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I went on the Saginaw River again today to take advantage of what ice is there before it’s gone in a couple days from the warm spell coming. ![]()
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Yesterday when I was there and maybe only 15 guys or so. Today there were a ton of people and even more shanties that were behind me when I took this pic which was my front view. I’d say at least 70 people were there today. ![]()
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Fish were still biting today and it was decent from 11:30-3:30 today. ![]()
I was very thankful for the 3 keepers I did get. I probably caught another 15 shorts also. ![]()
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Current was still a little fast. Water was a tad cleaner. Still 4.5 inches of ice. ![]()
Guys were walking everywhere but there’s still bad spots so check with your spud. ![]()
Blue n silver Rapala.
When I was ice fishing yesterday I went over to the next shanty to see how they were doing n I couldn’t understand what this guy was saying??? 🤷♂️
Well, I decided to finally give it a try today for my first outing of year. Felt good to get the cobwebs out n get on some hard water on the Saginaw River. ![]()
I always post my first walleye of season no matter the size. First was one was bigger than previous years but still a tad short of being a keeper. ![]()
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I didn’t get out to 12:30- I wasnt expecting much since it was middle of afternoon but I started marking active fish right away, I ended up catching about a dozen or so dinks n couldn’t believe my luck n ended up with an additional 5 keepers! Nothing to write home about but keepers r keepers! ![]()
Got me some white Gold today! ![]()
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Bite was best from 12:30-3:30. ![]()
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I had 4.5 inches of ice. Current was a little fast so I used a #7 blue n silver rapala did the trick! Water was very dirty also. But the fish I was marking were very active and that was a good sign. ![]()
I started out with perch color rapala but I was getting them to come in but not bite? As soon as I switched colors I started catching! ![]()
Weather is not going to be good later in the week with warm temps and rain coming so hopefully I can get another trip or 2 in before this ice disappears!
