(WTOL) - As temperatures d rop, there is a major warning for fishermen journeying out to Lake Erie.
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has issued a strict list of guidelines when it comes to ice safety.
Currently, a little more than 12 percent of Lake Erie is covered in ice - several weeks behind last year's pace.
Safety experts recommend following this scale:
- Ice 2 inches or less: stay off
- Ice 4 inches thick: ice fishing
- Ice 5 inches thick: atvs
- Ice 8 inches to 12 inches thick: pickup trucks or cars safe to drive
The ODNR stresses there is never really such thing as 100 percent safe ice - especially this early in the season.
