Mild Temperature Puts Brakes on Ice Fishing

Put-in-Bay temperatures have hover in the low forties (F) and create a mushy mess on ice around South Bass Island.  Ice-boaters reluctantly stayed off the harbor ice, and only five shanties are off the West Shore.  A few intrepid fishers walked through ice puddles to enter a remote shanty.  However, the weekend forecast has daytime highs in the upper 20’sF.  Keep the faith!