It was a hedonistic weekend with friends on North Manitou Island. After catching the ferry from Leland we hiked to the southern part of the island and set up a base-camp near the beach and mapped out our hiking agenda. After exploring and probing the Lake Michigan shoreline in search of golden bonefish(carp) waters turned out to be a moot point, a hike to the inland lake proved to be the best smallmouth bass lake fishing I have ever had. Far outweighing past days in northern Minnesota, the size, weight, and numbers of fish caught made for an almost unbelievable fish story. It was an epic weekend for smallies on North Manitou Island lake.
© 2010 Mark Ringlever
