Budd Lake 5/12/11

Perch on a Deep 20 taildancer

Made it out on Budd Lake and fished from 7 to 10pm.  Fished the South end of the lake from 7 to 22 FOW and hooked everything but a walleye.  We had a great time fishing and enjoyed first warm weather of the spring.  Water temps ranged from 60 to 63 F on the South end and the water is very clear for this time of the year. 

Good Luck.... 



Small pike hooked in 20 FOW trolling 14 foot down.



Budd Lake Fishing Contest Video Clip

Video clip from the Budd Lake Fishing Contest.

 

Budd Lake Fishing Report 3/7/11

Two Bass Checking Out the Camera in 12 FOW

The weather was so nice today that I had to make a point to stop by Budd Lake on my way home from work and spend a few hours looking for a big walleye.  I fished in 6 to 17 FOW on the West side of the lake about a quarter mile north of the power dock.  I didn't catch any walleyes, but I did find schools of  blue gills in 6 to 10 FOW. 

Good Luck... 

Budd Lake Fishing Report 3/4/11



Perch 10 FOW

We started fishing at 2:30am and put in fourteen hours of fishing time Friday in an attempted to catch a 10 pound walleye out of Budd Lake.  Over the course of the day we found walleyes and lots of bass in about every location we drilled holes, but just couldn't make the walleyes bite. 

Morning Setup

The weather turned bad at 8am and the rain hit hard keeping us in one location until noon.  Most of the fish we found around the lake were in 10 to 15 FOW with the best concentration of fish on the North East side of the lake. 

Good Luck...



On the move looking for fish



Budd Lake Fishing Report 2/25/11

Budd Lake Early Monring Setup

The Big Walleye Hole 17 FOW

I woke up at 3:00am this morning dreaming about ice fishing and feeling excited about getting back on Budd Lake this weekend.  Then I remembered that I'm working all weekend on a new program start up and fishing will not be an option.   The thought of the monster walleye that Chachi and I lost last Sunday is still driving me crazy and all I want to do is keep fishing until I get another crack at him.  With work getting very busy and walleye season coming to a close in eighteen days I decided that I needed to get up and head to Budd Lake before work.   I ran out to the barn and scaled down my fishing setup to what I can carry and took off for the lake.  I walked on to the lake at 4:20am  and was fishing by 4:40am.  Fishing was slow in the dark, but I did see a few fish the sonar around 5:15am come in and look at my jig.  Fishing action got hot at 7:40am when I missed a fish jigging and a few minutes later I had a tip up go off but no fish.  I fished until 8:30am the packed up to head to work.

Mark and Tommy traveled up to Houghton Lake this morning, so we should have a walleye report later today.

Budd Lake Fishing Report 2/12/11

First fish of the day.

Fished Budd Lake today to do some scouting around before the fishing tournament next Sunday.  The kids and I spent the whole day drilling holes and checking out areas trying to pin point where Chachi and I are going to setup on Sunday morning.  Overall, we found lots of small perch and a few nice bluegills in about every area we checked out, but no big fish today.   If you head out to Budd Lake be prepared for deep snow and slush, it will give you a good workout.

Good Luck....

Chachi having fun bluegill fishing.

Drying out in the shanty after a long day of fishing