report from hubbard lake

[east bay ed]

well most of the guys and gals have headed home. i just want to thank everyone again for a good time. most everyone took home some walleye and three guys took home some nice perch. i think the biggest perch was 1#14oz. doughboy outfished everyone on friday. the boys from ohio limited out on eyes and had a nice perch on saturday. sunday was a little slower and most guys left around 11am.
thanks to dz taxidermy for donating a free mount for one of the ohio guys perch.
also thanks to fishfoote for the hamburgers and skeeter for the door prizes.
i also want to thank the local people who help with this outing, hubbard lake motor lodge, smokey's bar, and hubbard lake tavern.

[chad 1]

Well It was nice meeting you ed and all the other michigan-sportsman out there!
It was great to put some faces with the names:D such as Icefishin nut, one eye, trail finder, whale, hoffie, joe's cat doeboy and ect. Also sorry if i spelled the names wrong:p
Here are some pics I got of a few.

Here is a pic of sportsman, my dad, Icefishingnuts friend and icenut himself holdind the only fish he got saturday
:p

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/500/1272Image005.jpg

next is hoffie in front and whale in the back.

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/500/1272Image012.jpg

Here is a perch icenuts friend got. You should have seen nut crying. It was pittifull:D

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/500/1272Image010.jpg

Here is a eye sportsman got.

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/500/1272Image014.jpg

Gteat too meet you all!!!

chad1

[Doughboy]

Yup, even a blind dog gets lucky but MANY thanks go to the Starter of this outing and that's East Bay Outfitters- East Bay Ed and crew. I've got a new favorite lure for those walleyes thanks to Ed. And a special thanks to Not Much Time for listening to all my fish stories and I Thought that 13 plus inch perch you caught was going be the winner darn.

[Skeeter]

Hubbard Lake and area was just beautiful in the winter. First off I would like to thank (East Bay Outfitters- East Bay Ed) Ed, his brother, mom, not sure if that was his wife or not but anyway the feast was something else. I mean if a person went a way hungry it was their own fault. Bergers, dogs, chili, another soup, MEAT BALLS (were out of this world) chips and coffee. Thanks so much. Didn't get to say thanks when I left as I jumped in the truck to go back out fishing with DZ and wife. Was very nice meeting all of you. Man that was great. My nephew from Flordia caught 2 fish and was in his glory, son and his girl friend caught 3 and had a blast. I am looking forward to going back some day. Kinda looking at the bay right now as soon as I get rested up. The people who owned the cabin, hotel, and the people at Smokey's were all so kind. Thanks to all of you in Hubbard for having the Michigan Sportsman Gang for a weekend! Nels

[hoffie1]

That was a fun outing!The people that i met from the site were outstanding! It was also nice to see friends that i met from other outings again.Hope we do it again.

hoffie

[TrailFndr]

What an AWESOME outing. EastBayEd and crew did a simply Fantastic job. It was great meeting so many people up there.

I met sooo many people, I KNOW I can'tpossibly name them all, But Ed, IcefishingNut, EyeBuster, Chad, Whale, Skeeter, Hoffie, DZ, WoodsmanRick, JoeCat, DoughBoy, and TOO many others to remember.

Got 3 walleye for the trip and had more fun than I have had in a LONG time. what a great bunch of out door entusiasts :)

I'll try to post a few pics once I get some time,

Thanks again to EastBayEd, anyone that heads up his way PLEASE stop by and talk to him..he is knowledgable and even friendly

[1sh0t]

What a weekend, but it did have its ups and downs for me, check out the proper way to bait a hook and you will see. I would like to give a special thanks to ed for all the work you did and for the the safety glasses :D and it was great meeting all of the MS people having a ball out on the ice here are a few pictures that i have, that the others havnt posted yet, and i know from the size of this perch that i will be back there again.

TrailFndr(sp)

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/536/2348tn_P1010034.jpg

how bout this perch

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/533/2348tn_P1010035.jpg

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/533/2348tn_P1010036.jpg


;)
Dan

[The Whale]

Great time with a great group of M-S people as usual !!! Even nicer driving out to the fish, beautiful conditions.

Joe'sCat and Hoffie just hanging out.......
http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/536/1180HUB_JOE___HOFFIE-thumb.JPG

Another "Big Dog" Perch - they run with the 'eyes !!!

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/542/1180HUB_JUMBO_1-thumb.jpg

So glad to make the trip, big fun, even had a Bob Seger concert on the ice !!!


Whale :D :cool:

[eyebuster]

I need to get in on this too, Thanks Ed for putting this thing together is was a blast aside from the hospital trip of course:eek: we, myself 1shot(dan), LOngbeard(jason) we appreciate all the help and all the work you put into this. Man the characters ;) I meet this weekend, I'm not going to name names I would surely forget one and that just wouldn't be right all are good people. I'll bring up one thing about one of the fine members of this site, and that would be "Ice Fishin Nut", since he nor I were able to land a fish, one of us would call that person a farging bastage, so to speak and that someone wasn't me:D what do you say about that IFN;) Once again, thanks to all for a great time......

[ice fishin' nut]

Well, yes,,, that would be me,,,:D I can't believe that I could'nt land one bloody fish!!!! I sure had a great time though!

Thanks again Ed for putting this thing on!!!!

Was nice to meet some new faces, and to finally meet Chad. We need to make this a yearly event, I know I would be there!!!! I need revenge agains the fish and the "farging bastage's":p

Was great to see some old faces also, for awhile there I was starting to think that Joe's Cat fell off the face of the web!!!

I am working on posting some pics, so they will be coming in a few,,,, Again, Thanks to ED!!!!!!

[Lundy43123]

Wow, what can I say, you Michigan guys are ok after all.

Only two of us from Ohio made the trip up to fish Hubbard but we had a great time.

Ed did a great job of answering our 100's of questions about the lake and keeping us on top of the fish. Now if Ed could just make them bite. We fished for four days. We caught no fish Thursday morning, 4 very nice walleye Thursday evening, 1 fish all day Friday, 18 walleye and 1 perch Saturday and 1 small walleye Sunday. I watched fish almost full time on the camera from Thursday afternoon on, and saw a bunch of the big perch on Sunday morning but just couldn't get them to bite.. so anyway a great big thank you to Ed.

Also a big thank you to DZ Taxidermy for donating the perch mount for this outing. I saw the recent work he did on his smallmouth mount and I'm sure this perch will turn out awesome also. Some of you I'm sure are disapointed that the perch mount was won by someone from Ohio, but you should be getting used to losing to Ohio, right?

I'm sorry that I didn't meet many of you, I was working very hard in the shanty trying to catch these fish that I was seeing on the camera, and during Ed's lunch was one of our hot periods on Saturday for catching fish, sorry we missed the lunch.

My best laugh for the weekend was the "Whale" on the radio, when he was driving on the ice for I guess his first time. We he neared his destination out on the ice he said " you couldn't drive a nail up my **** right now". It was funny to me because of my first time ever driving on the ice at Hubbard two years ago, very similar feelings.

Thanks to everyone and I look forward to fishing with you Michigan guys again. GO BLUE!!! , just kidding

Kim

:D :D

[woodsman rick]

WOW what a weekend, Thanks Ed & family, we all had a great time. It was nice to meet everyone. The help and info from everybody was great.

The one thing we all must remember is that some of our members are thinking of the future, that is why IFN keep releasing his fish. :D Boy what a guy. :D :D

Look forward to seeing everyone again.

Rick

[kbkrause]

Well,

Thanks East Bay Ed for putting this thing on. Sounds like you had some good grub at the lunchen, sorry we missed it. I'm going to use the fishing pole I won this weekend. :D

We saw some huge perch on the ice and some good walleye, but my group got skunked. I still had a good time. Also, because of all the hype there was for the buckshot rattle jig, there was a purcahase, or two made on the way home... :)

Was nice to meet some new faces and see some of the people I met at the Lexington outing. I'm sure I'll see some of you guys out on LSC in the weeks to come.

Thanks to IFN and eyebuster for getting us some holes fast with their power augers. I may have buy one in the future.

Also, because of this trip BuddhaBelly going to be so kind as to buy me a new coleman lantern. I didnt hava a post for the ice hole hijinks!? (http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=243758#post243758) thread until now. :) :) :) Thanks Buddha...

[Melon]

Even though we drove up 5 hours to get to hubbard lake and came home empty handed, we had fun. We were at least able to catch a buzz on the ice:D Thanks to East Bay Ed for all the goodies and for setting everything up.

[Fishfoote]

What a great weekend and great bunch of people! Huge thanks to Ed, Heidi and his parents for lunch! I've got to get some pictures out as soon as I get a chance. The Morning View Lodge team (me and Fish Factor) managed a respectable 4 eyes (me 1, Fish Factor 3) and several shorties that had to go back in the hole...not to mention those that refused to come out of the hole (must have been a lite-bite weekend). I will definitely be heading back for the next two weekends. Fish Factor will be joining me for the Magnum Tournament on the 15th. Anyone else that will be heading that way let us know and we'll have to hook up!

[Fish Factor]

What a fantastic time! It was great to meet everyone and I look forward to fishing with you guys again. Ed thanks for everything. What wonderful family and friends you have. You certainly put on a first class outing.The offshore lunch was just awesome.
Fishfoote thanks for your hospitality. The accommodations were 5 star. I look forward to seeing everyone in two weeks.

[Outcast]

I Had a GREAT Time This weekend. this was my first time ice fishing. they call me the outcast or as most of you guys,ice fishin nots buddy. i caught a real nice perch and a good eye. i am new to this site. so i have not posted any thing. but as i can im in a lot of the pictures with my fish. i am kind of a local up their, my dad lives in hubbard lake. i have fished the lake many times in the summer from a boat. i have always done very well. i would like to see a summer outing. I think it would be a lot of fun. I would like to thank all the guys gave me a lot of helpout there. i think i had about 15 guys try to get in the shanty with me when i caught my first eye through the ice. telling me how to land that fish,well it worked.

[woodsman rick]

A summer outing sounds great.

Hey Ed, those eyes to bite in the summer?:D Do you place boats out on the lake like you do shantys?
:D :D

[notmuchtime]

Thanks to all who got this outing going. I had a blast. It was nice meeting all the other sportsmen and women (DZ's wife). Thanks Ed for the patience in answering all the questions we had and putting us on the fish. As for me, I caught 7 eyes and a perch Sat and 1 eye where the Ohio guys were on Sun. I am looking forward to another outing. Hopefully I'll be seeing "y'all" on the water soon.

P.S. Good Luck Longbeard - '02 State Runner up @160 lbs.
'03 State Champion @145 lbs. ?
Kane:D

[notmuchtime]

Forgot to mention that only 3 of the 7 on Sat. were keepers and the one on Sun. was a keeper also. All at 15-16".

[ice fishin nut]

Here are the pic's as promised.....

It would'nt have been possible without the organization of this guy!!!! Not only can he put together an outing, but he can cook as well!!!
http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/536/5328ourhost.jpg

Speaking of cooking, look at these guys eat!!!!
http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/536/5328chowtime.jpg

Here is a great Father & Son team, Eyebuster and 1sh0t
http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/536/5328fatherson.jpg

A new found friend and fishing buddy, TrailFndr.(farging bastage)
http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/536/5328leewalleye.jpg

And one of my buddy Outcast with his first ever fish through the ice. (I think I was more excited than he was!!!!!)
http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/536/5328jerrywalleye.jpg

woodsman rick way off in the distance (didnt want to catch the skunk from me!!!)
http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/536/5328woodrick.jpg

I had a ball Guys and Girl(DZ's wife). Would be great to do it again next year!!!

[eyebuster]

Hey Outcast it was my pleasure meeting you and I'd be up for that summer outing, NO QUESTION. As far as getting getting the eye on the ice, you did just fine without all the help from us NO FISHIN BASTAGES. (IFN & myself) of course:D :eek: :confused:

BTW, welcome to the site.

[ice fishin nut]

But if you and I go up there, what are we supposed to do???? We know we cant catch fish, so I guess we'll be the designated "Barley Pop" drinkers!!!!;)

[eyebuster]

I'm in, my brother,,,,,,,,,:D

[SPORTSMAN]

It was great meeting all of you guys from the site. Too many names to mention. Sorry we did'nt make it over for lunch. Maybe next time.

Too some of you that were a little lerry about driving on the ice, here's a pic. for you. Notice all four of Joe's windows open as he drove out on the ice. '' SORRY '' Joe I could'nt resist

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/536/394Feb02_05-med.jpg

[ice fishin nut]

found a few more pics to post.....

LOngbeard with a fine eye he got on Saturday
http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/536/5328kid.jpg

LOngbeard wishing it was his!!!!!
http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/536/53281sh0t.jpg

Look at the head on this guy!!!!:D
http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/536/5328eye.jpg

Is this a happy camper or what???????
http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/536/5328lee.jpg

All weekend long this is what I had to look forward to.....:rolleyes:
http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/536/5328flag.jpg

Oh well, thats all the pic's I have,,,, Lee has some, although I dont think he posted them yet.

[DZtaxidermy]

Thanks to East Bay Ed and everyone else for getting this outing together. This was my first outing and I had a great time. Looking forward to going to some more in the future. My wife had a great time schooling me on the first day with the only walleye landed and two more hook ups. I got to make it up the next day with a walleye for myself. Nice meeting all the members who showed up. Even ice fishin NOT!:D (farging bastage)

[ice fishin nut]

:D LOL.... It was fun though!!!

[Skeeter]

What a great time with a great bunch of guys! My first one also but won't be the last!

[eyebuster]

Hey nut, that pic must have been late in the day. Kinda looks like I may have had a couple of pops before the pic....:D

I think a head like that has probably worn out about 3 bodies....:rolleyes:

Thanks, to my new drinking buddy. We have to be drinkin buds cuz we sure can't catch a farging fish.....;)

[ice fishin nut]

Just think what it would have looked like if you did'nt put on your hat:eek:

Next time we will have to try spearing!!!! LOL Sure cant do any worse than we did this time.:D First guy to bring up a beer can wins!!!!!;)

[Fishfoote]

I put another outting opportunity in the outting forum - Hubbard Lake II...be there or be square!

[GoneFishin]

Ya guys look like ya had a great time, wish I could have made it, but greed and overtime won out.

Just want ta know do they still have the chili in the bread bowl at the "Stone Pile" in Hubbard Lake ?? It sure went good with Budwiser. ;) :D

[Fishfoote]

G.F. there's a tournament going on in the middle of feb...see the outing board - and remember we work to live, not live to work.;)

[GoneFishin]

Will be in MO hunting snow geese that weekend, see it's not all work and no play. :)

[woodsman rick]

Hey now wait a minute. Snow Goose hunting is work, I worked alot harder this past weekend tring to catch fish then I have in a long time (since hunting season anyway).:D I know some people that even get paid to hunt.:eek:

Fishfoote, we cnan't make it to Hubbard Lake II either, that little Daytona thing is the same weekend and Di & I are left turners:p. Have fun, maybe IFN can make it and pratice that hook & release system is likes sooo much:D :D

[Fishfoote]

Not a problem - get a battery operated TV for the shanty....or better yet, break up the fishing with a nice cold one in the comfort of the Hubbard Lake Tavern with 4 tvs for your viewing pleasure:D

[IceDaddy]

Wow that perch sure is a brute! I would hang that on the wall for sure WTG!!! and thanks for sharing the pics!:)

[DZtaxidermy]

Here are my pics
My wife with her first walleye ever!
http://www.danzuck.0catch.com/images/wife.JPG

Winning perch
http://www.danzuck.0catch.com/images/win.JPG

[ice fishin nut]

Somebody has to release those fish for you "farging bastage's" to catch:( ...... So long as me and eyebuster are around, Hubbard Lake will always have fish!!!!!:D Is'nt that right buddy?????

[eyebuster]

That's right IFN, and nobody is gonna take that honor away from us either. I'm so happy I was even on the ice when a perch the size of the one outcasts relative got I'm taking the pic to kinkos or somewhere to get it enlarged to about a 15"x20" picture and put it on the wall just to say I was there:D

[Joe'sCat]

Ditto here too, had a great time at Hubbard! More names to faces, and seeing many of you again too.

[east bay ed]

the real kicker is that for the tournament you will need a perch at least as big as the one that was caught on saturday to win. we have yet to have a perch win that was less then 2.5#. they will start to pop for the next few weeks.

[Outcast]

I think we will have to chip in and hire a diver to put fish on the hook for ice fishin nut and eyebuster. just kidding,i just got lucky catching those two fish. you know the old saying, even a blind squirel finds a nut once in a while. I think a summer outing on hubbard lake would be a great time. outcast.

[eyebuster]

Thanks a lot outcast for the vote of confidence:p but you may be right. What do ya think about your buddy talking smack IFN.:D