Holmsies

[icefishingman]

Hit Holmes creek reservoir with mackinaw fisher today. Fished a couple hours and got 4 little trout, 2 bass, and 2 perch. Missed a ton of fish too. Second bass was bigger than the one in the picture
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[IceBeast]

How thick was the ice?? Entire lake froze? Nice job on the bass!!
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[49desotoman]

sweet! anyother people out there or drill holes showing people have been there lately
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[icefishingman]

There were a couple other people fishing it. Ice was 4 inches. But it was in the transition from bad ice to good ice. I would recommend waiting till Monday or Tuesday.
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[albinotrout]

Thanks for the report.
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[49desotoman]

Awesome thanks
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[makinawfisher19]

hey thats me[fishon][]
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[makinawfisher19]

second bass with icefishingman
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[PACKFAN]

That use to be such a good fishery for big gills and crappie back in the day before the DNR ruined it. [:/]
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[Troutman_2]

I decided to make a quick visit to Holmes yesterday afternoon. 3 or 4 other people had the same idea.
I only popped 4 holes but ice was +5" everywhere I checked. Fish were showing up on the finder but skunks were the catch of the day.
I dropped my AquaVu camera down to see what was happening below deck. I saw small schools of small lethargic crappie hanging out a few feet off the bottom in 24 FOW. They were chewing the wax worm off the hook without making my spring bobber move at all. Saw a few small trout cruise through around 10' deep.
In past years location has been key to success here. It may take a bit of moving around to find hungry fish.
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