Report 1/22

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

Smallmouth report

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

Spring Report 5-12

Spring is here! Fishing is in full swing across door county. I have been mainly targeting walleyes both trolling and jigging have been working good in 15-20 fow water using either husky jerks or deep husky jerks. Fishing shorelines has been the best. Jigging I have been using mainly 4″ trigger X minnows with VMC jigs.

 

Smallmouth has been good with grubs in 4-8 fow. Best color has been pumpkin.

 

Capt.JJ

 

 

Well the cold temps is fueling ice formation on Green Bay. I ran my first guide trip this season and did very well. We fished in about 15fow and found great whitefish action. We had our limits by noon. Felt good to get out there and get on some fish. We used the typical whitefish set ups with gulp. We should have a another great week of ice making weather. I had any where from 6-12″ of ice in the mouth of Little Sturg. Here is some video and photos from this weekend. Have fun and be safe.

 

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COLD !

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.

Warm weather

Hey Everyone, Warm weather is racking havoc on ice formation. Still no fishable ice on Green Bay. There are some guys fishing the inner bay, like little sturgeon. I am currently up in little bay de noc, again fishing. Good ice up here 6-10″ Think Cold!

 

JJ

Hey Guys, I apologize for being off the grid the past couple days. I was up in Little Bay De Noc. What an amazing fishery. We iced a lot of nice fish. Two years in a row we have iced fish at the 30″ mark. If you never fished it you shoud try it! Would be well worth your time.

Ice Report

Contrary to other reports for the area there is no ice on Green Bay in the Door Peninsula area. There however is ice in some of the surround bays such as little sturgeon. I saw several groups of guys fishing there. There is ice from Wave Point inward. The mouth remains open aswell as the bay.

Green Bay is iced over from Chaudoirs dock south. I would be EXTREMELY cautious of venturing out in that area. We have a good week of ice making weather ahead of us, lows in the single digits.

I am really looking forward to getting on some whitefish and Walleyes, It wont be to long! I will be out tomorrow on the ice in Little Sturgeon check ice depth.

If your sick of watching last years videos, These below are only 24 hours old! Enjoy!

Capt. JJ

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December 24th

We had a low of 9 last night. We had some great ice formation last night. Here are some pictures of this morning.

Ice Has Arrived

Hey Everyone!

Well the cold temps have finally arrived to the Door Peninsula. Ice formation is in fully swing in many of the inner bays. (Riley’s, Little Sturg,) Little Sturgeon has about 35% of its total bay covered with a skim of ice. I walked out about 100 yards off shore and had about 2″ of ice. NOT FISHABLE YET! I was only in 2-3fow.

Low temps are predicted to hover in the low teens to upper single digits. Light winds will put ice making into over drive! We have an ice fishing prize pack we are giving away check it out on Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/pages/JJs-Guide-Service/206022939417736

I had a very successful winter last year, baring the conditions. I ended my ice season with

all the gear I started with. No stranded shacks or customers. Safety is a word often over used in this business. Last year the ice was safe for one month. Fished hard and had success. Looking forward to another one this year, I cant wait!

Upgraded most of my video gear. You will sure enjoy the videos we produce this year!

We are going to make ice tonight and I will have some content of that tomorrow.

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