I grew up fishing the Clay Banks at Pt. Defiance, and today I realize that I was really blessed to be able to take part in that fishery as a child. I'm just wondering if anyone still fishes from the beach there? We would ride the bus from Parkland to the Point,walk the mile or so down around the corner to the lighthouse and literaly fill garbage bags with silvers almost every day, all summer long. There were even occasionally a few slabs that came from the beach, the biggest to my memory was a 28lb. king that a guy caught on a spinning set-up with 10lb main line. It took him about 45 min. to land the fish, but during the time he was fighting the fish the beach was on fire. Everyone was hooking and landing fish the entire time. I have always thought about returning to my old stomping grounds and seeing if I still "got it nailed" the way I used to. That is where I got the Disease of "fishing" and set the ground work to become the Fisherman that I am today. Can someome out there let me know if this is still a viable fishery, and if anyone would be interested in hitting "The Banks" some time, drop me a line at res173r8@verizon.net
Bryan