Curly's Photo and Fishing Blog
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Fishing Report 1/3/07
Lake Margrethe by Grayling is still good for walleye and pike. Walleye are on a great bite with blues and sucker working best. Lots of fisherman headding out. Call Skips Sport for more info @ 989-348-7111
White Lake has been good for perch and pike the last few days with golden working best for pike.
Otsego Lake by Gaylord reports a good walleye bite also with some perch being caught. Some sturgeon are being seen this week, but no keepers as some are breaking hooks and line before they can land them.
Long Lake by Traverse and Lake Leelanau have good reports of walleye this week
Higgins Lake went over last night, so lets hope the warm weather does not take the ice out..
In the Kalkaska area, the perch fishing is good on Lake Skegemog. Crappie and walleye fishing is slow on Manistee Lake. Anglers on Fife Lake are pulling a few perch and walleye through the ice. .
I’m hearing of good ice around Gladwin, and Harrison. Wiggins Lake there is very good fishing with limit catches of gills and crappie. Muddy Bay on Wiggins lake has started with a few fish being caught. Sugar Spring is good for pike and bluegill, also Secord Lake reports a good crappie and pike bite.
Burt Lake near Alanson is producing fair to good perch fishing. Minnows are working well as bait in water about 40 feet deep. Perch and walleye fishing is good on Crooked Lake in water about 20 feet deep. .
Houghton Lake has a good bite with walleye off of Flint Rd. with limit catches the last few days. and pike with some crappie mixed in, but the deep snow has made it very slushy and many are getting stuck
Lake Missaukee - Ice fishing is on and anglers are catching panfish off of Green Rd, Most are the size of your hand or 7 to 8 inches but limit catches. Still good reports this week.
Hamlin Lake near Ludington is producing fair to good crappie and walleye fishing. The best area to drop a line through the ice for walleye is along the north bayou. The best area to fish for the gills is on the south bayou.
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Spider Lake - Anglers are ice fishing for panfish.
Fife Lake - Has anglers ice fishing for walleye off the launch site on the north end of the lake. Try tip-ups for pike along the east shoreline, This is a lake to keep your eye could get real hot when they can get to the island
Little Glen Lake - Slow this week, but a great perch bite on Loon Lake the last two weeks, but it seems to be winding down this week.
Upper Peninsula:
Lake Gogebic is producing fair walleye fishing. The best fishing is found on the north end of the lake. Sucker minnows hooked to the end of a tip-up are working well as bait.
Out of the Marquette area, the pike fishing is good on the Greenwood Reservoir. The perch and walleye action on Teal Lake ranges from fair to good. The perch are hitting on wigglers, the walleye prefer minnows as bait.
By Escanaba, the walleye fishing is good on Little Bay de Noc. The marble eyes are hitting on both jigs and tip-ups. The perch fishing on the bay is fair. Anglers punching holes through the ice on Escanaba Harbor are catching a couple of pike.
In the Manistique area, the perch fishing is good on Indian Lake. Mornings are the best time to be out, with minnows being the preferred bait. Anglers are finding some good whitefish fishing on the upper end of the St. Marys River by Sault Ste. Marie. The whitefish are hitting on a teardrop tipped with a waxworm.
The perch, pike and walleye action is good on Munuscong Bay. The perch are hitting on jigs tipped with a minnow. The pike and walleye are hitting on both jigs and tip-ups.
Around Drummond Island, anglers are spearing some pike through the ice on Scott Bay.
And at St. Ignace, the walleye fishing is fair on Brevort Lake. Try using a jig tipped with a minnow.
Northwest:
Burt and Crooked lakes near Alanson are producing good perch and walleye fishing. Minnows are working well as bait.
Out of the Boyne City area, the perch and walleye fishing is good on Walloon Lake. Anglers on Deer Lake are catching a few bluegill, perch and pike. The splake fishing is fair on Thumb Lake. The perch and walleye fishing is fair on the South Arm of Lake Charlevoix.
In the Traverse City area, the perch and walleye fishing is fair on Long Lake. The bluegill and pike fishing is decent on Spider Lake.
Around Frankfort, the perch and pike action is fair on Arcadia Lake. Anglers on Loon Lake are catching a few perch, pike and walleye. The steelhead action is spotty on both the Betsie and Platte rivers.
By Kalkaska, the perch fishing is good on Lake Skegemog. The fish are hitting on jigs tipped with a minnow or waxworm. Manistee Lake is producing fair to good walleye fishing.
Anglers on Otsego Lake near Gaylord are catching a few walleye, using jigs tipped with a blue shiner minnow.
And at Cadillac, the pike fishing is very good on both lakes Cadillac and Mitchell. The panfish fishing is improving on both lakes. Early mornings or late afternoons are the best times to be out for the panfish.
West:
The upper end of Hamlin Lake near Ludington is producing some very good bluegill fishing. The pike action is good and an occasional walleye is mixing in with the catches. Anglers on the lower end of Hamlin Lake are finding the walleye action ranges from fair to good. The walleye are hitting on both jigs and tip-ups.
White Lake near Whitehall is producing fair to good bluegill and pike action.
Around Muskegon, the panfish fishing is fair on Snug Harbor on Muskegon Lake out from the Muskegon State Park. Anglers on the upper end of the Muskegon River are reeling in a few steelhead.
Out on Chippewa Lake, the pike fishing is very good. The bluegill action is fair.
And at Baldwin, most of the lakes in the area are producing fair bluegill fishing.
Southwest:
Out of the Holland area, anglers on Lake Macatawa are catching a few bluegill. The gills are hitting on teardrops tipped with a spike or waxworm. The gill fishing is also fair on Hutchins Lake.
Fishing activity this week is slow in the Benton harbor area.
By New Buffalo, the crappie and steelhead fishing is fair on the Galien River.
Around Kalamazoo, the bluegill fishing is good on Gravel, Fish and Sugarloaf lakes. Spikes and mousies are working well as bait. Anglers fishing the channels around Gun Lake are catching a few crappie. The perch fishing ranges from fair to good on Austin Lake. Both minnows and wigglers are being used as bait. On the St. Joseph River, below the Berrien Springs Dam, the steelhead action is fair to good.
And at Three Rivers, the ice conditions vary from lake to lake, but where there is ice thick enough to allow anglers to get out the bluegill, crappie and perch fishing is fair.
Northeast:
Grand and Long lakes near Alpena are producing good perch and walleye fishing. The perch and walleye action on Hubbard Lake is fair.
The pike and walleye fishing is good on Lake Margrethe by Grayling. Most of the fish being caught are found in water 12 to 20 feet deep. The perch action on the lake is fair. Anglers on Manistee Lake are catching a few bluegill.
Around Oscoda, the perch fishing is very good on Van Etten Lake. The fish are hitting on a variety of baits. The bluegill, perch, pike and walleye action is good on Cooke Dam and Foote Dam ponds. Anglers along the Au Sable River, below the dam, are catching a few steelhead.
Higgins Lake is still open, and fishing activity this week is slow.
Out on Houghton Lake, the pike and walleye fishing is good. The walleye are hitting on jigs, the northerns on tip-ups. Early mornings or late afternoons are the best times to be out.
And at Au Gres, the perch fishing is fair on Saginaw Bay near the mouth of the Pine River and south of Point Au Gres. Minnows are working well as bait, in water three to six feet deep.
East:
Around Linwood, the perch fishing is fair along the Saginaw Bay shoreline. The best fishing is found out from Linwood Road.
Out of the Bay City area, the perch action is good on Saginaw Bay. One of the best spots to drop a line through the ice is by the Quanicassee River. The walleye fishing is fair on the bay near Thomas Road.