Author Topic: GULL LAKE (Read 47523 times)

dutch3376 · « **Reply #300 on:** Feb 16, 2016, 11:28 PM »

Went out off Prairieville in about 62' of water and managed about 130 between two of us. I think i need to order some smelt flies from lookinforpike...

dutch3376 · « **Reply #301 on:** Feb 16, 2016, 11:30 PM »

Quote from: smeltbuster on Feb 16, 2016, 05:23 PM

70'-75' water, Baseline rd. go SW, catch smelt!

Didn't see your post until after we had already paid at the park... 😒

Vtran4600 · « **Reply #302 on:** Feb 17, 2016, 09:49 AM »

Does anyone know where I can pick up or suggest a brighter led light, right now I have a 90 led and it doesn't seem very bright anymore, thank you in advance

Smeltman · « **Reply #303 on:** Feb 17, 2016, 10:05 AM »

Order it online Fishing light etc. AlumiGlo Superbrite 1200 is the one I have. Some of the guy's even have a bigger one. The last light you will have probably buy. Its not cheap.

but. You will probably double your catch.

lookinfopike · « **Reply #304 on:** Feb 17, 2016, 10:41 AM »

Quote from: Vtran4600 on Feb 16, 2016, 10:59 PM

Ordered some smelt flies from lookinfopike and being last minute he meet us at the north end and gave us some tips on what to do, fished in 65fow with non stop action ended the night with 308 smelt between 2 guys huge thanks lookinfopike the flies took majority of the fish

It was nice meeting you, and I am glad everything worked as planed. Happy that the flies did the trick for you too. Sounds like you had a action packed evening. Hope to see you again

elklake · « **Reply #305 on:** Feb 17, 2016, 12:12 PM »

I think the lake is going to get a lot more crowded from now on.

Mlive article from Saturday night.

http://www.mlive.com/outdoors/index.ssf/2016/02/smelt_fishing_popular_as_ever.html

theripper · « **Reply #306 on:** Feb 17, 2016, 12:30 PM »

I will finally be down there on Saturday! Hopfully the rain don't mess it up for me. Can't wait to test out my new light!

Hermin · « **Reply #307 on:** Feb 17, 2016, 12:54 PM »

I am hoping to get the 4 foot one before the start of next ice season. I would like to get it to use for crappie fishing this summer off my dock.

Wgorby · « **Reply #308 on:** Feb 17, 2016, 01:46 PM »

Quote from: elklake on Feb 17, 2016, 12:12 PM

I think the lake is going to get a lot more crowded from now on.

Mlive article from Saturday night.

http://www.mlive.com/outdoors/index.ssf/2016/02/smelt_fishing_popular_as_ever.html

Saw that as well....the lake itself has plenty of room for everyone, but parking at the north end launch may get a bit crowded on weekends.

smeltbuster · « **Reply #309 on:** Feb 17, 2016, 03:30 PM »

I will be out tonight, around 5:30 p.m., fishing off Baseline. Lookinfopike, just dropped off a few more flies. Hoping my brother & me can get in on the hot bite. I will post later tonight.

smeltbuster · « **Reply #310 on:** Feb 17, 2016, 10:53 PM »

314 smelt between my brother & me tonight

. . The flies were smoking hot , tonight ! Also tried something new tonight, My brother had a jar of Berkley Gulp white maggots. They outfished the spikes we were using ! I will be back out, Thurs. night, & will be sharing my shanty w/ one of, if not THE BEST, smelt fishermen on Gull. "BOB" will be fishing w/ me. He had over 200 by himself tonight. Looking forward to spending the night, watching him outfish me

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WestSideAl8x8 · « **Reply #311 on:** Feb 17, 2016, 11:50 PM »

Quote from: smeltbuster on Feb 17, 2016, 10:53 PM

314 smelt between my brother & me tonight . . The flies were smoking hot , tonight ! Also tried something new tonight, My brother had a jar of Berkley Gulp white maggots. They outfished the spikes we were using ! I will be back out, Thurs. night, & will be sharing my shanty w/ one of, if not THE BEST, smelt fishermen on Gull. "BOB" will be fishing w/ me. He had over 200 by himself tonight. Looking forward to spending the night, watching him outfish me .

How thick is the ice out there?

smeltbuster · « **Reply #312 on:** Feb 18, 2016, 04:22 AM »

A solid 6"-7". They were running Quads & sleds on the ice last night. A couple of inches of snow in most places. The "Hogsback" is locked up & there were guys fishing on it yesterday. The quads busted up the shore ice at baseline, pretty good. You will have to walk through about4" of water, to get to good ice.

Wgorby · « **Reply #313 on:** Feb 18, 2016, 06:33 AM »

Man I can't wait for 3:30pm today so I can bust outta work and head on down....glad to hear there is machine traffic as I will be bringing my sled tonight. Hopefully the bite stays good for at least one more night!

GpaPerchEye · « **Reply #314 on:** Feb 18, 2016, 07:29 AM »

If going tonite don't forget your sea anchor, or you'll be trolling way too fast downwind.LOL. weather calls four gusts 30+ mph.

smeltbuster · « **Reply #315 on:** Feb 18, 2016, 07:50 AM »

Quote from: GpaPerchEye on Feb 18, 2016, 07:29 AM

If going tonite don't forget your sea anchor, or you'll be trolling way too fast downwind.LOL. weather calls four gusts 30+ mph.

Thanks for the heads up on the wind. We set up last night, thinking we didn't need the anchors, we were wrong ! Luckily, we found out, before we put too much gear in the shanty . For anyone running machines, PLEASE BE CAREFUL. this past week-end, there was still open water near the 100' hole on the north end & the "Hogsback" was also open . They are locked up now, but who knows how the ice is

One more thing I noticed last night, if you are running tip-ups, PLEASE do not put them on the trail leading out to the smelt grounds. I think I ticked some guys off, when I walked within 5' of theirs, yesterday, placed right in the middle of the trail. Sorry, but I'm pulling over 200 lbs. of gear on 2 jet sleds & I aint gonna go off the beaten path. I know, ...I don't own the lake. Just trying to help spread some common cents .

Hermin · « **Reply #316 on:** Feb 18, 2016, 08:35 AM »

I will be out tonight with my dad.

20 pounder · « **Reply #317 on:** Feb 18, 2016, 09:32 AM »

Fished off of baseline rd last night about 100yds NNW of the pine tree branch. Fished from 7 to 10 and caught about 12 smelt. We used small glow teardrops and hali jigs. It seemed almost everyone was catching fish but us. The only thing I can think of is we don't have an underwater light. Do you think a light is necessary for success?

Vtran4600 · « **Reply #318 on:** Feb 18, 2016, 09:36 AM »

Quote from: 20 pounder on Feb 18, 2016, 09:32 AM

Fished off of baseline rd last night about 100yds NNW of the pine tree branch. Fished from 7 to 10 and caught about 12 smelt. We used small glow teardrops and hali jigs. It seemed almost everyone was catching fish but us. The only thing I can think of is we don't have an underwater light. Do you think a light is necessary for success?

I think I talked to you while you were packing up with your boy

Vtran4600 · « **Reply #319 on:** Feb 18, 2016, 10:13 AM »

Quote from: Smeltman on Feb 17, 2016, 10:05 AM

Order it online Fishing light etc. AlumiGlo Superbrite 1200 is the one I have. Some of the guy's even have a bigger one. The last light you will have probably buy. Its not cheap. but. You will probably double your catch.

Thank you just ordered the 24in

Hermin · « **Reply #320 on:** Feb 18, 2016, 10:39 AM »

Quote from: 20 pounder on Feb 18, 2016, 09:32 AM

The only thing I can think of is we don't have an underwater light. Do you think a light is necessary for success?

Yes. I had 281. The guys fishing closest to me had 3. Next time find someone with a light to set up next to. Most people will not care.

GourdneckGills · « **Reply #321 on:** Feb 18, 2016, 11:26 AM »

Youre wasting your time not using a light. No light=no plankton=no smelt. Simple little equation

Wgorby · « **Reply #322 on:** Feb 18, 2016, 12:20 PM »

Where is the "Hogsback" on Gull?

Just want to make sure I don't go near it with a machine.

20 pounder · « **Reply #323 on:** Feb 18, 2016, 12:30 PM »

Quote from: Vtran4600 on Feb 18, 2016, 09:36 AM

I think I talked to you while you were packing up with your boy

Yes. That was us. Thank you for the offer to share your light. I would have taken you up on that offer but I had to get up early. Also our heater quit working. Pretty discouraging trip overall. It is good to see that there is a great group of guys out there eager to help out a novice in need.

GpaPerchEye · « **Reply #324 on:** Feb 18, 2016, 02:07 PM »

Wgorby. Look up the map from the Mich DNR website. You'll see the hogs back near the center o
The northern third of the lake

baitslayer · « **Reply #325 on:** Feb 18, 2016, 03:48 PM »

On my way to smelt heaven now. Getting to try out my new Eskimo EVO2 for the first time.

Planning on baseline rd. any advice as to the shore ice still broken or ok

Smeltman · « **Reply #326 on:** Feb 18, 2016, 05:40 PM »

Glad I could help Vtran4600. Hope you will be able to use it this year.

It's to bad the quads are breaking up the shoreline. Not sure it will lock up not with this warm weather and winds. Good ice away from shore.

smeltbuster · « **Reply #327 on:** Feb 19, 2016, 12:12 AM »

The shore ice at Baseline , tonight , was not too bad. I heard a different report for the north end boat launch,..... the wind was messing it up, pretty good. Wgorby, did you take your new sled for a swim ?

. Met quite a few new friends tonight , from on here. I think I may have ticked 1 guy off, though. Sorry for asking you to move a bit farther away , but when my friend seen that 4800 lumen light on your sled, he was ready to help me pack up & move. We are finding, that too much green light attracts the plankton & the smelt. The problem is,..... with all the plankton, the bite shuts down. 30- 50 yds. between the brite green lights is about the minimum, that we are trying to achieve. The guy that was fishing w/ me tonight, is probably the best smelt fisherman on Gull. He did not count his fish tonight, but I figured a solid 150- 175. I had exactly 100. He used MY bait, demon glow jigs, a blue/glow Hali & a Custom Patriot rod, along w/ a Broken fish finder , & still kicked butt ! He gave me a few tips, again tonight, the most important one,... get away from the crowd .

dutch3376 · « **Reply #328 on:** Feb 19, 2016, 01:40 AM »

It was nice to meet you tonight smeltbuster. Thanks for the hook up on lookinforpikes smelt flies. Although it was slow, I did see an improvement using them. My buddy and I had kind of come to the same conclusion about fishing so close together with everyone else and wished we had set up a little further away from the group, but with the windy conditions, we weren't to excited to tear down and set up again. We probably managed 60-70 between the two of us(he always outfishes me on Gull too). Hope to see you out there again sometime.

SKIFFLAKEJIMMY · « **Reply #329 on:** Feb 19, 2016, 08:34 AM »

Hey Smeltbuster! Did I see you on Michigan Outdoors last night?

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