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MY MID MICHIGAN ICE FORECAST

2015.12.17-With the continued above normal temps thru December and continuing thru near mid January I don’t really see safe ice till the last 25% of January. February has typically been ice maintenance month with little gained or loss. Long range weather says warmer winter thru spring so it appears to be a shortened ice fishing season.

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Permalink Reply by Slip Sinker on December 19, 2015 at 10:10am

so here is a graph just two days later showing a huge takeaway for us ice fisherman... its now showing above normal temps all the way thru January taking away our extreme cold period the last 25% of the month. hey I know weather is unpredictable reaching that far out in the future but this is disappointing. looking like an even mix of below freezing lows and above freezing highs generally for each day. tough scenario to grow safe ice.

Permalink Reply by Slip Sinker on December 19, 2015 at 10:48am

2015.12.19 - December 2015.... incredible above normal temps... just extends transition period for fishing.... brutal brutal

Permalink Reply by Slip Sinker on December 19, 2015 at 11:39am

2015.12.19 -... looks like no ice for December

Permalink Reply by Slip Sinker on December 19, 2015 at 12:23pm

2015.12.19

Permalink Reply by Slip Sinker on December 19, 2015 at 12:38pm

2015.01.16 - approximately 1 year ago...

Permalink Reply by Slip Sinker on January 11, 2016 at 3:33pm

20160111- we have a good 3-4 " on Wixom Lake... looking for some really good ice by thursday...

Permalink Reply by Allen Morgan on January 11, 2016 at 6:55pm

Most of the lakes down here are locked up. No idea how thick, though. I have heard that last week, one of the local millponds had a flip-over ice shack on it for several days.

Permalink Reply by john on January 19, 2016 at 8:11am

where are you from allen. im in the lowere part of michigan, and the lakes i fish are the smaller ones.

Permalink Reply by Allen Morgan on January 19, 2016 at 7:36pm

I'm in the Jackson area.

Permalink Reply by john on January 23, 2016 at 7:02am

I'm in Buchanan which is about 10 miniutes from the Indiana Michigan state line. and just yesterday I finally got on the lake for the first time this year. had 5 inches where I was fishing.

Permalink Reply by john on January 18, 2016 at 11:12am

I live in souther mi and was surprised just last week. I went out to a local lake and found only 2 to 3 inches of ice, and it wasn't good ice either.

Permalink Reply by Slip Sinker on January 18, 2016 at 12:10pm

John i hear ya.... i see a lot of dissapointed ice fisherman posting on the forums about thin or unsafe ice. i went out last week on a small protected BOW that formed 5" of solid ice here in Mid Michigan (Gladwin County). ice has been unsafe on the larger reservoirs like Wixom Lake that has now just broke the 4" mark.

first ice fishing up hear even though its late has been greatly disappointing... very few numbers of quality fish... or slot fish

a good source of ice conditions could be found on the Michigan Sportsman Forum

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/forum/forums/icefishingmichigan-c...

just be safe out there... hope you have a chance to get out .