Thread: Baseline Bite.

Mama and I decided we better take the boat out one last time before the truck goes into the body shop for a couple of weeks. We got off a little late, so to save some time we dropped in Baseline lake off M-40 south of Allegan.

You couldn't have asked for a better night. Overcast, no wind, very few PB's on the lake, and the fish wanted to bite! I spent about 15 minutes scouring the lake to see where they were holed up, and didn't see much in deep water, so we picked the south shoreline with the steepest breakline and started trolling VERY slowly right at the weed line in 6-8 FOW. Temps were right around 75 deg. down at the bottom of my troller according to my front sonar and we started hitting them within 5 mins. Mama was floating a cork w/ night crawlers, and I was pushing one pole w/ a minnow, one w/ panfish assassin albino minishad, one w/ a bluegill slider, and one w/ panfish assassin tomato seed all but the minnow tipped w/ crappie nibbles.

Caught a 15 1/2" smallie on the minnow, but then the minnows stopped producing, so switched that pole to a panfish assassin orange/gold minishad. They didn't seem to care about color, and all baits did well.

We hooked 22 losing 6 and boating 16. None were real big, but the gills were nice hand sized eaters. I was having so much fun I didn' t get any pics of the crappie (all blacks) and had to force myself to take time to get a couple shots of mama and her gills. The crappie were tight into the weed line and I was nosing the poles right up to the edge for most crappie hits.

All in all it was a relaxing and fun outing.

mamas first gill of the evening

good job doodle, sounds like a perfect night of fishing and relaxing with the missus

good to here the fish were biting and some one posting about going fishing

what happened to the truck

Originally Posted by ready2fish

good to here the fish were biting and some one posting about going fishing

what happened to the truck

Check it out, Jim:

Procrastination...it'll get ya every time!

it sure is great to see somebody out on the water!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i havent been out in over a month, im bout ready jump off a bridge may bee this weekend ill have time

Originally Posted by yankee doodler

Check it out, Jim:

Procrastination...it'll get ya every time!

thats a bummer

Originally Posted by skillett007

it sure is great to see somebody out on the water!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i havent been out in over a month, im bout ready jump off a bridge may bee this weekend ill have time

Well Kevin I think that's a personal problem that you better take care of. What do you mean you haven't been out in a month. I'd shrivel up an die I think. :D:D

Originally Posted by skillett007

it sure is great to see somebody out on the water!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i havent been out in over a month, im bout ready jump off a bridge may bee this weekend ill have time

dont feel bad, i havnt been out fishing now for a week

well, the monkey is off my back, went out sun. and mon. didnt do well i was mostly tryn out my new fly rod , i beat up the lake pretty good but got better as the day went on

Originally Posted by skillett007

well, the monkey is off my back, went out sun. and mon. didnt do well i was mostly tryn out my new fly rod , i beat up the lake pretty good but got better as the day went on

what lake