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Loon Report: The ice left the lake in the last few days of March this year and a loon pair was heard and seen on the water in the days immediately thereafter.  As of this writing (May 19) they are still on the lake and haven’t yet picked a nesting location, but are still cruising all around the lake feeding, etc.  Please give them plenty of distance when you and your guests are on the water!

Winterfest Ice Fishing Tournament / Fundraiser: This winter’s event (February 14, 2026) was very well attended by over 100 folks.  The tent was set up at Pauley Park again as this is simply a convenient, accessible location.  There were 17 ice fishers, including three youths.  With fishing registrations and many raffle items generously donated by property owners and local businesses, the event netted $4,610 for purchase of fish stock.  Stocking expenses continue to rise, with prices ranging from $3-$5 each depending on species and length.  In addition, all are still encouraged to make a $40 family donation as described below.

The 2026 Bass Fishing Tournament / Fundraiser: This is planned for Saturday, June 13 (7am-noon).  Unlike the Winter event, this tournament is only for Henderson Lake property owners and their immediate families.  Please follow the Henderson Lake Facebook Group, or check HendersonLake.org for further details including tournament registrations, rules, and participation in raffles (which are open to everyone).  Again, all proceeds will be used to purchase fish stock.

May 19, 2026                                                                                                                                                            Mike Kujawa and Bill Olsen, Editors

Lake Health Management:  The Special Assessment District (SAD) which provides funding for aquatic management of our lake expired after the December 2025 winter tax collection by Cumming and Hill Townships, so there are funds for the 2026 treatment season.  Both townships are in the process of renewing the SAD to cover the 2027-2037 treatment seasons.  The assessed monetary amount and technical content of the SAD will not change.  The overall health of Henderson Lake is A-Rated in large part because of funding from the SAD.  Invasive species of weeds (Eurasian Water Milfoil, Starry Stonewort, Curly Leaf Pondweed, etc.) found anywhere in the lake, and nuisance weeds only along the developed shoreline out to five feet of water depth are being treated.  Please see HendersonLake.org for downloadable copies of all the various reports and studies.  

Mike Kujawa, 468 3rd Street, Lupton, MI 48635
Make all checks payable to HENDERSON LAKE FISHING CLUB

Basic Family Donation $40.00 (More is always welcome!)

  • Practice CATCH AND RELEASE!  Please don't keep all that you catch.
  • Please do not blow grass clippings or fall leaves into the lake.They add to the vegetation load which the Weed Control Program is in-part trying to combat.
  • Keep a rake-by-the-lake to remove / clean-up weeds that wash ashore.  Milfoil spreads by fragmentation, so get weed fragments away from the water.

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Fishing Club Newsletters

2026       The spring planting is still being researched.  A Bio-Base mapping of aquatic weeds is also being considered.
2025       20 gallons of Golder Shiners, 675 Yellow Perch (5-7”), 575 Walleye (5-8”)
2024       30 gallons Fat Head Minnows, 1000 Black Crappie (4-7”), 624 Walleye (5-8”)
2023       300 Bass (6-10”), 400 Black Crappie (4-6”), 400 Walleye (5-8”), and 25 gallons of Fat Head Minnows
2022       30 gallons Fat Head Minnows, 1,000 Walleye (6-8”)
2021       1050 Black Crappie (4-6”), 200 Largemouth Bass (5-8”), 15 Walleye (6-8”)
2020       4.5 gallons of Fat Head Minnows, conducted Northpoint Fisheries survey, fall planting of 1,155 Walleye (6-8”)
2019      725 Perch (4-6”), 1100 Hybrid Bluegills (3-5”), 200 Walleye (4-6”) and 29 gallons of Fat Head Minnows
2018      740 Hybrid Bluegills (5-7"), 6 gallons of Fat Head Minnows, 600 Black Crappie (4-5”), 400 Perch (4-6”)
2017      950 Large Mouth Bass (5-8”), 100 Walleye (6-9”), 300 Black Crappie (3-4”), 3 gallons of Fat Head Minnows
2016      25 gallons of Perch

HENDERSON LAKE FISHING CLUB

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Henderson Lake Fishing Club and Volunteers:
Mike Kujawa (President), Roger Elkins, Frank Kujawa, Bonnie & Dave Skornia, Dave Attenberger, Bruce Grabarkiewicz, Bill Olsen, Bob Blohm, George & Barb Losee

 

 

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