I have noticed a TON of interest concerning Higgins lately, here's some helpful information.
Bait stores:
Sports Barn 989-821-9511
Higgins Lake Bait & Tackle 989-821-9517
Lodging and Motels:
Fawn motel(if open still)989-821-6658
Northwind motel 989-821-6972
Great Escape 989-821-6343
Chamber of Commerce:
989-275-8760
Hope this is of help...See ya on the ice. Jay
Yeah, snow could be a dampering factor. Usually though their is not enough moisture in the air when it is this cold to create any large amounts of accumulation.
weatherman are saying 2-4 inches of snow in my neck of the woods, monday night! that would suck. i wouldn't mind a inch or so, but not 4 inches.
Beautiful lake in the summer too. I think it gets abused though, winter and summer months. Some people have no respect.Amen brother... I would hope that I can trust those of us from Ice Shanty to respect that lake and all lakes for that matter. Ive seen some major slobs on the ice espeicially at smelt city. PICK UP YOUR TRASH!!!
I mentioned that last week in a topic about Higgins. Last year disgusted me. That part of the lake looked like a trash dump. I chatted with an owner of a sub shop near smelt camp and she said every year it's like that. People come up, have a big ol' grand time, trash the area then leave :nono:. The locals are the ones left behind to clean up. It's truly sad. If I happen to see anybody leaving there crap behind, I am going to try and get there plate # when they leave and report them. :callcops: I pick up after enough people on the local lakes I fish. :%$#!:
I really care about one........little..... ...tiny.......thing:(http://www.geocities.com/lmhuntingfishing/smeltpic.jpg)But a laker or two would be cool.
My uncle woke up this morning and went down to the lake and saw a guy out on SE side of lake. He walked out to talk to him, seeing that he was the only guy on the lake, and it was my other uncle (wife's side of family) :D. He was fishing 40 FOW 6" solid hard clear ice!!! I'm going up this weekend........keep you posted.
It must of made 2" a day w/ this cold weather...... not a speck of snow on lake. He said you could see bottom through 6" clearly, said it was really neat. Must of spooked the fish. One dink perch and lost something huge. I hate fishing first ice when its crystal clear ice seems to spook fish.
Amen brother... I would hope that I can trust those of us from Ice Shanty to respect that lake and all lakes for that matter. Ive seen some major slobs on the ice espeicially at smelt city. PICK UP YOUR TRASH!!!
I hate fishing first ice when its crystal clear ice seems to spook fish.I had a hard time yesterday on crystal clear ice.... could see all the weed beds, where they ended, and drop offs. Real spooky kind of neat but caught near nothing. The ones I did catch where by expansion cracks that got cloudy on top the ice and created cover.
is this including smeltville???No, Just the S. end of lake up to Flag point. As far as I know the W . NW side has 3-4". You can confirm this by calling H. L. Bait and Tackle. They are good about giving info and they are located right next to smeltville. Thier # is posted at the start of this thread.
I was up there around 2 or 3 oclock to day and if anyone was out there with a snowmobile they were not leaving any tracks.My uncle had his snowmobile out on 8" E. Side of lake. Not much snow on lake, He said.
I have noticed a TON of interest concerning Higgins lately, here's some helpful information.I noticed people looking for info recently...
Bait stores:
Sports Barn 989-821-9511
Higgins Lake Bait & Tackle 989-821-9517
Lodging and Motels:
Fawn motel(if open still)989-821-6658
Northwind motel 989-821-6972
Great Escape 989-821-6343
Chamber of Commerce:
989-275-8760
Hope this is of help...See ya on the ice. Jay
I noticed people looking for info recently...
Hey Sightfisher you don't even know where Higgins lake is ??? and you think you can give out info now ;)2 :laugh: .Where is that lake again? Oh Yeah, thats right its next to my cottage. Very funny Higgins. Hope to see ya up there next weekend.