FISHING CONDITIONS ON LAKES CADILLAC AND MITCHELL

Is this a perculier spring or is this an old fashion one.  We may have seen the last ice fishermen this past Saturday.  Most were from out of town who had not had their fill this season.  Reports were of 12 inches of ice but the shore lines are starting to go.  Its time to quit.  Fishing hasn’t been the best.  The famous “Last Ice” may be a rumor.

The amount of ice left may be a problem.   Pike, walleye and trout seasons reopen the last Saturday in April.  We need warmer temperatures and rain so the lakes are open.

Most anglers have now focused on steelhead.  We are only a short distance from the Manistee River.  Tippy Dam is the local favorite and there’s also the Betsie and the Pier Marquette.

There are steelhead at Tippy Dam but best catches are in the holes down river.  Warmer temperatures and rain will push more to the dam.  Flies, spawn and wax worms tipped on jigs are all catching steelhead.

Those lucky first period turkey hunters may be hunting with snow left in the fields and woods.  Time will tell.