Saginaw Bay: Palmer Road had limited ice fishing in five feet of water. Catch rates for perch were slow. Very small perch were caught in the Eagle Bay Marina. Those fishing off Neuman Road, Townline Road and the State Park caught perch on minnows and beads in four to six feet of water. Walleye were […]
Saginaw Bay Area Fishing Report 3/15/2013
Saginaw Bay: Ice conditions on the bay and the river (Saginaw river is open) are deteriorating but those fishing near shore in a few locations are starting to get some nice perch. Palmer Road was producing perch in five to 10 feet of water and some walleye were caught in 10 to 12 feet. There was […]
Saginaw Bay Area Fishing Report 3/07/2013
Saginaw Bay: Perch action off Palmer Road was slow. Anglers crossing the first crack did find some walleye in 10 feet of water five to eight feet of water. A few walleye were caught in the evening. Some nice perch and a few walleye were caught off the Bay City State Park in 5 feet of […]
Saginaw Bay Area Fishing Report 2/28/2013
Saginaw Bay: A few anglers were starting to fish before the first pressure crack off Palmer Road. Perch fishing was slow and the water was cloudy. Perch were caught off Cody-Estey Road and Newman Road in four to five feet of water. They are using plastic beads or live minnows. A few bigger perch ranging 10 […]
Capt. Dan’s Fishing Report 2/26/2013
Hello, everybody. Well, what an ice season we had. I’ve never seen conditions like this in my lifetime. We had 2 major thaws and freezes during this winter that (for the most part) kept ice conditions safe on the bay and river, but also created more rough and thin ice traps then I’ve ever seen […]