Fished today from.2:30 til.6:30 only managed to catch 3, 1 on a frog ,1 on a toad that weighed 4-1 and 1 on a choppo that went 4-4.

25 minutes ago, HaydenS said:

This thing sounds scary, tell me what it is so I know to never go on it!  

I believe it’s that bridge over the two big lakes! Yikes 

32 minutes ago, HaydenS said:

This thing sounds scary, tell me what it is so I know to never go on it!  

5 mile long suspension bridge at the tip of the mitten in northern lower mi.  It connects Michigan’s upper and lower peninsula.  It is also the imaginary line between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron( technically they are the same lake).  That’s a 1,000 footer ( a type of lower laker freighter that is 1,000 feet long we call them thousand footers ) going underneath of it.  Not my photo stole it from google 

31 minutes ago, HaydenS said:

This thing sounds scary, tell me what it is so I know to never go on it!  

The Mackinac Bridge, or the Mighty Mac, is the 3rd longest suspension bridge in the U.S. It connects the Lower Peninsula of Michigan with the Upper peninsula of Michigan. It is 26,372 feet long and 155 feet from the water. A car was blown off the bridge in the 80s, but they close the bridge when the wind is high. I’ve went across it a few times, and it’s big! And I only got one fish today on the Ned rig, although I missed many more on 3 lures including the Ned rig.

Here’s some photos I did take on the way up 

middle set of photos is looking East.  On the left is mackinac island( pronounced mackinaw)middle is round island  right  is bois blanc island, 

 

2 minutes ago, Mbirdsley said:

Here’s some photos I did take on the way up 

 

That’s awesome!!! I’ll be up that way in a couple months. We ♥️ Michigan 

 

5 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

That’s awesome!!! I’ll be up that way in a couple months. We ♥️ Michigan 

Michigan is a great state to me! And many others!

30 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

I believe it’s that bridge over the two big lakes! Yikes 

 

27 minutes ago, Mbirdsley said:

5 mile long suspension bridge at the tip of the mitten in northern lower mi.  It connects Michigan’s upper and lower peninsula.  It is also the imaginary line between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron( technically they are the same lake).  That’s a 1,000 footer ( a type of lower laker freighter that is 1,000 feet long we call them thousand footers ) going underneath of it.  Not my photo stole it from google 

5 miles!?!?

27 minutes ago, TheBasslayer said:

The Mackinac Bridge, or the Mighty Mac, is the 3rd longest suspension bridge in the U.S. It connects the Lower Peninsula of Michigan with the Upper peninsula of Michigan. It is 26,372 feet long and 155 feet from the water. A car was blown off the bridge in the 80s, but they close the bridge when the wind is high. I’ve went across it a few times, and it’s big! And I only got one fish today on the Ned rig, although I missed many more on 3 lures including the Ned rig.

 

23 minutes ago, Mbirdsley said:

Here’s some photos I did take on the way up 

middle set of photos is looking East.  On the left is mackinac island( pronounced mackinaw)middle is round island  right  is bois blanc island, 

 

Thanks guys, instilling terror in the young, with help from the young, what has this forum come too...

Sometimes it does this…(Just Kidding!)

16 minutes ago, TheBasslayer said:

Sometimes it does this…(Just Kidding!)

That bridge fell down it was in my state.

29 minutes ago, Bluegillslayer said:

That bridge fell down it was in my state.

Yeah it was the Tacoma Narrows bridge in Washington

Took my kayak out this morning to try and get a little feel for fishing in standing timber to prepare for an upcoming tournament Saturday. It was good practice, at least the kayak handling part. I had a bite on a spinnerbait and a small fish pull down a buzzbait but no hookups. Found a Berkley Bullet Pop, took my buzzbait off and tied it on. About 5-6 cast later I hooked a good puller but my 6' MH/F wasn't exactly the best rod for fighting a fish on a treble hooked bait and she pulled off when it dove under the kayak. I finally caught a dink on my flipping bait, lost the bait and switched colors. Next 3 cast flips in a row were a 19 incher, walleye, and another dink. Not sure if I hit the right spot or the color change did the deal. Left shortly after and only caught 1 more small walleye.

Got out last night and left far too many bites in the water that kept what could have been a great night to just a good one.  Caught this 2.5 pounder and a few dinks.  Had a giant blow up on my frog but she completely missed it.  Had a good fish eat my bluegill swimbait while I was hung up and I didn't even realize it was on.  Had her for a second but with barely any hookset she got off.  Missed another on a jig with a weak hookset and had another pop off the frog.  Could of been a night with my biggest 5 ever but oh well.  Oh and I'm definitely going to be having a fish fry soon from this place.

 

 

 

12 hours ago, HaydenS said:

This thing sounds scary, tell me what it is so I know to never go on it!  

https://www.mackinacbridge.org/

 

Like all bridges, you cross it to get to the other side.

this 20” spot came off a brush pile in 18 fow. i caught her on Zoom U Tail worm in green pumpkin. she weighed in at just under 4 lbs. and even zipped off some drag once she neared the little johnny. biggest spot i’ve caught in over a year. life is good.

5 hours ago, hokiehunter373 said:

Got out last night and left far too many bites in the water that kept what could have been a great night to just a good one.  Caught this 2.5 pounder and a few dinks.  Had a giant blow up on my frog but she completely missed it.  Had a good fish eat my bluegill swimbait while I was hung up and I didn't even realize it was on.  Had her for a second but with barely any hookset she got off.  Missed another on a jig with a weak hookset and had another pop off the frog.  Could of been a night with my biggest 5 ever but oh well.  Oh and I'm definitely going to be having a fish fry soon from this place.

 

 

 

Love that frog!

11 minutes ago, BrianMDTX said:

Love that frog!

So do the bass!

Got out today with BIL. This was his first time bass fishing. He caught three on a wacky worm and TR and it was so much fun watching reel in his first one. His three are in this batch.

 

 

I added 4 to that bunch and had 4 others that I had to release due to size. This one was the best of the lot @ 16”. 

i find frog fishing very relaxing, at times i will find a rock or stump to sit on while my frog is sitting on a lilly pad and then i give him a little pull and he is in the water waitin calmy just as i am.

Dinked out last night with my PB smallest largemouth bass for this lake after 30 years of fishing there. Stayed later than I should have, until my wife called...

 

 

My tiny fish of the day, wait my only fish of the day lol. I will take it happily though first time at this lake and first cast. We did have some pretty good thunderstorms last night today also.

9 hours ago, Jmurphy87 said:

My tiny fish of the day, wait my only fish of the day lol

Another guy who fishes on the equator??

Dink days of summer. I saw several 5-7lb fish hanging out in the sun. Not feeding. Maybe recovering from the spawn after feeding?

 

Got out early this AM for some more pond action. Pretty slow at first stop so I moved and got a dink and a huge sunfish on the willow vibe. Brought the wacky rig with me and landed these two on 4 casts. 3.95 and 2.67 lbs. Actually checked my scale to make sure it will weigh over 4 since I cannot seem to break through that weight lately.

 Had to quit early since I left my senko box on my workbench so couldn’t reload after losing the only one I had. I hated leaving them biting but a good morning anyway

Been ridiculously hot out here, so we did a quick 530AM-900AM trip. Fortunately the fish were in a biting mood, which made the quick trip well worth our while.

 

This fella was kind enough to share what he'd been eating.

 

LM on a drop shot

 

One of my better ones

 

Called it a day after this one