A Day on the Water — Foam Diver

2) Shallows are crazy hot for Bowfin. May 3, 2020

Bowfin Foam Diver

2) Shallows are crazy hot for Bowfin.  May 3, 2020

This cloudy, fertile southern Michigan lake is known (by a few) as a great place to see or maybe catch a stocked musky.  Bass and Channel cats vary in size as year classes cycle in and out, some years have produced big bass or channel cats.  It has tons of carp, small bluegills and small crappie. Opening day Musky trips have always been futile for me, typically no fish of any kind to be found.  Spring sunshine and wind can pile up warm water on the north (South facing) side of a lake where the food chain is primed to...

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