Around Lansing?

[HunterHawk]

anyone fishing and small ponds or gravel pits or anything around lansing or maybe a we bit north or south?

I have a few gravel pits i want to get on and a couple small lakes.....

I went duck hunting last saturday and was walking on what i would have guessed as 2-3 inches of ice on a river... well in a bayou anyway... but still i had to break out and inch and a 1/2 just to hit the main stream of the river... i was shocked to see how frozen the river was so i figured some of these smaller gravel pits and ponds would be frozen over a bit.... i was just hoping you guys would try it 1st :lol:... if not ill head out there this weekend and let ya know

[DaveW731]

I would love to do the same thing, but having family visiting this weekend. I'll look forward to your post!

[buster5199]

Checked a small pond near my house in NW Oakland County on Saturday. My guess is that it was only about 2" thick. I will check it again this weekend, with the cold temps this week. It is gonna be totally lake by lake for the next few weeks as long as we don't get more run.:sad:

Good luck and be safe.

[HunterHawk]

i believe you meant rain.... yes rain would suck... and no worries i am going to have someone right there... this is a pretty MONSTEROUS gravel pit so it should be a pretty good indication for ice conditions.... i believe its actually a lake but its a gravel pit non the less.... private though :)... well kinda... i have never fished it so it should be interesting... ill keep you guys posted... i get out of work at 3 on friday and 330 saturday so if i dont check it friday i will be checking it saturday so stay tuned

[muddman55]

i'll be checking out sleepy hollow on sat. ill let ya know

[1fish]

i live on a small private lake in Haslett and we've got a solid 2" as of this afternoon. Should be able to walk on it by the end of the week.

[HunterHawk]

sweet, thanks guys..... last i checked saturday looked like my best day for ice fishing so im taking my stuff when i go to test out the waters :)

ut oh.... i just checked the weather..... i better do my ice fishing saturday because after that the next week its crawling into the upper 30's..... by bye ice :(

[jlcrss]

You talking about the gravel pit on Howell Road?

Can't wait for this season. Hey Dave are we actually gonna get together this year? Muddman I will probably see you again on Ovid. I plan on being out alot this season.

[DaveW731]

You talking about the gravel pit on Howell Road?

Can't wait for this season. Hey Dave are we actually gonna get together this year? Muddman I will probably see you again on Ovid. I plan on being out alot this season.

Let's make it happen! I'll post whenever I think I am heading out, you guys do the same:)

[HunterHawk]

jlcrss.... i wasnt talking about the gravel pit on howell rd if you were talking to me... i do know where you are talking about though...(i think)

i wouldnt mind meeting up with some people around here and going ice fishing.. i dont know too many people around here that ice fish and my buddy that usually would ice fish with me is about to leave the state... i have some weird times i can go though so they probably wouldnt match the average joe... i could go fri after 3 and sat after 330 and then sundays before 2 haha.... during the week is a bit better and between the 14th of december -29th i could go a bit more because i will be out of school.... it would probably have to be semi local though

although i have lived around here all my life i have never fished any of the lakes around here boat or on ice so if anyone wants someone to fish with i would be more than willing.... i love ice fishing and have a vex and clam and all that but we usually just fish up north because i always heard the lakes around here werent that great but then again i dont know anyone that has actually fished many of them haha... :help:?... pm me if anyone is interested in showing me a few lakes around here... i dont get many chances to ice fish do to school and work so you dont have to worry about me fishing out your spots either

[mpatmcg]

Yea! I'll be out on Ovid a lot this year too. When I drove by this morning, there was a lot of snow on top of the ice. There looked to be a large wet line of snow going from the boat launch to the island (that you can see from Price Rd.) Be careful still!

Mike

[Mule Skinner]

I've been wanting to try the pit behind Total Firearms for pike.

I guess you pay them an access fee :confused:

[duckman#1]

Speaking of Lansing, Could I get info on Lake Lansing's fishery? I read a few years ago that the lake at one time was polluted and not to eat any fish out of it. Is this true? My kid goes to MSU and lives near it and wanted to ice fish it this winter. Is it worth ice fishing? perch? nice gills? pike?

[patcheroo]

I drive by Park Lake, by Bath, every day. It has been completely froze over for more than a week now...........Patch

[HunterHawk]

duckman#1 i am not sure... a couple years ago we were doing a house on lake lansing and there was a few people out fishing but i am not really sure... i plan on checking this out myself...

[1fish]

Lake Lansing is fishable, no fish advisories. However the fishing really leaves quite a bit to be desired and access is an issue, it's a decent walk to the better fishing spots and they make it pretty much impossible to get a snowmobile or quad on the ice. You can access off the park on the SE side of the lake when it's open or the boat ramp on the N side of the lake. However, be concious of the hours the parks are open (not early and not late). There's a fairly good population of hammer handle pike, small gills and some moderate size crappies at time. It's actually pretty good bass lake in the spring, but for ice fishing, not really anything to go out of your way for.

[DaveW731]

Notice some familiar names on this thread, plus a couple I have not had the pleasure of meeting yet. I have an idea: maybe a pre/early season MnG at a local watering hole to get aquainted/reaquainted and get even more geeked up for fishing: I fish all of the bodies of water that have been mentioned, plus a couple more in the Lansing/East Lansing area. I'll put a post in the Outings forum....maybe we can all get together and strategize on places to fish this winter:)

[HunterHawk]

sounds good to me... i just bought 73 dollars worth of crap today haha... some ice picks to hang around my neck while i check some places around here :) and then the rest were all baits and one spool of line.... i didnt think that was possible

[casscityalum]

Hawk,
Ill be glad to take you up to Saginaw to fish for some walleye. I plan on meeting with a guy I met through MS and maybe my brother and both say you catch 30+ fish a day some keepers most small but that will be changin this year. Also Ill be glad to join in with you fishin around here and also be doing my h/w around here. Well ttyl!

[jlcrss]

That sounds good Dave. I was able to go to the one last year because I blew my knee out. Hey Cass I see you are from the Soo as well. I lived up there for 5 years going to Lake State. Anyway let me know I will up for that.

[HunterHawk]

well i told you guys i would keep you updated if i got to check this lake size gravel pit and i didnt have the time tonight.... got out of work at 330 then had to help my dad load some wood into the basement and the state game was too close.... ill be checking it sometime this week

[muddman55]

got on the lake yesterday on 4" at the launch ice coverage is 100% but thickness is not consistant at all. found 4 at one hole and 2" at the next one 10ft. away. lots of little gills but i didnt feel good about moving around a lot yet. On a side note, was 1 other guy out when i first got on. he was checking the ice every 15 paces or so like i do on skinny ice. just before dark several other guys came out, saw us on the ice and ASSUMED it was all good. scared me to watch them walkin across the ice like it was a parking lot.:help:

[1fish]

got on the lake yesterday on 4" at the launch ice coverage is 100% but thickness is not consistant at all. found 4 at one hole and 2" at the next one 10ft. away. lots of little gills but i didnt feel good about moving around a lot yet. On a side note, was 1 other guy out when i first got on. he was checking the ice every 15 paces or so like i do on skinny ice. just before dark several other guys came out, saw us on the ice and ASSUMED it was all good. scared me to watch them walkin across the ice like it was a parking lot.:help:

Yup gotta be careful on Ovid, springs everywhere and current that runs the lenghth of it through a twisty, indescriminate channel. Always walk with a spud out there, especially this early on.

[HunterHawk]

well went and looked at that lake/gravel pit thing i was going to test the ice on and i could see that someone HAD been out there and drilled holes all over... HOWEVER the fricken rain looks like it killed it... the ice look HORRIBLE!!!

and down around this one bend there were ducks sitting on water:lol:... i might be waiting a little while:(