jma254

I am thinking about moving my sportfish from Lake Erie to Lake Michigan and am looking for someone with a captains license and experience on a trip like that to potentially accompany me in late June or Early July. Any reccomendations?

bruce hansen

No need for a captain.............unless it's a time issue. Made the trip several times over the past 10-15 years. where in Lake Michigan are you headed? lake erie to Port huron 1/2 day, with decent weather you can make the straits in 10hrs, with a sunup start it will still leave you a few hours of daylight to run the straits and a good 50 miles down lake Mich. It's a long day but if you love the water it is a great trip. Prevailing west winds make for a good run up lake Huron, and calming late day winds make the run through straits an the downbound run in Lake Mich enjoyable. Good luck

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FreeByrd

Call Captain TJ Gerth. TJ has a lot of experience and we have used his services several times to move boats around the Great Lakes. This spring he moved a 33 Rampage with tower from Huron, OH to St. Joe, MI for one of our customers. Call TJ at 772-285-6469 ( that is is cell phone and I think a FL area code where he spends winters.) Tell him that Steve at South Shore Marine referred you. He will do a very nice job for you.

jma254

Thanks for the number Steve I will give him a call. I know Tom Mack over at South Shore fairly well. He almost sold me a 38' rampage a couple of times before I decided on my Carolina style boat because I wanted IPS drives.

jma254

Captain TJ isn't available until the end of July does anyone else have any recomendations? I am available to go with them, I just don't want to do the whole trip by myself.

bruce hansen

As previous post, it is a great trip if you have a couple of days, Here is the name of a captain, He is in detroit area and I know he is transiting a boat to Charlevoix this weekend, His name is Vince Locicero phone 586 777 0400. If you contact him tell him you got info from Bruce, and Curt. Good luck!

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jma254

Yeah I decided to just do the trip myself. I am a little nervous about the Detroit River and Lake St Claire area, because I have never been on through there but other than that I am looking forward to it. The plan is:
Day 1: Put-in-Bay to Lexington MI
Day 2: Lexington to East Tawas
Day 3: East Tawas to Mackinac
Day 4: Mackinac to Frankfort
Day 5: Frankfort to White Lake
Day 6: White Lake to Chicago
I know I could do it in about half that time but I want to take some time in these areas and enjoy them.