Who's going?
June 18, 19
Ellsworth Lake/Upper Antrim Chain
This outing will not have any scheduled lunch or dinner but for those interested in getting and sharing information about the chain please meet at the Ellsworth Lake boat launch at first light on June 18th. At that point, those interested can arrange other times to get together for lunch, dinner or around a campfire.
Lodging and Camping:
Cedars Resort on Benway is a nice place and they enjoy having muskie anglers on site. <url url="[Permission to view this media is denied]
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Wooden shoe campground overlooks Ellsworth Lake at the north end of the lake. The ramp on Ellsworth is about ½ mile from the campground. <url url="[Permission to view this media is denied]
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or 231-588-6362.
Most definitely planning on going, and my week of vacation up there starts the next weekend, so hopefully I can take the boat up for this, and then leave it there.
Also to throw one out for the Ellsworth community, the golden nugget has great burgers, pizza, and beer, and the Front Porch has some really good cinnamon rolls for breakfast (along with other stuff of course, but the rolls are darn good)… Especially good after a night at the nugget!
Out of curiosity what other fishing oppurtunities are available in the upper chain that time of year. Good Smallmouth fishing? Wallye? Panfish? Theres a good chance I would bring someone not that into the whole muskie thing and we would spend some time targeting other species. If anyone has some info that would be great.
"Mayhem" said:
Out of curiosity what other fishing oppurtunities are available in the upper chain that time of year. Good Smallmouth fishing? Wallye? Panfish? Theres a good chance I would bring someone not that into the whole muskie thing and we would spend some time targeting other species. If anyone has some info that would be great.
Basically everything you mentioned. Smallies and largemouths are good targets with good size and numbers. Good panfishing if you can find the bigger fish like anywhere really. Lots of mid sized pike, and fair walleyes. Same is true for almost any of the 7 upper lakes.
"jasonvkop" said:
I'm definitely interested in going, but will need to hop in the boat with someone else most likely. Is the outing only on Ellsworth lake or can we go anywhere on the chain? I probably wouldn't fish the other lakes, but just curious.
The outing is anywhere on the chain.
From Ellsworth you can reach all of the lakes downstream to the dam at Bellaire. Getting from Ellsworth to St Calir requires something small that you can walk upstream.
"Cyberlunge" said:
[quote="Will Schultz"]Getting from Ellsworth to St Clair requires something small that you can walk upstream.
It also helps to be partially insane and you better NOT be afraid of spiders…
anything over an eighty inch beam is gong to be real tough to get through there.
Kevin
I will have an open seat in my renovated 74" Crestliner for such said person 🙂
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