So I headed back and started calling around to get help,'' he said. Mr. Taylor owned a cottage on Middle Bass Island, where the men started out. Mr. Chrysler talked to that man's family after the accident. This is sad. The three men flew to Middle Bass Island on Monday morning to fish.
Authorities believe they headed out yesterday morning to the ice shanty they had on the lake.
The men's bodies were taken to the hangar at the Erie-Ottawa Regional Airport just east of Port Clinton and later were taken to the Lucas County coroner's office, where autopsies will be conducted. Rescue workers congregated at the hangar while they tried to sort out what happened. Mr. Chrysler said. But the ice on much of the rest of Lake Erie is deceptively thin, authorities said. Warming temperatures and currents caused by heavy winds have broken up the ice to the point where it is not safe to be on most parts of Lake Erie, said Marblehead Coast Guard Petty Officer Jason Gale.