What new lake are you going to try in 2009? ??? A lake you have never been to before. I guess we could say any lake but let's keep it near your home and no longer drive than a couple of hours. So where are you going???
I am going to try to get to Lake Ovid. I have never been there. DK touts it as his favorite. I know it is within the boundaries of Sleepy Hollow State Park. And I know it is an idle speed only lake. I have read stuff about it on this board. That's it.
BD,
Let me know when you go to Ovid. I don't live too far away and have been there numerous times. I can help sort out the areas that don't hold bass. ;D
As far as trying a new lake, I want to head to Martiny. I've heard good things about that lake from Macbass
I'm going to vacation in Kalcaska this year hoping to catch some of those northern smallies. My parents live on SaginawBay, looks like a great lake adventure for us as well.
there is a one on one on Lakeville lake. never been there. looking forward to prefishing there. also going to White lake in highland. fished there once last year but was not able to cover the whole lake. we caught a lot of nice fish in 3 hours. so many lakes so little time.
Quote from: dartag on February 16, 2009, 06:49:58 PM
there is a one on one on Lakeville lake. never been there. looking forward to prefishing there. also going to White lake in highland. fished there once last year but was not able to cover the whole lake. we caught a lot of nice fish in 3 hours. so many lakes so little time.
I love lakeville that lake has some crazy timber. If you would like I could show you around PM me if you want and we can set something up I don't live far from it. I could guide you around.
I live on the west side and have never fished White Lake, which is almost a mortal sin here. However, I think I am going to give it a go a few times. Hopefully I can find some of those pigs I hear about.
Our club is going to Erie in September, that will be my first time out there...can't wait.
OK don't shoot me but I hope to get to St. Clair a couple of times this year. I would also like to try Lakeville as well.
Going to try Summit Lake in Indiana to see if Indiana bass will eat our baits. Maybe Mosquito, too. I think that one is in Ohio tho. Will probably fish Long Lake when we go to Grand again this year. Might try to get over to Black lake, i think someone said it was up that way.
McCarter himself :-\'
Brookville Res. in Indiana. State tournement is there in the spring, never been there before...
I can't wait to get down there and try Summit, hopefully in March. I've been asking around about it and its only about 4 hours away. It also sounds like a big fish lake.
Quote from: McCarter on February 17, 2009, 10:56:02 AM
Going to try Summit Lake in Indiana to see if Indiana bass will eat our baits. Maybe Mosquito, too. I think that one is in Ohio tho. Will probably fish Long Lake when we go to Grand again this year. Might try to get over to Black lake, i think someone said it was up that way.
McCarter himself :-\'
Let me know before you are heading up to Black, maybe i'll be in town...
i've never been to lakeville either, maybe we can put together a "learn the lake day" hint, hint "get together" out there this year.
Quote from: blakstr1 on February 17, 2009, 06:40:01 AM
Our club is going to Erie in September, that will be my first time out there...can't wait.
Have fun there!!!! Fall is the best time. Are you going out of Erie Metro??? Get an Ontario License. Very important. Better places to fish in Ontario. I make over 50 trips out of Erie Metro a year. Our club is there in September also. We do a two day. One day on St. Clair and the next on Erie or vise versa. Lot's of fun. Big Smallies. You will catch fewer but bigger. Largemouths can be on in the river in September and by the BIG BANANA.
BD ;D
I want to try my hand at some of the smaller lakes that were around the novi fishing show.
Quote from: matt on February 18, 2009, 12:10:55 PM
I want to try my hand at some of the smaller lakes that were around the novi fishing show.
Lake Ultimate and the Trout Pond? ;D ;D
Quote from: Durand Dan on February 18, 2009, 02:31:24 PM
Quote from: matt on February 18, 2009, 12:10:55 PM
I want to try my hand at some of the smaller lakes that were around the novi fishing show.
Lake Ultimate and the Trout Pond? ;D ;D
beat me to it :D
Just Recently like a couple of days ago, I loaded the coordinates to the ramps at Pontiac, Nepessing, Oakland/Woodhall, Lower Pettibone, Lobdell/Bennett and a few others mainly in Oakland County on my auto GPS. I've fished Lakeville in the spring and to me all the fish are on one side of the Lake. Caught some slab crappie there last year. I fished Oakland/Woodhall once with a friend but want to go back by myself, same for Lobdell /Bennett. I drove to a few of them just to check out the ramp. That Lower Pettibone ramp is not going to see my boat.Road to jacked up and no parking spaces. Where I really want to fish for a week is the Portage chain of lakes in Pinkney. Oakland County has so many lakes and not enough time. If any group wants to try Lakeville, I'm game.
I would be game for a GLB get together on lakeville they only have parking for like 15 boats.
Another Good oakland county lake that don't get fished much is Loon lake. the small mouth fish is hot in the spring.
Quote from: huston on February 18, 2009, 05:47:56 PM
Just Recently like a couple of days ago, I loaded the coordinates to the ramps at Pontiac, Nepessing, Oakland/Woodhall, Lower Pettibone, Lobdell/Bennett and a few others mainly in Oakland County on my auto GPS. I've fished Lakeville in the spring and to me all the fish are on one side of the Lake. Caught some slab crappie there last year. I fished Oakland/Woodhall once with a friend but want to go back by myself, same for Lobdell /Bennett. I drove to a few of them just to check out the ramp. That Lower Pettibone ramp is not going to see my boat.Road to jacked up and no parking spaces. Where I really want to fish for a week is the Portage chain of lakes in Pinkney. Oakland County has so many lakes and not enough time. If any group wants to try Lakeville, I'm game.
I wish they would fix the ramp to Lower Pettibone. We fished it a few years ago and caught several 5+ lb largemouth over the course of the summer. A few people put in just after a heavy rain and tore the ramp up.....
I'm gonna try to get back to some lakes I haven't fished in years. I tried Kent a few times about 15 years ago, never really did well. I keep hearing about the smallies and big bags comming out of there, I gotta spend some real time out there.
I also grew up in Alpena, and had an Aunt who owned a cottage on Long lake. When I was a teenager we'd spend most of the summer out there, a couple weeks at a time. I'd spend every morning & evening I could dragging lindy rigs for walleyes. Can't say I ever really caught many bass. I should get a chance to spend some time up north this summer, so I'm gonna check out the smallies everyone talks about. Maybe Grand too.
durand dan or any body else that wants to go to martiny lake, chippewa lake or mecosta lake just give me a shout I am in that area every weekend during the summer. usually at least one day if I dont have a tournament. always glad to take somebody fishing..plus there are a few other lakes in that area that are real good to fish that most people never dream of going to. we usually fish a different lake every weekend..just to try them out.
Fletchers Floodwaters... maybe
Union Lake maybe too
Quote from: csfishslayer on February 18, 2009, 06:16:06 PM
I would be game for a GLB get together on lakeville they only have parking for like 15 boats.
Another Good oakland county lake that don't get fished much is Loon lake. the small mouth fish is hot in the spring.
Chris,
How about right after iceout. We can do some crankin for gills!!
sounds like a good idea. they have some slab crappie in that lake
Quote from: djkimmel on February 19, 2009, 01:12:05 AM
Union Lake maybe too
which one. oakland county or the west side one.
Sanford sometime this summer - seems it has all kinds of water to try many techniques, and possibly a little recon for a future DK open or TBF state Championship in years to come?????
I'd like to hit Saginaw Bay in the Spring.
I want to hit the bay also, but still want to fish LSC more ,....so much water - so little money....
I too want to fish the Bay. I also want to fish more lakes on the westside.
I would be game to try Martiny Chain. I have heard lots of good fish coming out of there. When I started this post I said that the lake had to be within two hours of your home and Martiny may be a little more than that for me. I also said it had to be a lake that you had never been to before. I have never been to Martiny.
I see a lot of people posting here are looking at Lakeville. I have been there a couple of times and did pretty good both times. I will be going there again to pre-fish for the NBAA Oakland County One on One.
BD ;D
I would like to fish saginaw bay and GT bay in the spring. Some northern lakes I have not fished yet in the spring and fall, there are so many. Of course I want to fish White lake a ton in 09', I just got a taste last year and it was sweet. ;)
Quote from: Durand Dan on February 18, 2009, 02:31:24 PM
Quote from: matt on February 18, 2009, 12:10:55 PM
I want to try my hand at some of the smaller lakes that were around the novi fishing show.
Lake Ultimate and the Trout Pond? ;D ;D
;D Would have been cool!
I was thinking walled,loon,wolverine lake.Maybe even orchard lake.
This is my list of lakes I would like to fish don't know if I will get a chance but I would like to fish.
Grand River
Lake Ovid
Ford
Sanford
Quote from: dartag on February 19, 2009, 05:11:04 PM
Quote from: djkimmel on February 19, 2009, 01:12:05 AM
Union Lake maybe too
which one. oakland county or the west side one.
The Western one is higher on my list right now... my high expectations list of all the places I want to fish this year (though I did check off a 'major' in Lake Comedero (http://www.greatlakesbass.com/glblog/mexico-bass-fishing) already!!).
We went to Martiny for the first time as a club last season. It is a very.... INTERSTING lake to say the least. Only one guy got a limit and it was a tough bite. Could have been that it was midsummer, but you need time to learn how to fish it. Bigfish for our tourny was 2 1/2 pounds. If you're going, make sure to hook up with Macbass.
Anyone who's going to Sanford this year drop me a PM, I spent all of last year learning the place and can give you some ideas. Maybe I'll tag along too.
McCarter let me know when you're going to be on Grand, Long or Black. I assume you guys are going in the spring and I fish all 3 of those every spring without fail.
I have always heard it is a generally tough place to fish, but there are some big bass back in the slop too! I fished it one time from the end of the dock at my wife's Uncle's cabin. Caught a small keeper on my first cast on a buzzbait in the pads!! Gotta love a lake like that!! ;D
Some day, I'll go back in a boat...
After seeing Gerry Gostenik's video at the Novi show, and reading about a friend of mine's trip there last spring, I want to try Grand Lake during the spawn.
Gerry was telling me that if you know how, you can catch the spawn for quite awhile by just following it north up the state.
Imagine that. Smallmouth spawn clear into July.
I think i'm going to just spend more time on St.Clair this year!!!!!!!!!!
Now that I have a "real" boat I want to hit St. Clair harder than in years past. Would like to get on Erie also.
More local I will hit Gull Lake for sure. Up north... Green and Duck have been without my presence for about 20 years. Time to make an re-appearance!!
I'm gonna hit Torch lake hard this year; I grew up on it and fished it for 35 years.....Then i grew up and got a job and a family.....Life's tooooo short. I'm hitt'in 'er HARD....D.J. ;)
Well Lake Erie isn't really new to me,I fish it all of the time.However,this year I would like to try a few new locations on Erie I've never fished,like out of Monroe,and the north shore in Ontario.I would also like to fish the lower Detroit River for bass,I should be able to fish all of these,can't wait!
I am going to try Secord, I wonder if there is big bass in that lake?
We're gonna hit Green and Duck lake by Interlochen. Me and my buddy both have family close by but have never fished either one. We are gonna try to get to GTB also.
Willie
I want to fish Hamlin and GTB.I have only started fishing new waters last year.I fish Pentwater,Hart,and the Grand river system all the time.I am finding the farther north you go the better it gets.The only thing that limites me is my boat.I have a 14 foot alu.But it's better than nothing.Oh by the way I'm new to this site and have already learned alot.Thanks Dennis.
I plan on fishing Torch Lake, ive been out there tons of times but have never fished it. My family has a place on Clam and i usually just fish there. If anyone has any ideas on where to start out there let me know.
I am going to try south lake this year. We fish north lake alot and the structure looks good.
Quote from: Blainesk8 on March 26, 2009, 09:27:47 AM
I plan on fishing Torch Lake, ive been out there tons of times but have never fished it. My family has a place on Clam and i usually just fish there. If anyone has any ideas on where to start out there let me know.
Look for boulders on the deeper parts of the flats. Smallmouth bass like the boulders! Once you find where some of the bass are earlier in the season, start checking the deep drops near those same areas.
Well, I "crappie" fished one of the lakes on my list Tuesday. Managed to "accidentally" catch a 5 lb smallie on Gull Lake!! And actually we did try for some crappie... we could see some absolute SLABS... 12" fish at least. Couldn't get them to take anything we offered. Water temp: A chilly 39 degrees!!! BBBBBRRRRR!!!!!