Ice Conditions, Weather Reports, and More!

Three anglers operating machines mistakenly drove into open water last night. Fortunately, no one was seriously injured. Please safely enjoy the last two days of the walleye ice season. The Big Mamas are biting! This 12.38 lbs walleye was caught by Craig Weaver from Owosso, MI. Thanks for sharing your success on the Noc with…

 Strong winds from the south yesterday, with a little less water on the ice than after the weekend meltdown. That all changed by 5 o’clock this morning. Winds howled from the opposite direction with gusts over 35 mph from the north. Temperatures are forecasted to be in the mid-20s for the next two nights, giving…

Warm, windy, and wet as the 7-day countdown begins. Landings will barely firm up in the morning with a low temperature of 30° overnight. Ice thickness is maintaining out there as of today, but softening ice is a reality, and we’re starting to feel it while auging holes. After the warm snap concludes on Wednesday,…

It’s Saturday, and cleats are back in fashion, along with sunglasses. The powerful sun’s rays beat down on the snowless bay this morning before clouds moved in and out periodically this afternoon. It’s just like being on the open water, getting a double dose of UV. Sunscreen might be needed. Trucks are roaming the top…

Dry as a bone on a wind-blown bay, with only partial sun and wind chills below freezing. Ice conditions continue to be exceptionally good. Landings are holding up so far and should remain passable. Dropping into single digits tonight will keep the ice solid throughout the weekend. Some trucks continue to launch off the Red…

 After pounding rain for 12 or more hours, cold temperatures finally transformed the precipitation into dry snow. The cold temperatures, combined with extremely strong winds, turned what was 3-8 inches of standing water last night into a flat surface across the Bay, as though a crew had been out with leveling compound and finished with…

It’s a Little Bay de Noc kind of day out there—alive and kicking! The landings have suffered severely from this recent warm snap. Shallow water at The Yellow Gate landing failed to do its job of supporting a Subaru coming off last night. It almost made it, but missed it by not much… This is…

A foggy mist and 38° just before the next weather event is set to hit Little Bay de Noc. ‘Water-covered glare ice’ best describes travel, as most permanent shacks have been moved to the landings until the storm passes and temperatures drop below freezing again. The landings will be the main issue going forward. Once…

On Friday late morning, we experienced complete calmness at one point on the bay—a serenity not often felt out there. It was the calm before the storm, as shortly after that brief period, winds howled beyond the typical windy day on Little Bay de Noc. If that’s your thing, the 40 mph gusts were perfect…