12 Month West Michigan Fishing Calendar - February

February - February isn’t a whole lot different than January. One big difference is I have abandoned bluegill fishing. There isn’t a whole lot of adventure in chasing bluegills on small water for me but it is nice grocery shopping. February usually means mixing in some walleye time on Muskegon Lake if we have good ice and that can be incredibly frustrating. Short bite windows on the wallyes are the norm for me as I usually am spending a lot of my time chasing Lake Michigan perch around Muskegon Lake. I also turn as much of my attention as I can to lake trout and burbot up north. If ice conditions allow those are my favorite species to target without question. We have had years where the boat never goes away and in that case we are still chasing the trolling bite and the deepwater perch on Muskegon Lake.