In what has become a welcomed surprise after years of brief or no opportunities for ice fishing on Lake Erie, hundreds of ice ...

The first known lake walk was in 1912 when a 19-year-old night watchman walked from North East to Long Point, Ontario.

Regardless, Ottawa County Sheriff Steve Levorchick says he has noticed how popular things are off-shore ... it's ice fishing or out here on our boats," Cappelli said. "I mean, this is Lake Erie.

It opened last summer with fish from far-flung places and now offers classes, seafood boils to go, cleaning services, soup, ...

This section of Sodus has 6 to 10 feet of water. Matt Vogt of Newfane was fishing at Chaumont Bay in Eastern Lake Ontario over the weekend, and he found the action a little spotty, but good overall.