craig mack Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 Only one that I caught, 13 inch perch. It was cool to finally get on the ice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 Nice perch! We finally got our ice shack out on Golden Lake yesterday, never got a chance to fish yet though. My buddy and I are going to put ours up on the Ottawa River this weekend hopefully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggs Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 I'm jealous. Things were starting to get good here before Christmas- than we had a warm weak with some rain that burned off the nice base ice we had. It should be another 2-3 weeks yet for us. I usually wait for at least 5-6". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig mack Posted January 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 I hear ya Muggs. They are fishing parts of Lake St Clair so I may try it , guys are saying that there is 5-7 inches of ice but poor water clarity. We had 10 inches of ice on Burt this weekend but thats a 4 hour drive from metro Detroit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggs Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 I hear ya Muggs. They are fishing parts of Lake St Clair so I may try it , guys are saying that there is 5-7 inches of ice but poor water clarity. We had 10 inches of ice on Burt this weekend but thats a 4 hour drive from metro Detroit. I was actually thinking about putting a mini trip together to head up to St. Clair. Water clarity is key to ice fishing though, if it's low, might not be worth it. I think next year I might head up to Rainy Lake, or Lake of the Woods Minnesota for some real ice fishing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig mack Posted January 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 I was actually thinking about putting a mini trip together to head up to St. Clair. Water clarity is key to ice fishing though, if it's low, might not be worth it. I think next year I might head up to Rainy Lake, or Lake of the Woods Minnesota for some real ice fishing. Let me know if you come up this way, I know a few spots on St Clair. I would love to be able to go to Minnesota one day and fish on the hard water. Western Ontario is a place I would like to try also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggs Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 Let me know if you come up this way, I know a few spots on St Clair. I would love to be able to go to Minnesota one day and fish on the hard water. Western Ontario is a place I would like to try also. Will do. There has to be some good walleye fishing out there, ey? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mrs.shorty Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 wow that is a big perch i wish i could catch em that big on the lake i fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig mack Posted January 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 Will do. There has to be some good walleye fishing out there, ey? They do catch some walleye but they're pretty hard to come by on St Clair. Saginaw river and Saginaw Bay is supposed to be the good walleye spot, on the ice. Thats about 2 hours north of Detroit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggs Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 (edited) I've looked into Saginaw too, but I'm a little leary of ice fishing big water like that. It can be very danergous, and I don't have a quad to get out as far as you probably need to go. Matter of fact...I remember while researching walleye fishing the Bay the good spots were about 2 miles off shore. That's a long walk when you're tugging along your shanty. I've been trying to go out on Erie near the islands. For $40 a guide will take you out on his air boat and even supply the ice huts and bait. I've heard guys having 60 walleye days out there...obviously with a lot of pigs (in the 10+ lbs. range) mixed in. The only problem with that is the fact safe ice really hasn't formed much the last 2 years. 3 years ago was money...some spots had close to 20" of ice out there but I didn't have the time with school back then. Edited January 7, 2009 by muggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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