Day: February 10, 2013

Casey Miller of Miller’s Corner with a nice walleye caught yesterday on Lake Missaukee

Fishing Buddies of Casey with a nice walleye

Hopkins Creek Outfitters Ice Fishing Competition

This event will be held on February 16th and 17th, on 
Lake Missaukee, in Lake City Michigan. 

1st Place Shappell Shanty – Biggest Walleye

2nd Place 8″ Mora Hand Auger – Biggest Pike

3rd Place Jigging Rod – Biggest Panfish

Lots of Doors Prices

$10 Entry Fee

All Fish must be caught on Lake Missaukee

All fish must be registered with Hopkins Creek Outfitter. Registration times are

7:00 A.M. and 7:00 P.M. Friday and Saturday, 7:00 A.M. till Noon on Sunday

Hopkins Creek Outfitters will come to your fishing spot to register your fish. All you have to do is call the store (231) 839-3474 (fish).

Winners will be announced at 2:00 P.M. on Sunday.

We are looking for volunteers to help out with contest.
If you are interested please contact Greg.

Osborn’s 2013 Big Ice Fishing Contest!!!!

The dates of the 2013 Contest are February 15th, 16th

and 17th. The same as free fishing weekend Onekama will

have a poker run I think Saturday night, and the Lions will

have pancake Breakfast Sunday morning at the fair

grounds.

The entry fee will be $10.00 for Adults this year
and $5.00 for Children – 14 years and younger. The

contest will again include all of Manistee and Benzie

county lakes. You can enter at the Sports Shop, call in

over the phone or here on this website if you go to

Osborn’s online store tab above.

PRIZES
Prizes are yet to be determined for the 2013

contest. We are looking at the new electric

Ion ice augers. Check them out!! We love the

Shappell ice fishing shanties and of course

everyone wants to win a vexilar and we will

be looking at which models.We hope to nail

down the prizes within this next week. Bigger

and better, that’s our goal. Of course we will

try to offer some fishing trips too!

link to fishing brochure

 

A Big Thank you to our 2012 Sponsors!!!!
Bear Lake Barber Big Al’s Pizza

Big Bear Outfitters Blarney Castle Oil & Propane

Blue Slipper Bistro Buc’s Aqua Farms

Bussing Wholesale Camp Anjigami – Canada

Custom Processing Franke Family Dentistry

Franz Market * Harris Custom Carpentry

Honor/ Frankfort / Onekama Building Supply

Jackpine Business Center Kaleva Auto Repair

Kaleva Tavern Kaleva Lions Club

Kaleva Meats Kampvilla Mobile Home & RV Park

Lakeshore Mechanical Larry’s Grocery
Magnetic North Reality Marilla Woods

Manistee Tire Manistee Co. Sheriff’s Association

Manistee Vinyl Products Mathieu Builders

Meta Lake Lodge McBride Septic Systems & Excavation

Moore Mechanical Precision Collision & Auto Glass*

Rosie’s Place Saddle Up Grocery

Shoebridge Well Drilling Sievert’s Lawn Service
Somsel Lumber Co. Somsels Construction

Stapleton’s Corner Market Strikezone Tip Ups
Teachout Industrial Contracting

The Glenwood Townline Bargain Barn

Watson’s Chrysler Tri County Pest Control

West Coast Farm Service Vacation Trailer Park, Inc.

Veach And Allen Optometry Vexilar

Yates Chevrolet Young’s Construction

Ziehm Bottle Gas

FISHING CONDITIONS ON LAKES CADILLAC AND MITCHELL

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2013

This weekend all snow lovers were happy.  Snowmobilers got to run on the 6 to 12 inches of new snow on the Cadillac Area groomed trails.  Skiers enjoyed the fresh snow at Caberfae’s 75th  Anniversary Season.  AMR Motorcycle races were held on Lake Cadillac.  Anglers have plenty of safe ice here on all the area lakes.

Ice fishermen sharpen your augers.  Expect a foot and more of ice on Lakes Cadillac and Mitchell.  Listen to the sound of power augers.  Those with hand augers don’t cut many holes.

Mitchell and Cadillac have a reputation for good populations of crappie.  Limits or near limits of 7 to 9 inchers are common. Good eaters.  Currently a few lucky anglers are catching Master Angler size, the 14 inch range and over.  Small minnows are the preferred bait used on light rods.  Lately many of them have been caught on tip-ups.  By accident or intent, those setting light line tip-ups with walleye size minnows are catching them.  The bright sunny days have not been great.  Best numbers come on the dark, gray ones.  Late afternoons into dark have definitely been the best bite.  Black crappie Master Angler size;  catch and release 14″, catch and keep 14″ and minimum weight of 1.12 lbs.

 

The picture of Darby Schaub’s crappie doesn’t do it justice.At 14 1/2 ” it was thick like a bass.  Larger than a dinner plate, it weighed 1.74 pounds.