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Looked at the bird counts for Ottawa County from the Great Backyard Bird Count. Two dozen Red Wing Blackbirds and two Greenwing Teal sighted in a marsh on north side of Sandusky Bay. On February 20!

Now I know there are always a few birds ahead of the rest, but Red Wing Blackbirds, an annual sign of spring, as far north as Lake Erie on February 20?! And Green Wing Teal?

I don’t want to “jump the gun” here, but it sure doesn’t feel like winter out there and yes the the 14 day forecast isn’t spring-like, but maybe after that? The wildlife telling us somethig?

I know this is not a news forum but I am in Indiana and just concerned about all the issues going on close to Lake Erie. I hear about all the train derailing and an explosion just a few miles away and just want to hear from some local people (instead of talking heads) if they think any of this will have an effect on the lake and the fish?

For those with cabin fever and the interest, you can participate in this and help out conservation efforts. Pretty easy to do.

Great Backyard Bird Count – Join us each February when the world comes together to watch, learn about, count, and celebrate birds.

Mazurik….20 plus trailers and boats at the launch this am!

Great day on the lake yesterday. Bandits blue chrome 20/20 at 1.1 to 1.3 was the ticket to 15 nice walleye. We kept 12 and released the others. When the bite slowed, I set the auto pilot to s-turns and it triggered bites. 5 star day on the lake!

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What’s everybody use to connect lures to the line…just plane snaps or snap swivels???

New to spring fishing Western Basin. Need help picking good bandit colors

Just a reminder that this weekend, February 10-12, is the Columbus show of the National Fishing Expos. For those who haven’t been, it’s a nice break from “cabin fever” with hundreds of vendors covering everything fishing as well as other items, and talks and seminars about all kinds of Ohio and elsewhere fishing, including Lake Erie.

About | National Fishing Expos – Columbus

Even though the Lake has a lot of ice on it right now, all jumbled up, forecast says no to any Lake ice fishing as it warms back up with no long stretch of cold in the future forecast. So no open water fishing and no ice fishing for probably at least three weeks to a month. The show will be a nice alternative!

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I caught a few perch here ice fishing and would love to have a great recipe to fry these babies up!

Could someone help me with your go to fish batter?

Thanks in advance.

Fastfreddy