It Was Colder Than A ?

Fished with Doug Sowa. Temperature this morning was -9 and when we quit fishing it was 3 degrees. The wind was out of the West 10 knots and the wind chill was -25 degrees. Almost too cold for ice fishing. We had a good report that they were catching nice perch at Lake Erie Metro Park so that is where we headed. We fished the old boat ramp on the canal that heads out to Lake Erie and yes, it was COLD today. We set up in Doug's hot spot from previous years of fishing here and caught some small perch and one nice bluegill. Made one more move further towards the lake by the beginning of the seawall. We stayed there about 45 minutes and decided to call it a day. Doug did manage to catch a nice Smallmouth Bass about 1 1/4 inches long. I asked if he wanted it mounted and he did not say too much. I was hoping to get a picture of him and the fish but he put it down the hole before I could get the camera ready. All the other fisherman that were fishing the canal by us had no fish either. On the way back in we talked to a guy right by the boat ramp and he said he had some bluegill and 3 perch. The report is the fish are biting better in the evening.