Gull Lk.

[Drake]

Has anyone heard or been out on Gull Lk.?????

[fishctchr]

I fish Gull at least a couple times a week, fishings been ok, not many limit catches out of this lake, some of the locals that are very good deep water fishermen take a limit once in a while. The fish (gills)have been in 38 to 48 feet of water in 3 or 4 different places on the lake. Some nice pike have been taken also, I personally gaffed a 20 pounder for a guy, and heard about a 25 pounder taken at the conference 2 weeks ago.If you are planning on fishing Gull for gills you need a fishfinder and a strong pair of legs because you may have to cover a lot of ice to find the fish, and strong arms cause the ice is 14 to 16 inches thick in most places.

[yankee2]

FISHCTCHR
Is there a place to park at the Conference?

thanks
y2

[SKUNK]

I've never fished Gull myself on the ice, but I've nailed alot of nice gills there out of the boat. I'm working with 2 guys that fished it very heavy this winter for pike and they killed 'em all winter long at some place they call the Hogsback. Good luck!

[fishctchr]

You can park by the chapel which is a block over to the northwest of the main conference center or at the conference if there isn't something going on. I was going today but the daughter has been home sick all week and dad has to to watch her, oh well the wind is blowing like heck anyway.(maybe tomorrow)

[Drake]

fishctchr, I drive by the north end of Gull Lk. every day and I'm a little rough on knowing the lake , is there a light colored ice shanty at the spot called the hogs back? might come down some time this weekend.

[fishctchr]

Yes there is a shanty on the northwest edge of the big hogsback and then there is also a shanty in front of Ross township park. I fished today and it was a little slow, only took 15 gills in 5 hours that I kept. The warmer weather this weekend will hopefully turn them on a little better.

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Capt.Dave

[Drake]

fishctchr,is it much of a walk from the conference parking lot to the Hogsback? Also what are the fish hitting on??? I thought of going to Lk. Ovid but that is a bit of a drive. I'm flipping a coin over Thonapple Lk. or Gull Lk.

[yankee2]

Thanks fishctchr,
Fished out from the Conference fri. nite.
13" good ice.
Couple young fellows doing good on pike, tip-ups.
Bites were slow, but still took home couple nice gills, 25 ft.water, light bites, 2'/3' off bottom.
Last month or so its been slow, but i got a feeling things are going to pick up! 'Last ice action'! ?
y2

[fishctchr]

If you are going to walk out to the hogbacks you should park and access the lake at baseline rd., it's still a good hike out there but it would take you half a day to walk there from the conference. If you have a quad you could park at the north end and drive out. I've been driving my car out to where I fish but the ice is heaving up on the shoreline making access difficult. I took 15 thurs.,21 on fri., and 18 on sat. but put in a lot of hours to get them most people didn't do near as well. I use mostly spikes but at times wigglers work real well. The water is so deep where we catch them that it's difficult to tell a bite as you have a lot of line stretch and they have been rather finicky lately.

[Drake]

Looks like I goofed, went to Thonapple Lk. instead of Gull Lk. on saturday . Went by Gull Lk. sunday at the baseline rd. access the ice is bad , all broken up.