calling it a season......its over

[stag]

Til next year gentleman, I bid you adou....lets try to keep in touch via the soft water board and hope everyone here has a great open water fishing season...keep in touch...and one last flag for the 2008-09 season....

[northrn-duck-assassin]

good luck to you also iceshanty brother. keep the drag screamin throughout the soft water season. i'll be on myfishfinder.com for the soft water, same name.

[moonbeam]

Put the toys up last weekend and going nuts!! Hard to get fired up about boat when all ya see is ice. Oh well, see ya'll next ice.

[chicagill35]

 I thought armchair quarterback was bad,armchair fishing is worse!!!!!

[bluegillmaster2011]

i have officially put up my stuff too! even if it gets safe ill be grounded till late march so it wont be then! ill have the same name on fishfinder all summer though!  just found this website this year, i used lake-link and read about this and decided lake-link is dumb and no one uses it so i stand by this forum! hopefully fishfinder is just as good! thank you to all of you who have posted the information and replied to my posts! thanks-stacy

[SkeeterJeff]

I'm still in denial. 

Headed for Houghton in MI again this weekend.  My wife is going up this time, and I'll have the GPS with the lake map and some good advice/tips from some locals that I met last weekend.

Jeff

[Steuben1]

I'm still in denial. 

Headed for Houghton in MI again this weekend.  My wife is going up this time, and I'll have the GPS with the lake map and some good advice/tips from some locals that I met last weekend.

Jeff

I'm with you Jeff, I am headed to Saginaw Bay on Saturday to hopefully catch those eyes!!!  I am off tomorrow and will be checking the ice around here too.

Jeff

[MichiganMan]

  My heart goes out to ya. Here in da U.P. we still have bout 30" of ice on the bay in most places and that or more on inland lakes. folks still driving full size trucks all over.It's 9 degrees out right now. Guessn' I'll be on the ice untill early april. DANG  

[fishinpo1e1]

Where in da UP?

[Mhofferman]

I'm with you Jeff, I am headed to Saginaw Bay on Saturday to hopefully catch those eyes!!!  I am off tomorrow and will be checking the ice around here too.

Jeff

Steuben,

I'll be interested to see what you find up that way....awaiting your post 

[philk]

I'm with you Jeff, I am headed to Saginaw Bay on Saturday to hopefully catch those eyes!!!  I am off tomorrow and will be checking the ice around here too.

Jeff

Jeff

I have fished that lake for the past  two weekends.  Caught my limit of a mixed bag of 5.  3 eyes and 2 gators.  I lost more than I want to share with you.  Find sharp break from 5" to 12 and you will have all you can handle.  I have best luck with jigging raps tipped with full minnow.  Going up next weekend.  Good luck   

[SkeeterJeff]

Jeff

I have fished that lake for the past  two weekends.  Caught my limit of a mixed bag of 5.  3 eyes and 2 gators.  I lost more than I want to share with you.  Find sharp break from 5" to 12 and you will have all you can handle.  I have best luck with jigging raps tipped with full minnow.  Going up next weekend.  Good luck   

Which "Jeff" are you replying to?  The one going to Saginaw or the one going to Houghton?

Jeff - Houghton Bound in less than 24!

[philk]

Which "Jeff" are you replying to?  The one going to Saginaw or the one going to Houghton?

Jeff - Houghton Bound in less than 24!

Houghton Jeff

[SkeeterJeff]

Houghton Jeff

Thanks for the tip!

Jeff

[philk]

Thanks for the tip!

Jeff

I fish the very east end of the lake.  Right by the marina.  again the key is the sharp drop off.  There is a very large white house with a ton of windows on the south side.  It is next to a vacant lot.  Find the 5' foot break.  It will drop to 12 foot in less than 5 foot from each hole.  Anywhere along there.  Took me a weekend to fine them.  What is interesting is the lake for the most part is farly clear but this bay is slightly stained.  Almost a amber color.  There is a feeder creek right there in the bay.  Let me know how you make out.  if you have a chance go over to Higgins in the evening and look at the mobs of people chasing smelt.  I spent an evening just visiting fisherman who love there smelt.  Several hundred.  They are quite a group.  Phil

[SkeeterJeff]

Thanks again for the tips.  Last weekend was my first time up there and I fished the south end, not knowing what I was doing.  My wife and I will be up tomorrow evening and staying at Lee's South Shore Beach Resort, right beside Lyman's.  According to my Navionics Hotmaps there should be some areas similar to what you describe on the west side of the lake, and we are going to head that way first thing Saturday morning.  We will be in a FishTrap Yukon.  If we don't have any luck on Saturday, we may head around to the east side.  What is the name of the Marina that you mentioned?  I don't see one on the east side of the lake.  ??

Thanks,
Jeff

[philk]

Jeff Its on MI 100.  I believe the name is Harvey's. Phil

[walkerd]

not over yet. monday there was four inches of fairly good ice. saturday or sunday should be ok.