i am new to ice fishing this year and have just been on some ponds catching crappie but i would like to go on lake erie and get some pearch and/or walleye. Would like to know if there is safe ice and how i could find out for myself if there is safe ice without going out there to find out the hard way. any advice would be appreciated and any good locations to go if there is safe ice would be nice to thanks to all and good fishing