Fishing for this weekend depends on the amount of rain that falls. If any creeks break open, there could be flooding. Even on the ice, anywhere near tributary streams there could be weak ice or open water. In most places, there probably is enough ice to hold up through rain and a few days of relatively warm weather. Still, caution is advised.
Sixteen Mile Creek has open water, and it holds steelhead. From time to time there has been good fishing. Minnows have been the best bait. Elsewhere, a few small sections of water have opened, but to a great extent the creeks are still locked in ice.
Steelhead are being taken through the ice off the mouth of Trout Run, at Walnut Creek in the basin and off the mouth, and in the lower pools of Elk Creek. The ice fishing for steelhead and brown trout off the foot of East Avenue slowed, but this can change by the hour. Black and white jigs tipped with grubs and minnows have been effective for steelhead. Gold jigs were hot for a while at Trout Run.
Most of the perch being pulled through the ice at Presque Isle Bay have been less than 10 inches in length. Talk on the ice has been that bigger perch are due any time now. Perch are being taken off the second parking lot. Perch, crappie, bluegill and steelhead have been hitting near the Stink Hole. At Misery Bay, ice fishers are catching bluegill, crappie and perch. Anglers getting onto Presque Isle Bay ice from the city side have had some luck with perch about three-quarters of a mile out from Chestnut Street to Liberty Park, off the condos, and a quarter-mile to a half-mile off Dobbins Landing. A few brown trout have been pulled through the bay ice.
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