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Lake Margrethe by Grayling is real good for walleye and pike. Walleye are on a great bite with blues and sucker working best. Lots of fisherman headding out. Call Skips Sport for more info @ 989-348-7111
White Lake has been good for perch and pike the last few days with golden working best for pike.
Otsego Lake by Gaylord reports a good walleye bite also with some perch being caught.
Long Lake by Traverse and Lake Leelanau have iced over and will be ready in a few days for some good walleye fishing. They are vernturing out but ice is iffy
Higgins Lake is wide open and will be a couple of weeks if things stay cold.
Lake Skegemog by Kalkaska has good ice and they are just starting to get out to the perch grounds, seeing lots of big perch on there cameras and they bite for a day until the storm hit and put a bunch of snow on the ice.
I’m hearing of some good ice around Gladwin, and Harrison. Wiggins Lake there is very good fishing with limit catches of gills and crappie. Muddy Bay on Wiggins lake has started with a few fish being caught.
Black Lake and Burt went over and has about three inches of ice and many will be fishing this weekend.
Houghton Lake has a good bite with walleye and pike with some crappie mixed in, but the deep snow has made it very slushy and many are getting stuck
Lake Missaukee - Ice fishing is on and anglers are catching panfish off of Green Rd, Most are the size of your hand or 7 to 8 inches but limit catches. Still good reports this week.
Muskegon Lake - Boat anglers are fishing for perch over on the west end of the lake. Try just off the bottom in 38 feet of water. Walleye have been caught when trolling about 7 to 8 feet down in 12 to 15 feet of water along the edge of the weedbeds. Boats have been spotted near the Bear Lake Channel and behind the Paper Mill. Some are ice fishing for bluegills in Snug Harbor which is in the northwest corner of the lake.
Spider Lake - Anglers are ice fishing for panfish.
Fife Lake - Has anglers ice fishing for walleye off the launch site on the north end of the lake. Try tip-ups for pike along the east shoreline, This is a lake to keep your eye could get real hot when they can get to the island
Little Glen Lake - Anglers doing good on perch and pike.
South Manistique Lake - Those ice fishing have caught walleye and perch in waters 7 to 12 feet deep. Some of the perch are 8 to 9 inches however anglers will need to sort out the small ones. Lots of small pike have also been caught. There is slush on the lake.
North Manistique Lake - Is also covered with slush and the ice formation is not uniform. Because of this, most anglers are fishing the southern end of the lake where there was less snow. Some nice walleye have been caught.
Indian Lake reports good perch fishing
Around Newberry fishing has been fair.
Upper Peninsula:
The fishing action around Copper Harbor is slow. There is ice forming on the harbor, but nothing that is safe enough for anglers to get out on.
Lake Gogebic is producing fair to good walleye fishing. The best fishing is found on the north and south ends of the lake. Afternoons seem to be the best time to be out. Most of the marble eyes are hitting on tip-ups tipped with a sucker minnow.
Anglers in the Marquette area are finding some decent ice on the local lakes, but the action is slow since most of the fish are line shy.
By Gladstone, the walleye fishing is good on Little Bay de Noc. Anglers are using jigging poles and tip-ups. The perch fishing on the bay is fair.
Out of the Manistique area, the perch fishing is good on Indian Lake. Minnows are working well as bait. The walleye action on the lake is fair. In the Sault Ste. Marie area, anglers are just starting to get out on the ice covering the shallow bays along the St. Marys River.
Information is limited on what, if anything, is being caught.
Munuscong Bay is producing fair perch fishing. Mornings are the best time to drop a line through the ice.
Fishing activity around Drummond Island is slow this week, due to the lack of safe ice. By Cedarville, anglers are catching a few perch on Muscallonge (Musky) Bay. Minnows are the preferred bait.
And at St. Ignace, the perch action is fair on Brevort Lake. Both minnows and wigglers are being used as bait.
Northwest:
Fishing activity this week is slow by Alanson, due to the poor weather conditions.
Out of the Boyne City area, people are starting to get out on the South Arm of Lake Charlevoix and on the north end of Walloon Lake. A few perch, pike and walleye are being caught on the lakes.
West of the Traverse City area, the perch fishing is fair on Glen Lake.
Around Frankfort, Arcadia Lake is producing fair perch and pike fishing. Anglers on Bass Lake are catching a few crappie.
Skegemog Lake by Kalkaska is producing some very good perch fishing. The pike fishing on the lake is fair. The walleye fishing on Fife Lake is very good. Anglers are using jigs and tip-ups, with minnows being the preferred bait.
In the Gaylord area, the panfish and walleye fishing is fair on Otsego Lake. The walleye are hitting on minnows hooked on the end of a tip-up.
And at Cadillac, both lakes Cadillac and Mitchell are producing excellent pike fishing. The bigger northerns seem to be coming out of Lake Cadillac. Anglers on the lakes are catching good numbers of bluegill and crappie, with the best fishing found on the east side of Lake Cadillac. The perch and walleye fishing on the lakes is fair.
West:
Anglers on Hamlin Lake near Ludington are catching good numbers of bluegill, crappie and pike. Pere Marquette Lake is producing some good perch and pike fishing, however, anglers need to be very careful on the ice, which is still on the thin side. Anglers along the Pere Marquette River are catching a few steelhead. Both wigglers and spawn are being used as bait.
Out of the Muskegon area, anglers still able to get a boat in Muskegon Lake are catching a few perch during the day. The best area to fish is on the west end of the lake, in water about 35 feet deep. At night, anglers are trolling for walleye in water about 15 feet deep.
Chippewa Lake is producing some very good walleye fishing. Anglers on the lake are also catching a few panfish and pike through the ice.
And at Baldwin, anglers are starting to get out on many of the local lakes. The bluegill fishing is fair, with both waxworms and mousies being used as bait.
Northeast:
By Alpena, the perch and walleye fishing is good on both Grand and Long lakes. Minnows are working well as bait. Hubbard Lake is also producing some good walleye action. The best area to drop a line through the ice seems to be on the east side of the lake.
Lake Margrethe by Grayling is producing some excellent walleye fishing. Anglers are using jigging poles and tip-ups. The perch fishing on the lake ranges from slow to fair.
Out of the Oscoda area, the perch fishing is good on Van Etten Lake. The pike and walleye action on the lake is fair. Foote Dam Pond is producing fair to good perch and walleye fishing. Anglers along the Au Sable River are catching a few whitefish, walleye and steelhead.
With no safe ice, fishing activity is slow this week on Higgins Lake.
Houghton Lake is producing good pike and walleye fishing. Anglers are using jigs and tip-ups, with minnows being the preferred bait.
And at Au Gres, the bluegill and crappie fishing is fair in the cuts and channels along Saginaw Bay. The perch action is slow on the ice that has formed along the bay.
East:
Around Linwood, the perch fishing is fair along Saginaw Bay. Anglers will have to sort through the fish that are caught to find any keepers.
In the Bay City area, the walleye fishing is fair on Saginaw Bay. The perch fishing is slow to fair. Anglers are catching quite a few fish, but many of them are too small to keep.
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