Little Bay de Noc Fishing Reports

Yup...figured that the hat would bring me some good luck, sure enough it did!  Had a fun week again with Patrick and Jeff from the Chicago area.  Weather could have been a little better, but you have to work with what you're dealt.  Pike fishing was way off this year, and the smallies averaged much higher in size this year, but quantity was down.  Saw so many smallies over 18 inches that wouldn't bite...very frustrating.  Patrick did get a 20 1/2 and a 20 3/4 this year, the larger one going on the wall.  Drop shotting an 8 inch black worm caught Patrick's two largest fish.  Casting out, twitching it back to the boat triggered the fish.  Jeff caught a huge one in Big Bay using this technique too.  You gotta love the fight that the smallies give you in 70 degree water.  One of Patrick's fish Friday gave us the best aerial act I've seen in a long time.  The fish must have jumped two feet out of the water on it's initial jump!  Good luck from all of us in the Bay de Noc area.

Had to launch at Garden Bay because of the wind, haven't launched at Nahma since late June I think it was, so I'm not sure what it's like right now.  I have been told it's pretty sloppy and weed infested, but not sure of depth at the end.