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I wasn't feeling good yesterday so I skipped the whole "work" thing and went fishing. Fish were very lathargic and you had to work hard. Crappies would come look but not touch. Endedup with one fat slab at 12 inches and a handfull of decent gills.
My daughter was angry last year because she didnt get to fish. We are headed out today though.
Also found out that mousee's will be diffucult to get. They had the same issues with them this yeat as they did two years ago.
Weather was nice so no need. For the shanty. Ice was clean so i pulled the little one next to the hole while she sat in my sled. We caught a bunch of gills and one tiny crappie. I was targeting fish for her otherwise i would have fished them harder. When I go with her, i set a limit of 8 fish each. I think she caught 12 of our self imposed 16 fish limit. I have plenty of freezer fish, these guys are fresh and will be dinner tomorrow. I love when my daughter knows where her food came from and when she takes pride in helping provide a meal.
FYI: a couple of friends perch fished interior Saginaw Bay. There is an unconfirmed report of three going through and not making it at the Bridgeport entrance. Be safe everyone
We rode out to Bolles Harbor launch ramp (south of Monroe) last night. We counted 16 people fishing in their shanty's on 1.5-2.0 inches of ice!!!!!! Gotta be crazy. Had to step over a foot of liquid water along the launch ramp to get out to the ice. They were in about 6' of water in the canal. I didn't see anyone catch anything. My bones are TOO OLD to be wading out of six foot deep water. I'm gonna wait. They are forcasting 40's for the entire coming week for Monroe area so I guess I'll leave the shanty in the barn. Anybody around Whitmore lake? Any ice in that area?
Nothing like being sick and spend time om some ice, lol
I see on e-bay you can buy mousies, wounder why bait shops don't do that ?
Yes it does not look good for us ice fisherman if this weather does stay warm
Mike, couple of friends headed to whitmore yesterday. I have not heard anything good or bad. Weather doesnt look good. Only good that comes is it makes the ice super hard when it refreezes.