Wexford County is the highest altitude in the lower peninsula with great mushrooming and fantastic fishing in Lake Mitchell and Lake Cadillac. They both offer walleye, perch, crappie northern pike, musky, and large-smallmouth bass. Missaukee County has Lake .Missaukee with great pike, bass and walleye fishing also a crappie and bluegill hotspot. The lake is 2000 acres and is surrounded by the second largest sand beach in Michigan. With many streams and creeks it is a brook trout haven but the locals are very tight lip about the beaver dams that hold the brookies.
Business
Address
Phone
Location
Minnows
104 South Main St. Lake City, MI 49651
231 839-3474
Lake Missaukee
YES
A&L Trading Post
130 North Main St. Lake City, Mi 49651
231-839-4537
Lake Missaukee
NO
Nate's Country Store
10522 N Hodenpyle Dam Rd
Mesick, MI 49668
231-885-1150
Hodenpyle or Mesick Backwaters
NO
181 S. Lake Michell, Cadillac, Mi 49601
231-775-5412
Lake Mitchell, Lake Cadillac
YES
1749 N. Boulevard, Cadillac, MI 49601
231-775-3699
Lake Mitchell, Lake Cadillac
NO
Thirlby Auto & Sporting Goods
33 W. Mesick Ave. Mesick, MI 49668
231-885-1971
Mesick Backwaters- Upper Manistee River
YES
Next Door Food Store
88 N. Morey Street Lake City,Mi 49651
231-839-4153
Lake Missaukee
YES
Schafer's Bait & Sporting Goods
2722 Sunnyside Dr. Cadillac, MI 49601
231-775-2648
Lake Mitchell, Lake Cadillac
YES