There are some startling pictures of the great lakes, almost 60 % covered with ice. One of the piers that I used to fish in march is ice covered. We caught a lot of big brown trout there, and lake trout in the late fall. And theres more coming! Wish the health was better, would love to fish the harbors through the ice in Wisc. steel head trout,coaters. and northern pike. been at least 5 years since I was up there.