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By Mike Dunn
GAYLORD Before thestart of the new year, itsalways appropriate
to look
backward one final time toremember and celebratesome of the
chief highlightsof the year that is passing.
In sports, there were plen-ty of candidates for the topstory of
2012. TheMancelona baseball team,the Petoskey boys soccerteam, the
Pellston boys bas-ketball team, the St. Mary girls basketball team
and theOnaway volleyball team allhad major achievements, asdid the
Johannesburg-Lewiston football and base-ball teams.
Individually, longtime J-Lbaseball coach Rick Guildsurpassed 700
wins. Pellstonsenior Chris Hass was
named the Class D Player of the Year by the Associated
Press. Gaylord senior golfer Alex Dombrowski had a stel-
lar year on the links.Picking the top 10 stories
is always a subjective task.Most of the time, I pick team
achievements overindividual achievementsbecause it requires
more
things to go right for teamsto make their mark.
This year Im picking theMancelona baseball teamadvancing to the
Final Fourfor the first time in schoolhistory as the top
sportsstory. The Ironmen of coachJim VanWagoner repeated as
Div. 3 regional champions with a compelling perform-ance at
Charlevoix, defeating quality opponents BenzieCentral and
Whittemore-Prescott.
Then they edged state-ranked and heavily favored
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Top SporTSSTorieS2012
* Grayling coach Rich Moffitreaches 300 career wins January
3with 80-38 win at Houghton Lake
* Onaway girls coach Marty Mixreaches 100 wins as Molly
Cleaverbuzzer-beater beats Forest Area inJanuary
* Senior Chris Hass passes 2,000points as Pellston beats Central
Lake83-54 on Jan. 10
* Pellston senior Andy Hamlinpasses 1,000 points Jan. 24 in
81-45win over Forest Area
* SMH senior Karli Jacobbecomes eighth Snowbird gal to sur-pass
1,000 points in school history
* Grayling junior BrandonHandrich (152) and Onaway seniorTrey
Leach (140) win regionalwrestling championships
* Trey Leach of Onaway earnsfourth place in D-4 state
wrestlingfinals at Auburn Hills, Handrich ofGrayling takes fifth in
D-3 state meet
* Mackinaw City girls of coachAdam Stefanski come from behind
toedge Pellston 62-53 and win Class Ddistrict hardwood title for
secondtime in school history
* Gaylord grad Will Weber signsentry-level pro contract
withColumbus Blue Jackets after com-pleting college career at Miami
ofOhio
* Mancelona boys of coach RickDuerksen are Academic
All-Statechampions with 3.75 GPA
* Mancy shortstop Dakota Derrersets state softball record with
20
triples in a season as she helpsMancy earn school record 25
wins
* Mancy softball falls in D-3regional semifinal 4-3 to T.C.
St.Francis after winning first-ever dis-trict title behind pitching
of juniorKallie Derrer
* J-L baseball sets school record,improving to 32-5 while
beatingAtlanta 11-1 and Hillman 14-2 torepeat as district champs at
Gaylord
* Dynamic duo Andy Triebold andSteve LaJoie repeat for fifth
time asAuSable River Canoe Marathonchamps in 14:42:43
* Grayling sophomore big-playmachine Scout Tobin throws for
oneTD and runs twice for 95 yards asVikings beat T.C. St. Francis
28-20for first time ever
* Grayling puts lock down onunbeaten Boyne City in 21-0
victoryto capture first-ever LMC gridirontitle and first-ever
perfect 9-0 regularseason, Ty Jensen scores all 3 TDs
* Mancelona repeats as unbeatenSVC gridiron champ,
defeatsWhittemore-Prescott 38-24 in homeplayoff opener, advancing
to districttitle game at Ishpeming
* Gaylord senior harrier CharlendHoward is third Blue Devil to
winBNC medalist honors; Charlendearns All-State with 24th overall
inD-2 state finals, 15:54.8
* Gaylord boys cross country teamof coach Jeff Kalember is
Academicstate champ in D-2 with 3.9555 GPA
Some SportsMilestones of 2012:
TopSports Stories of
2012Mancelona baseball (29-5)repeats as Division 3
regionalchamp, beating Benzie Central 5-2 and Whittemore 8-3 behind
thestellar pitching of Craig Conwayand Brandon Dingman. TheIronmen
then beat Newaygo 2-1in quarterfinals at Traverse Cityto reach the
Final Four at BattleCreek.
Petoskey boys soccer (17-9-2)captures eighth regional title
withthrilling 1-0 victory over EastLansing as senior Evan
Altmanscores lone goal in OT, seniorDrew Smith posts shutout
innets. Northmen reach D-2 statetitle game vs. Hudsonville
UnityChristian and play well in 3-0loss.
Pellston boys (23-2) capture thefirst regional title since
1944behind the stellar play of seniorscoring aces Chris Hass
andAndy Hamlin. Hornets beat 71-53 in title game, advance
toquarterfinals against rugged U.P.foe Carney-Nadeau.
St. Mary girls (23-2) capturedistrict and regional
hardwoodtitles, fall to rugged U.P. foeForest Park 59-57 in
quarterfi-nals. The Snowbirds defeatunbeaten, state-ranked
Posen64-50 to win first regional titlesince 2002.
Onaway volleyball team (48-5-3)of coach Steve Watson
capturesfirst-ever Class D regional titlewith back-to-back wins
overperennial rival Pellston and tal-ented U.P. foe Rudyard,
thensweep past Forest Park in quar-terfinals at Manistique
toadvance to the Final Four inBattle Creek.
Longtime Johannesburg-Lewiston baseball coach RickGuild
surpasses 700 wins in hisremarkable coaching career asthe Cardinals
edge Rogers City3-2 on April 10.
Pellston senior Chris Hassrepeats as Class D Player of theYear
in basketball after averaging31 points per game and reachinga
remarkable 2,492 points for hiscareer, the third highest total
instate history.
Gaylord senior Alex Dombrowskishoots a school record round of65
at Mistwood on April 25 inT.C., takes third in region andthird in
D-2 state finals at Katkewith rounds of 67 and 73 fortwo-day total
of 140.
Louis Lamberti of Petoskey, aremarkable four-sport
scholarathlete for the Northmen, cap-tures the D-2 state title in
thehigh hump, clearing 6-foot-8.
The Johannesburg-Lewistonfootball team of coach JohnBush wins
back-to-backhome playoff games on thegridiron to advance to theDiv.
8 regional finals at thefield of eventual state finalistBeal
City.
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By Mike Dunn
MOUNT PLEASANT Former Petoskey standoutKerby Tamm continues to
doa pretty good job handling the hardwood at the nextlevel.
After a sterling four-yearprep career with theNorthmen, Kerby
joined theCentral Michigan University program following her
2011graduation.
The 5-foot-10 Tamm, whostarred as a wing for Petoskey
but was adept at every posi-tion on the floor, employs her
ball-handling skills in thebackcourt at CMU along withher
shooting and passing abilities. She played in 33games last year as
a truefreshman, including onestart, and shes been a steady force
off the bench for theChips so far in her sopho-more season.
Through 10 games, Kerby has averaged 5.1 points andnearly 20
minutes of floortime as CMU has posted a 5-
5 record. Tamm has tamedthe twine for a season-high
total of 15 points in two dif-ferent games. In the 88-62 win
over South Dakota Statein the home opener back onNov. 23, Kerby
canned fivefrom downtown to accountfor all 15 of her points.
Kerby has been sharp as abarbers blade in her shoot-ing and
smart in her shotselection as she has drained ahighly respectable
40 percentof her attempts from thefloor.
Anyone familia r withKerbys colossal prep career
is probably not surprised at well she is acclimating to life
at the Div. I collegiate level.Kerby was twice named the
Top Choice Player of the Yearin girls basketball following her
junior and senior seasonsat Petoskey, where she was afour-year
starter and a teamcaptain three of those years.
Kerby was a first-team All-State pick in Class B as a jun-ior
and a first-team selectionin Class A in her senior yearas well. She
also earned theprestigious BCAM Best of the Best award after her
sen-ior season ended. In addition
to being the Top ChoicePlayer of the Year twice, she
was also the Player of the Yearin the Big North Conferencetwice
in a row.
Kerby left for CMU withher shoe prints all over theschool record
book. Sheholds Petoskeys single-sea-son records for points
(360),rebounds (246) and freethrow percentage (85.9). Shefinished
her senior year asthe all-time career scoring leader with 1,356
total pointsand the career rebounding leader with 802 rebounds.
Oh, and she does pretty
good in the classroom, too.The cerebral Kerby earned Academic
All-State honors asa junior at Petoskey and sheis carrying an
outstanding 3.63 GPA so far at CMU.
Former Petoskey standout is making her mark for Chippewasin
second year
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Manton grad Thompsonshines for Albion
ALBION Manton gradu-ate Katie Thompson contin-ues to shine for
the AlbionCollege womens basketballteam.
The rawhide-toughThompson, known asTornado Thompson for
herfierce, frenetic play during her notable four-year varsity
career with the Rangers, hasstarted nine of 11 games todate as a
true freshman for- ward and center for theBritons.
Katie is the teams thirdleading scorer thus far, aver-aging 7.5
points per game,and she is also casting a long
shadow under the glass where shes the second-lead-ing rebounder,
averaging 6.4caroms per game.
In a recent two-game win-ning streak, Thompson went6-for-6 from
the charity stripe with a team-high eightrebounds and three steals
in
a 63-48 win over AlmaCollege and she also helpedspark a 61-51
victory over theUniversity of Michigan-Dearborn, scoring six of
hernine points during an 11-1run where the Britons ralliedfrom a
16-6 deficit to tie thescore at 17. Katie finished with eight
boards and played32 minutes in the win.
Albion (3-8) was scheduledto play Mount Union onFriday, Dec. 28,
in the firstround of the ZimmermanMemorial Holiday
BasketballClassic in Springfield, Ohio.
Newaygo by a razor-thin 2-1margin in the quarterfinalsas mound
ace Craig Conway twirled his third complete-game victory of the
playoffs,going all eight innings.
The Ironmen were the firstteam from Mancelona toadvance to the
Final Four inany sport.
The Petoskey boys soccerteam of third-year coachZach Jonker had
a 3-7-1record after the first 11matches of the 2012 cam-paign.
After that, theNorthmen were virtually unbeatable, however, posting
a 14-2-1 record over the last17 games and not stopping until they
reached the D-2state finals againstHudsonville Unity Christian.
The top 10 stories for 2012
are listed elsewhere on thispage. Some of the
milestoneaccomplishments from the year are also listed separately
on this page.
Here are nutshells of thetop five stories:
Mancelona baseballrepeats as Division 3 regionalchamp, beating
BenzieCentral 5-2 and Whittemore8-3 behind the stellar pitch-ing of
Craig Conway andBrandon Dingman. The
Ironmen then beat Newaygo2-1 in quarterfinals atTraverse City to
reach theFinal Four at Battle Creek, where the Ironmen lost
toLansing Catholic in semifi-
nals to close with a 29-5record.This is from the June 14
issue of the Weekly Choice:TRAVERSE CITY The
Mancelona baseball teamadded to its 2012 laurels withan
extra-inning victory Tuesday in the quarterfinalsagainst Newaygo.
TheIronmen prevailed 2-1 ineight innings to advance tothe Final
Four at Bailey Park in Battle Creek for the firsttime in school h
istory.
Senior ace Craig Conway turned in another stellar per-formance,
scattering six hits
and not allowing an earnedrun. He struck out seven.
The Ironmen scored in thebottom of the sixth to tie thegame at 1
and then scored inthe bottom of the eight to win in walk-off
fashion. Inthe sixth, junior Wyatt Derrerdrilled a clutch two-out
dou-ble to chase home Cole VanWagoner with the tying run.
In the eighth, first base-man Damion Decker reached
base on an error andadvanced to second on apassed ball. Logan
Borst thenput the ball in play with aperfectly executed bunt
andDecker came all the way
around to score when theball was thrown away.This is the first
time ever
for a Mancelona team to bein the Final Four, saidMancelona coach
Jim VanWagoner. I couldnt behappier for the kids. Its agreat
accomplishment forthem, for the school and forthe whole Mancelona
com-munity.
2. Petoskey boys soccer(17-9-2) captures eighthregional title
with thrilling 1-0 victory over East Lansing assenior Evan Altman
scoreslone goal in OT, senior Drew
Smith posts shutout in nets.Northmen reach D-2 statetitle game
vs. HudsonvilleUnity Christian and play wellin 3-0 loss.
3. Pellston boys (23-2) cap-ture the first regional titlesince
1944 behind the stellarplay of senior scoring acesChris Hass and
Andy Hamlin.Hass hits for 30 with 11boards and seven assists
andHamlin tallies 21 with 15boards as Hornets beat 71-53
in title game, advance toquarterfinals against ruggedU.P. foe
Carney-Nadeau.
4. St. Mary girls (23-2) cap-ture district and regionalhardwood
titles, fall torugged U.P. foe Forest Park 59-57 in quarterfinals
as LexiGussert hits a clutch shot atbuzzer. The Snowbirds
defeatunbeaten, state-rankedPosen 64-50 to win first
regional title since 2002. KariBorowiak scores 18 in region-al
title game. Karli Jacob jamsthe nets for 15 and long-armed Mary
Spyhalski comesoff the bench to hit for 12.
5. Onaway volleyball team(48-5-3) of coach Steve Watson captures
first- everClass D regional title withback-to-back wins
overperennial rival Pellston and
talented U.P. foe Rudyard,then sweep past Forest Park in
quarterfinals atManistique to advance to theFinal Four in Battle
Creek.Mariah Ehrke is a monster atthe net, establishing a record
with more than 400 kills inthe season and super seniorsetter Megan
Estep earns TopChoice Player of the Yearhonors.
2012 Continued...
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CHEBOYGAN -- TheDepartment of NaturalResources office
inCheboygan is among thelocations open to successfulhunters and
trappers to bring their catch to be examined.
Many DNR office locationsare offering furbearer regis-tration
hours for during the2012-2013 furharvester sea-sons.
Anyone taking a bobcat,river otter, fisher, marten orincidental
catch must bring the animal to a designatedfurbearer check station
for
examination.DNR staff members collect
biological data from the har-
vested animals, including sex, age and physical condi-tion of
the specimen. Theskull of each specimen willalso be retained for
tooth andDNA samples. An official sealis then attached to each
peltto show it has been inspect-ed.
"Registration for thesefurbearers is mandatory, asthe
information gatheredhelps us determine proposedbag limits and
season struc-ture for the future," said DNRfurbearer specialist
AdamBump. "Cooperation from
trappers and hunters in thiseffort is greatly appreciated."
The following DNR officesare open for furbearer regis-tration
during regular busi-ness hours: Please note, dueto field staff
limitations, allfur harvesters are encour-aged to call ahead to
ensuresomeone is available to assist with furbearer
registration.)
Baraga, Bay City, Cadillac,Gaylord, Marquette andNewberry
operations servicecenters
Cheboygan, Crystal Falls,Escanaba, Gwinn andNorway field
offices
DNR offices with specially
designated furbearer regis-tration dates and hours are
asfollows:
Wakefield: 10 a.m. to 2p.m. (Central Time) on Jan. 9& 23;
Feb. 6 & 20; March 6 &20; and April 17
Stephenson: 4 to 6 p.m.(Central Time) on Jan. 4, Feb.7, March 7
and May 4
DNR ffices that offerfurbearer registration by appointment
only:
Approximately 40 addi-tional DNR locations (includ-ing
operations service cen-ters, field offices, state gameareas and
state parks) offerfurbearer registration during normal business
hours by
appointment only.Trappers and hunters must
call ahead to ensure staff
availability at locations thatrequire an appointment. Fora full
list of locations, includ-ing contact information, visit ww w.m ic
hi ga n. go v/ tr ap -ping.
Non-DNR locations openfor furbearer registrationinclude:
U.S. Forest Service Officein Manistique, by appoint-ment
only
U.S. Forest Service Officein Rapid River, 8 a.m. to 4:30p.m.
M-F
Settler's Co-op in BruceCrossing, by appointment
onlyTrappers and furbearer
hunters are reminded that
they must register their owntake and cannot register forothers.
Complete details andinstructions for furbearerregistration can be
found inthe 2012 Michigan Hunting and Trapping Guide, which
isavailable online at www.michigan.gov/hunting,at DNR operations
servicecenters, and at authorizedlicense vendors statewide.
For more informationabout furbearer registration,contact Adam
Bump at 517-373-1263, or call one of theDNR offices listed
above.
Successful trappers and hunters must bring catch to DNR
furbearer check station forexamination
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By Doug Derrer
TRAVERSE CITY -- In theirfirst game of the Scott MillerMemorial
Holiday Tournament the Bay Reps fellto the Traverse City
CentralTrojans 7-2.
The Trojan special teamsdid most of the damage,scoring three
power play goals and a short-handedgoal to lead their team to
vic-tory. After Central scored apair of goals 11 seconds apart
in the opening period, ZachHill scored a short-handedgoal for
the Reps to get Bay Area within a goal.
The Trojans would add twomore goals in the opening period before
Hill scored hissecond goal with 8 secondsleft in the period to make
thescore 4-2 in favor of Central.
The second period wouldbe costly for the Reps as theTrojans
added two moregoals and they lost Hill as theresult of a
controversial
check from behind call whichdisqualified him for the restof this
game and the next twogames. A third period short-handed goal by the
Trojansmade the final score 7-2 infavor of Central.
In the consolation bracketthe Reps faced Midland andBay Area
goalie Claire Huhtasaw her first action in netafter returning from
a kneeinjury she suffered during soccer season. The Reps andChemics
skated to a 0-0 tie
after one period as bothteams played strong defense.
Midland came out strong in the second period andscored three
goals to take a 3-0 lead in the second inter-mission. Midland
scoredanother goal in the thirdperiod before Travis Kirk scored a
power play goal forthe Reps with an assist from Andrew Dzierwa ,
but twomore Chemic goals wouldmake the final score 6-1 infavor of
Midland.
The Reps would faceTraverse City West in theirfinal game of the
tournamentand after a scoreless firstperiod the fireworks
woulderupt in the second period.
Nick Sicinski put the Repsup 1-0 when he scored anunassisted
power play goal with 13:33 to go in the period.Three minutes later
Kirk gavethe Reps a two-goal lead withhelp from Trevor Apsey
andMark Mol. The Titans scoredtwo goals to even the score at
2-2 before Josh Hill scored apower play goal with 7 sec-onds
left in the period to givethe Reps a 3-2 lead. That goal would be
the game winner asthe Reps defense and goalieJay Jones stymied the
Titanoffense in the third periodand Bay Area held on for a 3-2
win.
The Reps will take their 3-7record in the road as they travel to
Cadillac on January 2, Tri Valley on Jan. 4 andMid-Michigan on Jan.
5.
For many people, fishing isthe most relaxing way tospend the
day. And in the winter months the most pop-ular angling activity is
icefishing. To those who havenever tried it, ice fishing
issometimes looked upon asan oddity, but for others, icefishing is
the best kind of fishing.
Although it doesn't appealto all, many anglers actually prefer
fishing through the iceto open-water fishing. Forone thing, anglers
can get just about anywhere on thelake during ice fishing sea-son,
something they can't do
without a boat during theopen water season. Virtually every fish
that's available toanglers in the summer can becaught through the
ice -some are even caught morefrequently in the winter.
Once you've spent a littletime on the ice, you'll soonsee a
different picture. Icefishing is more than just a way to fill the
long days of winter. It's a chance tobreathe the cold, clean
win-ter air, to spend quiet timeoutdoors with family andfriends,
and to relax and col-lect one's thoughts away from the hustle and
bustle of
a busy world.Just walking on the ice can
be a unique experience,especially when no snow obscures the view
of the water below. However, as with any outdoor activi ty,safety
should be your topconcern. When it comes toice safety, you should
steerclear of dark spots or places where the snow looks
discol-ored.
Some other good rules tofollow include: 1. Never fishalone, 2.
Tell someone where you are going and when youexpect to return, 3.
Alwaystest the ice with a spud(described later), 4. Take
theappropriate emergency items, such as a lifejacket andice picks,
and 5. Take a cellphone with you in case youneed to call for help.
Dress in your warmest winter clothes;fill a thermos with hot
coffee,chocolate or tea; and bring
an empty bucket or old lawnchair to sit on.
To get started ice fishing, you'll need the basics: some-thing
to make a hole in theice, something to clear thehole and keep it
open and icefree, and something to fish with, or equipment.
The two basic tools used tomake holes in the ice arespuds and
augers. A spudfeatures a long-shank with achisel-like end that's
used tochip a hole in the ice. A spudis a tool you use when the
iceisn't too thick. An auger is acorkscrew-like device with
acutting blade that operates
like a hand drill to make ahole in the ice. For extremely thick
ice, power augers thatrun on batteries or smallgasoline engines are
avail-able and make creating holesmuch easier.
Once the hole is created itneeds to be cleared of icechips or
slush. A skimmer (ora slush scoop) is a small cup with holes in it
(to let the water run out) on a long han-dle. It is inexpensive and
per-fectly suited for the job. A skimmer is used to clear thehole
right after it's made, as well as throughout the day if it's
particularly cold and if
additional ice forms.Please note the size of the
hole is important. The holemust be big enough that youcan get a
fish out, but not toolarge of a hole that it may endanger someone's
life. Anglers are recommended tokeep their holes to a maxi-mum of
eight to 10 inches indiameter which wouldaccommodate the size of
most fish species. Whenabandoning fishing holes,anglers should mark
them with a tree branch, sticks orchunks of ice to alert othersof
their presence.
Ice fishing equipment canbe divided into three basiccategories:
hook-and-line,tip-ups and spears.
Most hook-and-lineanglers use short, limberrods with reels or
simplespring-tension spools to holdthe line. Sometimes they may use
something as simple as a
couple of pegs on the rodhandle used to wrap the linearound.
Limber rods allow the use of light line, whichusually results in
better fish-ing and absorbs more of theshock when fighting
fish.
Hook-and-line anglers uselive bait, artificial lures orsometimes
both to catchmany different species of fish. Anglers often use
smalllures, such as teardrops orflies, with live bait - such as wax
worms (bee moth larva),spikes (fly larvae), wigglers(mayfly larvae)
or minnows -attached to the hook for bet-ter action. The bait can
be
fished without movement or jigging can be used to attractthe
fish. Jigging is most suc-cessful if a lure of any kind isused.
Hook-and-line anglershave the choice of using abobber on the
line, just asthey would while fishing inthe summer. Some may
alsofish with a tight line and use aspring bobber, which is asmall
strip of metal or wirethat extends off the rod tiplike an
additional eye on therod. Any motion alertsanglers to the bite, a
bonusfor small fish or light-biters.Generally, anglers begin by
fishing near the bottom and work their way up in the water column
until they locate the fish, then continueto fish at that same
depth. Anglers can use bobbers toset their baits at a
preferreddepth or fish a tight line,either fishing without
move-ment or jigging.
For bigger fish, anglers useheavier gear with larger luresor
bigger hooks which allowsthem to use larger baits -minnows, smelt,
salmon eggs
or spawn bags. Anglers gen-erally start at the bottom
andgradually move up in the water column when jigging, while those
fishing with livebait, spawn bags or salmoneggs generally fish
right off the bottom.
Some anglers prefer to fish with tip-ups , which aredevices set
on the ice abovethe hole that dangle the bait(most often
minnows)beneath them. Tip-ups, which feature small reelssubmerged
in the water, gettheir name from a flag that'sbent over and
attached to thereel. When a fish takes the
bait, the reel turns andreleases not only line, but theflag as
well. The flags' "tipup" action alerts the anglerto the fish taking
out line.Tip-ups are usually spooled with heavy, braided line.Often
an angler who is fish-ing with a rod will also set atip-up in a
different hole, giv-ing them two ways to catch afish and giving
them anopportunity to fish for differ-ent species, or more than
onefish, or at two different butclose by locations.
Spearing is another form of ice fishing that is a more
spe-cialized but traditional sport. Anglers who spear cut
largeholes in the ice, usually withan ice saw or chain saw. They
fish from tents or small shel-ters commonly calledshanties that can
be portableor more permanent (or atleast as permanent as the
iceis). The shanty blocks thelight, allowing anglers to seedown
more clearly in the water in order to spear thefish. This has given
rise to theterm dark-house spearing.Spearing anglers generally
dangle decoys or large livebaits (such as suckers) in the water
to attract their targetfish. They utilize spears thattypically have
a substantial weight to them and haveseven to nine tines on theend
of a seven-foot handle.
The most common specieshook-and-line ice fishermenare looking
for are panfish:bluegill, sunfish, perch andcrappie. Tip-ups are
general-ly used for larger game fish,such as northern pike,
wall-eye and various trout species.In Michigan, spear fishermenare
allowed to target north-ern pike, muskellunge, lake
sturgeon and many otherspecies. There are many restrictions
associated withspear fishing and anglersshould read the
annualMichigan Fishing Guide formore information.
A basic tip for all three icefishing methods is that themost
success is seen arounddawn until mid-morning andagain from late
afternoonuntil sundown. This is espe-cially true for panfish and
walleye. Some species can bemore aggressive at othertimes during
the day, such asnorthern pike. It's alsoimportant to understand
thatfish are more sluggish during the winter and move aroundless,
especially during themiddle of winter when icethickness and snow
cover isthe heaviest. The more holesanglers cut and try, the
bettertheir chances are for locating
aggressive fish.One common piece of
equipment nearly all types of anglers who ice fish utilizeare
electronic fish finders.These help anglers locateboth aggressive
and non-aggressive fish and make iteasier to determine if yourholes
will be active and how present fish are reacting to your fishing
methods.
It's important to be pre-pared to face the elements when you go
ice fishing by including these items: shelterand apparel.
Ice fishing can be a fairly cold activity, especially onthose
windy days when itdoesn't seem fit to be out-doors. On such days, a
shan-ty is almost a requirement.Many portable shanties areavailable
at your local sport-ing goods store, althoughsome anglers,
especially innorthern Michigan where theice fishing season can last
formany months build elabo-rate but removable shantieson the ice.
These may haveinsulated walls and many of the comforts of
home.Propane heaters can keepthem warm and help keepthe fishing
holes from freez-ing. But even a simple wind-
break, made of plywood orparticle board, can help. A sheet of
plywood, cut in half and hinged, makes a simple windbreak. If skis
or runnersare added to one side, then itcan easily be pulled
acrossthe ice.
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