Michigan's Great Northwest Corner

[Skulley]

Thanks for the invite Dan.  Maybe Kimmel and I should come up together and all three of us can go.  That would be great fun. 


BD         

[djkimmel]

So many lakes...

If I can pull of the 2 days work, 5 days weekend deal I have in the works (well, actually, I've been thinking about it for 20 some years) I can try more of these cool offers... I'll keep working on it and get back with you.

[Erie660]

Dan, any recent reports on Grand Traverse bay? My son is coming in from California and we are planning on coming up to do some smallmouth fishing the week of June 22. I have been up there many times but never for fishing. If you have any tips or advice they would be well appreciated. Most of my fishing is on St Clair so hopefully I have everything I need. Thanks Randy

[Dan]

Just got back from a jaunt up into the great northwest corner which is heating up in terms of the spawn. The smallies are being caught just this weekend and not till afternoon on Saturday, on GT Bay. The fish are just coming up. The spawn will start at the south end and move up the bay. Took my barber up for an outing and it was the first time he has fished in probably 15 years or more. Never fished for smallies before. Needless to say we both had a ball. Even was part of a rescue effort Saturday night. A rotund couple were in a small v bottom and tried to pull the anchor up that got stuck and sank the back end and then flipped the boat. Happened on it just after it occurred. Another boat pulled the two to shore and I towed their submerged boat to the ramp where the fire/rescue winched it up on the ramp. Everybody was fine.

[Firefighter Jeff]

Awesome fish Dan  !!!!!  Did those come from the bay???  What kind of depths or baits??   Nice job on the rescue also  !!!!

[Dan]

Hey,
Guess who showed up in Michigan's beautiful northwest corner this past weekend. He was out on West Bay today. My buddy Rick drew Kevin down at the Dixie Duel in the Spring. If you haven't read the day by day blog I did on it, it's on my teardropbass.com daily blog archived at the top.