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Green Bay/Appleton Area

Walleyes and an occasional northern pike are being caught on the Fox River below the De Pere dam. Water temps in the 39- to 41-degree range have fishermen working harder for their fish. Most walleyes

Southcentral Region

Gordon, Shawnee lakes (Bedford County) – Warming water spurred bluegills, perch, and crappies in the shallow bays, and anglers were catching fish on worms, minnows and maggot-tipped twister tails. Numbers of bass also were reported.

Northern Lower

Baldwin Area Steelhead fishing has been good in the Pere Marquette River. The best action has been on spawn, wax worms, egg flies, and stone fly nymphs. Inland lake fishing has been slow to get

Upper Peninsula

Pickford Area Perch fishing has been good on Lake Huron at Cedarville, where there was up to 16 inches of ice last week. Anglers fishing with wigglers, minnows, and wax worms all report a decent

Lake Winnebago Area

There was still some ice on the lakes last week, but nothing that could support a person. Instead, anglers switched over to the rivers. The Fox River in Oshkosh was open from the Hwy. 41

Rivers

Rock River (Oregon): Walleyes are good. Minnows are best, and the top jig colors have been chartreuse, white and hot pink. Catfish are biting on chicken livers and night crawlers. At Dixon, walleyes are slow,

Finger Lakes/Central NY

Lake Ontario: Fishing tributaries like Maxwell, Irondequoit Creek and Bear Creek was producing steelhead on egg sacs, imitation eggs and small jigs. Some brown trout were being taken early in the morning by anglers trolling

Prairie Du Chien Area

All of the Wisconsin and Mississippi river watersheds are ice-free for the most part. At Lynxville the ice has been out for some time, and walleye anglers are out in force. In other areas a

Catskills

Typical early-season conditions on the famed Catskill waters, with cold water temperatures and high flows at last look. There were limited wading possibilities on the West_Branch and the Willowemoc at last look, and the Beaverkill

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