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ERIE COUNTY

Presque Isle Bay, Tributaries and Inland Lakes

Kurt @ East End Angler; filed 1-16: Ice fishing has been very good for most anglers on the Bay.
Ice is 9 to 10 inches thick just about everywhere, except off the Head of Bay from Sara’s to the
third parking lot – it’s watery along the edge. Fishing at Misery Bay has been hit and miss, with

catches of perch, crappie and some bluegill. Horseshoe Pond has been good for perch, bluegill,
a few steelheads and an occasional northern pike. The Fish Commission just dumped a hundred
or so breeder steelhead in 16 Mile and upper end of Four Mile Creek – although Four Mile is
frozen, but 16 Mile is open by the water treatment plant. Also, fishing at Pleasant Lake has been
very good for nice-size rainbow, brown trout, crappie and perch; ice is between 5 and 7 inches
thick. Not many people fishing Eaton Reservoir; those who are fishing there are reporting 5

inches of good ice with slush underneath and catching smallmouth bass, pike and some crap-
pies.

Dominic @ Lake Erie Bait & Tackle; filed 1-16: Anglers are back on the ice. Most places it is
about 8 inches thick. They have been catching crappies, perch and gills in Misery Bay, Horse-
shoe Pond and Marina Lake. The best perch fishing is in the deeper water straight off Chestnut
Street Ramp.

Jeff @ Poor Richard’s; filed 1-16: Creeks are high and muddy, and starting to refreeze. Not many

anglers trying to get on creeks. I did have one angler stop by with a 27”, 9 pound walleye taken
in the Bay off Cherry Street.

Dan @ Elk Creek Sports; filed 1-16: Fishing opportunities not looking good right now. Ice blew
out during 2 day thaw, but now cold enough to start re-freeze. If we get the forecasted warm up
going into this weekend and early next week and just some moderate rainfall, then we can get

back to winter fishing. But we are also contending with piles of ice chunks from the blow out,
even in parking lots on lower Elk making access difficult.

Randy @ Fish West PA; filed 1-14: We caught some steelhead
just before the deep freeze and we were still catching fresh fish
at the mouth of Walnut Creek. Tough conditions since then and
decided to stay off the ice. Waiting for the weather to break
and get back up there! (See photos)

Randy @ Fish West PA