When will the lakes melt!!!

M_A_C_K · 03-27-11, 11:02 PM

Here in Michigan it looked like the we were going to have an early spring. Then it started to snow and plunged into the the 22 degree range. When will I be able to fish. Lure making does help tide me over but in the end of a long winter i need to wet my line.

MIbasser · 03-28-11, 08:36 AM

April 30th for bass/pike/walleye..... However if you want to go after pearch or gills you can go out early. If you do feel like breaking the law, please don't post about it.

Thanks.

M_A_C_K · 03-28-11, 03:02 PM

i wasnt posting about breaking the law... im not a meat fisherman... that was pretty damn speculative, I'm sure everyone up north cant wait for the lakes to melt. I try to inform people on taking a selective harvest to keep our fish in the waters. that was extremely speculative and a real prick thing to say to someone complaining about the weather.

Thanks

MIbasser · 03-28-11, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by M_A_C_K

i wasnt posting about breaking the law... im not a meat fisherman... that was pretty damn speculative, I'm sure everyone up north cant wait for the lakes to melt. I try to inform people on taking a selective harvest to keep our fish in the waters. that was extremely speculative and a real prick thing to say to someone complaining about the weather.

Thanks

Wow, that was a total miss on your part. Re-read your post. What does meat fishing have to do with anything?? Do you know Michigan fishing laws??? I was purely stating that our season opens on April 30th for C&R for bass; pike and walleye can be kept. Other then that the only thing you can fish for in MI is panfish (form now until April 30th). So, how is that being a prick? So to just "wet a line" with a crankbait, jerkbait, tube, jig or pretty much any other bait is pretty much illegal in MI.

You might want to read this (page 7):
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/dn...s_347106_7.pdf

Embrey · 03-28-11, 03:49 PM

that is the dumbest thing ive ever heard of

M_A_C_K · 03-28-11, 03:58 PM

very speculative

nofearengineer · 03-28-11, 03:59 PM

I know Embrey probably won't believe this....but I am in 100%, total, absolute agreement with him.

M_A_C_K · 03-28-11, 04:01 PM

yeah sorry guys lol

rrw4258 · 03-28-11, 05:00 PM

WOW, this is one of the dumbest laws I have heard of... i'm glad that I do not live or fish (alot anyway) in Michigan.

Ryan

M_A_C_K · 03-28-11, 05:28 PM

yeah... you cant keep anything but certain panfish untill early spring. but there is an early catch and release season. I like to fish for crappies and bluegills with micro-jigs.

keithdog · 03-28-11, 07:41 PM

Hey Mack, I see your up in Ludington. I knew a guy once who fished up there a lot. He said their was great pike fishing up there.

M_A_C_K · 03-28-11, 08:09 PM

yeah Keith there are a lot of good inland lakes here in Michigan for a lot of species. But I like to find lakes that aren't fished too much. I'm planning on doing some hiking into our national forests for some hidden gems this summer. Kind of want to get a small fishing club going on which would be fun.

Bender · 03-28-11, 10:20 PM

It is one of the dumbest laws on the books I think. The only reason the DNR gives is that people might be targeting walleye and they need to protect them. I very, very seldom see people targeting walleye on any of the inland lakes I used to fish and there are only a few that I know that even have them in there. There are a few groups trying to change this law.

MIbasser · 03-29-11, 05:37 PM

Hey MACK sorry if you took it/itcame across the wrong way. I could be up in Ludington next week (out of the state this week). How does a beer on Tuesday afternoon sound? My treat, Sportsman's sound around noon?

Bassboss · 03-29-11, 05:51 PM

I here ya mack, same thing happened here but colder. It's suppose to warm back up Friday, as in constantly above freezing, in both the highs are low. I'd say we'll be able to fish (I wont be able to bass fish though because of seasons), sometime mid April. I'm no expert though, I've barely been here half a year, lol!

M_A_C_K · 03-29-11, 05:58 PM

that would be good if i drank lol but no i appreciate the apology. i could of reacted different too... thats the thing its hard to tell what people mean when you cant hear the tone of there voice. You drive a truck or somthin? @ Mibasser

MIbasser · 03-29-11, 06:26 PM

No, don't drive a truck. I sell a product to people who manufacture and cover some of the mid west states and west, mid and northern MI.

03-27-11, 11:02 PM	#1
M_A_C_K BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Ludington, Michigan Posts: 280	When will the lakes melt!!! Here in Michigan it looked like the we were going to have an early spring. Then it started to snow and plunged into the the 22 degree range. When will I be able to fish. Lure making does help tide me over but in the end of a long winter i need to wet my line.

03-28-11, 03:02 PM	#3
M_A_C_K BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Ludington, Michigan Posts: 280	i wasnt posting about breaking the law... im not a meat fisherman... that was pretty damn speculative, I'm sure everyone up north cant wait for the lakes to melt. I try to inform people on taking a selective harvest to keep our fish in the waters. that was extremely speculative and a real prick thing to say to someone complaining about the weather. Thanks Last edited by M_A_C_K; 03-28-11 at 03:08 PM.

03-28-11, 03:58 PM	#6
M_A_C_K BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Ludington, Michigan Posts: 280	very speculative Last edited by M_A_C_K; 03-28-11 at 04:15 PM.

03-28-11, 03:59 PM	#7
nofearengineer BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southwest IN Posts: 5,630	I know Embrey probably won't believe this....but I am in 100%, total, absolute agreement with him. __________________ Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.

03-28-11, 05:00 PM	#9
rrw4258 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Bellevue, Ohio Posts: 2,338	WOW, this is one of the dumbest laws I have heard of... i'm glad that I do not live or fish (alot anyway) in Michigan. Ryan __________________ Never Give Up!

03-28-11, 08:36 AM	#2
MIbasser BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Okemos, MI Posts: 1,447	April 30th for bass/pike/walleye..... However if you want to go after pearch or gills you can go out early. If you do feel like breaking the law, please don't post about it. Thanks.

03-28-11, 03:49 PM	#5
Embrey BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 505	that is the dumbest thing ive ever heard of

03-28-11, 04:01 PM	#8
M_A_C_K BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Ludington, Michigan Posts: 280	yeah sorry guys lol

03-28-11, 05:28 PM	#10
M_A_C_K BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Ludington, Michigan Posts: 280	yeah... you cant keep anything but certain panfish untill early spring. but there is an early catch and release season. I like to fish for crappies and bluegills with micro-jigs.

03-28-11, 07:41 PM	#11
keithdog BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: IN Posts: 8,308	Hey Mack, I see your up in Ludington. I knew a guy once who fished up there a lot. He said their was great pike fishing up there. __________________ Just one more cast, and then some!

03-28-11, 08:09 PM	#12
M_A_C_K BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Ludington, Michigan Posts: 280	yeah Keith there are a lot of good inland lakes here in Michigan for a lot of species. But I like to find lakes that aren't fished too much. I'm planning on doing some hiking into our national forests for some hidden gems this summer. Kind of want to get a small fishing club going on which would be fun.

03-28-11, 10:20 PM	#13
Bender BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Brighton, MI Posts: 2,414	It is one of the dumbest laws on the books I think. The only reason the DNR gives is that people might be targeting walleye and they need to protect them. I very, very seldom see people targeting walleye on any of the inland lakes I used to fish and there are only a few that I know that even have them in there. There are a few groups trying to change this law.

03-29-11, 05:37 PM	#14
MIbasser BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Okemos, MI Posts: 1,447	Hey MACK sorry if you took it/itcame across the wrong way. I could be up in Ludington next week (out of the state this week). How does a beer on Tuesday afternoon sound? My treat, Sportsman's sound around noon?

03-29-11, 05:51 PM	#15
Bassboss BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Shawano, WI Posts: 7,761	I here ya mack, same thing happened here but colder. It's suppose to warm back up Friday, as in constantly above freezing, in both the highs are low. I'd say we'll be able to fish (I wont be able to bass fish though because of seasons), sometime mid April. I'm no expert though, I've barely been here half a year, lol! __________________ If you can't fix it with heavy squats or fish oil, you're probably going to die.

03-29-11, 05:58 PM	#16
M_A_C_K BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Ludington, Michigan Posts: 280	that would be good if i drank lol but no i appreciate the apology. i could of reacted different too... thats the thing its hard to tell what people mean when you cant hear the tone of there voice. You drive a truck or somthin? @ Mibasser

03-29-11, 06:26 PM	#17
MIbasser BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Okemos, MI Posts: 1,447	No, don't drive a truck. I sell a product to people who manufacture and cover some of the mid west states and west, mid and northern MI.

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