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Offline swidnica

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lake Mitchell / Cadillac
« on: Dec 09, 2017, 12:29 PM »

               I'm looking to go to Cadillac on the 17th if Pilgrims Village says it's a good idea .  Only caught a handful of dinks the two times I went there to ice fish .  With so many acres of water , which lake shall I fish on ??

Offline Joe in T.C.

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Re: lake Mitchell / Cadillac
« Reply #1 on: Dec 09, 2017, 03:54 PM »
swidnica,

Sorry I didn't see your post before I started another one, my bad.

Both lakes are great fishing and you will want to move around as needed.

Primary targets:
Pike: someone gets a 40"+ pike every year, but  20 to low mid 30's are more likely.
Crappie: A mess of 8 to 10" fish is realistic with a chance at a 16" is not unheard of.
Gills and Pannies: Some real nice ones mixed in with the crappies.
Perch: Getting better every year. used to only be little ones now a nice catch of 8 to 10" is realistic with an occasional 11 or 12 in the mix.
Walleye: Great and getting better. Good eaters are common with some 5 to 8 pounders caught as well.

A few areas to try are Little Cove, Big Cove, The Cause Way, Thirsty's, Kenwood Park, Blind Island, The City Dock, Four Winns and the Slabs.
What area is hot will vary from day to day. Check with Pilgrims village, they know whats hot and have lake maps to get you pointed in the right direction.

Other anglers will also help you out most of the time. with one exception.....
Walleye. people are very tight lipped on how or where to catch ole marble eyes.

Hope that helps and again sorry for jumping your post.

Good Luck All :tipup:

Offline Doeslayer

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Re: lake Mitchell / Cadillac
« Reply #2 on: Dec 09, 2017, 06:38 PM »
Did a little kayak fishing on both this year..... Lots of bass couple small Pike .... No eyes landed although I did see 2 caught at dark on the west side of the channel.... What's your target species?
Catch and release, into the grease!
"gotta be somebody needs some killin" ~ Major Payne

Offline BK105

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Re: lake Mitchell / Cadillac
« Reply #3 on: Dec 09, 2017, 07:11 PM »
Maybey an inch of ice, cold this week & a few inches of snow on everything. 2 weeks.

Offline swidnica

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Re: lake Mitchell / Cadillac
« Reply #4 on: Dec 09, 2017, 11:56 PM »
        Joe ,  thanks for the breakdown !
 
   I think I will try big cove .

                     

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Re: lake Mitchell / Cadillac
« Reply #5 on: Jan 13, 2018, 12:28 PM »
Fished Cadillac this morning.
About 12" of ice with little if any snow cover.
Cleats are a must.

Lost one that felt decent and missed two jigging.
On the tip up I lost a nice northern right at the hole. :-[

The whole area is busy. Pilgrims opens at 7:00 a.m.
I showed up a few minutes before 7:00 a.m. and it felt like I was late




Kenwood Park


Big Cove

Good Luck All  :tipup:

Offline netminder34

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Re: lake Mitchell / Cadillac
« Reply #6 on: Jan 13, 2018, 02:46 PM »
Thanks for the report and pics Joe.  Stuck at work today but looks like a good day to be out.

 



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