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[lonehunter]

If I get up that way this weekend I will post something .
I understand most things will be held on shore because of the thin ice .
Yea , there is ice but extreme caution is advised .
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[davetclown]

I saw on the news yesterday where a man his girlfriend and a baby was walking out on saginaw bay the ice shelf broke off, and starded heading out, it took a hover craft to resque them.

they dont know how fortunate they realy are...
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[davetclown]

they should have enough ice for fishing up there this week, I doubt there will be enough for snow mobil rasing.

I was realy hoping to be there this year, but could not make a go of it...
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[lonehunter]

some of the smaller lakes up here have up to 3" and that's it .
we have between 6" and 9" of snow on top of that , unless we get a whole lot of sub zero weather you ain't gonna see too much safe ice .
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[davetclown]

we will have two nights of lows down to 5* before saturday, with the high being no higer than thirty during the day.

I might look at a couple small ponds this weekend to see if any of the stocked ponds have any ice...
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[lonehunter]

Most of the cuts a frose over , small gills are being pulled on wixom lake in Gladwin county .
There was a report of 40+ Northern cought on one of the smaller lakes .
I'm not shure but , the lakes over at Sugar prrings might still be under the "any size is a keeper " permit . I haven't recived confirmation from the D.N.R. to see if this is true or not .

Shiver on the river " , last day for residents to sign up is this friday I guess Grand prise is a grand $$$$$$$.
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[davetclown]

no anglers on the lakes down here yet, after fryday we can expect to find sections of lakes showing signs of stable ice, but if you are not a skilled Ice angler dealing with thin ice dont venture on even if you see some one else on the ice.... let it grow for a few more days.
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[lonehunter]

wixom lakes muddy bay is up to 4" of ice .
I did hear of a dozen or more anglers going thru the ice in houghton lake this past weekend , no fatalitys so I'm told .
One guy went thru on a motercycle .
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[davetclown]

if I remember right, my favorite spot is only 4 foot deep..
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[lonehunter]

[url "http://www.tip-up-townusa.com/cgi-bin/tutusa2006/index.html"]http://www.tip-up-townusa.com/cgi-bin/tutusa2006/index.html[/url]

THe website with all the skinny !

There were only 7 guys in last weekends ice fishing tournament !
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