Sum Tips on Ice Fishing Lake Saint Clair

[Wizard3686]

hello everyone well i was wandering if sumone could help a new comer to lake saint clair out i normialy dont ice fish down here but this year i wanna give it a try for perch sum pike and walleye.. what kind of baits should i use i already have 4 main tip ups along with 5 spares i have a couple rods and i use my ultra light reals on them from my summer rods i have a few different sizes of jigging raps and pimples along with sum jigs and hooks

for my tip ups i was thinking of useing like 3 or 4 inch minnows would that be around the right size to use. and for perch should i get sum minnows and sum waxworms.


Also if anyone would like to join me one day on the ice when we get sum i would be happy to bring my gear only thing i dont have is an gas auger it is eather spud of hand auger for me so if you happen to have one and i have any thing you may need im down with shareing lol


Thanks For any info

Rob

[slowpoke]

hello everyone well i was wandering if sumone could help a new comer to lake saint clair out i normialy dont ice fish down here but this year i wanna give it a try for perch sum pike and walleye.. what kind of baits should i use i already have 4 main tip ups along with 5 spares i have a couple rods and i use my ultra light reals on them from my summer rods i have a few different sizes of jigging raps and pimples along with sum jigs and hooks

for my tip ups i was thinking of useing like 3 or 4 inch minnows would that be around the right size to use. and for perch should i get sum minnows and sum waxworms.


Also if anyone would like to join me one day on the ice when we get sum i would be happy to bring my gear only thing i dont have is an gas auger it is eather spud of hand auger for me so if you happen to have one and i have any thing you may need im down with shareing lol


Thanks For any info

Rob
I hope to be going down there some this year. Get back with me when there is ice and maybe we can get together. Hand auger or spud is all you need at first. Keep it light and move untill you hit the fish, that is if you are targeting perch like I will be. Go on the week-end and Look where all the people are and then go there on a weekday. That should put you close to the action.
You could get with WALLEYE MIKE on this site, he guides there, for a one day trip. You will learn a lot in that one day.

[Ed Michrina]

Rob we often hook up just before first light at Geno's when the ice is good. Around Selfridge It's nice to have one of those hand held radios to hook up with site members while on the ice.

As far as perch keep an eye on this site. Walleye are normally pulled through holes off of Geno's and pike can be anywhere. It sounds like you have all the right stuff. Swedish pimples etc. On the lake I'd stick with the Swedish pimple. In stained water the pimple will work with a large minnow on a dead stick 6 inches off the bottom. sometimes they want a 1/2 minnow on the hook or just a minnow head. on good days a rubber bead on the hook will do the trick. (works for the walleye also). A slip bobber in a heated shanty is also deadly.

Throughout the ice season feel free to pm me. every now and then I'm sitting over a school of perch. I also have a few, off the wall spots for pike fishing. the spots get little pressure and we normally use a large jig/twister tail and minnow (S) on the hook. What a blast to have a big old hog on an ultra light.

Another thing you might try is doing a search in the ice forums There is lots of good old information form years past . use key words like perch/Geno's, Perch Metro, Perch Selfridge, Swedish pimple, slip bobbers etc. Good luck won't be long now.

[shadow7663]

To add to whats already been said, Take a ride out to the end of Metro when the water is muddy, study this area and make lots of mental notes. If you can find a mudline (clean vs dirty water) you may be able to spot some areas where the current is running;)

[MiketheElder]

Several spots to be very careful of, any time during ice season.

1. The corner of Beacon Cove. Couple of snowmobiles went through there and a couple of years ago a guy and a little kid walked past me on the way out. Came walking back about ten minutes later. He went through, looked totally wet head to toe. Thank the Lord the little kid stayed dry.

2. The end of Metro Point. The current coming around that point can undercut that ice badly. I remember walking out that way one year throwing my spud ahead of me as I walked. When it went through I froze like a statue. Backpedaled and found out that there was one inch of ice right next to 8-10 inches of ice.

3. Just North? of Ginos are two sets of condos. The nearest one usually freezes OK but be careful heading over near the next group of condos.

Big Mike

[double trouble]

mc machen marina at blossom heath or else known as the coast guard station . nine mile and jefferson. can be a good spot especially by the gazebo. thin ice as you go right toward the gazebo.saw a real wet person there.to the left of the coast guard is a bay.enter off the beach . there is a canal coming out of that bay. line up even with the canal and the edge of the coast guard station. i saw some nice fish pulled up there last year when everywhere else was getting dinks.see, we even give out our secret spots.good luck.

[FishTales]

Several spots to be very careful of, any time during ice season.
1. The corner of Beacon Cove. Couple of snowmobiles went through there and a couple of years ago a guy and a little kid walked past me on the way out. Came walking back about ten minutes later. He went through, looked totally wet head to toe. Thank the Lord the little kid stayed dry.
Big Mike
I have seen what Mike is talking about here. I have seen holes in the ice on the south side of the marina, closer to the lake, along the rocks.
At first I thought someone had drilled some holes there for fishing, but further inspection showed gas bubbles coming to the top. That was acting just like a bubbler in a marina, the moving water won't freeze.
Rich