Ice in this area is not thick enough to go fishing, but in many places it's too thick a skim for open water casting - and it's too cold for many fishermen to go anyhow.
Out at Deep Creek Lake in Garrett County, fishermen are waiting it out. Johnny Marple, long retired from Johnny's Bait House, reports the lake is covered with ice, but it's still too thin to hold a fisherman.
There's a foot of snow out there and a few more cold snaps should turn the trick for ice fishing. It's something worth considering. Pennsylvania is noted for its fishing on the ice, but Deep Creek Lake tops many lakes north of...
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