Kalkaska County and Antrim County
Kalkaska County with miles of forest, broken by 86 lakes and 275 miles of trout streams is a sportmans paradise. With lots of state land and swamps the hunting is very good. Log, Bear, Twin, and Big Guernsey are great rainbow & brown trout lakes. While Elk and Torch offer great lake trout and huge smallmouth bass in the summer. Lake Skegemog offers great perch,bass, pike, muskie, large and smallmouth bass. Antrim County have a great lake system called the chain of lakes. This system offers a wide range of fishing. You can catch every fish in Northern Michigan in these lakes each lake has a different species of fish that is unique to the lake. Elk, Skegemog, Torch, Clam, Bellaire, and Intermediate Lakes form the chain that has some of the best water in the world.
Has a large selection of tackle and all the live bait
Has a full line of tackl;e and live bait
Has a full line of bait and tackle, but is not open in the winter
Has a full line of bait and tackle, but not open in winter
Full line of bait and tackle
The cold weather has slowed the bite and fishing pressure so hoping for warm weather to start turning on the fish.
Charlevoix: The docks are in at the public launch near Ferry Beach however there were no docks at the Township launch by the salmon weir. The fish cleaning station at the Ferry Beach launch is open. Strong winds have kept boat anglers off the big lake. Water temperature in the channel was 39 degrees. Some are starting to head out for walleye after dark when the wind dies down. Pier anglers reported slow catch rates. One lake trout weas caught off the end of the pier in the early morning.
Lake Charlevoix: Anglers were getting some Cisco.
Houghton Lake: It has been too windy to get out on the lake. Those fishing the canals caught a few small crappie and those over at the Reedsburg Dam have caught bass and pike. A few crappie showing up in the canals again.
Grand Traverse County: The trout and walleye opener were off to a slow start. Only a few trout were observed being caught on some small streams.
Lake Leelanau: Walleye were caught on the north end of the North Lake before sunrise and after sunset.
Missaukee County: Brook trout were caught on the Clam River and a couple brown trout were caught on Hopkins Creek.
Grand Haven: Boat anglers reported the yellow perch action as hit-or-miss. Pier fishing was slow with only a couple freshwater drum caught in the channel when using minnows and worms.
White Lake: Was producing some bass, pike, bluegills and a few perch along the south shore. A few walleye and brown trout were caught in the channel.
Little Bay De Noc: Anglers were getting some perch near the First Reef off Kipling and to the north. A few smallmouth bass were caught near the mouth of the Ford River.
Manistique River: Was producing a fair number of steelhead.
MONSTER ALERT!
Just weighed in at Bass Tackle Master the new pending world record Redear sunfish 6.30lbs 17" Long, 20" Girth.
Caught by Thomas Farchione of Waterford, Wisconsin.
Dropshotted Nightcrawer was the bait of choice. #livebait #fishing #bucsbait #bucsfishingreport #worldrecord #nightcrawler
so where was this caught? the guy is from some place in Wis. but I looked up the bait shop and the only one that came up was in AZ.
That's insane! Lotta tacos too, lol
Hopefully our local red ears keep attacking zebra mussels in Michigan
Congrats, nice catch!
Awesome fish I bet that was fun catching
Greg Wright 😳
There is one to mount
Holy smokes
Awesome Congratulations on that bull
Nick Morse Nick Tavis 😳😳😳😳
Zack Raska holy shit!
Holy Crap!
Zach Aley
Imagine that battle wooo
Ethan Binkowski
Holy cow
Holy shit thats a big gill
Paul Adler !!!!!!
Larry Warren
Srormm Crawford Alex Fortier
Tim Buck
Ron Perkins
Mary Ransom slobasaurus rex!!!
Benjamin Iliff
Dave Anderson
‘Everything about it was pretty unbelievable’: 51.5 inch Muskie caught in West Bay
'Everything about it was pretty unbelievable': 51.5 inch Muskie caught in West Bay
upnorthlive.com
GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) — A couple northern Michigan fisherman made the catch of a lifetime and it’s making quite the splash on social media. John Dorosh and his buddy Zack set out on West Grand Traverse Bay on April 24 to go bass fishing, but caught a massive Muskie instead! The M…Peter Kelly
Judi Hesse
Puts mine to shame from this weekend
Todd Bosley with a nice rainbow out of the little betsie released back in the river #rainbowtrout #bucsbait #puremichigan #fishing #northernmichigan #bucsfishingreport #troutfishing #riverfishing
Nice steelhead
Awesome. Great job 👏
Nice bow 🎣
Beautiful. Let go to grow
TEAM REEL WOMEN!!
Check out the great browns caught by Meagan and Paige Lavin of Team Reel Women! Awesome work ladies! Also, congrats to Paige on her PB Brown Trout! They caught fish also! #hesperiasportshop #livebait #puremichigan #bucsbait #bucsfishingreport
Paige Lavin and Meagan Lavin entered a fishing tournament and ended up catching a buzz @paige_lavin #livebait #hesperiasportshop #bucsbait #bucfishingreport
It's all good just don't leave your cans behind ☺️
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When this happens, it’s usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or it’s been deleted.Hard to see. Walleye?
Photos from Sanford Sport Shop’s post
Didn’t the Dow chemical plant just overflow again into that river…. weren’t there signs that said you aren’t even allowed to touch the plants on shore?
👍 Nice fish but to me not a wall hanger. Lol But to each there own.
Eater
240-pound sturgeon caught in Detroit River among biggest ever recorded in US
240-pound sturgeon caught in Detroit River among biggest ever recorded in US
www.freep.com
The scientists estimate that the fish hatched in the Detroit River sometime in the 1920s, when Detroit was the fourth largest city in America.OMG! My son was the CO of USCGC Sturgeon. That fish is almost as large as their cutter!
I got news for you, that is a man, not a fish. You can tell by the red trim on the jacket.
Dan Muckel
Brandon Carter
Wow
Amazing!
Fishing has been slow as have not heard of any glowing reports. Cooler weather coupled with rain and even snow in some areas of the state continue to slow catch rates. The walleye, pike and trout openers last weekend got off to a slow start as well. Catch rates will improve once the weather stabilizes.
Some reports of walleye on many lakes but warmer weather will help.
Trout opener was ok as rivers were not high as they are on most openers.
Lakes Cadillac and Mitchell: Both lakes produced some walleye on opening weekend.
Perch bite has ended at Manistee with some crappie being caught.
Houghton Lake: Catch rates were still on the slow side as water temperatures remain on the cool side. No big crappie to report yet. A few walleye were caught late at night.
Traverse City: Surface water temperature was around 38 degrees on both bays. In the East Bay, the trout and whitefish action were slow with only a couple whitefish taken. Bass are in the shallows but not ready to bite. A couple steelhead were caught in the Elk River when drifting spawn. On the West Bay, perch were still being caught out of Northport. A few trout were caught near Power Island. Bass are in the shallows, but the bite was very slow. Steelhead action on the Boardman River was slow.
Tittabawassee River: Catch rates for walleye were down. Anglers reported water levels that were down at least 2 feet from years past. Those fishing from the Caldwell launch downstream struggled with the low water, logs and other obstructions. Some smaller males were caught from the south end of Freeland to M-46 when using a jig and twister tail tipped with live minnows or crawlers. Purple and white were good colors. A few fish were also taken by those trolling green and white flicker shads.
Nice picture