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Several ice huts are pictured on Chautauqua Lake near Mayville Park around noon on Saturday. It is estimated that 100 huts were on the lake during peak time, a few dozen more than usual for this time of year.
Photos by George Wiedenhofer
MAYVILLE Colors dotted a frozen Chautauqua Lake over the weekend.
Those dots, about 100 strong sprawled over a wide area, were ice huts filled with those looking to get in some fishing and likely any chance to get outdoors during the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic that has forced people to stay apart for nearly a year.
Many of the huts could be seen off the shoreline near Lakeside Park in Mayville. Mayor Ken Shearer said he went down to the park to take photographs of the ice fishermen and colorful huts meant to help keep them warm.