LSC,Lk Erie,Detroit river ice conditions

[WALLEYE MIKE]

Just state the ice conditions in your area. No opinions need whether its safe or not. Just state the facts.

[koby]

driving into work this am

the lake at the corner of Mound and 32 Mile Road completely frozen

[WALLEYE MIKE]

driving into work this am

the lake at the corner of Mound and 32 Mile Road completely frozen

Thats Cusick(sp) lake. to bad its all private. Deep too, 65ft in the middle.

[wannabapro]

Small pond frozen over for the last few days a Square Lake/ I-75.

Also noticed a few canals in the Saint Clair Shores area were frozen over, but I would assume only an inch or so.

[lawnboy]

Metro basins have ice and forming…

[andy capp]

2-3 inches out of mitchells as of yesterday. Wont be long.

[Z202]

I like what Walleye Mike said "just the facts". ;)

The difference between "frozen over" or "has ice" and stating something like "1 or 2 inches thick" are big differences. I know some of us are reporting on drive bys, so we'll take what we can get, but it would be nice if ......

I was also driving around shopping yesterday in the holiday rush and saw ice everywhere I went. The only thinkness I could see was the runoffs between M-59. Since the water has gone down, the ice was calapsing and was viewable at just over an inch thick. soon! :corkysm55

[ICEGUY]

Ice is forming. Fished off the docks 16 mile Wednesday, nothing. Water dirty. Went to 11 mile also on Wed and ice is forming there also. Got nothing at 11 mile. Won't be long now. tightlinesyall

[lawnboy]

Found my first drill hole for the season out at metro today the guy must have been out there yesterday. Not far off shore only about 5-6 foot. Ice looked to be about 1-2 inches. By the end of the day a lot less in thickness and area.

[WALLEYEvision]

Saw a few guys fishing off the docks at 11 Mile. The marina there has skim ice throughout, to fish it you'll need to open a hole off the dock with your spud.

The marina's between 9 & 10 Mile have skim ice/open water/skim ice/open water down the length of their canals.

The lake itself still had OPEN WATER in the entire area, and the water was dirty.

[tgafish]

Anchor bay was iced over as far as I could see this morning from the back of the house. I will try to test thickness this weekend. Wouldn't be surprised to see a few Brave "foolish" souls walking around Sat.

[salmonslammer]

Which part of AB? Fairhaven?

[Kevin]

As of this morning. Oxbow lake on 59, and Kent Lake near 96 has some skim but both are mostly open water.

[tgafish]

Looking out into the bay from Salt River. So Selfridge/cotton road/MacRay area

[Kevin]

Oops, sorry Mike. I was not looking very carefully and missed that this was specifically "LSC" conditions.

[Fishcapades]

ICE ICE BABY..........We Have Ice.......... Stoped At Selfridge Bait and Tackle At 5:30 And Counted 9 Guys Fishing In The Little Marina Next To The Store. Man I Am PUMPED.
Ice As Far As I Could See Across The Bay Too.

One Guy Had 25 Nice Size Gills. He Said Ice Was About 2 1/2" To 3" Next Weekend Cant Get Here Quick Enough!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Whoooooooooooooooooooooohooooooooooooooooo.

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[yellowbelly80]

i went by the sang launch to day saw 2 pepole fishing in the dock area he said it was about 2 inches and he was a big guy about 250

[neil duffey]

well i drove by today at sang launch just to confirm for my own skepticle eyes, and shur as dog doo it was ice alll the way to the end of my sight! think ill hit the marina's this week some time hopefuly. right now its way to iffy for my likeing.. but next week, highs in the low 20's allllll week! hell yes!

[JEFFK]

Come on guys; let's keep the ice charter caption happy. Just the facts, just the facts. ;)

[eyecatcher]

I was at the Selfridge Launch today at 4:30 pm two big guys on the ice about 30" out from the ramp told me the ice was 1" to1-1/2" lots of wet spots on the ice. I drove to New Baltimore lot of open water in front of the park.
watched kids at the end of rudisale Str. breaking through the ice in about 1' of water they were having fun and were soaked to the waist. I bet they got the devil when they got home :lol: we should have some safe ice by Monday. think cold front.

[fishnfeathers]

I'm in New Baltimore by Anchor Bay too. Thursday when I went out to run my dog there waas ice forming all along the bay. I think we'll have good ice by next weekend if we can keep the cold temps around. I am going to take a drive around the lake today and I'll post what I see. Everybody think ICE!!!!! :D

[Ed Michrina]

No walkable ice around the mile roads yet. Soon.

[JEFFK]

Walkable ice on the north end of the lake. 1.5 to 2.5 inch. Anchor Bay just behind the Raft. Bouvea (sp) marina has about 2 inch.

[WALLEYE MIKE]

Walkable ice on the north end of the lake. 1.5 to 2.5 inch. Anchor Bay just behind the Raft. Bouvea (sp) marina has about 2 inch.

Thats usually the first place to fish other than marinas.

[Big Bob]

Ice conditions at Metro Beach Boat Basin were bleak. Three quarters of an inch at best with some open water on both sides of the island. Ice off Gino’s and the Metro Jet Ski Ramp for about 100 yards. Ice off Crocker a few 100 yards, all ice looked bumpy. No safe ice yet. With the cold coming in it wont be long.

Fish on.

[leftyfisherman]

out satuerday 11 mile had one dummy on the ice. it was about one inch

9 to 10 mile marinas had skin ice on them water clarity real muddy up

[gsepan]

12/19/04 @ 4ish p.m. after another Lions loss. :bash:

This is looking out from the end of my street to Fairhaven Point. Ice is firming up but not near safe yet. Open pockets of water and broken ice from the high winds that is now starting to piece itself together. Should have safe 1st ice by Christmas weekend folks!!! Virginia! There is a Santa Claus!!!
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[Ed Michrina]

Watch the Marinas! the safe ice you were on can get slushy. With the wind today blowing so hard south east the water drained in alot of the marinas. The wind died and the water surge made all the shore, around the walls ect unsafe. the center is still good. USE YOUR SPUD>

[ficious]

Hey Ed,

We had the same at Bouvier Bridge, after we split up. Chopped a hole and got a geiser, nice because you didn't have to clear the holes, but like you said, after a while, the ice got soft with the warmer water on top of it. Ice was 2 - 2 1/2" or so. Lots of water on top between the docks.

Which one of those did you like best?? If this weather holds for a while, Ginos might harden up too...if only the wind lets up. Watching the steam come off the open water was cool.

Thanks again!!

Harry

[andy capp]

With these Temps there has to be safe Ice Somewhere out there. I'm dying. I want to go out friday.

[buddhabelly]

Checked the ice out at these 3 places this afternoon. Spudded a few holes in each location. 1-2 inches. Ice is soft around seawalls and ramps with some water on top of the ice. I walked out 50 yards at the day sail ramp at Metro Beach on 2 inches then it went to 1 inch at the wave breakline. There were 2 shantys in the marina at SANG and 1 bucket fisherman on the canal North of the DNR launch there. Metro Beach also had dock fisherman with no one on the ice. No one on the ice at Harley either. Hope this helps!

[WALLEYE MIKE]

Checked the ice out at these 3 places this afternoon. Spudded a few holes in each location. 1-2 inches. Ice is soft around seawalls and ramps with some water on top of the ice. I walked out 50 yards at the day sail ramp at Metro Beach on 2 inches then it went to 1 inch at the wave breakline. There were 2 shantys in the marina at SANG and 1 bucket fisherman on the canal North of the DNR launch there. Metro Beach also had dock fisherman with no one on the ice. No one on the ice at Harley either. Hope this helps!

Perfect example of the reports we need!!!! Nice report Budda

[shadow7663]

Ice at the ramp is soft spud goes right through, However you can walk off the dock onto the ice it is 4-5 inches of good ice but soft near the seawall. Out into the canal it is only 2-2 1/2 tops and some other soft spots.

I would recomend another couple days before walking the canal but watch out for thin ice as there is alot of gas pockets in the canal

[hi-tek redneck]

saw to guys in a shanty in the marsh at metro today about 3:30 and two more right smack dead center in the middle of the spillway!!!!!!! less than 100' east of the bridge at jefferson. i by no means tested the ice at either local. especially the spillway. also where is (harley)? i read it in another post in this thread. thanks, brandon

[kbkrause]

also where is (harley)? i read it in another post in this thread. thanks, brandon
It is at the mouth of the Clinton, where South River Rd ends.

[yellowbelly80]

It is at the mouth of the Clinton, where South River Rd ends. yes sir it is

[Luckystrike]

I fished the canals leading into Compass Point in Fairhaven last night. The ice around the docks had a slushy top layer, once you get away from the docks there was 3-4 inches of good solid ice. The ice on the lake in front of Compass Point was anywhere from 1-2 inches, but not all of it was safe ice.

[sweatyspartan]

went out in some canals at the end of 16 mile. ice was about two inches. Out at jefferson and shook there was about two inches til bout 25 yards out. There was also people at the end of South River (Harley) and some yahoo in the middle of the mouth of the Clinton River.

[Fost]

Stopped by Miller marina last night after work. Still open water on the lake in front of the Coast Guard station. Marina's have ice. Saw one spot where somebody had fished along the docks.

[sam-ph]

Fished behind the raft bar in fairhaven 12-26 ice solid 6 inches did not go into the lake.

[jimhx720]

I know most guys who read this post are looking for reports on LSC, but this is for the Detroit River area, specifically Downriver.

They are fishing in some of the marinas in the area specifically Lake Erie Metro and the marina behind the Wyadotte hospital. Stopped at both of the really good bait shops in the area and no reports of any fish, mostly dinks.

The canals leading out to Airport Bay are UNSAFE!! Went to check them yesterday morning and proceded to almost fall in when I stepped on what I thought was a rock with snow on it. Not a rock, water. Luckily only soaked my right leg up to the knee. While I didn't find any good ice, on a good note, I found out that my heartrate can actually exceed a million beats per minute. :D Drove over to Hickory Island and checked the ice on the Bay itself, it also is UNSAFE. Checked that with a spud this time and the spud went through on the first whack. Will keep a very close eye on the Bay and will ost when the ice is safe.

Keep Safe Everyone.

Jim Phillips

[Ed Michrina]

Fished in the lake at seflridge 12-27. There were around 20 some guys also fishing in the lake from 200 to 300 yards off shore. You need to use a spud!! I found several areas where it took only one light hit to go through. the ice we fished on was about 4" but there is a lot of 1" ice mixed in! The lake looked frozen as far as you could see.