Cool weather slows down area fishing activity

Published 10:50 am Saturday, May 3, 2008

By Staff
(Provided by AAA)
The cooler temperatures in the southwest is causing for limited fishing activity this week.
In the Benton Harbor area, cold temps are keeping anglers off the lakes and out of the bait shops.
Same story in the New Buffalo area where the drop in temperature has caused very limited angling activity this week.
A few walleye are being caught off the pier near the rock pile on clown Rapalas, and one angler pulled an 11 pound walleye from Lake Michigan yesterday.
Coho should become more active this weekend when the warm weather returns.
Around the Kalamazoo area, the Dowagiac River is very high and the water is dirty.
A few steelhead, but mostly walleye are being caught in the Kalamazoo River.
Anglers are finding steelhead active in the Pere Marquette River on eggs and streamers.
Tippy Dam action is slow this week, and pike are on the rise on Scott Lake.