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Ice Fishing Reports and Ice Conditions by lake. => Lake Erie => Topic started by: FrozenBuckeye on January 16, 2016, 09:59:36 AM

Title: Any ice?
Post by: FrozenBuckeye on January 16, 2016, 09:59:36 AM

The weather here in central Ohio is making for a difficult ice season (meaning there isn't any). But being close to Canada and the colder weather, I'm hoping that Erie will freeze enough for a trip or 3.
Has the weather been better for Erie ice or is it as bad here in central Ohio???

Title: Re: Any ice?
Post by: Duuber on January 16, 2016, 10:40:41 AM

Unfortunately, the ice conditions are not good up this way either.
Ice breaker was working east side of South Bass during the week.
The web cam link is for the Toledo Channel looking East and you can see
boat traffic is still moving.
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/webcams/tol2/ (http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/webcams/tol2/)

Title: Re: Any ice?
Post by: FrozenBuckeye on January 16, 2016, 11:35:19 AM

That's too bad! Hopefully conditions change and we ALL get some ice before spring... Fingers x'd!

Title: Re: Any ice?
Post by: OhioFisher19 on January 16, 2016, 07:49:37 PM

Buy an ice eater and put it at a boat ramp :)

Title: Re: Any ice?
Post by: FrozenBuckeye on January 17, 2016, 03:44:08 PM

What's an ice eater?

Title: Re: Any ice?
Post by: OhioFisher19 on January 18, 2016, 03:10:03 PM

http://www.cabelas.com/product/HIGDON-ICE-BLASTER-V/1827610.uts?productVariantId=3860808&srccode=cii_17588969&cpncode=42-129419431-2&WT.tsrc=CSE&WT.mc_id=GoogleProductAds&WT.z_mc_id1=03882406&rid=20 (http://www.cabelas.com/product/HIGDON-ICE-BLASTER-V/1827610.uts?productVariantId=3860808&srccode=cii_17588969&cpncode=42-129419431-2&WT.tsrc=CSE&WT.mc_id=GoogleProductAds&WT.z_mc_id1=03882406&rid=20)

Title: Re: Any ice?
Post by: holehopper on January 18, 2016, 03:37:27 PM

they want to build ice,not melt it.

Title: Re: Any ice?
Post by: OhioFisher19 on January 19, 2016, 10:02:36 AM

We have some building. Long term doesn't look good but at least we have mostly calm winds!!

Title: Re: Any ice?
Post by: snowcone on January 19, 2016, 10:05:29 AM

any good word on whites landing yet?

Title: Re: Any ice?
Post by: OhioFisher19 on January 20, 2016, 06:31:11 PM

First guy went swimming today at first crack!

Title: Re: Any ice?
Post by: snowcone on January 20, 2016, 06:33:55 PM

ya know that answers my question  :-\   

Title: Re: Any ice?
Post by: Eyewall on January 21, 2016, 12:46:09 AM

Snowmobile went in and guy made it back safely. Not sure why someone would be out on the thin ice with a machine, but thankfully he is safe. I heard there was only 3" of ice yesterday.

Title: Re: Any ice?
Post by: snowcone on January 21, 2016, 10:46:41 AM

that guy on the machine got lucky ,  :o

Title: Re: Any ice?
Post by: FrozenBuckeye on January 21, 2016, 11:12:52 AM

Yea definitely NOT interested in melting ice, we want THICKER ice. I'm glad to hear the guy with the snowmobile made it out safe but this is the first I'm hearing anything about it. What was he thinking?!
I'm going to a lake close to home (Delaware Res) and checking the ice for thickness, hopefully it will b thick enough to do a little fishing. Fingers X'd!

Title: Re: Any ice?
Post by: My Demeyes on January 21, 2016, 03:32:45 PM

Buddy spotted another guy on a snowmobile off catawba today,  with his fish he caught.  The ferry also ran from lakeside to south bass, breaking 5" of ice the whole way.

Title: Re: Any ice?
Post by: eyewacka on January 21, 2016, 04:22:41 PM

The ferry hasn't ran since November??

Title: Re: Any ice?
Post by: My Demeyes on January 21, 2016, 08:34:38 PM

Well, a big steel boat delivered a load of construction materials to the island. Captain George was driving the boat.  This came from a buddy working on the island. He called it a ferry boat, sorry if I got the type of boat wrong.

Title: Re: Any ice?
Post by: OhioFisher19 on January 21, 2016, 09:03:18 PM

How many fish and how far out lol sounds like a fish story.

Title: Re: Any ice?
Post by: OhioFisher19 on January 21, 2016, 09:03:37 PM

Whose goin this weekend lol

Title: Re: Any ice?
Post by: My Demeyes on January 22, 2016, 07:53:14 AM

The Kelleys island ferry was hired by a construction company to deliver a bunch of material. The captain of the boat reported 5" of ice the whole way.