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June 24, 2007 Update |
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Fishing has been good but you need to be willing to run way off shore. We have been burning a lot of gas the past few days, fishing 12 -15 miles out. Team Happy Go Lucky finished 20th in the Pro division of the Manistee's Bud Pro Am. We had certainly hoped for a better finish but things just didn't go our way. We caught 6 nice fish each day but if wasn't enough to be in the running for any of the prize money. Today we fished with a group of Michgan Legislators and had a wonderful day on the water. After a slow start we worked our way out deep and found good numbers of fish out over 600 - 750 feet of water. Our final count was a respectable 10 for 14 with the majority of our fish coming in the last hour. |
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June 19, 2007 Report |
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 Another great day on Lake Michigan fishing from Manistee! The lake was flat all morning and bigger Kings have moved into the area. Riggers 60 - 90 down, wire divers back 135 - 150 and full cores were all good. Ended up with 9 nice fish plus a couple shakers. My probe wasn't working so I can't report much on temp. Didn't mark much, just picked one here and one there but it added up to a nice box by the end of our 1/2 day charter. 1 Coho and the rest were Kings. No steelhead or lakers today. A friend loaned me some spare parts and I think we have the probe working again. Give us a call if you are interested in getting out on the lake. The fishing has been great so far this season. I have several weekdays open as well as a few weekends. Open dates include June 30, July 14 and July 15. |
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June 16, 2007 Report |
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 Fished with friends from the Chicago area today. We started the morning on the shelf just south of the net in the 13's and trolled down to the 11's taking a few small Kings along the way. In spite of all the negative BS about the nets in Manistee, we found plenty of open water to fish. Mid-morning we moved off shore and found some really nice steelhead. Our biggest was around 11 1/2 pounds and hit the last line we had in the water while pulling lines to come in. The lake was calm, the weather comfortable, and the fish cooperative. What more could you ask for?
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June 12th, 2007 Report |
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Well we made it back from Canada. This was by far our best trip ever. We stayed at a new lodge and could not believe how much nicer it was than the other places we have stayed. If you are ever interested in going up to Ontario fishing or hunting please contact us. We would be happy to talk about our experiences and help you book your Canadian adventure. I will post some pictures from our trip in the next few days. The fishing reports back home sound good and I am looking forward to getting out on the lake this weekend. We still have a few weekend dates available but they beginning to fill. Please give us a call to check on availability. |
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June 1, 2007 Report |
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Fishing is starting to pickup. We are getting good numbers of smaller fish with a few bigger fish mixed in. The fish are scattered and being taken throughout the water column. Leadcore has been working well. We will be fishing this weekend and then heading to Canada for our annual fly-in trip for walleye. It has been busy here and I am really looking forward to getting away for a while. We will be back in time for Fathers Day weekend and "Erl's Cingular shootout." If you are planning to fish with us this year, please call soon to reserve your dates. Two prime dates that just opened are August 10 and 11th. Our customers from Ohio who usually fish that weekend have decided to come up early and will be fishing the Bud Tournament with us in June. Book your own fly-in or train-in trip to Ontario's wilderness. Don't waste your time and money finding an outfitter through trial and error. Give us a call (231-723-5965) and we'll hook you up with the best. |
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May 19, 2007 Report |
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Spent the day working on the boat and got it put in. I am heading down to the Tigers game tomorrow so I have friends keeping an eye on her. I am always a bit nervous when it first goes in. I still have a lot of work to get done but look forward to getting out for a shakedown cruise. Fishing sounded slow again today. The boats I talked to had a few browns and lakers. Hopefully the water warms soon and things pick-up. If you are interested in getting out, give me a call and I'll let you know if the fishing has improved. |
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May 14, 2007 Report |
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 Michigan has a new record brown trout! The three state record browns prior to this monster were taken in waters off Manistee county but this fish was caught just north of Manistee in Frankfort. Casey Richey landed this whopper yesterday morning while fishing with his son Shane. This beautiful brown tipped the scales at 36 pounds and 13 oz, shattering the old record by over 2 pounds. It measured 43 inches in lenght.
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May 1, 2007 |
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 Here is an interesting picture of a 12 pound brown taken in the Manistee harbor. This could be a good sign for our Brown Trout population. This fatty was packed full of gobies. I have read about the Lake Trout in Lake Huron eating them, but this is the first Lake Michigan fish I have come across with a belly full of gobies. It is great to see our fish adapting and taking advantage of this very abundant Lake Michigan invader. Hopefully the Kings and Steelhead are feeding on them too. |
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April 22nd Update |
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 Congratulations go out to my buddy Adam Ellis and his crew who fished the Flint Steelheader tournament in St. Joe last weekend. Adam told me "Our goal this year was to place in a tournament, and we took 5th place in the very first one." They ran out the night before for a quick shakedown trip and took 9 fish in an hour and half. Unfortunately, the fish moved deeper overnight and most boats struggled. Adam picked away at them and rounded up enough to clinch their impressive 5th place finish. The hottest bait for the weekend was an unidentified pale yellow spoon (picked up on sale) fished behind three colors of leadcore. Adam also reported that “the water was flat all weekend, and the when we were on fish they seemed to like it a little faster... The ideal speed was around 3 mph according to the Sub-Troll and direction didn't seem to matter too much.” |
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April 16, 2007 Update |
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Spring is trying to fight its way in but winter isn't going quietly. There is still snow on the ground but the weather is mild and it should be gone soon. Hopefully for good, this time. Fished the little river Saturday morning and caught a nice spawned out hen. She hit like a freight train and put up a good fight. That was the highlight of the weekend. Spent the rest of it stuck in a swamp. Got the truck buried up to the frame and ended up having to leave it over night. My brother and a friend came out on Sunday and we were able to pull it out with a come along. Could have saved myself a lot of trouble if I had one with me in the first place. I learned a valuable lesson about driving through water filled ruts without first checking their depth. Looking forward to turkey season and getting out for my first ever turkey hunt. |
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April 6, 2007 Update |
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The trout opener on the Little Manistee saw decent fishing and excellent weather. I got three skippers on opening morning but didn't land any large fish. I fished the river a couple times after opening day but with no success. As I mentioned, the weather was fantastic on opening day but it went to heck shortly after that. We ended up having a white Easter and the weather was more conducive to snowmobiling than fishing. A lot of people broke the sleds out for one last ride over the holiday weekend. I have been trying to get caught up on work around the house so that I can get to work on the boat when the weather warms up again. A few browns have been taken along the beach and the rivers are still producing a few fish. I am looking forward to warmer weather and getting back out on the Big Lake. |
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