01-06-2010, 02:05 PM
Yes it does freeze over. not the whole thing though. the center does not freeze that often. Just last year in Ohio 60 or so fisherman got stranded on a big chunk of ice a few hundred yards wide that broke off and started to drift out to the center of the lake. there were trucks quads snowmobiles and all that fun stuff left on the ice lol. they only rescued the fishermen and left their equipment. the fishermen had to hire recovery teams to get there stuff back. that being said, these people were asking for it. they were laying planks across a 12inch crack in the ice to get over with there vehicles. well the ice broke off and there they went lol. they did not realize it until they tried to get back.
If you come up and would like to go ice fishing on lake erie the safest place to go would be Presque Isle State Park in Erie, PA. it is a huge bay that is completely surrounded by land except for a shipping channel. It is a great place to fish for perch in the winter i hear. pike walleye and steelhead are not uncommon also. just stop at ABC bait shop at the entrance to the park, it will be on you right. The guy there will tell u exactly where to go and what biting. i personally never fished it in the winter but it is my fave place to go in the summer for bass. i cant wait for the smallmouth movement. Need any other info please feel free to ask. im very familiar with the area and the hotels.
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If you come up and would like to go ice fishing on lake erie the safest place to go would be Presque Isle State Park in Erie, PA. it is a huge bay that is completely surrounded by land except for a shipping channel. It is a great place to fish for perch in the winter i hear. pike walleye and steelhead are not uncommon also. just stop at ABC bait shop at the entrance to the park, it will be on you right. The guy there will tell u exactly where to go and what biting. i personally never fished it in the winter but it is my fave place to go in the summer for bass. i cant wait for the smallmouth movement. Need any other info please feel free to ask. im very familiar with the area and the hotels.
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