Due to heavy amounts of snow and recent warmer temperatures, ice deterioration is making venturing out onto the ice difficult and dangerous. Inland lakes are experiencing ice melt at shorelines, and slushy conditions exist.
Sport Fish Michigan strongly recommends staying off ice due to these unsafe conditions.
The U.S. Coast Guard is urging people to use caution on Great Lakes waterways due to warmer temperatures and unstable ice.
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