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Warm spell wreaks havoc with ice conditions statewide

Western New York Lake Erie and tributaries: Your best bet may be to hit one of the medium-sized steams such as Chautauqua, Canadaway or Eighteen Mile creeks. Cattaraugus Creek was flowing at a fishable level

Ice fishing bolstered by trout stocking across state

Ice angling varied across Pennsylvania in mid-January, with fluctuating temperatures, and alternately heavy snowfall and rainfall impacting conditions. Some of the larger lakes in the southeast region, for example, only had fishable ice in the

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ASHLAND_AREA Ice conditions are pretty good on Chequamegon Bay, and guys are taking ATVs and snowmobiles out from Ashland and Washburn, but they aren’t getting out much past Houghton Point as of yet. The ferry

Cold snap creates ice fishing opportunities across state

Western New York Lake Erie and tributaries: Tributary action has slowed with the cold temperatures and snow. Your best bet would probably be Cattaraugus Creek. Fish slow and deep with egg sacs, single eggs or

Warm front following deep freeze puts clamps on fishing

North Lake Michigan: According to fishing reporter Cory Yarmuth, browns are starting to get active from the boats if you can get out through some ice. Fish the warm water discharges with jigs or crank

Ice fishing gets started slowly across the state

NORTHWEST REGION Lake Erie and tributaries – Ice and slush and low, clear water were a real problem on steelhead streams Dec. 31. Poor Richard’s weighed seven steelhead early that same week. Wind and rainfall

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