Welcome Ben. The night bite is generally OK. Please be careful of the edges getting on and off the ice. The branches on the edge that are hard to see in the dark (vegatation in general) warm faster than the rest of the lake opening holes for rain water to run off into. Especially in the coves. Thanks for joining and be safe. Also try a small bobber that barely sinks below your hole without touching bottom. That will allow you to see a bite from a crappie which generally grab the bait and swim up. Hope this all helps.
Pm me I used to fish mosquito a lot before I had kids and all

Thanks!!!  I think I will need the to downsize the pics to the web page setting in picture manager. If you have Microsoft excel it is the easiest way. I will downsize the next ones a little further. It only tells you KB not pixel size.

Went back to spencer lake this weekend. See full report with pics in general discussion under Spencer lake .
I did take my other shanty out (ninja style) so the vultures wouldn't recognize me. Only had two guys drill holes near me and that is because I called them and told them to hurry up before someone else posted up by me. If you are looking for good gill action and don't mind fishing in southern Lorain county pm me.

I Am new to the site. I fish wellington & Spencer Lake primarily.
I posted on Spencer Lake the first time we had Ice this year.
I posted as much info as I could, I even went as far as to tell everyone what type of shanty I had so that IFO members could stop by and say hi. 2 days later i had 9 shanties parked withtin 15' around me in each direction.
I asked every shanty if they were an IFO member.
All of them said "no but we did get some nice tips on where the fish were and what they were biting on from there." I will post water depth, lure color, fish depth, time and general location. I will not post my GPS coordinates
This being said, if you are a member and feel my current posts are to vague and would like more info.
Please feel free to pm me. I would like nothing more than to be able to help my fellow members and meet them on the ice, but I have worked to hard finding good holes on these lakes to post them for all of northern ohio to see.
When a member PM's me for more information I also give them my cell number so that they may call at anytime.

Anyone make it to Spencer today?

Johnny
3.5"-4" clear ice. Fishing was tough today. Left with 15 keepers. My wife is on call at the hospital tommorow. So good luck. I can't get back out til Sunday. Gotta watch the kids. Good luck to all.

I just found this site a month ago and I don't know how I got along without it.
Let's all remember that posts are best put in the right place by the posting party.
I fish all lakes and rivers in Lorain county. Wellington beginning with a W is always at the bottom. Sure I have to scroll but it is always there in the same spot. I mean really my 3 year old daughter navigates to the pictures and videos portion of this site on my phone with little to no problem. I am a new member but I have visited a lot of sites and this is The best Ohio site on the internet.

Thanks for the update . I'll be at Spencer Friday. I'll keep y'all posted. I can't wait to gett on Wellington again