Gone Fishing

Buying the Gear

• Fishing Pole
• Fishing Line
• Sinkers
• Hooks
• Tackle Box
• Net

Buying a Michigan Fishing License

• Any person who is older than 17 must buy a fishing license
• The price is $26 for the all species annual resident fishing license
• Non residents annual all species fishing license costs $76

Fishing Size Limits

• Sunfish has no size limit but you can only keep up to 25 fish
• Yellow Perch has no size limit and you can keep up to 25 fish
• Bass has a size limit of 14" and you can only keep 5 fish

Getting Bait

• Fishing for sunfish you want to buy crawlers the morning you go fishing.
• If you want to fish for bass or perch you will want to buy live minnows.

Heading to the Fishing Spot

• Set up your fishing pole
• Tie the sinker to the end of the fishing line
• Tie a hook about 5-8 inches above the sinker
• Cut up one crawler into 4 equal sized pieces
• Put one piece of the crawler on your fishing pole

Put your Line Out

• Drop your fishing line with the bait into water
• Let the line drop to the bottom
• After the sinker hits the bottom of the water reel in the line until it is snug

Reeling in the fish and taking it off the hook

• Once your pole is bent start reeling in the line
• When the fish starts to get close to the boat make sure you pull the fish into the boat
• Push the fins on the top of the fish back and grab the fish like you are holding a water bottle

Cleaning the fish

• Make sure you take scales off the fish
• Once the scales are off put the fish flat on one side of a cutting board.
• Us a knife to cut behind the fish's head and carry your cut all the way to the tail

Cooking the Fish

Dinner is served