I was flying back from little auditing in Chicago and we were routed over lake erie.  My phone camera resolution sucks!   Islands visable include South Bass Island (AKA Put-in-Bay), North Bass Island (Closest), Middle Bass Island, and either Sugar Island, or Rattlesnake Island.

My father tells me storeies of folks driving accross from Sandusky / Catbwa out to Pelee back when he was young (1950's).  The lake use to freeze.   These days, just about every year some fools 4-wheeler or snowmobile falls thru the ice.

My folks grew up just east of Easterly Waste Water Treatment Plant on Dalwood Drive (Mom) and Groovewood Club Drive (Dad).   They both knew a family where  2 kids and their mom fell thru the ice, one after the other, as they tried to rescue each other. Mrs. Mull, and her sons Johnny and Joey from Dalwood Drive.

Johnny and Joey Mull came to get my mom (then 8) to go play a day or two after Christmas.  My mom was still getting over chicken pox so she did not go play.  Joey and Johnny went down to the beach.    Much like today, you could not tell where the beach ended and the ice started.
Joey fell thru and was in over his head.  He was holding on to the ice that surrounded him.  Johnny ran for help and got his mom.  Stevie (her other son,2 years old) followed his mom out the door.  She ran frantically out the door, to the beach.   Joey went under.  His mom Mrs. Mull went in and fell thru while putting her leg out for him to grab.  Stevie ran out after his mom and went in Johnny watched the whole scene unfold and the rescue squad took him to my mom's house.

Easter Sunday weekend they found Joey (the eldest) under the Euclid Beach pier as the ice was thawing.

Unless you know how to core ice and are familure with thickness to weight capacity guides, dont do it.