Today I decided to drive to and from work past some of the lakes to fish in Oakland County not far from my home to see if there were any that were thawed as of yet. So far......none. The following lakes still had plenty of ice on them: Oakland, Pontiac, Lotus/Maceday, Union, Long, and Orchard. I drove by all these lakes in the last two days. In order for the thawing process to accelerate, we are going to have several nights in a row above freezing. A few warm rainfalls will make ice out happen quicker yet. C'mon Spring. How about your area?? Any lakes thawed yet?? I'm hearing of people planning some walleye trips to St. Clair and the Detroit River this upcoming weekend. Anyone else??? How about Belleville or Ford Lake?? Are those lakes thawed yet??
BD. ;D
Still frozen over in the saginaw area. Was out around the saginaw bay today and it still has a good amount of ice on it, even saw a couple ice fishermen. River is pretty open but none of the lakes
Still plenty of ice in the Dexter, Pinckney, Chelsea area. :'(
Kent should be open the river has been flowing strong for a while. Going to drive out and get my stickers one of these days
I just heard this morning that Kent still had plenty of ice on it and that it also is still 3 feet down. Usually they don't bring Kent up to normal pool until it is totally thawed.
BD. ;D
You're right. If they don't start pretty soon it may not be ready for opening day.
Well all my questions were answered by you guys about those lakes too. Was headed to Kent but UAW Big Dog answered that one. I need to go get my rig out of storage and start tinkering with it. Put batteries in it, rig up new led lights and pray for warm weather.
There were some tickets wrote on Kent last spring for guys Crappie fishing. Not sure how it turned out when they went to court.
Quote from: dartag on March 27, 2013, 12:22:22 PM
There were some tickets wrote on Kent last spring for guys Crappie fishing. Not sure how it turned out when they went to court.
Isn't crappie fishing open all year?? Unless they had over the legal limit.
BD ;D
No ice at all in Georgia. And, bass is open all year. Going out Sunday.. Not to rub it in or anything.
Looks like Chemung is about 60% unthawed. My lake is over half way there.
Willie
Just drove by Long lake in white lake twp. Looks like all of the ice is gone. At least at the launch end of the lake. Union is frozen solid. Open water is a pretty sight.
I got frends who are fish the river today. StClair and the Detroit. Walleyes are real slow.
Did Belleville even freeze?
Quote from: BIGSHOW on March 29, 2013, 07:01:51 PM
Did Belleville even freeze?
Belleville does freeze however it usually one of the first lakes that gets ice out. Orchard still had plenty of ice on it when I went by it yesterday afternoon.
BD. ;D
Ford no longer has any ice on it. If you're headed that way, PM me. I live less than 5 minutes from the launch.
Do you do very good on Ford? Did it freeze enough to fish on this winter?
I do okay there. Good Smallie population. I do okay on the largemouths there too. I've always done better on deep weed lines.
BD. ;D
Ice is almost gone on union lake. no dock at the launch. not sure where it went. Probably toss my john boat and hoists in tomorrow. Might have to get the silver buddy rod out.
Thanks for keeping us informed everyone. Keep updating....and thanks!
Are the docks in elizebeth park?
Docks are in at Harley Ensign and Crocker(Clinton River cutoff)
Sanford lake in midland county is almost ice free. Couple more days of warm weather and once they raise the level back up should clear off the rest
Docks are supposed to be in April first. At Elizebeth Park.
I got confirmation that elizebeth docks are in
When driving home from work today I decided to go by Orchard Lake. It was pretty much thawed out. The lagoon where the launch is was thawed however the entrance to the lake from the lagoon was blocked by a big sheet of ice that ran up the shoreline for a way. That should be thawed in a day or two. Won't be long now.
BD. ;D
Union lake is wide open. Even a couple bass boats out yesterday. Put my dock and hoists in. Water was cold but it was a great day to get it done
Quote from: dartag on April 06, 2013, 06:06:12 AM
Union lake is wide open. Even a couple bass boats out yesterday. Put my dock and hoists in. Water was cold but it was a great day to get it done
went to union yesterday "sunday the 7th" no docks >:( so i went to cass the docks are in but the approach to the ramp is breakin so bad i should have gone to orchard. oh the boat ran great, and tried the new humminbird 788 hd di it works great too. Can't wait for warmer water the temps are still in the upper 30s, i did see a cove at 40 degs
Drove past Kent yesterday and the lake is open but the water is still way down. Hopefully they'll start filling it up pretty soon.
Funny you mention that t-bone!!! I drove around Barry County yesterday and noticed lake levels low for as much snow and ice as we got. Even the ponds were very low.
We need rain rain rain
Dave
cass was low too
Lobdell looks ok just no ramp in yet. Ponemah has the ramp in and looks fine Fenton has no ramps in nice new parking lot now with more parking for trucks and trailers.
Saturday is the only good weather day this week so where is everyone off to that day?
" Saturday is the only good weather day this week so where is everyone off to that day? "
work
Anyone have any info on some traverse city area lakes? Going up in 2 weeks to hopefully open up and put the d.ock in. Bass lake. The one near long lake
Quote from: PineLk 49 on April 08, 2013, 09:47:06 AM
Funny you mention that t-bone!!! I drove around Barry County yesterday and noticed lake levels low for as much snow and ice as we got. Even the ponds were very low.
We need rain rain rain
Dave
They keep Kent low during the winter and then raise the water levels in the Spring. But we do need some more rain.
Lots of ice on the lakes in the Graying area. Saturday 90% of the lakes we past were ice covered. By Sunday morning they were starting to lose some of the ice around the shore line. Just last week you could still snowmobile on the lakes. When the rain come Sunday a lot of ice disappeared.