Michigan Fishing

Headed back out to Paw Paw Lake this morning to try and get me another Bass or two, but no such luck today.  The Largemouth Bass were not biting from the pier location. I even tried out my new Bass Pro Shops Power Plus Graphite Casting Rod  with the Zebco Omega Z03 Pro reel and a Cabela's Shallow Suspending rad Shad and no such luck. That is ok, it is still nice to just be able to go fishing and enjoy the outdoors.

This morning I decided to drive a bit further to a fishing pier out on Paw Paw Lake, it is not too much farther than the river. I read that there is a nice assortment of species here and wanted to give a try at some largemouth bass fishing. I setup my rod with a Texas Rig with a new worm I purchased yesterday and a 1/4 oz bullet weight. Well about 90 minutes into fishing, I caught my first Largemouth Bass.  I was so excited and nervous that I did not want to kill the fish, so I did not weight this one, but from the looks of it, it was probably just over 1 lb.

Today was a trip to the closest Bass Pro Shops I have, which is in Portage, IN. Originally we went out for a few hours so we could bug spray the house, but it was still a nice ride out. I did not have much on my shopping list, but once you go up and down the aisle, the items keeping adding up. I picked up few more bullet weights, hooks, worms and some hard baits for bass. $74 dollars later and I was ready to leave (well not really, the wife and son wanted to leave as I still had a second floor I had not seen yet), maybe next time I’ll go by myself.

Went out for the first time in almost a decade just a few blocks from the house down to Paw Paw River. I hear this location is good for panfish (Bluegill and Crappies) so I set up my pole for some Crappie fishing. Unfortunately after 2 hours, nothing was caught. Till next time.

I know blogs are probably now considered dinosaurs with every thing on Facebook now, but I am old school and prefer to keep a diary using a blog.  This will be a place for me to write about my fishing adventures. It has been a long time since I last went fishing (probably close to 10 years when I lived in Arizona), but as I am now living in Michigan, and getting older, I am looking for some more outdoor activities, so I thought why not fishing. In the next 5-7 years the plan is for my wife and I t relocate once more in Northern Michigan (lower Northern Michigan) and once there, it will be nothing but outdoor activities.  While spending last week up there visiting, and checking on our lots, we also went to Jay's Sporting Goods in Gaylord, MI (not to far from our property) and I decided to get a start on my new fishing hobby. I walked out of Jay's with a new pole, tackle bag, bait and some tools and now I am excited to start going fishing.  Unfortunately we do not own a boa...