looking for help and advice for fishing Budd Lake
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looking for help and advice for fishing Budd Lake
Hello all I am planning a trip to the folks place on Houghton lake in July after the 4th and wanted to try out Budd Lake while I was there. Never fished there before and was gonna bring up my casting and flyfishing gear. any advice or tips to attack this lake I would be very greatful. Thank you and tight lines all.
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Three's not much to this tiny lake and you could fish the whole thing in a few hours. The water is usually clear-ish and the fish act accordingly, usually lots of follows and few biters if conditions aren't good. You'll see shallow movements with low light and the fish moving to the weedline with brighter sky. Oddly enough, they do suspend in the main basin and it's always worth a look out there regardless of conditions. The biggest fish (45"+) I've caught there have been suspendos, up high over the deepest water.
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When it was hot with high surface water temp mid summer last year my boat had the best luck working the deeper areas with Bondy's and jigs after the sun got up. It's a fun lake to fish and if there are active fish you can usually find a couple since the lake is small.
Below is some video of a 3 fish day on Budd we had early October. It's not gonna win any awards but it was fun to make.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGwDqrAf_rk
Below is some video of a 3 fish day on Budd we had early October. It's not gonna win any awards but it was fun to make.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGwDqrAf_rk
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thanks for the help....good things I have contour lines to followWill Schultz wrote:Three's not much to this tiny lake and you could fish the whole thing in a few hours. The water is usually clear-ish and the fish act accordingly, usually lots of follows and few biters if conditions aren't good. You'll see shallow movements with low light and the fish moving to the weedline with brighter sky. Oddly enough, they do suspend in the main basin and it's always worth a look out there regardless of conditions. The biggest fish (45"+) I've caught there have been suspendos, up high over the deepest water.
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Good video looks like you guys had fun.treeman wrote:When it was hot with high surface water temp mid summer last year my boat had the best luck working the deeper areas with Bondy's and jigs after the sun got up. It's a fun lake to fish and if there are active fish you can usually find a couple since the lake is small.
Below is some video of a 3 fish day on Budd we had early October. It's not gonna win any awards but it was fun to make.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGwDqrAf_rk
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