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| Has anyone ever ice fished Saginaw Bay? If so could you tell me where do you go and how they do it? Do you need atvs or snowmobiles, can you take your truck out. How much ice do you get, How deep of water,And what do they use for bait or do they use jigs, Any and all info will be much apprecciated. Tony |
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Location: Westland, MI. | Hi Tony, Usually speaking, fisherman use ATVs or snowmobiles on the Bay. Naturally, there are many places to enter the Bay and some are Linwood Rd. You park your vehicle at the end of the road and take your machine out from there. Up further on M-13, just north of Frank's Great Outdoors is Kitchen Rd., another good launch area, and do the same thing. By the way, this puts you on the west side of the Bay. There's other launches, both North and South, and you should get a Hots Spots map or some kind of map of the area. Usually Do-Jiggers, jigging Raps and a jig on a non-moving pole ( dead stick) with the heads of minnows attached are a solid choice. Colors are varied but usually an orange /white, chartreus/ white, blue, silver, firetiger and plain silver are good choices. For the raps size 5 or 7 are good depending on time of year. Locations, Black Hole or Pinconning Bar are good choices to start. If you've never been here before, look on this board and contact Walleye Express. He's a very good Charter Captain and reasonable for a day on the ice and, also is very knowledgeable about the area. Hope this helps. By the way, the perch numbers are up in the Bay, also, and they use a flutter type of spoon for them. Good Luck! |
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Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay. | Originally written by Tony on 2004-01-09 12:40 AM
Has anyone ever ice fished Saginaw Bay? If so could you tell me where do you go and how they do it? Do you need atvs or snowmobiles, can you take your truck out. How much ice do you get, How deep of water,And what do they use for bait or do they use jigs, Any and all info will be much apprecciated. Tony
Tony.
I copied and pasted another post from the Saginaw Bay thread below. The innitial gear cost for guys just starting out can be substancial. Going with a guide first will tell you many things. One, if you really want to start ice after you see and experience all the facits of the sport. Two, exactly what you'll need to have and do if you do like it.
Thanks for the kudos Gary.
And without blowing my own horn to loud Bill, I'm afraid Gary is right. Like every other type, kind and technique of fishing, the learning curve is cut substancially when you go out with somebody who's been doing it for years and observe and learn form them what works. And writing about what to do is fine, but doesn't hold the same lessons as hands on. My web address in at the bottom of this post. Go to my site, look around, check out the photo gallery and my guest book comments from previous clients. If you like what you see, give me a call. The ice is forming as we speak and the ice fishing window on the Bay is narrow.
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| Thanks for the help guys. But one question that I would like answer to is do you have to have a atv or snowmobiles to get out with ,How far out is the norm. and I belive you forgot you web address.
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Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay. | Tony.
My web address is right at the bottom of my last post to you and this one as well. It's on all my posts. Just move your mouse onto it and it will light up RED. It starts with http://..... and I'm not trying to be cute, not sure just what your PC experience is. Also, I guess if a guy had a good set of legs and lungs, he could drag all his gear out the minumum of 2 miles to fish for some Saginaw Bay walleyes. Guys do it every year. My best spots are 4.35 to 6 miles out and I've taken guys at all skill levels.
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| Capt Dan,
You say the ice is forming, but when would you say is the best time to come out there?
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Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay. | Originally written by JLDII on 2004-01-10 1:58 AM
Capt Dan,
You say the ice is forming, but when would you say is the best time to come out there?
Jack.
The best times seem to fluctuate from year to year. Last year we had early ice and the best time was early to mid-February. But was that do to some kind of a climatic time table they fallow, or an (instinctive) seasonal schedule the walleyes have built in? Sounds like I'm dodging your question but I'm not. I know you've been fishing long enough to have a general idea about (best time) fishing schedules, but they are never written in stone.
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