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Mild winter temperatures combined with a prolonged northwest wind can lead to lake-effect patterns that frequently dump more than a foot of snow on the area in a day. In fact, Erie currently leads the nation’s large cities in snowfall for 2020-21.
On the other hand, any prolonged cold period with temperatures in the 20s during the day and teens during the night will generate thick, clear ice cover on Lake Erie and Presque Isle Bay.
“Once those areas are safe enough, you’ll see ice shacks scattered all over the area,” said Brian Gula, an environmental education specialist at Presque Isle State Park.
Open Up Your World by Liz Allen
Liz Allen
Tired of being tethered to Zoom? I am, too.
But thanks in part to suggestions from Zoom friends and other sources, I ve cobbled together five ideas to help you beat the COVID winter blues.
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On my Monday Zooms with friends from the Villa class of 69, we vent about Trumpian politics and help each other cope with the anger, fear, and frustration about our country s descent into chaos.
We also reminisce, including about the time when two enterprising classmates started a Villa chess club. I joined but was never a stellar player. Still, given the raves for the Netflix blockbuster
Upstate New York ice fishing: Anglers share photos of their eye-opening catches
Updated Jan 22, 2021;
Posted Jan 13, 2021
Kelsey Alvarez, of Hudson, N.Y., holds up a northern pike she landed through the ice on one of the Fulton Chain Lakes recently in the Adirondacks. She said she used a live caught smelt as bait, set halfway up from the bottom.
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This winter’s ice fishing season is underway in many parts of Upstate New York – particularly in the North Country and in the higher altitude and shallower waterways in other parts of the state.
Some impressive catches have already been reported. And once temperatures drop and safe ice forms in more areas, more are expected.