Ice conditions in the area are NOT great right now

There have been a few people fishing on Upper Hamlin off of Wilson Hill, as well as off by Buttersville on PM Lake.
We do not encourage anyone to go on the ice yet, but of you do take a Spud.

Temps are supposed to drop all through the weekend, until after Christmas with highs in the teens and single digits. Most places should be ready to fish by next weekend!!!

Things are starting to freeze over, but no reports of safe ice yet
Conditions for ice should improve by the weekend, but we HIGHLY DISCOURAGE anyone from going on the ice until then at least

When we get a report for safe ice, we will be more than happy to post it

Fairly slow still, a few reports for Crappie in the deeper waters on Upper

Fairly slow still, a few reports for Crappie in the deeper waters on Upper

Fairly slow, but a few Gills being taken in 20+ feet of water

Fair report for gills, but they are out deep in 20+ feet of water

A few fair reports for Bluegill, also a steady report for Largemouth and Northerns.

Fair reports for Northerns near the drop offs but pan fish have been slow

Fair reports for Northerns near the drop offs but pan fish have been slow

Hamlin- Northern fishing has been fairly good near the drop offs and weed lines, fair Largemouth fishing as well. Panfish have been rather slow

Some Gills and Crappie in deeper water ~20 feet of water, fair report for Bass and Northerns in the Bayous

A few good reports for Northerns and Largemouth Bass near the drop offs and into the shallows, Bluegill have moved out to deeper water.

Bluegill and Crappie have slowed down and pushed out to deeper water, fair report for Bass.

Upper and Lower have both been a little on the slow side overall, there have been a few reports for Gills and Crappie in about 10' of water

Small/ Large mouth bass being caught across the lake. Crawlers both living and fake working well. Blue gill and Crappie fishing here and there, Mainly headed to bed.

Most inland (smaller) lakes have been producing several gills and crappie in the shallow water on beds, best luck has been with leaf worms or night crawlers. Some of the larger inland lakes like Hamlin have had better luck in 10-12 feet of water as the panfish are approaching their beds.

Gills are starting to move into shallower water, but arent on beds yet. Some fair reports for Crappie in 15-ish feet of water

Bass, Crappie, And gills slowly on the rise.

Hamlin Lake: Upper Hamlin, the water is rather murky so spearing is difficult. However Bluegill and Crappie fishing is still going well later in the day/evening.

Lower Hamlin: The water is a little clearer and there have also been some reports for perch fishing.

Fair report for Gills in the late afternoon to evening, Crappie have also picked up shortly after dark. Water clarity is still poor for spearing in upper Hamlin, but lower Hamlin is fairly clear.

Still good report for gills in the late day to early evening. Some perch and northerns being taken as well. The shore ice is getting nasty, but past that the ice is still roughly 8"

Anglers reported decent catches of panfish and a few pike on tip-ups.

Hamlin(Upper) 6-10" of ice, fair report for gills and pink jigs have been the ticket

This report is courtesy of the folks at the Facebook page of Hamlin Lake Fishing Reports

EARLY ICE - USE CAUTION! EARLY ICE - USE CAUTION!

Happy 2017 Hamlin Lake Anglers!

The 2017 ice fishing season is officially underway. Anglers have been getting out on some of the bayous and “parts” of Upper Hamlin for a week or two already.

ICE/WEATHER CONDITIONS VARY, so always use a spud in front of you to check the ice conditions and never go icefishing without a partner!

WILSON HILL PARK (Upper Hamlin Lake) - Is a “first ice“ hotspot and always attracts a good size crowd early in the season. I got a few reports that the ice there is anywhere from 4”- 6” thick in the area. Fishing has been fair, with some decent size Bluegills being caught. Mousies and waxworms on orange, green, chartreuse or glow teardrop jigs have been working well. A few small perch and pike are also being caught in the area. I also got a report of a couple of snowmobiles out on the ice last week.

BE SAFE and ALWAYS USE YOUR SPUD IN FRONT OF YOU!!!

Good fishing!

EARLY ICE - USE CAUTION! EARLY ICE - USE CAUTION!