Chachi

Chachi caught his first perch of the day on a sand flat in 4 FOW.  We normally target Budd Lake perch in 15 FOW on the South of the Island, but after drilling a lot of holes and only finding small fish we moved in close to shore.  Overall we caught fifteen keeper perch then moved on to look for walleye.

Big perch

First perch of the day caught in 4 FOW on the West shore of Budd Lake. 

Tournament Sign in

The Budd Lake Ice Fishing Tournament - February 21, 2010.
Harrison, Michigan

Team members on site:
Hot Hunting Spots Pro Staff - Dennis Resseguie
Hot Hunting Spots Junior Pro Staff - Chachi (Valdez) Hubbard

GOOD LUCK TEAM!

Budd Lake Fish Tournament

Chachi ( Valdez ) the Hot Hunting Spots Junior Pro Staff member is a "Fishing Machine"
This is a picture from the sign in location at the power dock...getting ready sor the start of the fishing tournament.

Detroit River

Rich ( 3 Inch Magnum ) with a Nice 43 inch Muskie!

Great Job Rich!

There were 192 people fishing in this tournament in SE Michigan.

Houghton lake action

Nice Houghton Lake Walleye.  Garret, Jeff, Tom, and Lynn fished hard all weekend.

 

Houghton Lake Sunset! Breaking down and packing up after a FUN day of fishing.

A special Visit from Tommy and Mark made the day very memorable... you know that fishing alone


is never as much fun as with friends.

Perch on

A nice Houghton Lake Perch caught fishing the South Shore west of the Elks Club.

Houghton Lake tip-up Action....FLAG!!!!!

time to watch the line go out... and be patient....NOW SET THE HOOK!

Walleye on.

Walleye action on Houghton Lake. Caught on a lindy darter...

Crappy caught in 10 FOW using a Lindy Darter. 

Sunrise on Houghton Lake

Beautiful view of a great Houghton Lake sunrise as we get ready for the walleye action to happen.

Houghton lake Morning Setup

It's a nice cool morning drilling holes and getting set to fish.  The walleyes are just getting up...

Winter Walleye Fishing Area

Were heading out on Houghton Lake on Friday morning to fish some new areas.  If you are looking for an area to find a few walleyes you may want to try this area.  Good Luck..

Lake Margrethe Report

We put a good fishing day in on Lake Margrethe and spent from 7am - 7:30pm on the ice. In the early morning we fished the South East shore in 22 FOW and never marked or saw a fish. At 1:00pm we moved around the lake scouting for new areas and finally ended up on the North side of the lake in 14 FOW. During my scouting I found an area on the West side of the lake that had ice thickness differences ranging from 16 inches of ice to 5 inches. That was unusual for this time of the year and a bit of an awakening. Overall we caught a lot of small perch and had one walleye hit at 6pm. The water on Margrethe is extremely clear which makes ice fishing a bit challenging during the daylight hours. Fishing pressure was low mainly local guys setup in ice houses.

Good Luck.

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Lake Margrethe

Heading up north this morning to try our luck on Lake Margrethe in Crawford Country.

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Pratt Lake Morning Action

Pratt Lake

  

We have been finding good bluegill action in 15 to 17 FOW on the East shore of Pratt Lake.  Best action has been on wax worms and white teardrops. 

3" Magnum Report

Its been a couple weeks since Ive reported and Im sorry for that I know
that a lot of you have been waiting breathlessly for it so here it is---
I have been fishing every body of water in Monroe county that's worth
fishing and every time it's the same old story, "Were killin em over at
Bolles Harbor,were killin em at lake erie Metro marina, were killin em here
there and everywhere" Then I follow up with these reports by travelling to
those spots to get skunked and witness 100 other people getting skunked. Ive
tried every bait and hook known to man and no luck still in fact I was on
the verge of going off on a huge rant in my report about the lack of fish in
monroe county until I went to the metro park marina Sunday afternoon to
finally pull some perch through the ice. There were about 25 people out
there and I set up camp next to 4 old guys that each had about 25 jumbos
laying next to them. I was having some good conversation with them about
nothing and thinking about how jealous I was of them being able to fish
every day and not have to work the next day, They were like the movie grumpy
old men without the grumpiness I had a lot of fun with them.
On Saturday we headed ovre to Washtenaw county to whitmore lake to try our
luck on some walleyes along with about 250 other people with no luck. We
fished from sunup till noon without a single bite and only witnessed 2 other
people within 100 yds of us. Im not sure on the second half of the day
results but for everyone elses sake I hope it picked up.
I want to leave everyone with a quote I read in woods and water by Robert
Dock Stupp. "Man, I feel energised and invigoratingly alive after a day on
the water, frozen or open.To me, water,essential to all life, is a spirit
and I must be around it. It distributes good vibes to all who are open to
it." When I read that I got chills and I know most other hardcore fishermen
will understand.
I will be out of town next week so you wont be graced with the 3" Magnum
Report so until next time men "keep your poles in the holes"

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Pratt Lake

Pratt Lake

Blue gill action is hot this moring. 

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Pratt Lake

Pratt Lake Report

Its been a cold and fun morning.  I found a school of nice blue gills in 17 fow and now the action is starting to pickup.  No walleye yet, but I have seen two so far.

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Pike on Tip-ups

It has been a busy Friday on Houghton Lake - TIP-UP TOWN will bring lots of activity and it is just starting to pick up today.

The fishing has been good with lots of Pike Action and Pan Fish.  No Walleye's Yet.

More Later

Fish Report

Started Fishing at just after light hoping to catch some of the early morning Walleye Action... Nope!

Just picked up Pike so Far.... Houghton Lake has some Lunker Pike and if you want a Big Northern this is one of the lakes in Michigan to get it.  Stay tuned as we will give more reports during the day.

3" Magnum Report

After much thought on where to fish we ended up trying a new spot on saturday in a pond never fished by humans before near I-275 and I-75 where they meet and as it turns out there is a reason nobody fishes it, its about 7' deep and sandy bottom with no stucture at all and no fish at all. We deided on the ready rd quarry again and found some nice crappies and a couple dozen gills. Sunday afternoon I decided to go back for an hour before dark and got 5 crappies and 4 gills and lost a 14"er at the hole. The crappies were caught mostly on minnows and white fuzzy jiggs. I think I have them figgured out now and from now on I will be sporting crappie jiggs with minnows. It took me some time to figure them out since in the past there weren't enough crappie to bother fishing for but now with the proper bait and jigg I believe you could fill a bucket with nice crappies since nobody ever fishes solely for them and the population is booming. I will be back next weekend ice permitting with a couple dozen minnows and a positive attitude and untill then men keep your poles in the holes.
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Ice Fishing Tackle 2010

Here are some of the Ice fishing lures that we are using.

Gapend's Walleye Icer

Easy Prey Freeze Minnow Size #4

DeLong Mousie Jigs

DeLong Corn Borer Jigs

3" Magnum Report

The Ready Road quarry is a quarry dug out along I-275 at Ready Road and is an excellent spot to take a kid fishing on the hardwater, you will catch fish every time you go and there is easy access due to the new parking lot and walkpath around the pond. I have been fishing it for about 15 years and have always had good luck. You can expect to catch gills,crappie,perch,bass and bullhead. Hope to see some new faces this weekend and keep you pole in the hole.
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3" Magnum Report

Well its ice fishing season in s/e michigan finally and action is mixed depending on where you fish.
If your after yellow perch you better bring your lunch with you because you will be out all day to catch enough for a sandwich. Some fishermen found 20-30 perch in 6 fow at lake erie metro park marina on friday but sat. And sunday there were only 20-30 perch caught total between the 150 people fishing the marina. I spent 6 hours out there and got 2 bites total not too exciting to say the least. The fish that were caught were on teardrops and minnows. I will be back on saturday morning to try again. After trying the metro park I will be heading over to the ready road quarry aka honeyhole to fill up on crappie,perch and bluegills. I fished here saturday and sunday after getting skunked at the metro park and sat. I caught 2 perch and 8 gills. Sunday afternoon I returned to experience ice fishing at its finest. I only had about an hour to fish till dark and cought 3-10" crappies and around 10 gills and twice my line got snapped by unidentified lunkers
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Houghton Lake Walleye Report

Lindy Darter

While the Lindy Darters rattle chamber mimics the sounds of a distressed baitfish and attracts fish from long distances the erratic darting action closes the deal evoking walleye to strike. There is no need for added attractant in the form of minnows or waxies on this lure. It’s a incredible hard-water lure that is now one of our favorite for Houghton Lake Winter Walleyes.  

These are the other colors available...

Houghton Lake Walleye Report 1/8 - 1/11

                                                                                    The walleye action on Houghton Lake was good over the weekend.  We made it out on Houghton three times over the weekend and caught walleyes on each trip.   We fished mainly on the North Shore in 9 FOW and out in middle of the lake in 11 FOW.  Overall we caught ten walleyes and five keepers.  Best action for us has been 11am - 3pm in 11 FOW.  Best bait has been the LINDY Darter 3/8 oz shad.  These baits rock and you don't need to tip them with live bait. They have great action and will save you from having to buy walleye minnows on each trip. 

We also fished Lake 13 in Farwell this weekend and did ok on bluegills and a few nice perch in 7 FOW on the North shore.  The lake is loaded with gills, but you really have to work to find the bigger fish.    I'm fishing the Saginaw River on Wednesday after work, so I'll have a report.