GULL LAKE

[Hermin]

There have been guys out fishing the north end for 2 days now.

[Beats sittin at the house]

Balls of steel!.....they're just fish!

[steelheader32]

Tonight's forecast looks great for making some more ice!

[Wgorby]

I see a permy shanty on the webcam...must be digging in for the long cold weekend. 

[DaveSS1]

There have been guys out fishing the north end for 2 days now.

interesting.  would be willing to give it a go, but not going it alone...  I cant imagine they are getting on at prarieville as the pictures I saw from Tuesday the shoreline was not even close, even with planks..

[Hermin]

There were 6 cars in the lot and 2 guys walking out towards a shanty that was already set up out there.  I have no idea about the condition of the ice I am just telling you what I saw.

[smeltbuster]

There were 6 cars in the lot and 2 guys walking out towards a shanty that was already set up out there.  I have no idea about the condition of the ice I am just telling you what I saw.

  My son also seen guys out there, Thurs. night. As for me, I checked the shore ice at Prarieville, on Wed. afternoon, & it was crap. I could not get to ice, that would hold me.  It may be good, out away from shore, but I'm waiting a while.  That creek can cause some problems w/ the ice.  Also, there were still 2 very large open spots on the lake, Wed., I'm pretty sure they are locked up now. Hoping to try Baseline rd. tonight, but only if I can get some friends to go w/ me.

[Average-Joe]

There were two guys out from baseline last night not too far at around 10

[smeltbuster]

There were two guys out from baseline last night not too far at around 10

  Thanks for the info. Thinking about checking it out, later this morning.

[DT]

Look forward to an update. Plan on heading down tonight. First time for ice fishing on Gull. Was thinking about baseline entrance. Would like to hook up with you and get some of those famous flies.

[smeltbuster]

DT, Welcome to the Shanty! Hoping to have a report sometime around noon. Just waiting for some Lake Trout to get finished in the smoker, then I will head out there.

[fishin4smelt]

Smoked Laker sounds great. I'll bring the crackers !!! Lol   Hoping to get out tonight or tomorrow night. Not sure whether to hit the South end or North. How much snow did Gull receive ? Westside of Kazoo received about 12" the past few days.

[smeltbuster]

The North End & Baseline rd. are both FISHABLE  Smelt jr. & me walked out to 70' of water at Baseline, & 60' of water at the north end. The ice is about 5", everywhere, except right by shore on the north end. Guys have been out there fishing & went even further out than we did.  I will be out tonight, but cant make it until about 6:30 p.m., & right now I am planning on fishing Baseline rd., if the parking isn't too bad.  Not much snow on the ice, just enough to make it a good walk . Fishin4smelt, look me up tonight, if your out there, The lake trout came out pretty good. Funny thing, I'll be eating it, almost exactly where I caught it !

[DT]

Great news. Thanks for sharing. Hope to see you out there.

[ED1983]

Smelt buster, DT and I are at baseline now, no one is here as of yet. We will black ice cube shanty looking for smelt. Waiting your arrival. Curious if we should go to the right or the left or straight off baseline road?

[Hermin]

I will be there in a blue clam bigfoot.

[ED1983]

We are set up to the left of the launch about 70 fow.

[fishin4smelt]

Smeltbuster, won't be making out tonight. Wife reminded me I asked her to go out to dinner tonight, I asked her a couple of weeks ago. Hoping she had forgotten !!! Enjoy that smoked laker tonight. I'll be out for sure tomorrow...Good luck everyone, keep those reports coming !!!

[lookinfopike]

She's going to be making ice fast now. Careful out there

[smeltbuster]

FINALLY, what I consider to be a great night ! I fished in 73 FOW tonight, SW of Baseline rd. , I ended the night w/ 120 smeltzillas & could have had more, if I stayed. They were still biting. 4 triples & several doubles. The smelt flies were on fire tonight (thank you, Kevin !),  Fished near JMPostma & they did well too. The Legendary "BOB the smelt Guru" also fished by me & had 174 !  Met a couple of new guys on here, DT, & Ed1983, they were still fishing when I left, & were catching them . If  you guys come out again , you are more than welcome to fish near me. Great guys !  Forgot the smoked lake trout, so all I had to eat, was a bag of peppered venison jerky, that I made last night. Had to eat the fish when I got home. Hope I can get some of this Laker grease off the laptop keyboard before my wife uses it  . Yes, Gull lake  Lakers are a lil  bit greasy, but I will deal with it ! 

[ED1983]

Great to meet you smeltbuster, thanks for the flies, and the tips you shared with us. We ended the night with 220 fish. Not to bad for a couple of rookies.  I look forward to seeing you again out there.

[steelheader32]

Went out yesterday in search for a new spot to panfish and walked from the first bay all the way out past the island and ended up finding a goo mess of fish and without the crowd, just me and my 2 buddies, even had a big school of smelt come through around 2pm that we were able to drop down into and pull a few through,

[BendingLimits]

FINALLY, what I consider to be a great night ! I fished in 73 FOW tonight, SW of Baseline rd. , I ended the night w/ 120 smeltzillas & could have had more, if I stayed. They were still biting. 4 triples & several doubles. The smelt flies were on fire tonight (thank you, Kevin !),  Fished near JMPostma & they did well too. The Legendary "BOB the smelt Guru" also fished by me & had 174 !  Met a couple of new guys on here, DT, & Ed1983, they were still fishing when I left, & were catching them . If  you guys come out again , you are more than welcome to fish near me. Great guys !  Forgot the smoked lake trout, so all I had to eat, was a bag of peppered venison jerky, that I made last night. Had to eat the fish when I got home. Hope I can get some of this Laker grease off the laptop keyboard before my wife uses it  . Yes, Gull lake  Lakers are a lil  bit greasy, but I will deal with it !

Fished Gull lastnight,  Not the same luck as you two, although we were directly in betweeen you.  Hopefully we can touch bases!

[BendingLimits]

Great to meet you smeltbuster, thanks for the flies, and the tips you shared with us. We ended the night with 220 fish. Not to bad for a couple of rookies.  I look forward to seeing you again out there.

Curious if i can get some of these famous smelt flies    PM function seems to not be working!

[Hermin]

How far of a walk is it off Baseline road to where you smelt fish?

[smeltbuster]

How far of a walk is it off Baseline road to where you smelt fish?

Curious if i can get some of these famous smelt flies    PM function seems to not be working!

Hermin, I walked out, probably about 400-500 yds., There is a pine tree branch sticking up out of the ice, go 100 yds. or so, past that.   Bending Limits, fist off, Welcome to "The Shanty" !  You have to have 5 posts, before you can send PMs. I have flies w/ me out on the ice. You can also buy them at Smitty's sport shop in Battle Creek. They are $5.00 for a 3 pack. I need to get "Lookinfopike" to tie some more up.  Found a new color last night that works well. The Smeltbuster fly & another that is Chartruse & white, are good colors, they also glow brightly.

[lookinfopike]

Curious if i can get some of these famous smelt flies    PM function seems to not be working!

PM sent

[Hermin]

Are you going out tonight Smeltbuster?

[BendingLimits]

Are you going out tonight Smeltbuster?

Thanks bud.  Unable to reply due to minimum post allowance.   

[Hermin]

Thats number 5 you should be able to private message now I think.