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fishead · Goby Joined: 25 May 2007 Posts: 3

I need a little info from thoose who know please. My family and I are spending a week in Douglas Mich. the end of June this year. I have 7 grand kids that I don't get to see that often and have a 18ft lund that I want to take the younger ones fishing in. What I need to know is , are their any in land lakes or rivers near Saugatuck or Douglas with in a hours drive , that I can take a couple of them at a time to catch pan fish , or eye's or what ever. All catch and release. I wount be takeing them on Lake Michigan in the boat, but if there's a pier to catch perch from that would be fun with all of them at the same time. Also any one have a favorite bait shop in the area? Thanks for your help.

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jswingle13 · Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 12:21 pm Post subject:

I've goose hunted the K-zoo river right off of I96 by douglas/Saugatuck but haven't fished it. I have heard there are plenty of fish in there though. There are a lot of nice back water areas there. There is a nice launch there and a nice park for a picnic. I would just do a yahoo local search for bait/tackle stores. Good luck.

Jon

bodiddy · Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 2:36 pm Post subject:

Can't help with the bait shop but I can give a lake recommendation. Probably the best in-land lake in the Saugatuck area is Hutchins Lake. It's approximately 10 miles or so from Saugatuck and has some good sized bluegills and crappie. It is fairly populated though and sees a lot of jet-ski / ski-boat traffic during the day.

Here is the dnr map of the lake in .pdf format: http://www.dnr.state.mi.us/SPATIALDATALIBRARY/PDF_MAPS/INLAND_LAKE_MAPS/ALLEGAN/HUTCHINS_LAKE.PDF

Here is a map of the area:

There are also an number of other lakes a little further to the SSE that are all probably within 30-45 minutes of Saugatuck.