Author Topic: Lake St Clair Fishing Reports - Jan 2019 (Read 14155 times)

LEO · « **on:** January 17, 2019, 09:50:10 AM »

Happy New Year Everyone! First report for 2019.

Detroit River: Anglers were picking up some yellow perch and a few walleye in the lower part of the Trenton Channel.

Lake St. Clair: Ice is forming quickly with nightly cold temperatures. There is one to three inches of ice in the canals and marinas. Main lake bays were mostly frozen over, but the thickness was varied. When temps finally dipped below freezing heavy winds blew in so some slush and pieces of ice headed back into the bays. Anglers should use extreme caution. In the open water on the southwestern end anglers were catching limits of walleye by boat and some anglers had success catching perch from shore. Those on the ice were using live worms and minnows in the early morning and starting to see decent numbers of panfish and perch.

Michigan DNR

LEO · « **Reply #1 on:** January 24, 2019, 09:48:10 AM »

Jan 24, 2019

Lake St. Clair

The lake is freezing. Anglers have been getting into bluegills and sunfish at the north end out near the Raft Restaurant and Fair Haven Launch. The areas both in and outside the canals and docks have been the real hotspots. Pike have been seen cruising the area and a few have been speared. Yellow perch are abundant but the majority of fish caught near the Raft, Fair Haven and Selfridge were between 3 and 5 inches. The size goes up as you start heading down towards the Clinton River Cut Off and launch sites around the Metro Park.

St. Clair River

Ice flows are extremely heavy and causing ice jams.

Michigan DNR

Author Topic: Lake St Clair Fishing Reports - Jan 2019 (Read 14155 times)

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