Flat River
Lowell, MI
Take: Largemouth (2), Rock Bass (13)

Fished for a short while in lowell this afternoon. Caught a largemouth (10″) under the tree hanging off the dam island on a green/clear cho. Also caught a rock bass (8″) in the same place on the same lure.

Worked: Green/Clear Cho Asai Shad
DIdn’t Work: Firetiger Zander Shad

Grand River
Lowell, MI
Take: -

Started at the boat launch. Lots of fry in the water and quite a few shad running through, but nothing of any size.

Didn’t Work: Baby Bass Big Bass Shad, Black/White Mid Wart

Flat River
Lowell, MI
Take: Smallmouth (4)

Moved down to the Mill Pond. Didn’t get much fishing in as the mosquitos have gone wild in the hatch and my arms not look like dinner to them. In the short time I did manage to stir up a 14″ smallmouth on a green/clear cho shad. Quite a few nice bass rolling in the shad tonight but it wasnt worth being dinner.

Worked: Green/Clear Cho Asai Shad
Didn’t Work: Blue/White Jr. Thunderstick, Perch Zander Shad

Flat River
Lowell, MI
Take: Rock Bass (64,65,66,67), Smallmouth (53)

Fished in Lowell on the mill pond tonight. The weeds are getting thick and the water low. The temperature is beginning to cool through, and the water is reflecting that. Caught 2 little rock bass (6″,7″) under the railroad tressle. Caouldn’t stir anything up in the thick of the weeds so I moved down the barrel stream to the tressle and caught a smallmouth (9″) and another rock bass (7″). Moving up the island stream I found one more rock bass (8″) in the center behind the rock pile.

Worked: Firetiger Cho Asai Shad, Smoke SubWart
Didn’t Work: Craw Jig (Motor Oil)

Flat River
Lowell, MI
Take: Rock Bass (45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54)

Caught a bunch of rock bass in lowell tonight. (7″,6″,8″,7″,6″,8″,8″,7″,7″,5″). Fishing with a firetiger cho, caught the first six under the pier from upstream on the wall. Caught the next two from direct upstream of the end of the pier. Caught the next two down from the open dam fishing the current’s edge and the last one off the end of the pier again. Fun night. Nothing with any size, but fun nonetheless.

Worked: Firetiger Cho Asai Shad, Green/Clear Cho Asai Shad
Didn’t Work: Firetiger Zander Shad, Baby Bass Cho Asai Shad

Flat River
Lowell, MI
Take: Largemouth (5), Rock Bass (36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44), Smallmouth (45)

Making my way down the barrell stream yielded a 5″ largemouth under the cross stream log. Under the east tressel there was a rock bass (7″). Caught two more rock bass off the end of the pier (7″,8″). Found a smallmouth (11″) in the hole downstream of the pier. Strangely, it was the first smallie I caught in the last fifteen fish. Caught another rock bass (6″) in the same spot. Finished upstream of the pier and caught a few rockies (8″,9″,6″,6″,6″). Pretty good night.

Worked: Green/Clear Cho Shad, Baby Bass Cho Shad, Firetiger Cho Shad

Flat River
Lowell, MI
Take: Rock Bass (29,30,31,32,33,34)

Fished the pond again today. Caught a rock bass (8″) off the east dam on a yearling bass cho, another (7″) off the pier on a firetiger zander, andother (6″) off the island on a firetiger cho and three more (7″,7″,8″) under the tressle.

Worked: Yearling Bass Cho Asai Shad, Firetiger Zander Shad, Firetiger Cho Asai Shad

Flat River
Lowell, MI
Take: Northern Pike (6), Rock Bass (25,26,27,28), Smallmouth (43,44)

Fished the mill pond this evening. Caught a northern pike (8″) on the first cass on a yearling bass cho shad in the grass up from the barrel stream. Moving over to the railcar pier with the same lure brought in 3 rock bass (6″,7″,8″) off the end of the pier. Changed to a green/clear cho and back to the grass and caught two smallmouths (11″12″) off the edge of the island while a big pike, probably 31-32″, kept circing me, angry because I was on his turf I guess. On the way out fished past the pier again and caught one more rock bass (8″). Very good night.

Worked: Bass Cho Asai Shad, Green/Clear Cho Asai Shad
Didn’t Work: Firetiger Zander Shad, Chartreuse/Blue/White Cho Asai Shad

Farwell Pond
Farwell, MI
Take: -

Stopped here since last time we had good success there, but couldn’t entice a damn thing to bite on the beds. Dad stirred a little pike off the weedline, but that was it for two hours fishing.

Didn’t Work: Gold/Red Little Cleo (2/5oz.), Watermelon Stinger (1/2oz.), Black/Chartreuse Baby 1-, Smoke Subwart, Gizard Shad Swim’N Image, Chartreuse/Blue/White Cho Asai Shad, Green/Clear Cho Asai Shad, Baby Bass Cho Asai Shad

Perch Lake
Lake Station, MI
Take: -

Too many jet skis churning up this tiny lake to get any real fishing in.

DIdn’t Work: Perch Zander Shad, Firetiger Jr. Thunderstick, Green/Clear Cho Asai Shad

Muskegon River
Evart, MI
Take: -

Fished evart in a last resort. Couldn’t stir anything up. Can only assume with the plentiful supply of craw on the shores that the bass only feed after dark when they have an advantage.

Didn’t Work: Firetiger Zander Shad, Crawdad Cho Asai Shad, Crawdad Asai Shad

Chippewa River
Isabella Cty, MI
Take: Largemouth Bass (4)

Started under the school road bridge, caught a tiny (4″) largemouth on a little red and white eppinger.

Fished the gravel pit at Majeski Landing. No real cover for the fish, mostly hanging out near the main stream through the center of the pit.

Worked: Red/White Daredevil Eppinger (3/16oz.)
Didn’t Work: Green/Clear Cho Asai Shad, Baby Bass Asai Shad, Tennessee Shad Phantom Minnow

Weidman Pond
Weidman, MI
Take: -

Couldn’t stir up anything either on the west side or the top of the dam, nor the stream below.

Didn’t Work: Blue/Silver Krocodile (#3), Black/Chartreuse Cho Asai Shad, Watermelon Stinger (1/2oz.), Firetiger Asai Shad, Goby Jointed Wally Diver, Frog Tourney Crank