Ice fishing season melting away

Anglers looking for their winter fix aren't getting what they expected this year. The Grand River and the shores of Lake Erie haven't frozen over because of the above-seasonal temperatures we've been dealt with this winter meaning ice fishing has been a hard activity to come by this year.[...]

District Fishing Report: 1.27.12

Lake Erie: Thin ice that stretched across Presque Isle Bay never grew thick enough for safe ice fishing before it retreated as temperatures topped 50. Mild weather resulted in good perch and burbot fishing on the bayfront and near the north and south piers.

Winter sans ice fishing in Erie? It might happen

ERIE, Pa. (AP) - A milder winter has kept Presque Isle Bay and its adjacent waters mostly devoid of ice. That's meant no ice-fishing season - and no ice-fishing tales.

Warm weather is hurting Lake Erie ice fishing

Waves crashing on the Catawba Island shoreline Monday leave piles of slushy ice as the rest of Lake Erie remains unfrozen. / Jonathon Bird/News Herald

Ice guides never say never; it's still winter

At this point in the winter, John Hageman should be up well before dawn, dragging fishing shanties across the ice, yanking the pull cord on his ice augers and ferrying fishermen across a concrete-hard platform surrounding the Lake Erie Islands.