Curly's Photo and Fishing Blog
Happy New Year
Don’t forget you can use 3 lines per person this year.
We have ice and lots of fisherman are getting out this week and trying there luck. Most places report great fishing pressure, only the real deep lakes are open.
Lake St. Helen is reporting good pike and walleye with a few panfish this week
Down at Wixom Lake they are doing good on Muddy Bay with limit catches of gills on waxworms.
Margrethe and Otsego have good iv ce and many shaties are showing up on the lake
Around Leroy, Farwell, Cadillac, Harrison and Sanford they have good ice and are catching fish.
Long Lake and Lake Leelanau by Traverse City have good ice for walking and perch and walleye ae biting.
Portage Lake is froze, but ice is thin out in the channel
Skegemog Lake - Ice anglers are catching perch and many shanies out for spearing muskie and pike.
Lake Cadillac - Ice anglers are taking fair to good numbers of northern pike when using tip-ups or spear fishing. A few walleye were also caught. Those fishing in shallow waters have caught bluegills and crappie. Ice shanties were seen on the west side of the lake.
Lake Mitchell - Has ice however the better fishing was on Cadillac.
Hamlin Lake is reporting a good panfish and pike bite with lots of people out and about this week.
Big Manistique Lake - Has ice and is producing walleye along with some perch.
South Manistique Lake - Is also producing walleye and a few perch. Both lakes should also start producing some pike.
Twin Lake - Near Newberry has ice and the bluegill anglers are out.
Higgins Lake - was wide open when I went by today
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