The Michigan Department of Natural Resources reminds anglers that mandatory ice shanty removal dates are approaching. Regardless of the date, shanties must be removed as soon as the ice is unable to safely support them, especially when Michigan experiences unseasonably warm weather as it has this season and the ice can quickly become unsafe for anglers to retrieve their property.
For counties in the southern Lower Peninsula, shanties must be removed from the ice by midnight Wednesday, March 1.
The deadline for removal from waters in the northern Lower Peninsula is midnight Wednesday, March 15.