Monday 8/17 report

The fishing has slowed down I'm still catching fish but only 10  or so a day keeper eyes are in the weeds and you need to work for them. Pan fish and pike are still hitting but not as well as a few weeks ago water temp finally reached the 70's if the winds slow down fishing should pick up.

FRIDAY 7/24 REPORT

Thanks friend and fellow fisherman Ken for the tip on Thursday I did just as you said and

caught my limit of 5 keeper eyes on Friday in just over 2 hours of fishing. Right spot Right

blades about a dozen miss. fish also. Hatchet blades seemed to pull through the heavy 

cabbage weeds and get down where the eyes were hiding. 3 keeper eyes on Wednesday

only 8 fish Thursday but 32 in northern made it a good day.

Sunday 7/19 weekly summary

I fished 5 days this week I am catching fish but the number of keeper eyes is down a little

I had company in the boat 4 of the 5 days Wednesday 4 keeper eyes and 2 pike that were

kept. Thursday 2 keeper eyes and 11 in perch, Saturday 2 keeper eyes and a nice gill.

Sunday fished with Jon and Joe 1 keeper eye and many other fish that were released.

The fish are very active during the morning and the weather is warming up water temp

has reached 70 degrees . Trolling works best for me using crawlers or leaches on my

single hook harness. Yellow or chartreuse  blades working well.

If all the fish we catch were counted 30 plus fish is not unusual each day.

Sunday 7/12 report

The fishing has been a little slow. No fishing Monday and Tuesday poor weather.

The bite has been slow I'm still catching fish but keeper eyes are hard to find.

14 fish on Wednesday no keepers, 15 fish Thursday 1 keeper,  17 fish Friday no keepers,

19 fish Saturday 2 keepers, 31 fish Sunday 2 keepers. Fishing in the weeds is the key

you spend a lot of time clearing weeds but the bite is active.gills sunfish and rock bass are eating all my bait

4 of July post

Hope everyone enjoyed independence day. We had a great neighborhood fish fry around 25 guests.

Fishing has been ok 4 keeper eyes on tues. 1 keeper fri. 3 keepers sat. still catching 20 to 30 other fish each day.

Looks like summer is here and if the wind stays down fishing should be great for the next few days.

Sunday/Monday 6-28 6-29 report

Sunday the lake was nice small chop cool 47 when I started fishing. I had a great day

caught 40 fish and was told to get off the lake by sunday funday friends.

3 keeper eyes 5 small eyes 10 pike 19 pan fish 3 large mouths. The fish were biting any thing

Monday it was a little warmer bite a little slower 1 keeper 4 small eyes 10 pike 12 pan fish 1 large

mouth. Weather looks good for the 4th weekend fishing should be great .

Saturday report

Fished this morning with a heavy chop on. The water lasted about three hours trolling and drifting caught 3 keeper eyes 2 small eyes 14 pan fish and two pike hope the wind is down I  the morning

Thursday 6/25 and Friday 6/26 report

On the lake at 6 am lines set by 6:10 fast start 4keeper eyes by 8 then small fish took over off the water by 10. 5 small eyes 18 pan fish 2 pike and a crappie .

Friday started about the same time fish the same area SE corner of the middle grounds
Ran out of bait by 10:10 boated 4 keeper eyes 9 small eyes 15 pan fish 6 pike 2 large mouth.
Looks like fish should be good for the weekend.

I have been trolling with a single hook crawler harness tipped with a leach or 1/2 of a night crawler.
white blades and yellow blades working well.

Wednesday 6/24 report

Tues. wind kept me on shore. Fished this morning trolling the edge from the public launch towards Prudenville only a few small fish. Trolled out front for the next hour caught 1 nice pike for Dan
the wind picked up so I drifted the last hour caught 1 keeper eye. Total for the day 1 keeper 3 small eyes 2 pike 2 large mouth bass 5 rock bass. I'll try tomorrow weather permitting.

Monday 6/22 report

No Sunday fishing felt sorry for myself for losing the classic.

Monday nice start fishing was good 3 1/2 hours had 3 keeper eyes 5 small eyes

6 pike 4 sunfish 2 perch 2 large mouth 1 small mouth 1 rock bass.

Thunder storms later moving through should be able to fish in the morning.

Sunday 6/21 report

Happy fathers day to all dads. No fishing family here for the day.

Friday 3 keeper eyes 4 small eyes 5 pike 2rock bass in choppy waters.

Saturday was the Jon Green Walleye Classic. 12 boats 25 fishermen fishing from 6 am

till 3 pm with a lunch at 11 and fish fry at 6 pm. All boats caught fish.

32 keeper eyes and 0ver 200 misc. fish that were released. A good time was had by all.

Winner was the Chief and Conrad with 7 keepers at 113 in. runner up was the ace and son with

7 keepers at 110.25 in. The big fish went to the 2013 champ Aaron with a20.75 in walleye.

Our thanks to Jon and Nancy Tom (CHIEF) and Barb for the nice lunch.

Thanks to the Simons kids for the fish fry My girls breaded and prepared  the fish and other

stuff. thanks to friends for the dishes of food to pass.

Special thanks to our sponsors R  Sullivan, Power Trip Charters, Valley Sales, and Hilgendorf Law

for their gifts that help make this a great fishing time.

Friday 6/19 report

I've been a little slow in reporting my last 4 days have been slow on the lake.

Monday fished with Dave next door we caught around 20 fish but only 1 keeper eye.

Tuesday windy so I drifted only 7 fish no keepers.

Wednesday 1 keeper 4 small eyes 15 other fish.

Thursday 4 keeper eyes 8 small eyes and 19 other fish.

I've been scouting for the best spots in preparation for the Jon Green classic this Saturday.

Sunday 6/14 report

Rainy day no fishing but I thought I could recap the last weeks fishing. I fished 3 days and caught

over 20 fish each day but only 5 keeper eyes that makes it a slow time for me. Wet windy weather 

has kept me off the water. The last time out was Saturday 6/13 caught 2 keeper eyes 2 small eyes 8

pike 7 rock bass 1 gill and a sucker (first sucker I've caught on this lake in over 30 years of fishing)

The days are warming the bite will pick up. Pike numbers are up and with the new rules anyone

could catch a limit of pike.

Monday 6/8 report

No fishing on Sunday rain and windy. Monday cloudy light fog no wind fished 5 hours.

Fishing was slow I thought it would be much better I still got two keeper eyes and 3 small eyes

along with 8 pike 3 large mouth 3 sun fish 2 perch and 2 rock bass that's a good day in my thoughts.

Saturday 6/6 report

Cool NE wind at 7 mph headed to the weeds by the east edge of the middle grounds.

Lines in at 6:15 the fish were hitting pulled up the lines before 8:30 had caught

5 keeper eyes 5 small eyes 7 pike 1 each rock bass,perch,blue gill,largemouth.

Purple was the hot color but a yellow blade also caught fish.

Friday 6/5 report

Cool NEe wind poor trolling tried drifting caught fish either way .

Finished the day with 18 fish. 2 keeper eyes,5 small eyes,8 pike,2 Sun fish and a perch.

Wensday 6/3 Thursday 6/4report

Cool choppy start fished 2 different edges for 2 hours caught 5 small fish moved back to

the SE edge of the middle grounds and fishing picked up. The wind came up and sent me home

ended the day 2 keeper eyes 5 small eyes 10 pike 1 rock bass 1 blue gill.

Thursday a little warmer went right back to yesterdays area fished 4 hours  1 keeper eye

5 small eyes 8 pike 3 perch 3 large mouth and 3 rock bass. Purple blades seemed to work best.

Tuesday 6/2 report

Cold windy Monday no fishing. Tuesday cold calm and buggy (fish flys ).

Started trolling at 6 AM netted 30 fish by 9:10 fished until 10 3 more fish.

4 keeper eyes 8 small eyes 17 pike 2 rock bass 1 large mouth 1 sunfish.

fish were hitting any color or bait  . Warm front coming our way fishing should

be great this next week end.

5/31 Sunday report

Cool start at 6:20 NE wind turn the lake into nasty chop fished about 1 hour caught 1 keeper eye 1 pike 1 rock bass 1 small mouth. No enjoyment in being cold and bounced around I'll try when this cold front moves on maybe Tuesday.

Friday/Saturday post 5/29 5/30

Fished early Friday was blew off the lake after 1 1/2 hours drifting.

4 small eyes 1 pike 2 perch. Fish fly hatch starting the bite should pick up.

Saturday thunder showers I stayed off the water.

Thursday 5/28 report

Mild and light wind this morning water temp above 60 degrees started fishing 6:15.

Still fishing SE edge of middle ground fish biting early then slowed down around 9.

3 keeper eyes  small eyes 11 pike 1 crappie 2 rock bass quit at 9:15.

I used 3 different colored blades and worms and leeches all produced well.

Monday 5/25 report

Cloudy start light winds slow bite no fish in the first hour. Changed colored blades started catching

fish. 2 keeper eyes 4 small eyes 2 pike in the next hour. The winds picked up and it started to rain

quit fishing. A light gold blade seemed to work best.

Sunday 5/24 report

6 AM start J on and I on cool no wind morning. We fished east of the middle grounds

The bite was slow but we still caught around 20 fish. 2 keeper eyes 2 small eyes and

many pike rock bass and large mouths. A lot of other boats in the area also catching fish.

Water temp still under 60 but with warm weather fishing will improve.

Friday and Saturday report 5/22 5/23

Back on the water after 3 cold windy rainy days. Friday I did some scouting looking

for active fish 5 hours produced 3 keeper eyes 2 small eyes 6 pike 3 bass.

Saturday about the same 3 keeper eyes 6 pike 3 large mouth 1 rock bass.

We need warmer nights to warm up the water then the bite will pick up.

Monday 5/18 report

Cloudy and a little chop this morning fished north to south  edge in front of my house caught 7 short eyes 2 pike and a large mouth. The wind picked up the old ace quit. Try again in the morning weather permitting.

5/15 and 5/16 weekend report

After a week of rainy windy days got back fishing Saturday morning.

A little cloudy with stained water but still boated 21 fish in 3 1/2 hours.

1 keeper eye 5 small eyes 9 pike 5 rock bass 1 large mouth (1 pike went to Dan for baking)

Sunday Jon and I for 3 hours of foggy choppy trolling we boated around 15 or so fish

2 keeper eyes 2 small eyes (23 in. 0n my keeper) several pike rock bass and large mouth bass.

8 to 9 ft. of water off the weeds produced most of the fish. Jon used a small reef runner diving to

4 or 5 feet catching many fish including a keeper eye.

5/12 report

Weather has kept me off the lake for the last 4 days. I'll post when I fish again.

5/8 5/9 report

Friday morning cloudy medium chop fished from 6:45 until 9:15 drifted the first hour no takers.

Started trolling boat control was difficult but I caught 3 keeper eyes 2 small eyes 2 pike and 1 rock

bass.

Saturday rain all morning did not fish

Thursday 5/7 report

A little warmer start 50 degrees light wind trolling started at 6:45. Still at the south east edge of the middle grounds in 9 to 11 ft. of water weeds forming 2 keeper eyes 14 pike and 1 rock bass.
3 hours of fishing I was pleased. The chief called with similar results along east edge of long point.

5/6 wensday report

Cool morning 41 degrees light chop. Lines in by 7 AM trolled southeast corner of the middle grounds

action a little slower 1 keeper eye 2 small eyes 8 pike 3 larg3 mouth. Purple still working well

crawlers and leaches do about the same. Rain forecasted for this evening will fish in the morning weather permitting.

Tuesday 5/5 report

The weather is warming water temp up to 50. Spent the first hour and 1/2 trolling different edges looking for fish finely found a fish then the next two hours boated 4 keeper eyes,19 pike 1 large mouth 1 rock bass. Purple was the color of the day .

2015 opening day report

Cold morning start at 8 am 30 degrees light chop. My son and I fished from cut river to flint rd.

Trolling crawler harness and crank baits for about 2 1/2 hours. we caught 1 small mouth [16 in]

1 large mouth [17 in] 4 small pike and 1 nice 23 in eye, caught by my son. good start for the year.