Category: Ice Conditions & Weather Reports

Today was a very windy day on the Bay. Snow, sunshine, snow, wind, snow, sunshine, snow, wind. Finally, it was a typical day on the Noc. Snow is drifting with no slush to speak of. It has all hardened up now. The crack across the bay from the Days River to the Vagabond is all…

The ice on Little Bay de Noc is getting thicker by the minute. We’ve got a solid 9 to 12 inches on the Upper Bay. There is also good ice down past Gladstone and Escanaba and it’s forming pretty good down by the Ford River and even further south too. Take your cleats because there’s…

At 5 o’clock this morning I looked at the temperature and it was 8° below zero. I thought, wow this is gonna be tough to get acclimated to! We’ve hardly touched zero this winter. Confronting it head on, I took a ride out on the Bay before sunrise to enjoy the ice pop as the…

Ya Baby! We’re finally enjoying sub zero weather. We had bright sunshine as I did ice measurements this afternoon from the Kipling Landing throughout the Bay north of the narrows. We have 8-11”s. Fish did get a little tight lipped with this cold front. Speaking of cold fronts, I know it was forecast, but returning…

l All right, two nights without a report just means we’ve been slammed around here, but in a good way. Ice conditions could not be better with the exception of a couple pockets of slush from cracks forming and water pushing up them. With the cold temps this week those are all gonna freeze up…

Usually I don’t run out of time to write a report until Saturday. Here it is only Thursday and this day is almost over. Where does time go? Besides, aren’t the days supposed to be getting longer? The ice is great, travel on the Bay is awesome and the walleye are eating more every day.…

Little by little we’re getting more ice. The perch are hot, Pike are hitting and the Walleye bite is picking up… as predicted. It takes a little coaxing yet, but they’re coming around. The steady barometer doesn’t hurt either. Friday afternoon and into Saturday, the rising barometer should send em deep for the weekend. We’ll see.…

It got a little warm today for my taste, pushing just over that 32° mark. So it’s a little sloppy getting around for one more day, but we’re gonna freeze up really good for the weekend. The walleye should be hungry too cuz they’ve been on a diet. Unless tempted by a seasoned anglers tricks.…

Travel today about the Bay was a complete joy as the sun peaked out in what seems like forever. Pike have had a good appetite and some anglers are reporting fish over 40”. You can use a jig rod, tip ups or maybe ya wanna lure one in and stick it with a spear. No…