Time to fish

[Michigan Slim]

Has the rising temps and rain taken folks off the ice?

Guys on wawasee all day today. I'd say it's over though. A bucket of fish ain't worth it.

 

[Hardscrable]

I walked a couple hundred feet of shoreline today ( onshore ). I didn’t see any ice that I would step onto. No freezing in couple week outlook. Going to 50’s here up north. Real good chance done for season.

Wawasee was at 4.5” ice over weekend. Ice boats ran, some sleds ran, lot fishing. Didn’t see anyone today on street I went by on.

 

[Michigan Slim]

I walked a couple hundred feet of shoreline today ( onshore ). I didn’t see any ice that I would step onto. No freezing in couple week outlook. Going to 50’s here up north. Real good chance done for season.

Wawasee was at 4.5” ice over weekend. Ice boats ran, some sleds ran, lot fishing. Didn’t see anyone today on street I went by on.

Saw a cavalcade of Amish coming off the lake on bikes today. Wawasee.

 

[Hardscrable]

Saw a cavalcade of Amish coming off the lake on bikes today. Wawasee.

Doesn’t surprise me. I just came by the west end on 13 coming into town. Looked out at The Slip & towards Oakwood. Course the thick fog wasn’t helping visibility. Am sure still spots that were solid enough...areas with current, springs maybe not so much. Looking out here today some of those spots are becoming noticeable

 

[Michigan Slim]

Doesn’t surprise me. I just came by the west end on 13 coming into town. Looked out at The Slip & towards Oakwood. Course the thick fog wasn’t helping visibility. Am sure still spots that were solid enough...areas with current, springs maybe not so much. Looking out here today some of those spots are becoming noticeable

I was on the same piece of road.

 

[Hardscrable]

I was on the same piece of road.

Fished that area for years “in the day”. First ice - NW channel off J. Bay then to the slip. Lot of Amish and Russians fishing in them days

 

[Michigan Slim]

Fished that area for years “in the day”. First ice - NW channel off J. Bay then to the slip. Lot of Amish and Russians fishing in them day

Syracuse is about fished out now. Not by Russians though. Wawasee is hopefully big enough to absorb the pressure.

 

[Hardscrable]

Syracuse is about fished out now. Not by Russians though. Wawasee is hopefully big enough to absorb the pressure.

I understand. I quit fishing both of those lakes years ago...for several reasons. Unfortunately we now have some of the same problems.

 

[Noble Sniper]

Awesome memories of ice fishing with Dad when I was younger…… a very good time!!!

 

[Hardscrable]

I was on the same piece of road.

Could hardly believe my eyes but there were 4 tents out on the Slip yesterday.

 

[Hardscrable]

I was on the same piece of road.

Drove aroundSlip, Oakwood park, main channel. 1 tent out in middle of Slip. Guy is either a couple fries short of a happy meal or got some huge juonees

 

[Squirt239]

I'm headed to Raccoon tomorrow for a while.

Not expecting much, just time alone in the great outdoors

 

[Hardscrable]

First ’spring’ gill of ‘24



First 6 keepers. Best 9”.


Inlet channel water coming in from overnight/morning rain. Light breeze bringing bay surface water towards channel. Large area of scum, foam, duck weed, and everything else floating. A lot of gills under and around edges of the surface gunk. Ruff/mess fishing cause of gunk on line, hook, rod end, etc. after every catch. And they weren’t really “taking” the bait. Kiss it, drag it a little but tough to actually get the hook into their mouth.
Ended up with #10 gold hook or ice fishing chrome/orange jig with tiny hook. Tip with 3 or 4 white spikes.
Wind has switched, colder water pushing back in. Won’t be any fish today there today.