Switch of the Season

Well August has come and gone and left us with some great fishing days on Lake St. Clair. We have been chasing the Muskies as well as the Bass this past month and have had some great success with both species.

The Muskies have been chasing the bait around the lake and with the weather that we have had that the bait was getting blown around quite a bit. The weeds also reeked their havoc with us and making us work hard for the Muskies caught.

We have still had a 7 Muskie average caught this past month and have also had many days with double digits caught. We boated over 3 Muskie in the 30 Pound Club and welcome and congratulate those new members!

The Bass fishing charters have averaged 4 dozen per trip. We have had days with fewer numbers but the quality has been awesome. We boated many Bass over the 4 to 5 pound mark and caught 2 Small Mouth Bass over 6 pounds.

September starts the Fall fishing season and usually brings some weather changes that can be both good and bad. We expect the Muskie fishing to continue to be great as we have not had our full dose of summer yet!

We will be fishing for Muskie through the end of October and will transition to chasing the Monsters as Fall approaches (not that we ever stop hunting the trophy Muskie)!

We will be also starting our Perch trips this month as they have been starting to school up a bit. We have been catching quite a few during our Bass charters lately so the time has come to fill the freezer with fresh lake perch.

We are starting our Sturgeon charters this month as well. If you have not yet experienced the trill of battling a prehistoric River Monster, then book your Sturgeon trip now!

We hope this finds everyone well and look forward to hearing from you and getting you out fishing this Fall.

Tight Lines,

Capt. Kevin Backus

Summer’s Sizzle

We are well into the peak of the Muskie fishing season! We have had some very strange weather this summer producing a wide range of temperatures and weather patterns. These weather changes have brought many storm fronts through the area, which has made for some real interesting days of fishing. The numbers of Muskies caught have been very good for the past month or so as we have averaged 7 to 9 fish boated per trip. However even on the days with fewer fish we have noticed the quality of the Muskie has been excellent with the majority of them being over the 40 inch mark! The monster Muskies have also made their presence  known in our live wells as we have boated 12 Muskies that were over the 30 pound mark and our largest of the season so far was 54½ inches and weighed 39 pounds!

The Bass fishing over the past month has also been pretty awesome. We have had many days with high numbers caught and some real quality sized Bass caught as well. The past few weeks has had some lower numbers caught but the quality and size has been great. We boated quite a few over the 5 pound mark in the past few trips and the largest was over 6 pounds!

While the Muskie and Bass fishing is still in full swing we are preparing for our Fall fishing season, which is just around the corner! We will be stopping the Bass Charters in the start of September and we will be starting up our Fall Sturgeon fishing and Perch fishing charters.

If you want to get out and fill your cooler with some jumbo Perch or would like to experience the battle of your life with a prehistoric river monster, then don’t wait as our dates are filling fast.

We will be targeting our trophy Muskie through October, so if you want to see what the fall Muskie hunts are all about come on out.

Give us a call to discuss your charters and set them up. We will be looking forward to hearing from you and getting you out fishing this fall.

Tight Lines,
Capt. Kevin Backus

May Madness at Mr. Muskie Charters!

We are now into May and our fishing season is well under way! We have been hitting the Walleyes down in the Detroit River since the start of April. The action has been getting better week by week. The monster Walleye are fewer and far between now but the numbers of Walleye being caught has increased tremendously. We have been catching many more of the good eating size between 18 and 22 inches. The Walleye catching has been accompanied by lot of small mouth Bass as well as the Silver Bass. The action during this time has been outrageous! The Walleye have been stacking up in our fishing grounds between the mouth of Lake St. Clair and the Ambassador Bridge. The action has mostly been on the Canadian side of the river for the Walleyes although some have been caught on the Michigan side as well. We have just started our Bass Fishing Charters for this season in the start of May and the action has been great! We are catching quite a few Bass on our trips averaging between 6 to 8 dozen. The sizes range between 2 to 4 pounds. We will have a better report on the Bass fishing in the next newsletter. It seems that they have been between 7 to 10 feet along the Michigan shoreline and actively feeding while protecting their beds. We still have some dates available for our Walleye Charters as we will run them through the start of June. We also have a some dates available for our Bass Charters during the early season catch and release on the Michigan side in May and the start of June. Don’t miss out on this great action as it will be gone before you know it, just like our available dates! Give us a call to set up your trips. We look forward to hearing from you and getting you out fishing! Tight Lines, Capt. Kevin Backus Contact Information

March Madness at Mr. Muskie Charters!

We at Mr. Muskie Charters want to bring in this spring with a BANG! To celebrate March Madness we are going to offer a great deal on our Walleye charters, which will start in April or as soon as the ice leaves us! We know that some people have smaller groups and want to accommodate everyone so here are the way our specials will work. 1-2 People $295.00 2-3 People $395.00 3-4 People $400.00 These trips must be booked before the end of March and secured with a deposit. We had a great turnout at the Outdoorama show and our seminars were very successful! We have 1 more show coming up this month. The Ultimate Sport Show in Grand Rapids, MI. March 20-23. Booth #1962 If you plan on coming up to this show to set up your trips let us know and we will get you tickets to get in the show. We will be doing seminars every day, so come up and get some great info on Muskie trolling. We will be running show special pricing at the show so don’t miss out on the savings! We look forward to hearing from you and getting your 2014 trips set up. Don’t wait as dates are going fast during the peak of the season! Tight Lines, Capt. Kevin Backus

Spring walleye Charters are Back!

Spring Walleye Season is just around the corner. We will be starting our Walleye Charters at the start of April if the ice is out of the Detroit River by then. They will run through the end of May. These Walleye Charters will be for up to 4 people for 4 hours or when you catch your limit! The cost is $495 per trip. We are going to bring these trips back with a Bang! We are running a “March Madness” special for a 4 person charters at $450.00 and 2-3 person charters for $395.00! This will only last through March! We will be running these charters out of our river boat, which is an aluminum 18’ Lund rigged to slay the spring Walleye! We will be docking the boat and leaving from Kean’s Marina 100 Meadowbrook Street, Detroit, MI. We will meet our charters at the security gate at 6:45 am and will depart the dock at 7:00 am and returning at 11 am. This is the best Walleye fishing in the country as over 4 million Walleye are running through the Detroit river at that time of the year. We will clean your fish while you wait and you can take home some of the best and freshest fillets of Walleye! Our next show is Outdoorama on Feb. 27th – March 2nd at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi, MI. Booth #5450 We have added another show in March. The Ultimate Sport Show in Grand Rapids, MI. March 20-23. Booth #1962 We will be doing seminars daily during the shows, on “Trolling Techniques and Tactics for Muskies”. Come check it out and learn some basics on fishing these fresh water monsters and maybe some of our secrets! The times will vary but if you’re coming to the show check the program for the seminar times and location. We are offering a show special discount on all charters booked, so come down and see us at the show. If you plan on coming to book your trips let us know and we will get you admission tickets. If you are unable to attend the show but still want to take advantage of the show special discount, just give us a call and we will set up your trips and give you the show special! Contact us now to book your trips as there will be limited availability and you won’t want to miss out on this awesome fishing experience! We will be offering our pre-season discount of $50 off all trips booked by April 1st! We Look forward to hearing from you and hope to get you out on the river slaying some Walleyes! Tight Lines, Capt. Kevin Backus

Upcoming Shows!

We wanted to update all of or fans and customers on this seasons show schedule. We had our 1st show last month and it was a great turnout. Our next show is Outdoorama on Feb. 27th – March 2nd at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi, MI. Booth #5450 We have added another show in March. The Ultimate Sport Show in Grand Rapids, MI. March 20-23. Booth #1962 We will be doing seminars daily during the shows, on “Trolling Techniques and Tactics for Muskies”. Come check it out and learn some basics on fishing these fresh water monsters and maybe some of our secrets! The times will vary but if you’re coming to the show check the program for the seminar times and location. We are offering a show special discount on all charters booked, so come down and see us at the show. If you plan on coming to book your trips let us know and we will get you admission tickets. If you are unable to attend the show but still want to take advantage of the show special discount, just give us a call and we will set up your trips and give you the show special! We also have a brand new show display that we will be unveiling at the Outdoorama show, which we think is very impressive and will stand out to catch your attention! Don’t look for our old booth come check out the new set up. We have some new offerings at Mr. Muskie Charters starting this 2014 season, which we will go into more detail about in coming newsletters. We will entice you with a sneak peak: • Spring Walleye Charters, • Fall Sturgeon trips, • Video footage of your trips! We look forward to hearing from you or seeing you at the shows. We are excited to get out fishing with you this season! Tight Lines, Capt. Kevin Backus

The Close of Another Great Season!

Well the season has come to a close for Mr. Muskie Charters. We have pulled “Mr. Muskie Too” out for the season and plan on getting her all ready for next year. Taking a look back at the season it was an awesome year and we have to thank all of our customers for making this season a huge success! We should also give the fish some credit for making our trips very successful by cooperating and playing the game. The early Bass season in May was an awesome time to haul in many great Bass averaging between 3 to 4 pounds, we also had quite a few 5+ pounders. Our largest Bass of the season was over the 6 pound mark! We averaged between 6 to 8 dozen Bass caught per trip throughout our Bass season (May – September). We even had some days where we boated over 100 Bass in our 6 hour charters! Muskie fishing this season was unbelievable and the best we have seen as far as action and Monster trophy fish. The numbers of fish did fluctuate throughout the season, mostly due to weather and cold fronts. However, we had an awesome season filled with lots of action. We averaged 10 Muskie boated per trip through August and 8 fish average over the whole fishing season. We had over 24 fish that were master angler awards. We boated 16 Monster trophy Muskies that were over the 30 pound mark as well as breaking our careers best at 40 pounds. Great job to all these anglers and welcome to our 30 Pound Club and opening a new 40 Pound Club! The past month of Muskie fishing proved to be some great fishing with some hard fishing days as well. The weather was switching to fall, which gets the Muskies in their feeding frenzy, it also comes with a lot of high and changing winds that make the fishing tough and the areas that are fishable harder to find. We did do very well and caught some real Monsters the last month. We had 3 over 30 pounds and also set our new 40 pound record! We found the Muskies moving in closer to shore in shallower waters and feeding heavy on the shad that go back into the rivers. Perch fishing was very good this past month as they were schooling up in some of our hot spots and had moved to the deeper water. This proved to be some great fishing and we had days with over 100 perch caught filling our customers coolers with the best eating jumbo yellow belly perch anyone could ask for! There were some days that were tough fishing perch as well with the winds and weather causing the lake to turn over making it a muddy mess, however all in all it was great fall perching! Sturgeon Fishing, our newest charter offering was a huge success! We had a lot of interest from our customers and the ones who tried it out had a blast catching these monster prehistoric beasts. Some even came back for multiple trips as they found out just how addicting this type of charter really is! We had an average of 3 Sturgeon boated per trip along with lots of other action catching Sheepshead and Catfish while waiting for the “magic hour” to arrive. We boated 4 monster Sturgeon over the 60 inch mark and our seasons best was just under 70 inches weighing over 100 pounds! We have really fine-tuned our techniques and found many great hot spots to make these charters an awesome experience. We found that these were the battles that took our customers hours to boat their fish of a lifetime making it a very memorable trip and getting them addicted to our newest charter offerings. We look forward to getting more of our customers out to try these awesome trips next season! We had an awesome fishing season and again want to thank all of our customers for their support for the 2013 season! We look forward to getting you out in 2014, which we are currently booking. Tight Lines, Capt. Kevin Backus