Houghton Lake

[brigeton]

For all of you that've given up on Houghton Lake the wife & I fished it last weekend. We got 5 keeper eyes Saturday & 5 keepers Sunday. also about that many short ones & about 75 (no bs) small pike. Also a few smallmouth. If you're not happy with fishin like that leave it to me. All trolling Husky Jerks.

[fishnpbr]

I fished Houghton Lake from the 8th thru the 15th of May and our group also did well on eyes, crappie, and gills. We had no complaints.

[BlueBomber]

Went last year the last week in June for 3 days and got a fair amount of eyes, pike, crappies, and bass. Don't know where the perch and gills were though. Going back this year again for 3 days the week of June 17th.

[Zib]

The walleye fishing should be good in Houghton Lake this year. There was a good walleye spawn in 2006 so there's plenty of 3 year old fish in there to be caught this year. Last year me & my son caught a lot of undersized walleye in the 13" to 14.5" range so they should be 15" to 17" this year. :D

I'll be going up in a few weeks to find out just how good it is.

[Burksee]

Hey! Stop giving up all the good news about HL! :rant: I liked it when everyone complained and said it wasnt any good any more! ;) :D :lol::lol::lol:

Maybe we can hold a M&G up there soon? :)

[mschmidt]

We will be up there for the first time ever in early July. Any tips on catching walleye, pike, bass, etc. would be appreciated. We will be renting a pontoon so keep that in mind. Location on the lake would be the biggest tip. PM me if you can. I have two kids and need to catch some fish to keep them occupied on the boat. I don't like to target bluegill. Anything else would be nice.

[Zib]

We will be up there for the first time ever in early July. Any tips on catching walleye, pike, bass, etc. would be appreciated. We will be renting a pontoon so keep that in mind. Location on the lake would be the biggest tip. PM me if you can. I have two kids and need to catch some fish to keep them occupied on the boat. I don't like to target bluegill. Anything else would be nice.


If you have kids that want to catch fish then you will need to target bluegill. :D The Middle Grounds is my most consistent area for ALL species. Try the deep weed edges for walleye. I like making shorter cast with a jig & leech or a jig & plastic swimbait on the weed edges for walleye. White spinnerbaits & rattle baits will get you some bass & pike. Walleye will move up on the shallow flats )5 - 8 fow) in the evening before sundown.

[brigeton]

If you want to catch a lot but aren't worried about keeping target the pike. Troll some kind of Rapala, smithwick, etc in 8-10 ft.You will get the occasional Walleye as well. Some days they like bright colors better, some days dark colors, but you will always get bit. I go east-west between long point & west shore & south toward the DNR launch. Some stretches are pretty weedy but other areas aren't bad.

[scottyhoover]

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