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couple years back on the NW PA Fishing Report work great on my ice rods over a Jigging
Rapala in transit; those hooks stick to everything!”

ERIE COUNTY

Presque Isle Bay
Mike @ Lake Erie Bait & Tackle; filed 2/14: “With the variable temperatures, ice fishing
has been up and down. The main part of PIB is wide open. Ice is returning but may disap-
pear later in the week with another warm up. As of yesterday, some guys were fishing on
Horseshoe Pond and parts of Marina Lake. Report this morning says there is 4.5 inches of
ice on Misery Bay. With the warm spell last week, I had an opportunity to fish Elk a few
days ago. I landed a dozen or so steelheads on emerald shiners and few on egg sacks.
The streams are full of fresh run steelhead, but the creeks have since frozen up again
with this polar air mass. Seems there are a lot of fish moving now in February because
the streams were so low in the late fall.”

Paul Stewart (Butler); filed 2/13: “I fished Presque Isle Bay last
Saturday (2-6). It was a cold day but the sun was warm. I got my
limit in four hours fishing off the docks.”

Thomas Watral (Erie); filed 2/8: “Strange winter. As of today, the
8th, all streams are wide open. The lower Paul Stewart photo
end of Four Mile is loaded with trout an-

glers using eggs and live minnows. All the ice has left the Bay. An-

glers are back to shore fishing off the piers. On South Pier in late

afternoons, they are catching burbot. We went down to Dobbins

to fish and managed to get some nice perch on Subiki Rigs and

glow jigs. I tried out a new rod and new jigs. In all we got 28 perch

in 14 to 15 inch range. I included a picture of Jeff Way of Wesley-

Thomas Watral photo ville – great guy to fish with.”

RJ Graham (Tionesta); filed 1/23: “I fished on ice at PIB today, January
23. It was windy but the bite was good. Fish came on VMC jig tipped
with mealworm. Also later in the day I go them on a Jammin Jigs Glo
Jig with a maggot. I landed 15 bluegills and four bass. Now that I have
had an opportunity to use the Gamma Coated Ice Braid I won on the
Fishing Report, I can tell you that it works great. It is limp even in cold
water. I like the line a lot.”

RJ photo