Curly's Photo and Fishing Blog
Monday, April 28, 2008
Slow Opener
FISHING CONDITIONS ON LAKES CADILLAC AND MITCHELL
FROM PILGRIM VILLAGE FISHING SHOP
This year’s trout/walleye/pike opener we’ve been waiting for, separated the men from the boys. Cold, wind and rain kept many off the water. Boat anglers were faced with white caps and strong winds. Stream fishermen were greeted with high, muddy water. Those that braved the conditions compared it to - ice fishing. Regardless, fish were caught.
Pictured are Mark Hamacher and Rob Ketchum from Cadillac with their limit of brown trout caught somewhere on the Manistee. Drool over their 20 to 24 inchers.
Chuck and Dave Bellsky traveled from Frankenmuth to catch pike ranging from 24 to 31 inches from Lake Cadillac.
Jack Powell is back! He’s after Master Anglers and has another. This one is a Longnose sucker. We’ll see more of him.
Father and son hunters, Mark and Matthew Sambrook from Madison Heights, both harvested their first turkeys. They saw several last fall while deer hunting the Manistee National Forest near Cadillac. They returned to the same area and shot both birds within an hour of each other. Congratulations!
Pike fishermen - Here’s one for you.
Pike Tournament
Lake Mitchell & Lake Cadillac
Saturday, May 10, 2008