Category: Ice Conditions & Weather Reports

  • Crazy Wind

    Crazy Wind

    Not much has changed in the ice conditions since yesterday’s report. There’s 15” average on the Upper Bay. Except for the Days River Landing, which has water standing on the ice caused by the brief yet brisk winds that blew out of the south today. Drive through it or drive around it. It’s still a…

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  • Slip Slidin Away

    Slip Slidin Away

    Ice conditions on Upper Little Bay de Noc are incredible as far as safety is concerned. Unless a skating rink with no snow is dangerous, then that’s another story. Ok, Plenty of ice and no snow that’s what we got. Don’t slip and fall on your…Our cold temperatures yesterday and today froze everything back up…

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  • Rain, Rain Go Away

    Rain, Rain Go Away

    It’s 8 o’clock eastern time, 38° and raining. The forecast is calling for 1/2“ of rain. Tomorrow evening we are going to chill off and firm things up for the weekend. Ice conditions have been holding up very well and I’ll be checking the landings tomorrow again to see how they’ve held up through this…

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  • Excellent Conditions To Fish!

    Excellent Conditions To Fish!

    Wow! What a weekend on the Bay. A truck and trailer in the drink up by Garth Point Friday night. Wrong way, wrong turn, everybody’s all right. Ryan and his crew from Pro Towing got out there Friday night so they could hit the ice track on Saturday. I heard Ryan took first place in…

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  • Stay Away From Garth Point

    Stay Away From Garth Point

    The ice is tight and the temperature are down to the mid teens tonight before the warmer forecasts takes over tomorrow and continue the next few days. There is considerably less slush after the last two cool nights. Big Eyes are pushing into the shallows to feed and an abundance of fish are cruising the…

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  • Windy And Warm

    Windy And Warm

    Well we were spared the snow of this storm, but we sure got the winds on the backside of it. These warm temperatures have created a few areas of slush now, but because we haven’t had much snow it’s really not deep enough for anything to get stuck. Most of the water on the ice…

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  • Bad Moon A Risin’

    Bad Moon A Risin’

    If you’re not out there right now, you’re probably thinking…I should be by the weekend, right? Yep, get your Angling Ass out der. The last few days we’ve had a real good bite. We’re peaking fast with this recent up tick feeding. The weather pattern over the next week looks like it should last through…

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  • Eating Good Again

    Eating Good Again

    Let’s catch up. It’s been a while. As predicted, the bite has absolutely turned on with the warm up. Big fish are abundant and roaming The Bay. Tip-ups seem to be the ticket for big fish. The perch are sizable and have been hungry too. Ice conditions are holding up well as a thin blanket…

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  • Turning On!

    Turning On!

    What’s this? Above zero temperatures again? If warm-ups trigger the bite, these fish are going to eat like crazy over the next week. A couple days of forecasted highs over 35 degrees are on the horizon. These temperatures above 32° will be brief and below freezing temperatures in the overnights are sure to maintain the…

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