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Ryan Noonan took this 15-pound lake trout from West Grand Traverse Bay, by jigging from a 17-foot boat in about 150 feet of water. With ice remaining unsafe though most of Michigan, anglers are finding other ways to fill their freezers. Courtesy photo -
With ice fishing non-existent on county inland lakes due to warm weather, Greg Alsip is pondering whether to open his bait shop next winter or stay open for only three seasons. He’s out of minnows now and does not plan to restock until spring fishing begins. Enterprise photo by Alan Campbell
Winter has provided more cross country skiing than ice fishing opportunities, which doesn’t say much.
“During the 10 days of winter, we groomed about every other day, and it was great,” said Kerry Kelly, chairman of the Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes organization that maintains the Heritage Trail through volunteers. “But we didn’t have that many people out. It was colder, so that may have been a…