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| Mark with his first walleye of 2012. Caught on a tip up 8 FOW. |
We had a great time fishing on Houghton Lake Friday. The weather was a little to nice for this time of the year, but it made for a pleasant day on the ice. Mark and I parked at the beach and walked out about a mile into the East Bay. The first spot we checked out was in 10 FOW West of the drop off. We spent an hour looking over all of the holes with the camera and didn't find any structure of fish. Next we moved West and checked over an old waypoint in 7 FOW and found a dead weed bed. On our third move we found a fishing spot in 8 FOW that had what we were looking for. After spending over two hours scouting we got setup and fishing by 10:30am. Fishing action was good all day. Overall we hooked two walleye, eleven pike, and lost three fish. On the camera we saw a few very nice perch and lots of pike. The best action was on tip ups fished 14 inches off the bottom.
Most of Houghton Lake is froze up now but ice conditions are not real good. In the East Bay we found 5 to 7 inches of ice everywhere we drilled holes.
Good Luck...
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| Mark and Gary with two HL walleyes |
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| Houghton Lake |
Are you just using chubs on the tip ups?
ReplyDeleteBrain,
ReplyDeleteWe are using small blues and grays on our tip ups.