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Michigan => Ice Fishing Michigan => Topic started by: dachmation on Jan 10, 2007, 06:31 PM
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Ok folks here it is!!
(http://www.myfishfinder.com/pictures/data/500/medium/firsticeagain.jpg)
Locked up tight!!!!
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lookin good...gonna last through tomorrows heat wave?...lol
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looking good, how thick was the ice?
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it just froze up this mornin, even I aint gutsy (dumb???) enough to walk out on it and ck it. LOL
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Lakes around here are getting skinned over too. The weather report is sounding shady at best for fast freeze ups.
Keeping our fingers crossed.
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Dachmation, Are you located around co rd 300 by chance? We stay at busters resort when we're in town. beautiful sunset. best fishin, maybe we'll meet there somtime. Mike
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Dach...you're the MAN!
FTD
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Dachmation, Are you located around co rd 300 by chance? We stay at busters resort when we're in town. beautiful sunset. best fishin, maybe we'll meet there somtime. Mike
On county road 100 near the airport
Mike
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Lakes around here are getting skinned over too. The weather report is sounding shady at best for fast freeze ups.
Keeping our fingers crossed.
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just a few more warmer days..next week is looking terrific for a good ice up..just lets pray there is no wind.
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just a few more warmer days..next week is looking terrific for a good ice up..just lets pray there is no wind.
Yup. Every night this week I've heard the wind whistling outside. One bitter cold, still night is all I ask and my local lake will be locked up tight. One large open hole above 45-60 fow as of this morning.
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yeah if we get that reall frigid cold night and its still..it wont matter how windy the rest of the week is..i wont a good cold calm ice making night for monday night..i plan on being out on saturday of next week.
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Ok folks here it is!!
(http://www.myfishfinder.com/pictures/data/500/medium/firsticeagain.jpg)
Locked up tight!!!!
Thank You! My heart beat has been restored! :) :tipup:
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ahha and then there was peace again......
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On county road 100 near the airport
Mike
ok, not far from duds then I take it. We ate in there , not bad burgers, if you can see what your eatin!
Hope you guys get some ice, we will probably make the drive and do a couple day fishin trip anyhow. Pray for cold !!! Mike
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ok, not far from duds then I take it. We ate in there , not bad burgers, if you can see what your eatin!
Hope you guys get some ice, we will probably make the drive and do a couple day fishin trip anyhow. Pray for cold !!! Mike
Duds is closed, but I am only two blocks from Spikehorns. LOL
Mike
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Mike - have seen anyone out yet?
Not yet Steve, it just closed up yesterday, give it some time, at least 15 more minutes. LMAO.
I think with todays warm temps it may not be safe till sat or later.
Mike
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i think next friday i will make the trip up there if there is ice...
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Not yet Steve, it just closed up yesterday, give it some time, at least 15 more minutes. LMAO.
I think with todays warm temps it may not be safe till sat or later.
Mike
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cooley dont laugh to hard..i bet you 20 bucks there will be someone out on our area lakes by tuesday if they lock up.
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thats ridiculous...i went out on 4 inches of hard black ice....i couldnt even imagine anything less...
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ill do 2 1/2 to 3 on canals...not a main lake.
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At least the weather report looks right for now. I'll spend one MORE day rechecking equipment. Charging batteries for the camera and flasher, sharpening hooks, and spooling up that new reel. We should be fishing next week. I've been doing inventory on small lakes just in case !!!
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ill do 2 1/2 to 3 on canals...not a main lake.
Im with you on that one
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i could watch you fish that...and maybe if your nice drill me a hole by the edge so i could fish from the side...lol
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Lymans on the Lake is reporting 4-5" of hard ice with 6 " snow on it.
I'm headed there thursday will report back on Monday.
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should have more today and tomorrow...have fun up there....be safe...
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ill do 2 1/2 to 3 on canals...not a main lake.
If my spud won't go througt with one good blow it will hold me up , that's about 1 1/2" and your good to go!
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What,no planks and plywood???? ;D
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Beleive me I don't go out very far and some of us don't weigh that much !
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LOL...R-M....If I get any bigger,a foot of ice won't hold me...
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I was out this Morning on North shore...3" to 5". Other then that I got skunked.
Mike
windy and snowin lightly, ice was nice clear and black
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how much snow is on the lake...I drivin 3 hours for just one day tomorrow and wanna make sure i am gonna be able to enjoy myself...lol
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I was up there yesterday, there is 3-5 inches of ice and about 4 inches of snow on it. The water was cloudy off the south shore boat ramp and the fishing sucked.
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is there good access and parking close to the lake i want to try it out and if there is can someone please tell me where
i have read alot about this lake and would love to give it a try i am on foot with all my equipment so it helps to get on close to where you can find fish
Thanks Gary
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Access to the lake is easy whichever side of the lake you choose. Most of the streets leading down to the lake have access and parking right at the shoreline. If you are on foot, you might want to stick to the south side along m-55 for a shorter walk to some the weed beds. Last year we were catching some nice blue gill & pike about a half mile east of Lymans just of the shoreline.
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I called Lymans today and they said that perch, walleye and pike have been bein caught over the past 3 days...
ill prolly end up going out right at Lymans
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Hope to find a place out of the way of everyone, where all the fish have been chased too :D :D :D
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well.....
Gas there and back: $96
Bait, Cooler, License, Bait Bucket: 42.85
Getting there to find out its windy as he!! and 2-3 inches thick and getting skunked....PRICELESS!!!
Well...the day started off wonderful...on the way there forgot to throw all my buckets into the back of my truck...then while I am making sure that everyone one else had thier licenses I just so happened to remember that mine was sittin here right in my desk all day...ok no big deal...go buy a $5 bucket and get my license...get to walmart, find out the buckets...BUCKETS are 8.99...so0o we figure the 12.99 cooler was a much better investment...but then forgot about bait...wasnt goingto put the bait in the cooler soo...ended up having to buy a 9 dollar Minnow bucket...get to Lymans...says yea people have been out there for 3 days now and there is 4-6 inches of ice...ok cool...got everything...we can relax now...25 feet out the snow looks a bit wet on top...but what the heck...we'll give it a shot anyways...get out there drill our holes to find out we are sitting on top of 3 inches of ice...ok welll we will just sit still and be careful....then the wind kicked in...wow...thought we were gonna go parasailing...hah and i forgot to mention that my buddy...first time ice fisherman bought a tip-up...set it all up...came inside the shanty for a bit...looked outside and SOMEHOW it disappeared...so he was pretty mad about that whole situation...wel after about fishing for 3 hours with not seeing anything on the camera or getting any flags...we decide to try somewhere else...after driving around the entire lake and stopping at the east bay DNR launch we talked with the "Bud Man" and he told us to go to Four Seasons party store and talk to dave...well we did and he told us a few good spots...oh yea we arrived in houghton at 8 AM....and drove around for about an hour before we met dave....well back to the story...we ended up going to Harveys Marina where within 1.5 hours we saw a bunch of perch and lost a pike...
Other than that I love my new cam and the Marcum LX-I works great...
Theres my Houghton Report...
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oh yea and after cleaning up at Lymans it was sunny for a while and it was cracking EVERYWHERE walked on the way in...pretty scary if you ask me...
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BUT.......the bottom line is, you got out there and made it back dry!!!!!!
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Tommyboy:
Make sure you write that all down in your fishing log so on the days you can't get out you have some humor to read :)
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haha ok i will do that...but yea your right...it was niceto get out and use the new equipment...and it was nice to make it home dry...
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and...I talked to a few guys that I swore I saw on here before...but i forgot to ask thier names...so if the guys that were also at Harveys reads this...it was me...lol
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So Much exciting stuff happend to me today I keep remembering things...I dropped my first item down the hole...brand new lazy-man tape measure the electric one that has a button on it...dont ask me why i had it out there..got it for xmas and the numbers are big so if i caught that monster pike to win the tourney...but anyways was able to fish it out thanks tothe new cam...so i guess i shoulda took a pic of it and prolly coulda won the misc. category...i believe its a 30'
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3"of ice thats popping and cracking as you are walking in..= pucker factor of 10...
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expecially since it wasnt doin it til on the way back...was a feeling i never want again...
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I took this photo just after Tommyboy told his friend he forgot the gear...
(http://www.movieforum.com/people/actors/jacklemmon/images/grumpyoldmen.jpg)
FTD
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LOL...... :D
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lol you must been the ONE other Shanty that was out there....lol
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I took this photo just after Tommyboy told his friend he forgot the gear...
(http://www.movieforum.com/people/actors/jacklemmon/images/grumpyoldmen.jpg)
FTD
Thats a good one.
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Thats a good one.
Agreed...