Report - Decent Day at Houghton Lake Michigan

Howdy folks.

I have the good fortune to live at Houghton Lake, Michigan's largest inland lake at 20,000 acres. If you like catching crappies (and I do), this is the time of year to fish them - in about 2 weeks they will scatter and become nearly impossible to target. I got these last Thursday. Not a limit, but a reasonable fish fry. Except for the 9 incher I kept because I gill hooked him, these are all 11 to 13 inches. Houghton Lake regularly gives up 14 inchers, with a few 15 and 16 inchers every year. All were taken fishing roadrunners tipped with fatheads on a controlled drift or jigs/minnows under slip bobbers.

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Got another 9 yesterday before the cold front came through. Take care and good fishin'.

Nice ESB. Thx for the pics.

Good report, thanks.

nice fish!!!
and good pics!
(I usually forget to take pics) :(

Very nice. If Frank (slabsrus) sees your post he'll be skipping out of work early! :biggrin He works at the Comfort Center right on the lake side in Prudenville. Must drive him nuts to look out on the lake every day. I pick up a few crappies while walleye fishing in May but never did know where to target them. The amount of water to search is daunting.