12-26-2004, 05:39 PM
[left][font "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]How do us B.F.T. sportsmen figure out the best spots to icefish ? We do our homework ![/size][/font] [left][font "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]By simpley going to the Mi.D.N.R. website we can acess the fish stocking archives thruout the state and calculate the groth rate of the fish planted . Plain and simple , a little research will get you to the spots that get you more fish . [/size][/font] [left][font "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2][/size][/font] [left][font "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]For example; In Escanaba the Department of Natural Resource planted a large amount of yellow perch were hatched in 1994 and are now at ideal size for catching and eating. Walleye hatched in ’94 should also make for a good winter walleye season this year in Little Bay de Noc. [/size][/font] [left][font "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]The DNR also stocks the bay with splake (a brook trout-lake trout hybrid) and brown trout. Wintertime is the better time to catch them, and they are actually easier to catch than in the summer.[/size][/font][/left] [left][/left] [left]Check out the past plantings near your area and give yourself the upper edge for a sucessfull ice fishing trip for big fish . [/left] [left]Some of the best walleye and perch fishing is right out in front of the resort on the reefs off Gladstone, this is a sheltered part of the bay and usually has safe ice. More splake and whitefish are caught south of Gladstone in deeper water, but the ice conditions there are often treacherous.[/left]
Most of the better perch and walleyes come off of reefs in 10 to 25 feet of water to the north of Saunders Point. Anglers can gain access to the ice at a public boat launch there or off Kipling. [/left]
I want to remind you icefishermen that there is a slot limit in effect on Little Bay de Noc. Walleyes must be 15 inches to keep and only one walleye may be bigger than 23 inches. Five game fish in combination can be kept. The limit on pearch is 50 on the bay.[/left]
Little Bay de Noc is home to some big pike, too. The best areas for pike are in Nelson's Bay just north of the Days River and along the east side of the upper bay in 10 to 20 feet of water.
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Most of the better perch and walleyes come off of reefs in 10 to 25 feet of water to the north of Saunders Point. Anglers can gain access to the ice at a public boat launch there or off Kipling. [/left]
I want to remind you icefishermen that there is a slot limit in effect on Little Bay de Noc. Walleyes must be 15 inches to keep and only one walleye may be bigger than 23 inches. Five game fish in combination can be kept. The limit on pearch is 50 on the bay.[/left]
Little Bay de Noc is home to some big pike, too. The best areas for pike are in Nelson's Bay just north of the Days River and along the east side of the upper bay in 10 to 20 feet of water.
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