Ice fishing at Presque Isle Bay has been hit or miss. Some ice fishers have made good catches, others have not.
Misery Bay is the best bet for panfish. Some crappie are being taken at the Stink Hole. Good catches have been reported from 12 feet and 16 feet. Perch fishing is off and on near the second parking lot. On the other side of the bay opposite of the second parking lot, perch and very nice bluegill have been hitting at a depth of about 5 feet. Crappie were seen on underwater cameras, but they were not hitting. Perch are being caught near the middle of the bay off Chestnut Street. Ice is 15 inches to 18 inches thick in the middle of the bay, but only about 12 inches thick near shore.
All the creeks except Sixteen Mile Creek are locked in ice. Even at Sixteen Mile Creek anglers have been breaking away ice to get at pools. There are steelhead in this creek, and a few have been caught this week.
People have been ice fishing for steelhead at lower Elk Creek, but with little success. The same goes for Walnut Creek, except that the only ice fishing has been outside the mouth of the creek. Ice fishers have been doing better with steelhead in Lake Erie off the mouth of Trout Run, but not consistently. The hot lures are 3-inch-long jigs, either gold or emerald green.
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