Fishing Conditions

Ice Fishing Conditions
May 2, 2008


The ice is out on Little St. Germain, and most area lakes are now open. Water levels in most of the lakes appear normal again!! The Rainbow Flowage water levels rose dramatically, and the flowage went from 18' below normal to just 7' below normal. It's still rising too. We're seeing the walleye spawn start to occur on the rivers, so the "dance is on". Medium sized lakes like Escanaba and Virgin are at peak for the walley spawning. I had 43 degrees surface temp on the locator Wednesday night. The perch fishing reports have been good, I presume their spawn has started, and fishing around a little current when possible for the perch has been good. Our guide, Steve is available for open water fishing the back country potholes and smaller lakes for $150/day, two people to the boat. Get your boat ready, it's open water season, and remember to practice some catch and release.

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