The Martiny Chain of Lakes near Barryton
A man-made flooding of eight connected lakes near Barryton, full of panfish, bass, and pike, with six public launches.
Tag: Fishing
Staying in Lake
A small unincorporated community in Clare County — a post office, a scatter of small fishing lakes, and real quiet.
Windover Lake and the small-lake country
Off US-10 west of Farwell, a scatter of small state-access lakes north toward M-115 — what the fishing and the water are like around Lake.
Lake when the season turns
The cottages empty after Labor Day, the color lands over the water by mid-October, and the panfish keep biting into the cold.
A long weekend in Lake
Three nights on a small spring-fed lake in Clare County, with one afternoon drive north to Cadillac's two-lake waterfront.
River, not lake: the Muskegon near Sears
The Muskegon runs cold and rocky west of town, past Evart and Hersey — where to reach it, and when.
Sears when the season turns
The crowds book July and leave by Labor Day. The river, the color, and the quiet all arrive after.
A long weekend in Sears
Three nights around one Sears home: a lake morning on Big Lake, a river morning on the Muskegon, and the short drive to Evart.
Staying in Sears
A crossroads in eastern Osceola County — the Amish farms, Big Lake, and the dark you actually drove out here for.
Staying in Merritt
A dot in Missaukee County where the young Muskegon River pools behind a 1940 dam. Fishing, a dirt track, and deep quiet.