how long?

[Ice_man_08]

so looking at the current forcast how long do you think before we have fishable ice?

[fishsniffer]

im hoping the quicker it gets here the quicker it melts and i can hit the big lake again:)

[Adam Bomb]

Usually mid January on Saginaw Bay for ATV travel around the Linwood area. Hit the ice January 15th last year up on Wigwam bay. Had about 8" of ice. But, its all dependant on temps, wind and snowfall.

[DIRTY DOG]

I dont think it will be in west mi. for at least 3 or 4 more weeks . Unless your going to get on 2 inches on some chanel.

[diesel]

i am hoping right around christmas.

cause there are 3 teenage girls in the house and being laid off for the winter and dealing with them all is driving me nuts

COME ON COLD AIR

[steeliebob]

You just have to come up to the UP where we have 6 months of ice and 3 months of in between then three months of boat fishing. Last spring you guys down south were catching salmon and we still had 2 feet of ice in St Ignace. Hang in there diesel, I used to have 1 teenage daughter and 9 of her friends all of the time. I don't expect ice for awhile so keep the long poles out. Steelhead fishing is super right now

[NO MO BEGGEN]

if it stays in the 20'2 and depending on how much snow we get 1st or 2nd week in jan.

[Nailer]

i am hoping right around christmas.

cause there are 3 teenage girls in the house and being laid off for the winter and dealing with them all is driving me nuts

COME ON COLD AIR

I'll say a prayer for you Dan;)

I had one, and that was brutal.

[fishsniffer]

i have a almost 17 year old daughter and i dont think she has come out of the basement in 3 weeks....apparantly the rest of her family isnt cool enough for her:)

[plumkrazy]

mine moved out at 17

[diesel]

mine moved out at 17

can you move them out at 13?

[1mainiac]

My daughter stayed with her mom and started her own family at 17 did not have to go thru having her full time. The way she acted back then I might be up for paroll now as I would hv killed her.

[DIRTY DOG]

I have 2 , one is 12 and the other is 16 , and they wounder why my blood pressure is through the roof , and i walk around in a daze and fish so much.

[Priority1]

Ice is nice, but I like a boat under my A$$.

[steeliebob]

Get ready the EUP should have good ice in 10 days to two weeks, you might have to travel or just sit and wait. Sounds like Dan needs a trip to the UP. First ice on Munoscong and Brevort can be hot but be very careful. Both of these hotspots have been known to swallow up careless ice fishermen. I came close once and do not want a repeat of that event.

[diesel]

a u.p. trip with out kids sounds real nice so who else is game to go north for a weekend of fishin?

[Priority1]

Get ready the EUP should have good ice in 10 days to two weeks, you might have to travel or just sit and wait. Sounds like Dan needs a trip to the UP. First ice on Munoscong and Brevort can be hot but be very careful. Both of these hotspots have been known to swallow up careless ice fishermen. I came close once and do not want a repeat of that event.

I had two friends go through last ice two years ago. One still fishes with me, the other didn't make it. R.I.P. Frank D aka Rubberband Express.

Please don't rush the season.

[fishsniffer]

I had two friends go through last ice two years ago. One still fishes with me, the other didn't make it. R.I.P. Frank D aka Rubberband Express.

Please don't rush the season.

sorry to hear that frank...dying doing what he loved just doesnt cut it does it