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Lake Michigan harbors provide world-class ice fishing for brown trout and steelhead
The ice was a solid 10 inches in the protected lagoon along Milwaukee's Lake Michigan shore on Feb. 4, that much was certain. But there was a palpable vibration, too. I just wasn't sure how much was due to the stiff northeast wind and how much to …