Fishing Starting to Pick up

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Portage Lake is still slow but reports a few fish have been caught the last few days. Pike have started to bite but reports there is still lots of snow on the lake but it is starting to settle.

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Hamlin Lake is still hard to get around with quads but fish have started to bite the last two days. About a dozen fishing on the lake today. Slush is starting to tighten up. Crappie being caught on the upper lake, minimal pan fish…..smaller in size. Best catch just before dark.

Crystal Lake the smelt are still biting off of Lobb Rd.

Green Lake the smelt fishing is picking up.

Pentwater seems to be the place as there was 40 cars fishing there today. It is a easy place to fish as short walk and perch are biting.

White Lake reports fishing is really bad as too much snow and no parking.

Around Baldwin a few pike and gills being caught but lots of snow.

Hesperia reports good pike fishing and a few gills but lakes still have lots of snow.