cadillac area or Traverse bay??

[countryboy]

I am planning on coming up to the area in August probably the second weekend. I will only have a couple of days to fish and have never been to the area before. Orginally I was thinking of fishing the bay but after some research I am thinking I would be better off to fish some of the smaller in-land lakes, just because of the time restrains.

Here is my question is the fishing a lot better on sliver, long, green and duck then at Mitchell or cadillac?

From what I have read it appears that the in-land lakes around Traverse bay are pretty awesome. I will be fishing for smallmouth and largemouth.

What are green and duck lakes like? shallow and weedy or sandy and clear? I have read that long lake is an awesome smallmouth lake and is very clear. Are any of the lakes better for largemouth then others?

Just looking for some general info on the area and what the lakes are like, thank you.

[hunlee]

Hunlee is sure you will have grate time on any lake memtion above!!!!!All the bass in said lake are grate eating aswell,,,,,Hunlee has had many shore lunch on them lake mention above

hunlee

[Dan]

If you are interested in the lakes in the areas mentioned, I have several years worth of articles on them on my teardropbass.com website. Check them out and  if you have any questions give me a shout. I wouldn't recommend Cadillac at that time of year, but I have fished it then and there are good fish to be caught. It just tends to be extra busy that time of year. It's one of those lakes like Muskegon though that gets fished hard and always seems to produce.

[Got Fish??]

 Has anyone ever been to the Kalkaska Bass festivel? I've got a new hunt camp there and was wondering if it would be werth going up and checking it out