Ice Fishing - someone has to start the discussion...

[West Basin]

Lake is getting ice coverage. Temperatures the next 7 days look fairly good for ice formation. No major deep freeze stretches but no major warmups. Kinda steady mid / upper 20's at night with upper 20's to a few degrees above freezing daytime. A few low teen nights. Some wind, some calm.

Lake locals, keep us updated.

[island troller]

By seeing the lake today and the extended forcast I don't see good Lake ice happening this season. At most maybe a couple weeks of tip toeing out to fish. If it was still duck season mazurick would have a path in the crap ice and the lake is all open from there fir a boat. What ice is off catawba is very thin and torn uo fron last winds. Just my opinion

[itsbob]

Agree with island troller.Unlikely at this point to have safe ice off mainland.They will be lucky at this point to get out a few times off south bass without shanties.

[loomis82]

Bet we'll get ice. Erie ice is a February thing. Rarely do you get decent ice in January.

[loomis82]

Just saw first shanty on ice a PIB 5ins and building. Locals saying best start for ice in years.

[West Basin]

Week temperature forecast, Port Clinton, day - night:
Today: 21 - 15
Sun: 30 - 24
M: 29 - 24
Tu: 34 - 28
W: 38 - 16
TH: 21 - 13
F: 22 - 16
Sat: 28 - 22

With ice already formed on parts of the Lake, especially around the islands, it looks like by next weekend it could / should have some fishable areas.

[J Hook]

Just me saying ... Stay safe and have boat will wait till ice is GONE ... Yea it’s nice to pull a few through the ice but .. There is no SAFE ICE!! 60 days and LETS FISH!!

[itsbob]

It's really going to be cold for the next week and who knows how cold the next 4 wks.There may be some ice fishing on our lake this winter after all.I hope the ice fishermen get a chance to get out on the ice this season.Not everyone has a boat and some of the guides and the cities rely on the income from ice fishing.I personally have only ice fished twice.Many years ago with a guide off south bass.It was definately an experience and did catch a couple walleye.So good luck to the people hoping to get out on that ice.

[Slawdog81]

4-5 inches on East Harbor. I got a lot of little gills, 15 keeper gills and 2 perch.

[Fishing Tiger]

To each his own. I prefer my hard water (ice) clinking in my glass as I wait for soft water.
Stay safe out there and have fun.