A awesome perch bite on Portage and Pentwater Lake with limit catches and some jumbo’s being caught. Osborn’s and Pentwater Angler report one of the best perch bites in many years. Hamlin Lake has been great with crappie, gills and pike.
Matthew Bogart reports Long Lake by Traverse City has ice in front of the store. About 3-4 inches of clear and then another 3-4 inches of slush/white ice. It varies around though. Just went out today. Only ventured out about 100 or so yards from shore though. Doesn’t look like anyone’s gone out further.
South Lake Leelanau has a great walleye bite and many are fishing out by the RV Park and Bingham. North is not safe in the deeper water.
Skegemog has a good perch bite with the slush still a problem, but good ice.
Lake Margrethe has been fair on walleye but pike and perch have been fair.
Higgins Lake a couple guys were fishing off of big creek for rainbows, a couple guys off the west access in 4 feet of water fishing for rainbows also. The little township park on the south end had about 20 fisherman out trying there luck for pike.
Houghton Lake has a good walleye bite off the south weed bed and east bay. Some are trying to get out to the middle grounds but 12 inches of snow and slush is hampering quads and snowmobiles. Perch and pike are biting off of Lyman’s on the Lake around there shanties along with a couple walleye.
Lake Missaukee had lots of fisherman out most are reporting the slush was up but fish were biting. Casey a Miller’s Corner reports lots of guys going off of Green Road and panfish, pike are biting great
Cadillac has many guys out today on both Cadillac and Mitchell. A huge group of guys were off the causeway catching crappie and pike.
Green Lake is still not safe a few guys fishing pike in the shallow bays.
Duck Lake is not safe in most places but a few guys are fishing off of strawberry point for pike and panfish.
