Bait-shops in Benzie and Manistee County

Benzie County is famous for the Platte River Hatchery birth place of the coho salmon in the great lakes.With the Platte and Bestie river this county rocks with Salmon in the fall and Steelhead in the spring. With Lake Michigan suppling the action May though September. Crystal Lake is the mecca for ice fisherman in the winter if the lake freezes (late Jan). It is full of perch, smelt, and lake trout and they catch lots! Manistee County has a great salmon and trout fishery also. Portage Lake is the favorite place for the locals to fish in the winter it is a great place to get walleye, northen pike, and perch. The Big Manistee and Little Manistee rivers are one of the worlds fishing “hotspots” for trout and salmon.

Pappy ‘s Bait & Tackle
17092 Caberfae Hwy Wellston,Mi 49689
231-848-4142

Has a full line of bait and tackle

OSBORN’S SPORT SHOP
8929 CHIPPEWA HWY. BEAR LAKE, MI 49614
231-889-3775

Has a full line of bait and tackle

Don’s Sporting Goods
535 Cypress St. Manistee, Mi 49660
231-723-5028.

Has a full line of bait and tackle

Franfort Tackle Box
903 Main Street Franfort, Mi 49628
231-352-7673

Has a full line of bait and tackle, but is not open in the winter

Lake Ann Grocery
19619 Maple St, Lake Ann, MI 49650

Has worms and crawlers but no minnows

 Tag Limit Outdoors, Inc.  

9899 Honor Hwy  Honor, MI

  (231) 225-0278

Backcast Fly Shop

1675 Benzie Hwy, Benzonia, MI 49616

(231) 882-5222

Stapleton’s Corner Store

790 Michigan Ave, Benzonia, MI 49616

(231) 882-4342

Has minnows

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5 days ago
Buc's Northern Michigan Fishing Report

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Tammy Jennings

This doesn’t apply for Manistee Lake.

How much for semis?

No fish is that important to risk your safty.

Ain't no way in hell I'm taking my car on 8" of ice, unless it's ALL solid clear ice with zero cloud which is basically not possible with the weather we have in Michigan. I do love driving on the ice when it's 2' thick though, whipping endless shitskies

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Starting today I’m going to post an item or package for gift ideas for Christmas each day leading up to the big day!Day 1Big Reel Tip UpsThey are a local staple, best in the marketFor $27.95 you can gift one of these to the ice fisherman in your family! For that price it will be completely rigged, backing line with a mono leader, split shot and treble hook. Ready to fish!If you’re interested in one shoot us a message!We currently have all of our ice gear out and ready to go! See MoreSee Less

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Great tackle shop Great people Great Christmas 🎁 gifts

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Torch lake has a great perch bite this year and it has been a long time coming. Take lots of minnows with you as you have to do lots of sorting but there are some nice perch being caught. Perch rigs and bigger blues will catch bigger perch and Atlantic salmon. Most are fishing off if deep water point right across from the Alden landing See MoreSee Less

Torch lake has a great perch bite this year and it has been a long time coming. Take lots of minnows with you as you have to do lots of sorting but there are some nice perch being caught. 
Perch rigs and bigger blues will catch bigger perch and Atlantic salmon. 
Most are fishing off if deep water point right across from the Alden landingImage attachmentImage attachment

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That is awesome

Beautiful

That’s great

Mike Hofferman

Kyle Leonard

Ron Reffitt III

Nice

Aaryn Mitchell Jerry Klock

Ronald Mcdonald

Nothing wrong with those perch👍

Jake Peck Bilkey Bryan what you think about this word of mouth

jack nicholson

Damn them are pretty small perch but I’ll take some Atlantic salmon and a few lake trout.

you are so desperate to sell bait,pathetic

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Winds were somewhat down today and temperature was somewhat up. We hit Torch Lake after it warmed up a tad and went after perch. Found plenty of perch, with a couple of surprises. Become a member and head on over to our Members Only page for all the details See MoreSee Less

🚨Monster Buck Alert🚨Date Taken: 10/18/2023 by Tyler CTime Of Day: EveningMethod: Compound BowNumber of Points: 11County: Lenawee CountyProperty: Private See MoreSee Less

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Nice buck

Awesome buck hope he passed on some genes

Good for you that’s a trophy

Nice Wall Hanger!! what a Horse!! 🤔👍

Beautiful deer-filled morning! Started with a group of spikes whom came busting through raking trees, sparing and scraping like they were the studs. Watched them work off up a hill and just out of sight, one blew 3 times. Figured the thermals shifted and I was busted. Five minutes later, this hog popped out 20yds down. I was so excited I couldn’t get my bow drawn. He circled back behind a huge oak and I was able to hammer her back to poke his off-switch 30yds out. Piled up 40yds from there. -Chelsea ZDate Taken: 10/21/2023Time Of Day: MorningMethod: Compound BowNumber of Points: 9County: Van Buren CountyProperty: PrivateDressed Weight: 192 See MoreSee Less

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Congratulations

Nice!

Congrats

👍 awesome 👍 congratulations 👍

Great trophy! Congratulations!

Good for you. Nice job beautiful dear.

Nice buck

Nice to see someone using a bow! Great job!!

Very Nice

That’s very cool that you shot that with a compound bow!

Nice Buck

Would be “beautiful” if it were still alive!!

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