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Post by djkimmel on Nov 3, 2005 22:30:05 GMT -5
It's a whole week of fishing for the big ones so lots to tell even in the short version - so I did up a couple web pages with pictures including some toads - I mean BIG'uns!! Northern Michigan Big Bass Week Part 1 – Heaven on Earth? Sunday October 2, 2005 – Quest for the Brown Bass After only a 1-day delay this year (much better than last year), we were finally off on our annual fall northern fishing and camping trophy bass hunt (well actually, we just want to catch a bunch of really nice smallies – they don’t have to be records… I guess they could be largemouths too – we aren’t really that picky). We drove all morning to Aloha State Park on the shores of Mullett Lake, arriving before noon... continue--> |
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Post by CWINSIII on Nov 3, 2005 23:26:40 GMT -5
Great report Dan with a lot of very nice fish.
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Post by gnewski5 on Nov 4, 2005 9:08:11 GMT -5
What a great trip Dan. Thanks for the report. From the looks of the pictures, the weather was great and the fish, friends, and good time abounded. Thats the kind of trip that memories are made of.
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Post by PoorBoy on Nov 4, 2005 11:28:42 GMT -5
Where do i sign up???
PoorBoy himself
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Post by djkimmel on Nov 4, 2005 22:24:20 GMT -5
It was a gorgeous week from Sunday through Wednesday. Friday through Sunday was pretty good too once you got past the cold morning. You really couldn't ask for a much better week than we had overall. It will be very hard to top... but we will try again I'm sure.
PoorBoy, we don't have any rules or membership or anything. You just come up to the campground and go fishing. (I haven't forgot you either - sorry - just behind right now.)
BTW, I now have in my possession a picture of the giant 8-2. Unfortunately, it's not a great picture (these are fishermen not photographers for sure - the tail is bent - you can still see it is a loonnngg bass), but you can get a get a pretty good idea that it is a huge fish. I put it next to a picture of a 6-2 the same guy caught and the tail is quite a bit longer. The fish is much deeper too. Regardless, it's a beaut and Paul is not the kind of guy who makes stuff up.
I'll edit my trip report and post the picture sometime this weekend.
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Post by blakstr1 on Nov 5, 2005 9:59:59 GMT -5
As an Onaway Michigan native I can attest to how tough Black Lake can be, but when they're biting, they bite in wolfpacks, and they are all huge. big 5's and 6's are common in early October, can't say if i've ever heard of anything 7, but wouldn't suprise me too much. Good luck next year, of course I don't feel too bad for you after seeing the Mullet pictures!!
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Post by djkimmel on Nov 5, 2005 17:19:33 GMT -5
Yeah - I'm not complaining about Black. We saw some really big bass and quite a few bass... just couldn't get them to bite that day. I think we are spoiled and didn't try enough techniques and colors to get them figured out. It was a different looking lake than we expected but it should be an interesting addition to our annual northern adventure. Now, for some great news, I got a picture of that GIANT 8-2 smallie of a lifetime posted! What a monster! The picture doesn't completely do it justice - the fish was bent some in the picture, but you can see it is a really long fish with a deep body. Wow! I added a couple more photo's of two more big ones that Paul sent me from the following week. You can see the Toad here: 8-2 TOAD Smallie |
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Post by Jmcfarland on Nov 6, 2005 21:02:23 GMT -5
I think they may have been in some kind of funk that time of year. I was in that tournament you mentioned and it seemed like only 4 or 5 guys from the tournament really figured em out. A lot of us had followers but no biters also. VERY FRUSTRATING to have see a nice 4 or 5 lber follow your lure but not bite it. Especially in a tournament. Sounds like you had a good time and that you guys really whacked em out on mullet.
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