Steelhead, a type of rainbow trout that grows naturally in Lake Michigan but not in Lake Erie, arrive from the north as fertilized eggs that become little fish at the Ohio Division of Wildlife ...

Lake Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes and swings in air temperature can influence ice coverage “more rapidly than other lakes,” said James Kessler, physical scientist with the Great ...

However, a warming trend caused the ice coverage to plummet to 28.95% within a few days. Lake Erie currently has the most ice coverage at 81.14% due to its shallow depth. The Great Lakes reached ...

Ashtabula, Ohio — Jim Timonere has been watching and waiting for Lake Erie to freeze over, just to catch a break. It’s been a brutal winter for communities along the southeastern and eastern ...

I believe the poor fishery experienced last autumn and winter should indicate there will be more leftover fish this spring, but a Lake Erie biologist believes I might be overly optimistic. Steelhead ...

Lake Erie walleye fishing is excellent with high catch rates and a large population. Anglers are favoring walleye fishing due to its success, leading to reduced pressure on yellow perch.

So much so that Lake Erie reached its winter peak for this season for ice coverage. Roughly 95 per cent of the lake was covered in ice on Feb. 18, according to satellite data released by the ...