![]() ![]() Take appropriate emergency gear. Bring your cell phone, a lifejacket, flashlight or battery-powered lantern, and ice picks.Never fish alone. Also, tell someone on land where you are going and when you expect to return. ![]() Portage Bay State Forest Campground, 6 miles east of Fayette on the Garden Peninsula.Ogontz Bay, South of US 2 on County 503.Little Fishdam River, 2 miles east of Isabella on US 2.Fayette State Park, on the Garden Peninsula.Boon-Dockers Store (private), Stonington Peninsula.Twin Springs, 8 miles south of Rapid River, on the Stonington Peninsula.Days River, North & South (DNR), North of Gladstone.Terrace Bay Resort, south of Gladstone offers fish-cleaning facilities.No See-Um Creek, South of Escanaba on M-35.ICE FISHING ACCESS POINTS: Little Bay de Noc Check your depth charts and fish the edges. The “black bottom” area to the south is well-known for being a good fishing spot. The boat landing at Kipling has an extensive weed bed that attracts walleye. Plan to start your winter fishing in the northernmost waters of the two bays. Experts say that good ice fishing is present at the same place that you would find success in the spring, summer, and fall. Head out early in the morning before sunrise or hours before sunset. The first and last light of the day is the best for fishing. Or try to beat the 54-inch and 43-pound sturgeon hefted through the ice of Stonington Peninsula in mid-January 1996. Catch northern pike or a mess of yellow perch. This area is for trophy walleye fishing, where you can reel in a 30 to 32-inch keeper, tipping the scales at 14-pounds. So it’s no surprise that “villages” of ice fishing shanties spring up on both Little and Big Bays de Noc. Delta County has the longest freshwater shoreline of any county in the entire USA. ![]()
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