Foot-thick ice and sub-zero temperatures have created exceptional fishing opportunities across Lake Erie and Ohio inland lakes, with anglers venturing more than a mile offshore.

Anglers wait impatiently for good, solid ice in order to flock to the well-stocked Cleveland Metroparks ponds and lakes each winter to enjoy some of the finest rainbow trout fishing of the year.

Anglers across the state will be out on the ice this weekend, with hopes of hooking that fabled fish so big it can barely fit ...