Ice Conditions, Weather Reports, and More!

Not good for friends of the hard water. It’s raining today with temps at 37 degrees. Snow is coming in for the overnight but temps will remain above freezing until later Saturday. The ice is pulling away in various places around the Little bay de Noc shoreline. Once getting on the ice there can be…

Reporting this morning from Blades Bait & Tackle. Snow is almost gone. Side by side sits on tracks just itching to plow through the deep stuff. The warm weather is not making ice at all. There is still plenty of area to fish on Little Bay de Noc though. You just need to know how…

The safest way to get out on Little Bay de Noc is the single yellow gate north of the Days River. Or, off the Vagabond on the east side of the bay. Looks like we’ve had a wheeler go through now. Stay where you know the ice is safe with those machines and walk with…

January 11th Ice conditions remain relatively the same. Nice to have a day we didn’t get above freezing. The forecast is finally calling for some January ice making temps to come in Saturday.  The bite over the weekend was steady. With Anglers continuing to produce fish on Jigging Lures.  Reports from anglers is that the…

We had reports of a snowmobile that went through off the first yellow gate south of the Days River. I went down there with my spud bar to confirm and found no evidence… until now. These anglers are lucky. Let’s move on to fishing. With a recent rising barometric pressure and mild temps the bite…

Starting the day with our low for the next 24 hours at 27 degrees…Yikes! Let’s look at the bright side. We’ve got walkable to light motorized traffic on the ice and the fish are still down there. The steady temps and mild weather will make for a comfortable time on the hard water. More time…

The 5 day forecast calls for above freezing temperatures during the day. Temps will struggle to get under 20° for the overnights. I’ve never prayed for a polar vortex but I’m sending one up now. Ice conditions remain the same with 4 to 6 inches on the bay. I have only seen one shack at…

Wednesday January 6, 2021 I’m reporting from what I call “just off the rock pile” on Little Bay de Noc. Standing on 4-5 inches of ice with a couple guys from Wisconsin. It doesn’t look good for making ice this week. Day temperatures will be at or above freezing with just a couple nights getting…