evilcatfish

The Traverse City area is definitely worthy of consideration. Amazing fishing in East/West Grand Traverse Bay (lake Michigan) and there are a plethora of excellent inland lakes as well. This is also a good family vacation destination as there are lots of fun entertainment options for the non-fishermen.

Looks like another contender in the wake market coming out from fish lab. You’ll have to scroll down a bit in the link to see it http://www.tackletour.com/reviewicast20fishlabhydraglide.html

Good to hear it was changed to CPR format!

Unless I'm missing them somehow, it appears Beaver Creek Campground took down all the posts related to the "tournament" on their Facebook page.

That's an awesome fish right there! Heading that way tomorrow, fingers crossed I'll be blessed with such a catch

https://www.facebook.com/BeaverCreekCanoeRental/

Looks like somebody else already posted this was a bad idea on his Facebook page. I added a question for clarification. Beaver Creek Campground is a nice place but this is pretty lame https://beavercreekcampground.com/

Am I reading this right? Its basically a catch and eat/kill smallmouth tournament? Hopefully this will be the 1st and last annual tournament of this kind they host

The Daiwa Fuego is a beautifully performing reel, especially at its price point.

Thanks for sharing, no doubt this was a day you'll never forget. Makes me wish I could hit the water but don't see that happening until things calm down with work

Awesome catches Bill! I'm curious, do you use an extra long-lighter power rod like the guys down in Tennessee do, or more standard spinning equipment? I've had some success with the technique and enjoy doing it, but don't feel I do it enough to have a specialized setup.

I replied to your message immediately, when I hadn't heard back by this morning I figured you lost interest, my mistake.

The baits are no longer available, if anything changes I’ll let you know

No longer available

Hell of a first post