Smallie Nut

[Jim DaRosa]

Fisherman/Smallie Nut. One other thing that I failed to point out....When your on the lake you will notice lots of bouys that mark rock reefs. As a general safety rule of thumb, don't run between two bouys. These reefs can ve very dangerous to self and equipment. The lake is up a 1 to 1.5 feet this year so its not as bad as previous years. Speaking of bouys...there are verticle striped black and white bouys on ML, these are warnings to "do not run between the b/w bouy and shore "sahllow water"

The ramps at Cove, Isle, Cedar Creek, Liberty Beach on the south and east sides are free. But there are lots of pay ramps in between. I often advise to keep your rig on the trailer overnight. In the morning check the weather and winds then choose a ramp on the calm side. Remember ML is a big pond and when the wind is blowing the "recieving end" of the lake can have pretty big swells.

good luck

[fishrman]

Thanks for the pointers on the buoys!! Especially the vertical striped ones! How do I know which 2 buoys not to go between? Lake I go to up in Wisconsin is notorious for leaving boaters without lower units so I am usually pretty cautious. Up there, they just don't have any buoys! If you happen to be going to fast and run into a rock pile, well, whoops!