iFish Lake St. Clair

Here’s the latest ice fishing report for Lake St. Clair.  Well not much to report as the big front came through that dumped all the snow and also shut the fishing down.  We have heard of some slow fishing off of the spillway.  Try minnows in 6-8′ of water.  Walking through all the snow can be a bit tough.  The Metro area as well as the Selfridge area have seen a few fish here and there, but it’s been really slow.  Look for the action to pick up this weekend as the weather stabilizes.  I would expect the perch to move back in to feed.  Minnows have really seemed to be the ticket this year either on a teardrop or a plain hook.  Gino’s area has been hit or miss, but I’d try to head out a bit further than the bulk of people out there.  Good luck and let us know how you did.

Bit of cooler weather coming by, but don’t let that stop you from getting out as the fishing is really good right now.

Smallmouth Bass Report

The smallies are fairly heavy off the mile roads straight on up to Metro.  Follows those weed lines and throw tubes and cranks.  Lipless and lipped cranbaits doing well.  Go for 8-12 feet of water. Go for natural colors like perch and shad.  Make sure you have a second rod ready as follows from other fish are going to happen.

Walleye Report

Still getting reports of success jigging in the North end of the Detroit river.  Go Fin-S on a chartreuse jig head.  Fish being caught primarily in the morning on both the US and Canadian sides.  Also getting some reports of walleye being caught in the lake off the mile roads.  Trollers are having some success pulling crankbaits in 10-12 feet of water.  Expect a mixed bag with smallmouth in the area also.

Perch Report

I’ve heard a few reports of Perch being caught around the 400 Club tower on minnows.  They do seems to be scattered however, so you may need to move around a bit.  The St. Clair Light area usually starts to get some fish around now, but we haven’t heard any reports from there yet.

Good luck and be safe.

The ice fishing out from Gino’s and North has been good…as long as you don’t mind small perch. Dinks, Dinks, and more Dinks. That’s been the story over the last week. Catching fish on just about anything from minnows on jigs, wax worms, wigglers, you name it. Schools of small fish are in control. If you want some action, you can have a good time. If you’re looking for dinner, well that could be a bit tougher…maybe an appetizer. The ice has been good and hopefully the big ones will come back in. We’ll let you know when they do.