Budd Lake 1/24/15

Budd Lake 

Saturday afternoon we made a trip back to Budd Lake to try and find a big walleye.  We started at the South end of the lake and fished up the West shore without much luck.  While scouting we found a few pan fish for dinner which made the trip great.  The pan fish were in 18 to 23 FOW on the bottom. Saw lots of fishermen on the Southeast shore and on the point.

Budd Lake 18 to 23 FOW

Sunday morning we made our annual trip to Arnold Lake.  We scouted and fished from 9am to 3pm without any success.  In the morning we started out at the boat launch and drilled the East shore from 10 to 55 FOW and only found a few very small perch.  Then we worked around the South shore and back along the West shore using the camera, sonar, and fishing without any luck.  At noon we headed to the deepest part of the lake and found nothing.  On our way around the North end we found life when we were checked by the DNR officer cutting across the lake on his way to Long Lake.  Overall, Arnold is not the lake it was in the late 80's.  The lake association has started planting fishs which should help in the year to come.

Arnold Lake - Drilling lots of  holes on the sunken Island.

Good Luck....

Budd Lake 1-18-15

Budd Lake North End 23 FOW.

Pan fishing action was very good on Budd Lake last week.  We drilled lots of hole around the lake and ended up finding a good school of pan fish in 23 FOW on the North end of the lake.  The bite was great and we sorted a lot of fish to get dinner.

Good Luck....

Budd Lake 2/12/12

Chachi taking a break by the power dock

We spent seven hours today walking Budd Lake marking out fishing spots for Frost Bite Fishing Tournament that will be held next Sunday.  Chachi and I checked out a lot of new fishing spots and didn't find many fish.  We didn't hook any fish today, but we did find a few new areas that have nice fish structure.

Afternoon setup on the West side

Budd Lake 2/12/12

Underwater camera clip of a musky found in 15 FOW while scouting for walleye.

Budd Lake 8/5/11



Chachi and his Budd Lake Pike hooked in 23 FOW


Fished Budd Lake on Friday evening from 7:40pm - 9:30pm.  We trolled in 23 to 25 FOW and targeted fish suspended at 15 foot with Rapala Deep 20 Taildancers.  On our short trip we hooked a 24 inch pike, 17 inch bass, and lost one fish.

Fishing Reports 7/21 - 7/23 (Budd Lake, Long Lake, Houghton Lake)



Holly with her first muskie.   Caught in 23 FOW on a Red / Yellow / Silver
Deep 20 Taildance while trolling for walleye.



Fished Houghton Lake on Thursday (7/21) from 9am - 1pm with my nephews.  The weather was hot and the west wind made it almost impossible to fish in our areas, so we took a few hours and did some swimming on the sand bar.  At 2pm we packed up and headed south to fish Long Lake in Harrison.  When we arrived at the lake we found lots of pleasure boaters trying to beat the heat.  We fished until 8pm before calling it a day.  Overall we hooked seventeen bass, one pike, and Chachi broke off a big fish on a slip bobber rig.  I'll head back to Long Lake later in the summer to try and catch a big walleye off of the East side of the lake. 



Holly and I fish Budd Lake tonight Saturday (7/23) from 7:30pm - 10:00pm hoping to find a big walleye.  Last Sunday we fished Portage Lake and found lots of walleyes suspended down 12 foot in 20 FOW and hoped to find the same conditions in the 82 degree (F) Budd Lake water.  We fished the South shore at the start, but quickly moved to get away from the heavy boat traffic.  At 8:15pm we moved out into 25 FOW and trolled with deep 20 taildancer targeting set above the fish that we marked at 16 foot down.  We hooked our first fish and then lost it close to the boat without making an ID.  Then at 9:14pm Holly hooked her first tiger musky and did a great job getting it to the boat on 8 lb test.  We found out that tracker the dog is not a fan of catch and release.  As the muskie started to swim away tracker jumped in and chased after it along with tangling up two lines.

Good Luck....

  




Budd Lake trolling path.



Budd Lake 7/4/11



Tommy and his 23-inch Budd Lake Walleye




Adam and a nice Budd Lake Crappy

 
Fourth of July action on Budd Lake.  Tommy and his fishing crew had a great afternoon on Budd Lake hooking a twenty-three inch walleye and a large crappy.  Both of the fish were caught fishing the weed edges with live bait.

Budd Lake Report 6/10/11

Budd Lake in the rain

I fished Budd Lake from 7am to 1pm today checking out areas in preparation for the fishing tournament tomorrow. The fishing action was slow at best and it rained all day. Found some nice bluegills on the south east shore in 10 FOW. Water is fairly clear and 72 F at this time.



Good luck....