Cpd Fishing Report .. 01/23/04

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Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair

Temperatures over the last two weeks of December and the first few days of January were very much above normal. Mainly open water conditions prevailed over the entire area.

Forecast ice conditions from January 6th to January 15th.

Below to much below normal temperatures are forecast for the first half of January. Significant ice growth will occur during the period. New lake ice will begin to form in Lake St Clair during the latter part of the first week of January and will completely cover the lake with thin and new lake ice by mid-month. Areas of new lake ice will begin to form along the coastal area of the Western Basin during the first week of January and will cover almost the entire basin by the middle of January. New and thin lake ice in Sandusky Bay will become consolidated by mid-month. Areas of new lake ice will begin to form along the northern shore of the lake especially in Long Point Bay. Some patches of new lake ice will form along the southern shore mostly west of Ashtabula by middle of the period. The remainder of the lake will be mostly open water.

Forecast ice conditions from January 16th to January 31st.

Below normal temperatures are forecast for the last half of January. Consolidated ice will form in northern and eastern Lake St Clair with thin lake ice elsewhere during the third week. By the end of the month, most of the lake will be consolidated with medium and thick lake ice. The ice should remain mobile in the southern portion of the lake at the entrance to the Detroit River. The ice in the Western Basin will thicken to thin and medium lake ice and spread into the rest of the western portion of the lake. The ice in the rest of the lake will expand southward and cover most of the lake by the end of the month. The exception will be the southeast portion of the lake where mostly open water with a few patches of new lake ice will prevail.

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