Lakes Cadillac and Mitchell have been covered with ice for almost 2 weeks but still aren’t safe to go out on. Since the rain and wind earlier in the week both lakes have opened up some. Cadillac is two thirds open and Mitchell has several isolated areas with open water as well. We’ll be out […]

Salmon Fishing is still going full bore. With heavy rains for much of the week the added water continues to push fish up stream. Both the Betsie River and Manistee River are loaded with fish. All of the fish are big too, with the average probably being around 20 pounds and many much larger than […]

It’s a lot quieter now that vacation season is mostly over with the kids all back to school. The next few weekends will still be pretty busy as summer winds down to an end. There was a Bass tournament this weekend and there will be two more classics in the following weekends. However this time […]

The last week has started to wake up the fish again. Nights are starting to come a little earlier and the mornings are arriving a little later. This is helping to cool things back off to a more comfortable temperature. We’ve seen quite a few Big Bluegills lately, even a couple of Master Anglers. Just […]

We’re in the Dog days of Summer where the weather seems better for lounging at the beach then watching your bobber. The Hot days and warm nights keep most of the fish in the shelter of deeper water. Anglers are still catching fish but you’ve got to set your alarm clock to sunrise or earlier. […]

Summer has finnally arrived! With the daytime temps in the 80’s it will be best to start hitting the water early before it gets too hot or wait until evening when it starts cooling back down. The heat is starting to push the fish into deeper water, however a few gills are still being caught […]

I remember joking with a customer earlier in the spring that everything is so far behind this year that we’ll be catching Bluegills on the beds during the 4th of July. Here we are entering the last week of June and anglers are still catching Bluegills on beds some still full of eggs yet. It […]

It has been an extremely good week for fishing. The weather is feeling a lot more like Summer and the water temperature is finally on the rise and making the Bluegills, Sunfish and both Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass move in to shallower water to spawn. The Bluegill and Sunfish have been easy to catch. As […]

With the cooler weather we’ve had most of the spring, everything seems to be a couple weeks later then we’re used to. Normally June 1 would be right in the middle of the Bluegill spawn but it’s really just starting now. They’ve been hiding for the last few weeks with anglers catching one here and […]

Happy Memorial Day! Thankfully we’ve been finally blessed with a few nice days in a row. It’s been a very peculiar Spring so far. Unseasonably cold weather and rain have kept the water temperatures low making all of the springtime spawning late for whichever fish you target. Normally Crappie start spawning around Mothers Day but […]