The first weekend of ice fishing this season is in the books. A few guys started creeping out on Wednesday trying to catch some of that first ice magic. We’ve been getting good reports of Crappies and a few mixes of Sunfish and Bluegills along with them. Most are staying pretty close to the public […]

We’re slowly winding down out of the dog days of summer and into slightly cooler milder temperatures. After we get over the hump of Labor day fishing usually starts to improve again. But until then focus most of your time fishing in the early morning or later in the evening. Most of the Bluegills and […]

The last weeks has been HOT an SUNNY. Weather more conducive to working on your tan or swimming. Despite the heat and sun anglers are still catching fish. Early mornings have been the best for panfish before the midday sun starts to make the water boil. Bluegills and Sunfish are both being caught that have […]

Right now it seems like the fishing keeps getting better every day. Bluegills and Sunfish are working there way into the shallows and starting to spawn. We’re still seeing lots of Crappie being caught, some still with eggs in them. Bass are being spotted guarding beds. All in all it’s a great time to get […]

It’s been an unusually long and cold spring with water temperatures that are just slowly starting to warm up. Typically this time of year Bass and Bluegills have been on beds for some time but this year they’re just starting to migrate out of the deeper water. As far as Panfish go Crappie have been […]

We’ve been on a decent cold stretch for a couple weeks now. Other area lakes and even some lakes South of us have safe ice now which is taking some of the presure off from Lake Mitchell and Cadillac. Crappie fishing has picked up in the last week on the west side of Lake Mitchell. […]

Saturday, February 1st is the NASF Ice Fishing Contest. The ice looks like we’ll be in good shape for the weekend especially with temperatures in the teens during the week. Currently there is a heavy layer of slush and snow on the two lakes but it is starting to crust up from the top down […]

Currently there is only a handful of lakes in the lower pennisula of Michigan with fishable ice, and Lake Mitchell is one of them. Most all of the lakes South of us are either opening back up or are only skimmed back over and the larger deeper lakes to the North are all wide open […]

The weather has been really up and down so far this ice fishing season. Mild temperatures, rain and wind have reduced the amount of ice on the lakes. Most of Lake Cadillac is unaccessible with damaged and recideing ice along the shorelines. Some fisherman are getting on at the East end of Lake Cadillac where […]

This has really been the first weekend with any population of Ice fisherman on Lakes Cadillac and Mitchell. Theres about 3-5″ of ice covering most of the lakes but some places along the shoreline might have a couple. It’s still early and most of the lakes have not been explored so make sure you’re checking […]

Lakes Cadillac and Mitchell have been covered with ice for almost 2 weeks but still aren’t safe to go out on. Since the rain and wind earlier in the week both lakes have opened up some. Cadillac is two thirds open and Mitchell has several isolated areas with open water as well. We’ll be out […]

Salmon Fishing is still going full bore. With heavy rains for much of the week the added water continues to push fish up stream. Both the Betsie River and Manistee River are loaded with fish. All of the fish are big too, with the average probably being around 20 pounds and many much larger than […]

It’s a lot quieter now that vacation season is mostly over with the kids all back to school. The next few weekends will still be pretty busy as summer winds down to an end. There was a Bass tournament this weekend and there will be two more classics in the following weekends. However this time […]

The last week has started to wake up the fish again. Nights are starting to come a little earlier and the mornings are arriving a little later. This is helping to cool things back off to a more comfortable temperature. We’ve seen quite a few Big Bluegills lately, even a couple of Master Anglers. Just […]

We’re in the Dog days of Summer where the weather seems better for lounging at the beach then watching your bobber. The Hot days and warm nights keep most of the fish in the shelter of deeper water. Anglers are still catching fish but you’ve got to set your alarm clock to sunrise or earlier. […]

Summer has finnally arrived! With the daytime temps in the 80’s it will be best to start hitting the water early before it gets too hot or wait until evening when it starts cooling back down. The heat is starting to push the fish into deeper water, however a few gills are still being caught […]

I remember joking with a customer earlier in the spring that everything is so far behind this year that we’ll be catching Bluegills on the beds during the 4th of July. Here we are entering the last week of June and anglers are still catching Bluegills on beds some still full of eggs yet. It […]

It has been an extremely good week for fishing. The weather is feeling a lot more like Summer and the water temperature is finally on the rise and making the Bluegills, Sunfish and both Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass move in to shallower water to spawn. The Bluegill and Sunfish have been easy to catch. As […]

With the cooler weather we’ve had most of the spring, everything seems to be a couple weeks later then we’re used to. Normally June 1 would be right in the middle of the Bluegill spawn but it’s really just starting now. They’ve been hiding for the last few weeks with anglers catching one here and […]

Happy Memorial Day! Thankfully we’ve been finally blessed with a few nice days in a row. It’s been a very peculiar Spring so far. Unseasonably cold weather and rain have kept the water temperatures low making all of the springtime spawning late for whichever fish you target. Normally Crappie start spawning around Mothers Day but […]

This time last year both lakes were open water, but this year we still have almost 2 feet of ice covering both lakes. It won’t last much longer, the top is starting to get soft and you can see it start to open up and erode a little more each day by the canal. There […]

The weather has hit one extreme to the other in the last couple weeks with below zero temperatures to blizzard conditions and now 40’s and rain. But everything turned out good for the NASF Ice Fishing Contest. There was a few hundred participants in this years contest and some really nice fish brought in. Many […]

This has been the first really cold week this winter. Good for ice conditions, but it really cuts down on the enthusiasm for being outside. Both lakes have around a foot of ice and some are even driving trucks out there now. For those who braved the bitterness this past weekend some were rewarded with […]

As far as Ice Fishing goes we are very fortunate where we live. There are not many lakes south of US-10 that have any good ice and all the big deep lakes to the north still remain open. However where we are located in the middle we have from 6-9″ of ice. Enough ice that […]

 Although there have been fishermen tip toeing around the lakes for a couple week now, this is the first weekend that we have seen major activity. We’re gaining ice in enough areas to start exploring and shanties are starting to pop up all over.  Lake Cadillac has from 4-6″ over most of the lake.  Lake […]

FISHING REPORT FISHING CONDITIONS ON LAKES CADILLAC AND MITCHELL FROM PILGRIM VILLAGE FISHING SHOP SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 9, 2018 It’s starting to get a little cooler outside, the kids are back in school and the hustle and bustle of the Summer tourism is slowing down to a quieter pace. Some of the best fishing on our […]