Had a couple of hours to do some bass fishing at the gravel pits in Millennium Park in Walker, Michigan. This area, although large, sees a ton of fishing pressure with it being so close to Grand Rapids, Michigan. July 14, 2021. Fished from 5:10 pm to 6:50 pm. Weather was mostly cloudy with a bit of a breeze. It […]
Fished the Big Sable River in Ludington State Park today. Water was warm, 70s for sure. Sunny skies, wind was relatively calm. Fished from the foot bridge upstream to the dam at Hamlin Lake. Time: 2-3:30 pm Fishing during the afternoon on the Big Sable on a beautiful Sunday summer afternoon meant that I had to contend with many tubers, […]
Counties Fished to date:OttawaIoniaKent Communities Fished to Date:HollandJenisonPortlandLowell I fished a couple of different locations from Fallasburg Co. Park to downstream a ways. Time: 3pm- 5pm Weather: 60’s and clear Water: Clear and flowing at pretty normal depths. Type of Equipment:4wt flyrod with streamers, wooly buggers, and elk hair caddis flies. First, Fallasburg is a beautiful park, and with waders, […]
Counties Fished to Date:OttawaIonia Communities Fished To Date:HollandJenisonPortland Fished the Looking Glass River from the canoe launch to the Grand River in Portland, MI this afternoon. Time: 1 pm to 2 pm Weather was in the 50s, and quite clear. Water temp was in the 40s (didn’t have a thermometer with me), was normal depth and perfect clarity. Type of equipment:4wt […]
Was running late to class this morning so i decided to skip and try fly fishing the Looking Glass River in Portland briefly today from about 10-11 am.There were some small brook trout around, but the only fish that i caught was a decent sized creek Chubb on a white streamer. It also happened to be my first fly fishing […]
I had never fished at Johnson St. Park and so I spent two evenings fishing at two locations across Butterworth from Millenium Park in Walker, Michigan. Both nights were cool-ish and clear. Both times I fished from about 7:30 to 10 pm or so. The first night, I fished just down river from the boat launch and then next to […]
Went fishing on the Grand River at the Eastmanville Bayou this evening. Weather was beautiful, water temp high 60s and air temp mid 70s. Still fishing with crawlers and cut bait, I managed to only catch 2 7″ channel catfish and one 7″ bluegill which I used for cutbait. Went 0/1 on a probable bass hook up as my line […]
5-27-2014 Fishing-Grand River, Eastmanville Bayou, Ottawa County, Michigan In limited fishing time, I caught an 16″ sheephead, and this nice 23″ channel cat: Took the catfish home: Got almost 2 lbs of meat from it. There were some small baitfish near the shore and a number of larger fish feeding on them (I had one come and check this guy […]
Time: 9-9:30 amTemp: mid-60sWeather: Clear Deer Creek Park is one of my favorite fishing holes to go to. I can usually bring in a nice bass and or some small pike, with the hope of catching a nice river brown trout (I’ve seen some decent sized fish in there). Deer Creek Park is located just east of the Eastmanville Bayou, […]
Crockery Lake, Ottawa County, July 27, 2013 Time: 5:00-7:30 p.m. Location: On shore at Grose Park (Ottawa County Parks), and the Rustic boat ramp, Weather: Temps in mid-60s, very windy, sprinkles, overcast. Water was definitely warmer than the air. We fished on shore at Grose Park on the northern end of the lake, it’s a nice […]
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