Ice reports

[BiG ARN]

i fished my favorite lake in gwinn yesterday.....its a good sized one   5 inches clear solid ice. under the 2 feet of snow.  NO slush either.....UNTIL you drill holes.....then about a inch and half of water.   i seen a guy fishing sporley  half way out like 4 days ago      i would say u can fish any lake in gwinn area  on foot!   good luck   tight lines!!

[icedflies]

SAWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anybody know of anyone who has minnows yet?

[woody38]

i fished sporely today with a couple buddies and did decent on the splake.  no keepers but they averaged 12-13 inches. there was 3 inches of good ice. i will be headed back there tomorrow morning. i got my minnows from gwinn bait n tackle. im sure gander mtn has bait by now.  big arn do you care to share which lake you fished?

[BiG ARN]

not my favorite one..sorry     ill share anything i know about any other lake!     its hard to find a lake in the gwinn area  that produces some nice walleye and monster perch and bluegill.      all i need now is to find some shiners  did u notice if the guy in gwinn has any shiners?

[backwoods]

gwinn bait and tackle will have shinners monday afternoon
backwoods

[browning13]

SAWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anybody know of anyone who has minnows yet?

I know gander has their minnows in now. Fished around gwinn today, things were pretty slow and cold! I'd have a few pics but my camera wouldn't turn on and I had to thaw my waxworms out in my mouth. Ice was 3-4" with a good 10"+ of snow on top, made things very wet and slushy. I have to work tomorrow but I'll be out again on sunday. Oh and btw, some idiot plowed the launch in at Little Shag...had to dig out 3 foot of snow to access but we made it in there anyways.

[BiG ARN]

i ended up buying the smallest suckers they had at gander.....there minnows were to small for me.  from what i been hearing  the guy who supplys the bait shops with shiners  doesnt want to deal shiners this year because  to many die  in transport.   i hope this is not true          in my favorite walleye lake  shiners seem to outfish everything else  bigtime

[woody38]

just keep rubbing it in about that lake of yours! haha

[BiG ARN]

sorry woody......my friends would rip on me if i was to post the name of our favorite lake on the web!     if u did some research  for the species and area     u could probally figure it out

[davemillertime]

I checked Otter Lk Yesterday morn & it was 1 poke with the spud. I Now Live within walking distance of the Lk so I will be checking it a few times a week & will let ya know when it becomes fishable ....Its wont be long Now 

[sunup]

Thanks Dave.

[Chris Raymond]

I checked Otter Lk Yesterday morn & it was 1 poke with the spud. I Now Live within walking distance of the Lk so I will be checking it a few times a week & will let ya know when it becomes fishable ....Its wont be long Now 

DMT--I drove to Otter today and there was one guy out to the southof the launch in the bay where folks usually set up for first ice pike.  Honestly, I didn't think it would be close to solid and didn't take my spud but it felt solid enough.  BTW, I saw the guy catch one nice pike and think he had another on the ice before noticing the flag on the one I saw. 

Chassel Bay had 4" of white black mix with little snow on top. Guys will be on it this week.  I'll probably be there next weekend myself.

[davemillertime]

Well I checked Otter Lk tonite & there was a Good 3in of Hard ice with about 2in of snow on top .....So Id say its safe enough to fish ...... BUT BE CAREFULL we got alot of icefishin ahead of us Id recommend walk with a spud & use your head

[natorious]

Checked out a small lake in keweenaw county on the weekend.  There was about 2.5 inches of ice.  Should be much better by the weekend with these cold temps 

[Rip N Lips]

I have to work tomorrow but I'll be out again on sunday. Oh and btw, some idiot plowed the launch in at Little Shag...had to dig out 3 foot of snow to access but we made it in there anyways.

Good luck to you Sunday browning13
Best get some one to push that crap out of the way before it plugs you off for good. That could be the plow guys plan after all...Show him who's in charge. Tight Lines to ya!! Rip N Lips

[browning13]

Good luck to you Sunday browning13
Best get some one to push that crap out of the way before it plugs you off for good. That could be the plow guys plan after all...Show him who's in charge. Tight Lines to ya!! Rip N Lips

Yea I should have mentioned he plowed just the entrance of the access shut well beyond the edge made by the county plow trucks. There are usally some locals that help out and keep the access plowed whenever possible later in the season. I'll probably be out there in the morning so we'll find a way to get in one way or another.

[woody38]

has anyone been out to schwitzers yet?

[BiG ARN]

i know someone that went out there on the 20th and said there was about 4 inches of clear stuff under all the slop

[killitandgrillit]

gwinn lakes have 2 to 3" on most lakes
johnson has 2.5" (pike, bass, perch, lake trout, browns and splake)
west bass 2.25" (rainbow, splake, perch, bass, blue gill)
sporley 2" (splake, rainbow, browns, perch
little trout 2" (rainbow, bass, browns)
little shag 2" ( perch, blue gill, rainbow, splake)
big shag 2"(bluegill, pike, muskie, bass)
we made 1" + last night
will check more tomarow and let ya all know
backwoods

Backwoods- not sure where you got your species info from, but it's off. Johnson has no browns or Splake in it- it has Lake Trout and Brook Trout. Spoorly has no rainbows in it- it has Browns, Splake, and Lakers. Little shag has no splake in it. Big Shag, add Walleye and Perch.