Saginaw Bay strong winds last weekend have opened up an active pressure crack three to four miles offshore. The crack runs from Linwood south to an area off the Bay City State Park. It opened to a width of three to four feet and a lot of people ran into it causing damage to their […]
Saginaw Bay Ice Fishing Report 01/16/2014
Saginaw Bay rain left the ice covered with anywhere from six to 12 inches of slush and standing water which made travel difficult. Linwood had a lot of anglers. They are going three to four miles out and getting walleye near and beyond the first pressure crack. Walleye are being caught in the old shipping channel […]
Saginaw Bay Ice Fishing Report 01/09/2014
Saginaw Bay those fishing about four miles off Palmer Road have caught walleye. Perch fishing near-shore was hit-or-miss and the fish were small. Walleye were caught in 20 feet of water off Linwood and near the Bay City State Park in the old shipping channel. Along the east side, walleye were caught in the Slot, […]
Capt. Dans Fishing Report 01/01/2014
The walleye bite and the safe ice to fish for them on, have both improved. Many decent keepers are being caught in the darker time frames of just before light and then again just after dark on the 5 to 7 inches of hard ice on the entire Saginaw River as of this writing. Although not really […]
Saginaw Bay Ice Fishing Report 12/19/2013
Notice – Saginaw River/Saginaw Bay 12/19/2014 : The Coast Guard brought an ice breaker up into the river to make way for a barge. Anglers should stay off the ice along the upper river and also in the bay near the mouth until it freezes back up. Saginaw Bay: Ice is forming out in the bay […]