fished LL yesterday, in 20'-30fow we ended up with 13 eyes 15"-20" nice eaters, hot colors where clown, parrot, and firetiger, also managed a few on a dead stick minnow rig, night bite was much better then morning lots of guys, GL
went out today had 4" of ice we fished for a while super slow but we got 15 nice gills and 1 ok spec. Also got 5 flags with 2 fish landed 1 legal fish
and here is the fish porn enjoy!
one of the nicer gills
and the pike
well i feel dumb because i was half alseep this morning and left without my camra... and now because i feel dumb i willl revile my spot... we ended up getting 2 15" specs and 15 nice 8"-9" blue gills today on big crooked laked near cannonsburg ski/ parnel... it was tuff fishing alot of hole hopping, best jig was a white horazontal with a waxie hooked just by the nose 20' down in 40fow with a stead jig, there was about 20+ guys today very windy kinda cold but there was fish to be caught...
well boys and girls i made it out on a lake today in kent county had 4" of great ice and got a limit of 8"-9 1/2" gills and 1 14" spec... no pics cause it wasn;t that good of intel but man it was hott! got it in 2 1/2 hours
no its a private lake and the guy left early so we never made it out... HOWEVER! i have some very good intel about the channel at gun lake by the state park... i gotta drop the wife off at 830 and i will be out tomorow in my brand new ice amour suit
i am alive lol because of the weather! i report is sub-par sorry guys camp lake- shelf ice 2" think still open Crannbery- skim ice 1' thick bass lake (ne kent county) open but the shelf ice is 3' i made it out about 15' before the spud went through on the 1st hit big crooked lake- still open channel is iced all the way arcoss but only 1" of ice to report now for the good news! lk bellavista has YES 4" OF SAFE ICE! i will be out there today going for some! i will take pics and have them posted today or tomorow. stay safe guys
This is will be a bi-weekly Saturday tournament series. You can either buy in for only pike, only pan fish or both. The Payout schedule is for 1 event (If you where to only buy into only pan fish for instance)
In the case of if there is a payout to more then 1 place, but only 1 legal pike or only 1 place of legal pan fish is kept then all names will be put in a hat and someone will draw the remaining payout places.
Here is a list in order of the lakes we will be fishing. (Dates to be added when safe ice hits)
Bass lake (ne Kent county) (1st good weekend of ice) (no size limit on pike on this lake)
Tamarack
Big whitefish
Muskellunge Lk
Reeds
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Engelwright lake on the free fishing weekend (pike only)
This is not hosted by me and will be talked about as it gets closer.
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10$ for pike
10$ for pan fish (crappie perch and gills 6" or bigger)
all based on length
RULES
Pike is the biggest legal pike caught.
Pan fish is total length for best 10 fish.
Pan fish will be to the closest 1/4 inch.
In the event of a tie the biggest fish will win.
No pan fish under 6" will be measured.
All measurements are final.
Must pre-pay before we start or have stated you are running late and must come right to me before fishing.
Hrs Will be 6:30am - 12:00pm
Weigh in is at 12:30
Pay out schedule.
# of guys 1st place 2nd place 3rd place 4th place
2: 20
3: 30
4: 40 10
5: 40 10
6: 50 10
7: 40 20 10
8: 50 20 10
9: 60 20 10
10: 60 20 10
11: 65 25 20
12: 70 30 20
13: 70 35 25
14: 70 35 25 10
15: 80 35 25 10
This schedule will be used for both types of tournament.
All fish must be measured by me or someone I appoint.
I will have a 2 way radio with me and have 3 others someone can borrow (or if you have your own bring it) so I or a judge can come and measure your fish for pike only. All pan fish must be measured at the weight in.
This is meant for all of us to get together and have a good time.... so let’s have a great year and maybe make a lil money
just for the rec i will have someone on shore with a rope tired around me.... i also have ice pics and a spud, i will be wearing a life jacket also... so don't worry guys i will be ok
well heard s rumor that bills lake has 4" of safe ice i plan on checking that lake on wedsday after i buy a new spud ( got the ice picks today lol) and in case anyone wants me to check any lakes on saterday i plan on driving to big rapids and checking some lakes here is a list of lakes i plan on checking haymarsh chippewa tamarack little whitefish big whitefish camp lake crannberry lake bass lake (ne kent county) wabisis silver lake (off belding rd) big crooked lake and any others if i know where they are and kinda on my route if anyone wants me to check