"William Claspy" wrote
"Daniel-San" wrote:


"Goat" wrote ...
In Sept. a buddy and I are heading up to MI for 3 days of fishing on the
upper part of the Manistee river.
We will be wading so we will be staying in smaller water.
We are planning to fish in the areas between Mancelona Rd. and M 72.
We have never been on this stream, any info anybody has would be greatly
appreciated.

I'm no expert, but have fished it a coupla times. The campground at CCC
Bridge is a great place to stay if you're OK with no electricity. It
costs a
tenner a nite, IIRC, and you may be sharing it with a few hunters (I
don't
know the hunting seasons), but the morning views on the small visible
stretch of river are wonderful.

I was up there last mid-September and it was one of the bird seasons.
Grouse perhaps? I asked Rusty if I needed to wear an orange vest and he
said no. About half of his guests were toting guns, the other half rods.

Beautiful time to be up there.

Sure is. Spent some time up there last Sept., Oct., and Nov. (being a
complete bum has its advantages). One of my favorite places within driving
distance (from Chicago). On one of those trips, we were awakened by distant
shotgun blasts. No one else was fishing -- we had the whole stretch of river
to ourselves.

Got up there this past April, too. Also a very nice time to visit. Gawdawful
cold, but nice.


Best luck I had was last fall. Did pretty well tossing a hopper to the
shady
shore line.

Mmmmmm.

:-)


This week will be my last shot at getting anywhere for a while. Many plans
for the year have fallen thru, as usual, for the usual reasons. I'm already
packed, and spousal permission has been attained, to get at least as far as
the PM for Thurs and Fri, if I feel like driving a bit further, it'll be CCC
Bridge.

(Fingers crossed that I actually make it)

Dan