Hello to all the Michigan ice fishermen on the board. Are there any Michigan members here who fish Lake St. Clair in the winter? I live in Roseville, Mi. and I regularly fish Lake St. Clair all year round, but I really like to ice fish on the lake. I was thinking along the lines of maybe getting a group of club members together and hit the ice one weekend this winter. Would any one be willing.
Chuck

Hey Chuck, I live in Roseville as well. Where abouts ya from?

hey chuck welcome to the bb.

sorry i moved to ohio so it would be a bit hard for me to join in. but your doing the right thing in trying to get a few guys together. i did this a few yrs ago and we had a blast with what guys that showed up. although the weather was a bit stormy that day.

good luck on this and keep us posted.......ya just never know what could happen

Hey! I'm new to the forums and new to fishing in Michigan, but I'd be interested in an ice fishing trip on St Clair.

I'm over in Dearborn and have been looking to hook up with some of the locals. I'm from down in Kentucky with most of my experience coming from wading creeks/and small rivers fishing for smallies and anything else that would bite. A typical day would see us catching smallmouth, largemouth, KY bass, rockbass, sunfish, sauger, drum, catfish and gar. You hit the right spot and you could catch each of those species in the same hole!

Anyway, I've been up here for 10 years, but keep taking trips to Canada (Spanish River, Kawarthas, and Chapleau area) instead of fishing locally. I've not found anything good to wade or shore fish yet, but I did have fun on the Detroit River one day in a coworker's boat when the white bass were running and we were supposed to be catching walleye. I'm planning on getting my own boat next year and so will be hitting St Clair hard when that happens.

In the meantime, I'd love to give ice fishing a try this winter. I'll even say "yall" for yall a lot! :-)

Michael

Hey Michael, welcome to the board. I'm only 23, but have a bit of experience fishing LSC and a lot of local spots. There's a lot of small creeks and rivers around Stoney Creek that offer a lot of wade fishing for Pike, Largies, and Smallies, even Carp if you're into that. That area has a lot of hidden ponds to offer as well, you've just gotta go out and find em, or know someone to take you to em. I'm a shore fisherman myself, so every spot that I fish is accessible to anyone with a vehicle. Some of the spots you might need 4WD on a rainy day, but that's why I love my jeep

Mike! I like what you have to say and would like to subscribe to your newsletter!

Seriously though, that sounds great. If you're volunteering yourself as the "someone" I will readily accept. I too have a Jeep I am ready to go! No, really I am - I've got my stuff in the back from a trip up to Kent Lake on Sunday. (ended up not getting to fish - spent quality time with my g/f and her parents)

I am now going to have to look up Stoney Creek either way!

Michael

welcome, Mike and Chuck. Lake St Clair is an awesome fishery and ther are some nice shore- or pier-fishing options
the New Baltimore park redid their pier, Brandenburg is a good one and you might get lucky at Johnny Lega's on the north channel

Absolutely Michael. We'll get together sometime during spring. Pill - 9 Mile Pier and Selfridge offer good fishing too, they just tend to get a bit over crowded.

Welcome to the forums, Chuck!

Sorry, I'm not real big on ice fishing.

my brother lives on Kelly, across from the cop shop

I live right at 12 and Gratiot, Chuck. Let's get somethin goin.

its snowing and the tempts are right at the freezing point........could this be the beginning of the hard water ta form

don't forget if ya fall in a lake down there, ya won't get wet. cuz they're all artificial lakes. how do ya make artificial ice?

Haha, Pill, take it easy on the Buckeye. It's not his fault he had to move to that red and white state.

well it is HARD ta say about not getting wet........i got real wet when i went thru last winter when i was checking out a place ta go this yr. it was at last ice and walk to close to some rooks...........man that was cold.

now the recipe for artificial ice is......take some molten plastic......form it into a cube.........fill the center with that stuff that is in ice packs and then freeze........so there...........BBBBbbbbllllllllllaaaaaaaaazzzzzzzz........heheheheheheeeee

to mcosson - I'm probly selling my boat this year due to not being able to use it very much, only got it out twice other than the week I was on vacation. so who's been ice fishing recently?

Hey Pill, what year/make/type of boat do you have? Me and MCosson might have a little bidding war on our hands.

'98 Fisher Avenger Sport, 90-hp Merc, MinnKota bow-mounted trolling motor, walk through windshield, live well, Lowrance fish finder (cheap one), needs a little cosmetic work on the interior. replaced the bunks on the trailer last year with Ultimate Bunk Boards