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Well, I am only four weeks away from heading up to stay at a campground in Christmas Michigan. Which of these three lakes do you guys recommend for the best fishing opportunities the first week of July? Au Train, Perch or Cleveland Cliffs Basin? I would love to target crappies but at this point anything tugging on the line would be Ok with me. Walleye, perch, northern and even smallmouth.
I personally would get in touch with a local tackle shop/bait shop up there when you arrive to get the best and most current reports. I can't give you any good info myself, but be safe traveling and good luck.
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I fished au train lake two years ago with my wife, only fished one afternoon.
caught lots of perch , but nothing over 8-9 inches, also caught a couple of smaller gills.
we only fished it for maybe 4 hours , so that is all I can tell you.
we did see 5 or 6 other boats fishing for what that is worth.
good luck wherever you end up!
Fished Bass Lake he past 2 years...Plenty of fish caught Northern Walleye and Bluegill, Lots of action and a ton of funBass Lake Boat Launch (Gwinn)
I'm partial to the Basin but only because I have fished it before.
I have one spot in particular that I used to murder the walleyes. I'll have to look it up and get back to you on the exact details of the location.
Thanks to all of you for any information you can give. Wicklunderh you can PM me if you find the spot on the map. It would be much appreciated. Believe me I can't wait for the day I retire so I can move out of Illinois and up to Michigan. It is an amazing state and I love to visit.
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And heres a current picture of our Michigan moderator......
My apologies Yankee. Didn't realize it was a violation.
I think he's pulling your leg, hence my picture.....Quote:
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I think he wants to also know the coordinates that Rich knows.
If I'm wrong, then I humbly withdraw my above post as it is in jest....
One thing you will never have to worry about with me is that I don't mind giving up any information or hot spots on lakes that I have fished. Sometimes it is 15 years or more before I go back to some of them!
This first picture is up on the very North end of the Basin. The red lines indicate a trolling pattern I used and was very successful on walleyes (and some giant pike). If memory serves me, we used two different tactics in tandum. We trolled floating F9 and F11 rapalas in orange and gold, black and gold, and black and silver patterns. Simply cast them out the back of the boat on both sides and set them in the rod holder. Each of us also used rods we held on to and trolled night crawler harnesses and walking sinkers.
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This next area is south and west of the above. I've caught a lot of pike in this cove. Several different casting spoons.
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This last area is a series of Islands north of the State Rustic Campground. Did well in this area trolling the same patterns as above. Concentrate around all the islands. Shallow early and move out deeper as the sun comes up.Attachment 267489
South of the campground is areas with submerged tree structure. Find these and you will more than likely find the crappies and blue gills. The boat launch area is also another decent spot for a mixed bag of fish. We caught many of them just sitting in lawn chairs in the evening shooting the breeze.
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Red, everybody on this site along with many on the TN, MS and AR sites know I'm something of a Bs'er. No foul my friend.Quote:
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Thanks Wick!!! I will give it a try.
Don, now that I know you're a BS'er, does that mean I really DON'T have to ride the goat at fish camp?????? And I just got fitted for a new set of chaps.
Sorry Jerry. I may be the MICDC mod, and a BS'er, but I am NOT in charge of event entertainment...I think that's Steve's dept.
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Jerry I tried to round up a goat out of the pen, but they kept falling over......so, no goat this year.
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This post is a hoot.