Well, Mother Nature cannot make up her mind. Conditions right now are terrible for sustaining hard water on the bay. It is 1:30 am on Monday morning and it is raining and very windy which is the worst we could have asked for. The temperature right now at the lakefront is about 42 degrees.
I think the ice will be wrecked again tonight. Tomorrow it is also supposed to remain above freezing until near dark. If you head out be extremely careful. I was finally getting ready to head out and fish Tuesday and Wednesday but I don't think the ice will be safe enough.
Later this week, temperatures are going to be favorable once again to form ice. Please check back later this week for another update. On Presque Isle, the safest places to ice fish are Horseshoe Pond by the coast guard station and Misery Bay by the Perry Monument. These areas are sheltered from the brunt of the wind and maintain hardwater longer than the open bay does. Although, I do not recommend going out today, it may be possible to fish these areas. I walked around yesterday and only saw small perch and bluegills being caught with a few decent perch tossed it. It is really not worth risking your tail for. Wait until late this week and I will get out there and see if it is fishable.
The bright side is that pretty soon the bay will open up and jumbo perch will be spawned out and hungry. On good years we get to pull them up through our little holes in the ice but this year we might have to haul them in off of the many docks and channels located on both sides of the bay.
Either way, this long winter has made me eager to get out and wet my lines. I long for the taste of fried jumbo perch fillets!
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