it was nice to great to meet everyone. the chili was excellent & all the snacks & hot chocolate was greatly appreciated. 2 throw back saugeyes was all i could get. did see 2 keeper saugeyes caught. great turn out for the weather conditions. great job & thank you dave. if anyone found a set of ice picks please let me know. thanks.

went & checked erie out today. 1 airboat went out of catawba today. the north wind has the ice mostly pushed back in. hopefully the weather will stay cold enough for it to refreeze by next weekend. the ice around shore was still walkable. a couple of guys were off mazuric but didn't get a chance to see if they caught anything. whites landing had about a foot wide crack about 50 yrds. in front of it. nobody was fishing it. still has 4-5 inches of ice & some water on top where holes have eroded in the ice (might have been where old holes had been drilled). i'll post more when i hear anything. should still be able to fish put in bay if you fly over & hire a guide. too bad you can only carry 1 bucket on the plane (that's what it used to be - i haven't flown over in 4 or 5 years).

a fish oho bluegill length is 9 inches so yours qualifies as a fish ohio. great job.

Size 5 sweedish pimples in prism blue,prism green, or orange work good. Jigging rapalas in size 5 & jigging shads in perch, blue & silver & chartruse will work. Also the bigger vibes catch fish. Colors change from day to day & throughout the day. Gold, orange, blue or green are always good colors.There are airboats & snowmobiles that charge to take you out from the mainland & bring you back or you can walk usually a mile or two. Be safe & have fun.

My buddy that lives in Marblehead said the ice at Catawba is 12 - 15 in. thick near shore. He went out about a mile on a snowmobile & the ice is 8 - 10 in. thick. He didn't fish any, the ice was really rough & hurt his back too bad. A few airboats were out a couple of miles and caught some fish. I don't know how many or how big the eyes were. Need some rain to smooth out the ice. They are supposed to get rain later in the week. When  I know more I'll post it. Might try it this weekend.       

vibe's will catch a number of different species at Indian. I have caught catfish,gills,crappie,saugeye,shad,perch & carp. usually use a 3/16 vibe.

Some buddies caught 15 keeper gills yesterday. The first 100 ft. of ice from shore is sketchy. The Coast Guard had their air boat out and messed the ice up. People are catching a lot of little perch, crappies & gills at Clemmons Marine in Sandusky Bay.

I use the 3/16 oz most of the time. blue & silver, orange & gold, general lee (solid orange), firetiger, & red are all good colors. Blue & silver is usually my best producer. Can't wait to do it again!