Lake Erie and tributaries: Most of the small to medium sized tributaries are iced over. Your best bet may still be Cattaraugus Creek, where you can find open water. Good places to start include around
Perch continue to provide good action in the weeds in the shallow water on most area lakes of average depth. Crappies and bluegills are also starting to wake up a little bit. Fishing action will
Local anglers are enjoying some of the best action in years. Walleyes and northerns have been very aggressive under the ice, striking on medium shiners and small sucker minnows. Work the shallow flats in 2
There was enough ice around South Bass Island to allow some fishing over the weekend of Feb. 16-17, according to fishing guide John Hageman. Feb. 16 was a clear, beautiful day and the fishing was
Paint Creek Lake (Highland County) – Open-water anglers have been catching crappies at the campground and at Pioneer Farm fishing jigs and minnows or jigs and twisters in black and chartreuse at shallow 5- to
Deep Creek Lake (Maryland) – Very good catches of perch were being iced until conditions deteriorated. Cowans Gap Lake (Fulton County) – A Feb. 21 trout stocking was slated. Little Buffalo Lake (Perry County) –
Fishermen are still catching bluegills on the south end of Big Clam and crappies on Big Sand and Viola lakes. Big Sand also has been producing a few walleyes. A 10-pound, 12-ounce northern pike came
Fox Chain O’ Lakes: Triangle reports varied species being taken on a regular basis. Bluegill remain the best bite, including some good ones, on waxworms; start looking in 8 feet on Channel, Catherine and Marie.
Kankakee River: Pike have been lively and smallmouth bass have been biting near Momence on minnows and spinners. Fox River (Batavia): Smallmouth bass and walleyes are being taken, with a few nice-sized fish reported. Mackinaw:
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