Major League Fishing (MLF) heading to Alpena

[Dan]

Next week in an inland lake yet to be publicized the Major League Fishing show will be filmed. The lake is going to be near Alpena. As of today the anglers fishing the show don't know the name of the lake. All they know is that is near Alpena. They will be there all next week. Filming starts Monday.

[djkimmel]

Then it pretty much has to be 1 (or 2) of 4 lakes.

[Dan]

...and those lakes are?? Not familiar with that area.

[djkimmel]

Well, I have no inside knowledge but it is pretty easy to see the choices by looking at Google Earth or maps. They probably aren't going to put them on small lakes. It would be real interesting to see them on Thunder Bay but they may shy away from the risk of storms and reefs risky enough to be an underwater ship museum preserve...??

I could list the lakes, but then I feel like some kind of spoiler even though I would only be listing the obvious choices not anything I've heard or know. They are are a careful, sneaky bunch. There is always the chance they would completely come out with a curve ball? I would actually like that. Who doesn't like surprises.

[djkimmel]

I like surprises so I look forward to other people speculating and/or leaking details... some people like leaking. I did get a feeling there were things going on this weekend that everyone wasn't in on but it could have just been getting up at 4am too... I did not know it involved surprises... cool!

[32eml24]

MICHIGAN ROCKS!

[djkimmel]

I was thinking something like that was really what I should be saying... good job! Now, lets try to get more of this stuff.

I'm getting a little pushback from people who think St. Clair had 'too much' bass fishing this spring but I can remember the late 1990's when I saw as many or more 'bass' and incidental anglers (I will leave it up to the mind readers to determine who was who) fishing in the spring. Yet we still have lots of smallmouth bass. Bass are still the 3rd most sought species on Lake St. Clair with walleye and perch fishing efforts significantly higher.

[Dan]

I was told that the MLF wasn't going to be on the Great Lakes at or near Alpena. It is suppose to be on an inland lake. Maybe more than one. We'll see. They start filming tomorrow. Saw Ish heading that way at about 8:30 this morning and Biffle is still here at this motel as well as KVD. They're heading north soon. The whole KVD family was here at this hotel this weekend. KVD was in the breakfast room this morning when I got back from the take off. He didn't look happy. I was really disappointed that the Detroites and East Siders to show up to support BASS more than they did. At the All Star event, we'll have twice the number of people that they have had here.

[t-bone]

Would probably be Grand and Long if I was a betting man!

[Mike S.]

I sure hope we have a huge turnout for Allstar Week. Would be nice to see Muskegon get something right for a change.

As for MLF, can't wait to see the new shows!

[zman5]

Making sense now! I was fishing Long this morning and saw 2 wrapped Nitro's cruising up and down the whole length of the lake all morning but never seen them even drop the troller, I figured they were breaking new motors in or something. Then heading home driving through town I saw several truck and boat rigs all dressed out in the parking lot of Holiday Inn and at one of the restaurants and passed another on 23 heading north. So my vote is Long also

[MSURoss]

WOW I'm going to be at Grand Lake over labor day!!

[Quack]

Interesting.  I'm up on Hubbard this week.  There were 4 or 5 wrapped Nitros running around here this morning.  I also thought they were breaking in new motors as they ran up and down the shore line but never fished.  Guess they too are trying to figure out which lake they will need to be familiar with.

[djkimmel]

Two lakes makes more sense. Long and Hubbard would be interesting. They might find Hubbard a real puzzle this time of year. But worth it. Guess we will all find out. Michigan bass - the place to be!

[djkimmel]

KVD was in the breakfast room this morning when I got back from the take off. He didn't look happy. I was really disappointed that the Detroites and East Siders to show up to support BASS more than they did. At the All Star event, we'll have twice the number of people that they have had here.

Pretty much all the anglers would probably like to still be fishing on day 4. Pretty much everyone also said they always draw less people from large metro areas. I did enjoy the bigger crowds yesterday and today, and the spirit they demonstrated. Hurt my eardrums a couple times. Great to see lots of GreatLakesBass there both days! I didn't run into everyone who was there but one way or another I heard from or about most who came down and shared the fun!

Now, you dropped the gauntlet. Make sure you bring it! I want B.A.S.S. to come back soon and a really good showing never hurts!

[Quack]

Three lakes might be even better than two, and all three mentioned might very well be them...   

[djkimmel]

I haven't seen all the episodes so I wasn't sure if they would do that but that would be a more interesting challenge. There is actually one more lake they could throw in that would really stir things up! I hope they do that personally.

I actually like the curve balls involved in bass tournament fishing. Maybe not always on the day it was happening but usually later. Sometimes learn the most valuable lessons when tested the most.

[gmetime24]

WOW I'm going to be at Grand Lake over labor day!!

I have been wanting to fish this lake for a couple years! It's looks like a fun lake. You sure are fishing all over this year Ross!!

[motocross269]

WOW I'm going to be at Grand Lake over labor day!!

Great choice for Labor day weekend...Those lakes get very little pressure compared to some other lakes on the Holidays...Lots of fun ways to fish on Grand...Make sure you stop at the Hideaway bar for a Hoagie and some fries... If you have any boat issues Thunder bay Marine is great.

My inlaws live on Long lake. I will have to give them a call.  Long lake could fish fairly small so If it was up to me I would choose Grand for the MLF...

[Flippin222]

Seems other news outlets are reporting the same thing

http://bassfan.com/docktalk.asp?id=11249#11249


Sorry if the link doesn't work quite right...