First and foremost, no ice is ever safe ice.
Well in some areas of Green Bay ice fishing season is in full swing, but there are several zones that still
need much caution.
The Fox River has good ice coverage but continue to navigate only on foot and remember this is a river
with current and thin ice can appear in many areas use a spud and walk cautiously. Anglers are
reporting decent catches of Walleye. Jig/minnow and jigging raps tipped with a minnow are remining
the favorites but blade baits and other glide baits like Shiver Minnows have been working. Size is in
general smaller to medium but if you are looking to keep a few the size for that has been good.
Remember the limit currently on the Fox is 3 fish with no length limit.
Deadhorse Bay and Suamico both continue to see pressure for Perch chasers. Reports have been few
and far between, but from the sounds of it the action was slower this last week. Tip downs and Box
Tip ups with small shiners or rosie reds have continued to be the best tactics.
From Volks to Red River reports are that action for Whitefish in general has been above average. Jigging
goby style plastics and slick jigs with minnow tails or plastics are being reported as the best tactics.
Anglers that like to run sliders are reporting that sliders with waxies have caught some fish also. Not
much reported for Perch activity in this area. There are reports of a few anglers making it out to 2 Mile
reef finding Whitefish and an occasional Walleye.
Little Sturgeon Bay has around 12” of ice depending on where you are in the bay be diligent and use
caution around the points and some rock humps those areas have had open water pockets this week..
Reports from last week were Perch action was slow in general. Tip downs and box tip ups with minnows
were the best. Pike anglers continue to report a good tip up bite using large golden shiners around the
back areas on Little Sturgeon. Other areas like the Flats and Potawatomi Park were reported as slow for
Pike.
The Larsons reef area continues to see ice shifting. Several cracks that have been open as wide as 100’
continue to plague getting to deep water in general. Getting on and off the reef is going to be a gamble
until the ice can settle from the winds as of late and we get some more cold weather back.
Walking out off Lime Kiln and Big Rock has seen folks having good success with Whitefish but use
extreme caution on those areas as several cracks have been working near the shorelines.
The shipping traffic was operational through last Saturday. The Port of Green Bay is now closed.
Capt. Robert Claus
FinFanatic Charters
920-360-2904
finfanaticcahrters@yahoo.com
www.finfanatic.net
