Need a little help for a rookie

[beerman]

Thanks guys, I'm going to make a trip to Andy's and get some of the gear mentioned. I have a 17.5 Lowe. It could make it from the Metropark to Breast Bay, but I would hate to have a storm come up and need to get back fast. I'm going to put in down near the bay or Bolles Harbor....any suggestions on good launches??

[dgrumm]

New to the area. I've been reading and taking notes... thanks to everyone for the posts.
Quick question... when people say they are using night crawlers on a harness, are you using live bait or plastic?

I have a sea trial this week for the new-to-us boat, so hopefully it will be mine by next weekend! Maybe a week or so to get used to the boat, then we'll try to figure out the fishing scene. We will be docking a Cedar Point Marina.

Thanks!

[Manxfishing]

Sterling State park has a very nice launch (Brest Bay)
Parking is great and it's large
Even when it's busy, easy on and off the water
The rest rooms are clean with hot water and there's even a fish cleaning sta.
It's exit 15 (Dixie Hwy) on I-75
And there's 2 bait shops before the park
Jeff's has better info and prices
The state park party store has more food

Bolles is a little farther down (next exit or 2 from Sterling) on I-75
The ramp is smaller but still nice
You do get to the water faster thou
The bait shop there is Mattews, It's just past the launch on the left hand side
Lot's of info and the store has every thing

You can't go wrong either place

[Little Dandy]

The exit for the Bolles Harbor DNR launch is #11. The guys at Matthew's bait about 1/4 mile from the freeway on the south side of the road can help with whats working and where to fish.

Pickup a chart or hotspots type map to help learn the nicknames of various areas of the water.