Ice fishing season wrap up

By JUSTIN LIBERTOSKI

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LAKE GOGEBIC — With the weather getting warmer as the calendar moves farther into March, ice fishing season is coming to a close.

The late start to winter had a lasting effect on the conditions of the ice out on Lake Gogebic.

Brian Berquist, recruitment chairmen for Walleyes For Tomorrow Lake Gogebic Chapter and a member of the Lake Gogebic Volunteer Fire Department Ice Rescue Team, said, “It took awhile to be able to get out there and test the ice this year.”

Once the weather cooperated and the ice was finally able to form, fishing picked up.

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