Northern Ice conditions (Houghton lake north) [Archive]

Crooked Dave

12-06-2005, 02:50 PM

According to Dave @ Young's Party Store in Alanson, a few guys are fishing Carp Lake (Paradise Lake). I went out to check on Maple Bay and all I got were were wet boots. Might have to wait a few more days/weeks depending on all this lake effect. Be safe and as always, tight lines.

JJ Mac

12-06-2005, 04:51 PM

Up here in Charlevoix, Emmett counties, we had many small and shallower lakes locked in. I had planned on fishing by this weekend. Unfortunately, Mother nature served up a heaping helping of frozen mashed potatoes last night. We've gotten over a foot in 24 hours. Not good for the lakes with 2 inches of ice. Probably a week setback for those areas. Luckily, the larger lakes shouldn't be affected as much as they haven't frozen yet.

Houghton laker

12-07-2005, 05:47 AM

Going up to Houghton lake this weekend...will post results and ice thickness!

9mmruger1

12-07-2005, 11:39 AM

Going up to Houghton lake this weekend...will post results and ice thickness!

I will be interested in your post. I'm headed up there on the 27th for 3 days.

:)

Northbound

12-07-2005, 11:56 AM

Yesterday the lake I'm on in the NW lower was completely open water , early this morning it was completely frozen over.
I'm anxous to see how much snow we get on the newly formed ice and whether we'll have ice fishing this year. Two years ago we didn't.

Burksee

12-07-2005, 12:19 PM

Going up to Houghton lake this weekend...will post results and ice thickness!Kevein, Here's a couple of sites (*Besides's Jeff @Zagers) for information.

http://www.korbinskis.com//phpbb/nfphpbb/index.php
http://www.americanoakresort.com/

Also, Please post a "report" on conditions at the Spikehorn! ;)

I'm thinkin our next trip up isn't going to be until between Christmas and New Years... :sad:

Crooked Dave

12-07-2005, 12:49 PM

Heading down tomorrow a.m., but my buddy was out yesterday and had between 3-4" of ice. Very little snow cover on the ice and a few guys were fishing off the 4 lanes. Tight Lines.

jm5940

12-07-2005, 08:05 PM

There is no ice on lake Charlevoix as of today.

callie

12-08-2005, 07:37 AM

From the 2 guys I talked to there is 2-3 " on Crooked Lake (Emmet County) and on South Manistique (UP) there is 3-4

badfrog_5

12-08-2005, 09:00 AM

I was out last night theres a good 4'' of clear ice and was under 10 degs all night !! just a dusting of snow cover on the ice

east bay ed

12-08-2005, 11:31 AM

hubbard lake has fishable ice. guys are fishing east bay this morning. no reports on how the fishing is.

Fishfoote

12-08-2005, 11:41 AM

hubbard lake has fishable ice. guys are fishing east bay this morning. no reports on how the fishing is.

Man, that is good to hear! I talked to a buddy last night - Long Lake is frozen too! Gotta believe Fletcher's is frozen given the depth.

badfrog_5

12-08-2005, 12:33 PM

Man, that is good to hear! I talked to a buddy last night - Long Lake is frozen too! Gotta believe Fletcher's is frozen given the depth.

I heard that Fletcher's was and there are people out on there fishen

rendotwo

12-08-2005, 04:38 PM

couple fisherman out on Houghton lake Yesterday south shore. Dont know ice thickness.

Crooked Dave

12-08-2005, 04:40 PM

Checked both. Burt has about an inch on Maple Bay....didn't get out much further than 10 yds before it took no more than two wacks with the spud. :SHOCKED: Heard Crooked was O.K. but at the launch, I found similar conditons to Maple Bay. I'm sticking on shore for a few more day. Next opportunity for me is Tuesday, so I'll let all those weekends test the ice for me. :lol: Tight Lines

Houghton laker

12-08-2005, 05:12 PM

Hoping to go up to houghton...with this snow comming...may have to work!! :(

slowpoke

12-09-2005, 08:21 AM

Hoping to go up to houghton...with this snow comming...may have to work!! :(

Well there goes my good ice fishing report that you was going to send me. :lol: We got snow. Guess I will have to give you one. I hope to get up there with Scotty Hover some time this week-end.

Houghton laker

12-09-2005, 04:46 PM

CHUCK n BUCK

12-11-2005, 09:52 PM

well did anyone make it to Houghton Lake this weekend?..I'm itching to get up there near the end of the week, just need to no if the ice is good all around the lake.

ih772

12-11-2005, 09:59 PM

There was 8" of ice on the eastern side of Houghton Lake. The fishing was very slow. Lake St. Helen had 6" of clear ice and the fishing was slow there as well.

Houghton laker

12-12-2005, 04:21 AM

badfrog_5

12-12-2005, 08:10 AM

I was out last night theres a good 4'' of clear ice and was under 10 degs all night !! just a dusting of snow cover on the ice

WAS BACK OUT ON WEST TWIN SUNDAY NIGHT A GOOD 6" OF CLEAR ICE
AND 1-19" 3# WALEYE MMM GOOD

ih772

12-12-2005, 09:35 AM

going to try again to make it up there this next weekend....Cover of the Houghton lake paper had a couple guys out on east bay...mid week and ice was 5-6 inches then!! Good to hear it is up to 8 in. now!! Any machines out there already??

There were only a couple of sleds and one guy pulled his permanent out on the ice with a quad. There was very little activity on the entire lake.

CreekNCabin

12-12-2005, 11:58 AM

Has anyone heard about the ice conditions on Fife Lake?

Fish on!

HunterHawk

12-12-2005, 12:56 PM

hello i am new to this site and have property in gulliver. does anyone know if the little lakes around there have good ice. i imagine they would but thought i would check before i drove 5 hours. i saw that someone said south manisitique has 3-4 so that is good. let me know.. thanx in advance

MSUICEMAN

12-12-2005, 01:49 PM

Has anyone heard about the ice conditions on Fife Lake?

Fish on!

can ya PM me about Fife Lake... never been there, but got access to a house on the lake this year through a friend and am interested in the fishing on the lake. can't find too much about it really. Would like some first-hand experience.

steve

slowpoke

12-12-2005, 10:20 PM

Just got in after 14hrs. of snow and a watermain break!! back again later tonight to haul some snow.....Looks like you Will be giving me the report instead!!! :lol: Oh well...plenty of overtime!! next weekend I can give her heck!! ;) Heard winds supposed to be up around 35 mph tomorrow :mad: Hope not for your guys sake!!
Didn't make it to Houghton Lake. Talk to Scotty Hover and he sad there was good ice where he was. I got my doe with my black power gun Sat around 5pm. Maybe next time. Looks like I can take my 4 wheeler up to Houghton if I go. Went by Sag. river south of 46 and seen people fishing the river to the Tipp. Ask one fisherman that was coming off the ice and he said there was 3" there. I don't like 3" of ice on the river. I like more then 5" on a river.
My pond that's just north of Harrison had 2" of ice in the deep end. Hope the cold weather keeps coming. Looks like we might have a long ice fishing season. Hope everyone stays safe out there.

slowpoke

12-13-2005, 09:46 AM

can ya PM me about Fife Lake... never been there, but got access to a house on the lake this year through a friend and am interested in the fishing on the lake. can't find too much about it really. Would like some first-hand experience.

steve
Dad told me there's some Walleye there. My step brother goes there for Bass. Hope that helps. You might check DNR web site for info.

CreekNCabin

12-13-2005, 12:50 PM

I can do that! I still haven't heard any word, so I may try going up there this weekend to check for myself.

Linda G.

12-13-2005, 01:18 PM

Fife Lake is frozen, but I'm not sure how safe the ice is as yet. Most of the smaller lakes up here are now frozen over, and it's safe to fish in the shallower bay areas, but best to be careful nonetheless, and don't even think about any of the larger, deeper lakes yet. There's a few people out fishing on all of the smaller, or shallower lakes, but I'm not getting any reports of great fishing anywhere just yet. Snow due tomorrow, so be sure to check again before you head out anywhere.

CreekNCabin

12-13-2005, 02:07 PM

Thanks Linda! Ice safty is important this time of year!

HoytRLWinstonGuy

12-15-2005, 07:34 PM

No ice on Higgins whatsoever yesterday. No surprise though.

Crooked Dave

12-15-2005, 08:34 PM

This taken from TV7-4.com:

A northern Michigan fisherman will make a full recovery after being treated for hypothermia in Cheboygan county. James Temple was on a four wheeler when he fell through the ice Tuesday night just before six o'clock on Burt Lake. One of his fishing partners also fell through the ice, but friends were able to get him out. They weren't able to get Temple out so they called for help. Firefighters rescued the man after he'd been in the frigid water for 45 minutes.

I fished that evening on Maple Bay with between 3-4" of good clear ice. As I was packing up I heard some sirens in the distance. I think the area this guy went thru is more towards Indian River. If your heading out this weekend, proceed with caution. Don't assume anything and with all this new snow, make sure to take a throwable flotation device. Lots of insulation now covers the exsisting ice, so I doubt we're going to gain much before Saturday. Tight Lines

JJ Mac

12-15-2005, 09:55 PM

Saw this on the news last night Dave. By the spot they showed on the map it looked like they had taken off from the post office. They were way out past the pressure crack.

tc8782

12-18-2005, 12:18 PM

fished long lk. in gt county ice was spotty and little glen in leelanau with 5 to 7 inches of ice.

redneckman

12-20-2005, 09:20 PM

Any ice fishing reports in the cadillac area beside the one from pilgrim village?

Redneckman

redneckman

12-22-2005, 10:20 AM

Check every lake you go to even though another lake has quads on it already. Lake missaukee has quads out there with about 6-8 inches of ice, but i went to another lake this moring (hicks) and with just 2 strikes from my spud it went right throw. There is only 2inches out there. Only caught 1 perch and 1 bluegill off misaukee if anyone wants to know.

Be safe, Redneckman

Dasher

01-03-2006, 08:23 AM

Just got back from visiting relatives in Boyne City. Checked the ramp on North lake street in front of Boyne River Bait. No ice in sight on 1-2-06. Open water as far as I could see. Noticed 1 person fishing the open water from shore in front of Boyne River.

DaveW731

01-03-2006, 11:08 AM

Fished South side of HL this past Fri and Sat. Fished by Lymans on Friday for pike and 'eyes: lots of people out, had 8" of good ice. That was the good news......now the bad news: didn't see a single legal pike. Saw total of 1 walleye. Saturday, fished off the public access east of Lymans. Caught a bunch of tiny perch and 3 nice gills (8+"). Again, saw a bunch of little pike on tipups. Plenty of ice, snowmobiles and quads heading out 1 mile+ onto the lake. Since I was on foot, didn't try getting out that far.

itchn2fish

01-11-2006, 09:48 AM

Anyone have info. on Tawas Bay?

johnboy

01-21-2006, 01:32 PM

No first hand knowledge of Tawas Bay but you might take a look at:

http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10364_10888-34956--,00.html

sb_troutsman

01-24-2006, 06:43 PM

Lake Leelanau - Still alot of open water around the Bingham Road Access, but people are fishing parts of the lake - not me yet, I don't feel the need to go swimming right now.

Cedar lake / Leelanau Co. - Just froze over last weekend, haven't seen anybody out there yet.

Long Lake - Fished it this morning - 5" to 6" of good ice where I was. Snowmobile and quad tracks on ice.

Big Glen - Still open water late last week.

Little Glen - Froze over and several people out fishing.

MSUICEMAN

01-24-2006, 06:58 PM

was at fife lake this weekend... only caught little smerch, but the ice was pretty damn good, 8-10" depending where, saw lots of sleds on the lake, and some quads.

boots741

01-24-2006, 10:09 PM

Was up in Alcona Co this weekend...lots of ice..10-12" on most lakes.

bigpike3914

01-26-2006, 12:38 AM

Hey, I am headed up to Munuscong lake this weekend. Has anyone been up there fishing. I was wondering how the ice is up there, and how the fishing has been? Thanks Kevin

Stone

01-30-2006, 02:01 PM

goin up to sunny lake weds or thurs anyone with ice fishin reports taken some friends like to show them a nice time with fish.if not ice please post beer is $3.00 cheaper here a case soooooooo i'll take extra up. ty for ur help:confused: :confused:

SleePac

01-31-2006, 03:02 PM

9 ~ 10 inches of ice on the 29th of January.

Big Daddy Benelli

02-07-2006, 09:54 PM

Is there any ice on Crystal Lake in Benzie or Belluah?

Matt

02-08-2006, 02:58 PM

Just starting to skim as of last night. If it stays cold and calm, without lots of snow, it should start freezing quickly. NO ICE FISHING to be had on Crystal right now though.

Captnbobb

02-09-2006, 10:09 PM

I'm heading for the winter festival this weekend (and take kids skiing Monday), does it look like the skim ice is turning solid enough that I should bring some ice fishing gear for Crystal Lake?