Houghton Lake

[jackandkelly]

I heard a rumor today that Houghton Lake skimmed over. Does anyone know if this is true?

[Fishbum2]

I was there today. It is not skimmed over. Some of the ponds had
some thin ice on them. They got something like 8-10 inch of snow
and the sleds are out, but no ice on the lake yet.

[Buzzy]

I talked to a guy that livs on the lake there. He said that it skimmed over a couple of times. I don't know for sure if it did, but with this weather it should skimm over pretty soon.

[jackandkelly]

Thanks, It is 1 1/2 hrs away from me so I hate to drive down every couple days to check.

[pike man]

When the ice is safe for human travel I will post that. It was just skimmed over last night but the wind may have blown it in. I'll post tonight when I get home.

pike man:fish:

[mifisher]

I heard rumors that Houghton is iced over now, can anyone confirm that? If so, anyone know how much ice is out there?

[redneckman]

Try this fishing report on this website. http://bucsfishingreport.com/pMachine/weblog.php


Redneckman

[pike man]

I've been getting home after dark the last couple of days. Sounds as if the whole lake is froze over. I'll try to get an eyeball:16suspect on the situation today.

pike man:fish:

[mifisher]

Sounds good, I'll look forward to hearing from you pike man. Do you do any walleye fishing out there? If so, send me a pm and we'll have to chat.

[pike man]

Well from my observation the east bay is totally frozen over. That's all I could see this afternoon around 5:00pm. We also got around 4" of fresh powder today. So we now have around 10" on the ground. Supposed to get a little warmer tommorrow ( Friday ) even warmer over the weekend. I'll keep posting.

pike man:fish:

[scottyhoover]

maybe we should ask these guys for some tips

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy-cw7AMgrs

[NBman]

those guys taught me everything i know

[Ralph Smith]

:p :lol: surpised there wasn't a big ole red and white bobber attached the line too.:p :lol:

[Chawazz]

:p :lol: surpised there wasn't a big ole red and white bobber attached the line too.:p :lol:

Actually, I think there was, hanging off the rod tip. Is it supposed to be IN the water????

"As seen on In-Fisherman of Mubai":help:

[walleye]

As of this afternoon HL has approx. an inch of slush on top, then an inch of frozen slush, below that is an inch of water, then an 1 1/2 of very soft ice. :rant:

[Jigster]

Then below that 6-8ft of very cold water! Then below that 2 of my best jiggin rods that got pulled under last year!:rant:

Jigster

[ih772]

Then below that 6-8ft of very cold water! Then below that 2 of my best jiggin rods that got pulled under last year!:rant:

Jigster

DOH! HL pike strikes again! :lol:

I almost lost one that same way last winter. :yikes:

[dachmation]

Hey I, you coming up today?:D

[ih772]

I just came back for Houghton L. last night. There is roughly 30' of open water around the shoreline where I checked and the ice is rotten. The snow never let the ice thicken, even though the temperatures were in the single digits a few nights. :(

[slowpoke]

I Was There On The South Sure And Seen A Lot Of Open Water.

[RJF]

See ya next year, I'm afraid.

[Banditto]

Oh woe is me... no better yet try again around Jan 2-7th. We WILL have ice by then. It is getting colder by the day.

[Houghton laker]

By the date now...and lack of Ice...it looks like it may be a bad ice year for tip-up town!!:(

[Banditto]

Why do people go out on the ice for TUT? never heard of that