Steve Griffin: Michigan’s Mullett Lake produces prized perch

“What a toad!” Andrew Hendrickson exclaimed, as the fat, brilliantly marked yellow perch slid over the lip of the hole and onto the ice within his flip-over shelter on Michigan’s massive Mullett Lake.
A toad. A massive fish, in this case a perch, more than 14 inches long. “That’s what we’re after,” said the veteran guide.
The day had begun just out of Cheboygan, a full moon winking and dipping behind pines on the shoreline, where Hendrickson checked the hitch and straps on his insulated flip-over shelter.

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