NWMI Fishing Club
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Updated 7/16//2024
Updated 7/16//2024
NorthWest MIchigan Fishing Club (NWMI Fishing Club) represents the NorthWest Lake Michigan area Arcadia to Charlevoix as a voice for recreational and charter anglers as well as all of the inland lakes in our area our NW region.
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The cold water is still in Frankfort. The top 20 feet was OK (70 to 60 degrees), but deeper than that and you wanted your ice fishing gear and a balaclava. Really put a damper on numbers for some, others had no trouble at all.
Out of 24 boats (68 fishermen), 20 boats weighed fish. Pretty good overall success rates. However, one boat and a surprising Cinderella Kid came out of nowhere for the top spots. Let’s review the winners.
3rd place went to Team Fish Stix with Jordan Flynn, Stacy Tolla and James Riley bringing in 40.20 lbs.
2nd place went to Team Voyager IV. This is our Webmaster, heavy volunteer, lifetime member and aggressive bird harasser John Truchan fishing by himself! He managed a nice 56.05 lb box out of nowhere with a big salmon early and the bites kept coming after that.
1st place went to Team Doctor Sus (Vadim Sus, Vlad and Dominick) with a huge 27.75 lb monster for big fish that rounded out their box with 85.50. A great night for them for sure.
The event was well attended early for free hotdogs and a good chance to see old faces and new people. Will be doing this again as ports and weather allow. A big thanks to Makayla Vitous and the whole Vitous clan for making that happen!
Door Prizes given away at the end of the night were spectacular as usual.
The hand-picked and loaded DREAMWEAVER Salmon Box, donated from Shane Ruboyianes from Dreamweaver.
The Fallen Outdoors (a Veteran’s outdoor sporting organization) donated a sweet Dometic Cooler, just perfect for the front of my boat, holding 36 cans plus ice. Thanks Matt and Maxine! And thanks for the setup, registration, weigh in, and tear down. You guys are fantastic!
Many thanks to The Tackle Box right there in Frankfort for those great gift cards! People were very happy to have such a convenient bait shop right there supporting all of us. Thanks Brian and Christine!
A Rapala Lithium-Ion Filet Knife Combo Set from Rapala will make light work of any box of fish!
Our local business sponsors really come through all season long…The U&I Lounge in downtown Traverse City, The Fallen Timbers Restaurant in Honor/Beulah, and Martell Electric giving out TCH Gear gift cards. These are perfect to make a weigh in satisfying and fun. Thanks to all these local businesses.
Next Wednesday is our makeup date for Elk Rapids. Hoping for light winds, warm water and huge boxes of lakers and salmon.
The cold water is still in Frankfort. The top 20 feet was OK (70 to 60 degrees), but deeper than that and you wanted your ice fishing gear and a balaclava. Really put a damper on numbers for some, others had no trouble at all.
Out of 24 boats (68 fishermen), 20 boats weighed fish. Pretty good overall success rates. However, one boat and a surprising Cinderella Kid came out of nowhere for the top spots. Let’s review the winners.
3rd place went to Team Fish Stix with Jordan Flynn, Stacy Tolla and James Riley bringing in 40.20 lbs.
2nd place went to Team Voyager IV. This is our Webmaster, heavy volunteer, lifetime member and aggressive bird harasser John Truchan fishing by himself! He managed a nice 56.05 lb box out of nowhere with a big salmon early and the bites kept coming after that.
1st place went to Team Doctor Sus (Vadim Sus, Vlad and Dominick) with a huge 27.75 lb monster for big fish that rounded out their box with 85.50. A great night for them for sure.
The event was well attended early for free hotdogs and a good chance to see old faces and new people. Will be doing this again as ports and weather allow. A big thanks to Makayla Vitous and the whole Vitous clan for making that happen!
Door Prizes given away at the end of the night were spectacular as usual.
The hand-picked and loaded DREAMWEAVER Salmon Box, donated from Shane Ruboyianes from Dreamweaver.
The Fallen Outdoors (a Veteran’s outdoor sporting organization) donated a sweet Dometic Cooler, just perfect for the front of my boat, holding 36 cans plus ice. Thanks Matt and Maxine! And thanks for the setup, registration, weigh in, and tear down. You guys are fantastic!
Many thanks to The Tackle Box right there in Frankfort for those great gift cards! People were very happy to have such a convenient bait shop right there supporting all of us. Thanks Brian and Christine!
A Rapala Lithium-Ion Filet Knife Combo Set from Rapala will make light work of any box of fish!
Our local business sponsors really come through all season long…The U&I Lounge in downtown Traverse City, The Fallen Timbers Restaurant in Honor/Beulah, and Martell Electric giving out TCH Gear gift cards. These are perfect to make a weigh in satisfying and fun. Thanks to all these local businesses.
Next Wednesday is our makeup date for Elk Rapids. Hoping for light winds, warm water and huge boxes of lakers and salmon.