Urban Fishing

On Saturday, June 8, I planned to go fishing early with my Dad.  We first visited the Looking Glass in DeWitt, but it was flooded, so we decided to try the Grand River.  Fishing in downtown Lansing, just a couple of blocks from the state Capitol, my hopes weren't high.  For about half of our fishing trip, I didn't even have a nibble, but then, I finally got a bite!  A 13-inch small mouth bass hammered my minnow.

A few minutes after releasing the bass, I could tell I had another big fish on my line.  A second small mouth bass, bigger than the last, was putting up a titanic fight and was running to structure like a bobcat with a burr under its tail!  This second fish was a 17-inch small mouth.

I was on my last minnow for the day and had a five-minute warning from my dad when I felt another tug on my line.  I was surprised to land my favorite fish, the northern pike.  Although it was only 18 inches long, the fish meant a lot to me because it was my first pike of 2013.

Don't let the fact that you are in a city fool you.  There is good fishing in downtown Lansing!