Decent Day at Houghton Lake Michigan

[ESBguy]

Howdy folks, hope all of you in the South are safe.

I have the good fortune to live at Houghton Lake, Michigan's largest inland lake at 20,000 acres. If you like catching crappies (and I do), this is the time of year to fish them - in about 2 weeks they will scatter and become nearly impossible to target. I got these last Thursday. Not a limit (25 in Michigan), but a reasonable fish fry. Except for the 9 incher I kept because I gill hooked him, these are all 11 to 13 inches. Houghton Lake regularly gives up 14 inchers, with a few 15 and 16 inchers every year.





Got another 9 yesterday before the cold front came through. Take care and good fishin'.

[Luvfatslabs]

Nice mess, enjoy the fish fry

[kickingback]

Very cool "sack of milk"! Way to catch them!

[NickD]

Nice catch! Have you tried trolling with cranks and jigs behind planer boards when they head to open water? You can cover a lot of water that way, it's perfect for scattered fish.

[LowePro]

Man them thangs are dark and pretty!

[bee]

Nice catch. Pretty.

[tenncrappie]

Good looking bunch of fish.

[ESBguy]

Nice catch! Have you tried trolling with cranks and jigs behind planer boards when they head to open water? You can cover a lot of water that way, it's perfect for scattered fish.

I have not, thanks for the tip!

Here at Houghton Lake, I target crappies in pre-spawn and spawn and get enough fillets for the year. When they're done spawning, I start targeting walleyes and bluegills.

[ESBguy]

Nice catch. Pretty.

Thanks, Bee! They're not near as big as the monsters you post, but still not too shabby for the frozen north.

[Billbob]

good mess