/2010#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:48:56 +0000 Shag http://www.fliesandtackle.com/fishing/killn-the-gills-and-specs-at-reeds-lake/2010 Went out to Reeds Lake this morning and we killed the big gills!!!! Our secret was moving allot. Going along the bank and I mean right along the bank and scoopin um out. Spotting a school of gills Sunnin and gettn um.

We would fish each spot about 15 to 30 min!!! And then after they died down a little we would move. They are removing all the cover from the back channels on the south side of the lake so we went and found a few more spots.

As we went along the edge of the lake when you hit a school of gills you would see the gills moving out to deaper water. When we found the cattails and the lily pads we hit fish there. And we threw right up by the bank. When we would start to fish a spot we would throw out a little deeper and then work our way in. Good time to get a Basket of Panfish right now!!!

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]]> http://www.fliesandtackle.com/fishing/killn-the-gills-and-specs-at-reeds-lake/2010/feed 1 River Going back down!!!! http://www.fliesandtackle.com/fishing/river-going-back-down/2010 http://www.fliesandtackle.com/fishing/river-going-back-down/2010#comments Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:04:07 +0000 Shag http://www.fliesandtackle.com/fishing/river-going-back-down/2010 With the river coming back down the water will start to clear up a little. Allot of Guys are using Wobs right now. Orange and Pink has been good. Running with about a 2 to 3 foot leader and just drifting the holes and runs with it. Guys throwing spawn having been putting about a 1 inch piece of yarn snelled to there hook and then soaking it with some kind of sent. Try ShagNasty Love Juice? Come in the Shop its our blend of Goodness!!! If your Tying bags you want to make sure you are tying bigger bags right now. Quater to 50 cent pieces have been doin good. We have some new High Water Floats here in the store. They can hold about 2 ounces of lead. So in this high water it helps keeping everything down where the fish are.

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]]> http://www.fliesandtackle.com/fishing/river-going-back-down/2010/feed 0 Cravin Chrome!!! IT’S ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://www.fliesandtackle.com/fishing/cravin-chrome-its-on-2/2010 http://www.fliesandtackle.com/fishing/cravin-chrome-its-on-2/2010#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:07:48 +0000 Shag Went to the dam today and Crushed um!!! Allot of fish are getting caught on Skein bags and Regular Egg Bags. We tryed a few jigs with some waxys and nothing. But they sure was knockin the dog piss out of Spawn today!!!!

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