Ice formation continues to improve. 6-9″ at the mouths of the inner bays, lesser amounts of ice along the shorelines of the bay south of Little Sturgeon. Ice formations on Larsons reef continue to improve. There are pockets of open water that are decreasing daily. THIS ICE IS NOT SAFE. We were quite shocked to see how much ice was around Sherwood point and north. Again this ice is not ready to fish, but in the coming days/week Green bay should expand its ice pack north.

No MODIS satellite image today.

We did wet our lines and caught several whitefish on the typical whitefish set up. The fish look healthy and “beefy”. Also did try for walleyes with a couple bits, but nothing hit the ice.

We will be guiding every day from here on out.

Be safe, JJ

The cold temperatures have improved ice conditons around the area. Most areas have 2-5″ on the big water and larger amounts in the inner bays. I have attached some photos that were taken today to show the ice

Cold weather has made its way into the region and will last well into the next weekend. We are waiting for a couple colder nights to venture out on some ice that had formed prior to the rain over the holiday. With this cold weather strong westerly winds will make ice formation tricky and will hamper ice formation. Hope to have a midweek report. Stay tuned.

We are just a couple days away from Christmas and the ice formation on Green Bay is minimal at best. Last year at this time the bay was froze past Chambers Island. Not the case this year. Some of the smaller bays on Green Bay have froze over with 5-10″ ice. The rain from the past couple days has made a sloppy mess of whats out their. They are getting some perch on minnow. 8-12fow.

Once it gets colder we will do more posts detailing ice conditions.
Merry Christmas JJ
JJ

JJsguideservice.com

Green Bay Ice conditions compared to last year at this time.

Been awhile since I have been on here. Going to work hard to keep it up to date.

The ice remains very solid across green bay. 18-24″ in most spots. Not to many cracks.

The fishing has been very good with limits and larger fish. Some days the smaller fish move in and we have to pick through them, still a blast reeling them in. I am fishing anywhere from 65-90 FOW. Gold pimples and gulp being the best combination. Most fish coming on the top slider hook.

A quick tip. Most groups who have the best success are really focusing on technique rather than bait selection. The slow rythmatic upward jiggle from the bottom is producing the most fish. Pay close attention to your technique.

Thanks and good fishing Capt. JJ

I was out today fishing for smallies. Used a vairety of baits. Cranks, grubs, and tube. Cranks seem to catch smaller fish with bigger fish coming in on Green pumpkin grubs. Fishing 5-8fow.  Water is still a bit chilly 48-50. Great fishing  awaits!

Green Bay Door County Smallmouth Bass

We had a really good night of ice making last night. Another great night of cold weather upon us. Was out near the mouth of LS and had 4-6 inches of ice. Caught a handful of whitefish. USE EXTREME CAUTION out there. I would hold off on going out there until the weekend. Will have a report tomorrow.