Sanford Lake

Minnow00 · Post by **Minnow00** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 9:14 pm

I've been out trolling on the weekends up and down the channel, seeing some suspended fish and lots of floating weeds but haven't hooked anything since mid June.

Jim tenHaaf · Post by **Jim tenHaaf** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 9:22 pm

Look for upcoming Meetings/Events to be posted. MMA is having an outing on Sanford lake in September. There will be a presentation given on fishing the lake at our September meeting in Lansing.

Minnow00 · Post by **Minnow00** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 9:42 pm

I'll keep an eye out for that. I'm a novice at Muskie and I'm trying to learn all I can to improve my chances of catching more of them consistantly. I like fishing Sanford its close by and easy on and off at the Sanford Lake Marina 24 hours a day.

hemichemi · Post by **hemichemi** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 5:18 pm

NOTICE:

The MMA meeting at 7 PM at Tripper's in Lansing on Thurs, Sept 10 (note: not usual date!) will include a seminar on Sanford by the fabulous Duke LeBaron. You should get confirmation in the Aug. Figure Eight any day now...

The MMA outing at Sanford will be Saturday, Sept. 19th.

BrokenWing · Post by **BrokenWing** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 5:53 pm

What is the water like in Sanford? Is it stained like Hudson or clear like LSC?

Rich

Minnow00 · Post by **Minnow00** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 7:52 pm

On a sunney day when the lake is quiet you can see the tops of weeds about 2'; max 3' down. It's stained water.

hemichemi · Post by **hemichemi** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 9:40 pm

Oops! I posted the wrong OUTING date earlier. My post above is correct now.

The meeting and seminar will be on the SECOND Thursday of September, the 10th, though.

Jim tenHaaf · Post by **Jim tenHaaf** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 10:08 pm

Duke gives an awesome presentation. Pair that with good food, great company, and beer, and you've got the best Thursday night ever!! Be sure to show up there.

Abomb · Post by **Abomb** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 10:51 pm

BrokenWing wrote:What is the water like in Sanford? Is it stained like Hudson or clear like LSC?

Rich

When the water clears up (which I assume it hasn't quite yet) you can see down to the bottom at 6-7 when it is sunny. It generally is no where near as turbid as hudson or ovid, but when it rains it gets muddy.

Corey K · Post by **Corey K** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:59 pm

Some slugs of muddy water today, otherwise good visibility today. Some of the areas are dirtier this year, IMO because the weeds are not matted up, so everyone drives over the flats. Its weird because I watch most of these people and they live on the lake, you would think they would know where the channel is by now. Anyways some stumps right now are within prop distance, and the water will probably be lower for the outing, so be careful. Also the launch at the Sanford lake marina is already getting pretty blown out, so when you load (if you power load), just go up on idle, so the lady doesn't yell at you.