It's chucked full of smallmouth and walleye and catfish. Limited pike. Decent crappie.

It's a tough lake to fish though and be careful of stumps from November 1st to June 1st when the lake isn't at full level.

Good launch facilities with 5 docks. $55 a year or two free dirt launches.

Opening morning walleye were hungry.

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It's chucked full of smallmouth and walleye and catfish. Limited pike. Decent crappie.

It's a tough lake to fish though and be careful of stumps from November 1st to June 1st when the lake isn't at full level.

Good launch facilities with 5 docks. $55 a year or two free dirt launches.

Opening morning walleye were hungry.

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Any day passes cost$?

 

Fishing on holloway is great when you learn it. Big crappie. Lots of walleye. Loads of small smallmouth bass. A 3lber would be a big one on that lake. If you like carp and catfish there are also loads of those. If you want to fish largemouth you can go upriver and fish laydowns. Lots of great banks for that.

The ramp is a $55 a yr non resident fee. It is half that for residents of genesse county. It has a nice access for that price. Gets very busy sat and sunday from memorial day til labor day and will fill up to capicity with a long line waiting for a spot to open.

They lower the water in October and do not start raising it up until around april 15th and typically takes 10 days to reach nirmal levels.

 

Thanks for the info! Love some walleye and love fighting smallmouth!

Thanks for the heads up about the water levels too, would suck to hit a stump.

How's the water depth up river? Boat depth or better for a kayak?

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You can get a flat bottom up to the north and south branch split pretty easy but after that it gets tough.

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I live 5 minutes from the launch and love fishing it for walleye and smallies out of my kayak! Like Layvon said, it can get crazy once the weather warms on the weekends and in the evenings, but you figure out where and when to go

 

Fairly nearby cs mott reservoir has similar fishery and is more quiet too, so if holloway is a froth you might consider there.

 

$10 a day


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And Mott is no wake I believe, correct me if I'm wrong, haven't fished it in years but use to do well on walleye there

 

You are correct. No wake.

 

I appreciate all the info, I'm excited to get away from the suburbs and to explore some new waters.

 

I've lived about 5 miles from both Mott and Holloway for more than 50 years (Mott hadn't been dammed up back then), and I have a little bit of experience fishing both. When you get up here, drop me a line and maybe we can fish together and I'll show you some spots.

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Sounds like a plan! I drove up this past weekend just to check out the area and see the lake. Man did it look beautiful! It was nice to not see a million houses lining the shores, and I loved how you also have the river north of the lake to explore too. Saw lots of kayakers as well, and some boys bowfishing...which is another thing I'll have to get into!

 

If you like Holloway, wait until you see Mott. Smaller and not as deep, but plenty of good fishing, and no houses. I've caught lots of fish out of both, but my personal best walleye (26") came out of Mott. It's no wake rules make it much less hectic.

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Sounds great too! The no wake does sound appealing during the hot summer months when I've heard Holloway gets pretty insane.

 

Took the family to Holloway 5/30, got a few hours of fishing in while my daughter took a nap. Trolled hot n tots, bandits, flicker minnows, and reef runners. 2 whiffs and 2 hookups, 1 14 inch walleye on a flicker minnow and the other on the reef runner. Hits came after I upped the speed to 2.2-2.4, along the river channel a lil south of the launch. Water was 62-65 in the main lake and as low as 58 up near columbiaville. LOTS of boats out today, should be insane tomorrow. Bass tourney there this morning, too.

 

Took the family to Holloway 5/30, got a few hours of fishing in while my daughter took a nap. Trolled hot n tots, bandits, flicker minnows, and reef runners. 2 whiffs and 2 hookups, 1 14 inch walleye on a flicker minnow and the other on the reef runner. Hits came after I upped the speed to 2.2-2.4, along the river channel a lil south of the launch. Water was 62-65 in the main lake and as low as 58 up near columbiaville. LOTS of boats out today, should be insane tomorrow. Bass tourney there this morning, too.

We bassed fished a fair amount the last week and caught couple a couple of nice walleyes inadvertantly each day in 6-8' of water dragging plastics on the bottom. Fish were in he 21-22" range. Only caught one short walleye that was 13". Dark colors like black and blue produced best.

 

On the bow fishing note there's 3 places to launch a boat publicly that I know of outside of the parks control.

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