Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
By RALPH ANSAMI
SAXON, Wis. - Winter doldrums evaporated with 40-degree temperatures on the Lake Superior ice at Saxon Harbor Saturday morning.
With only a faint south breeze, fishermen were heading out in snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles to fish for salmon and trout.
Kelly Thurow, of Saxon, who runs a charter boat service in the summer, said fishing had slowed down a bit in the past week, but anglers have been picking up a few coho salmon and brown trout.
The ice tents on Saturday were scattered anywhere from over 15 feet of water to out a mile or more off shore...