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Sturgeon Bay Area

At Potawatomi State Park, fishermen are starting to park their shanties in the launch parking lot, but none had been put out on the ice as of last week. Stevenson Pier, (920) 824-5222.

Eagle River Area

Northern pike are hitting well in the Eagle River area, with a good daytime tip-up bite going on shiners and suckers. Fishermen are working weed edges in 15 feet of water or less. Walleye action

Eastern Upper

Pickford Area There is up to 4 inches of safe ice in the eastern U.P. Perch are hitting minnows fished in Munuscong Bay at “The Birches.” The firearms deer season was slow, but several nice

Southwest Region

Paint Creek Lake (Highland County) – The north end of the lake was fairly frozen up as of Dec. 8, reports Leon Cole at Cole’s Bait and Tackle in Bainbridge. Duck hunters are focusing their

Southeast Region

Lake Nockamixon (Bucks County) – Some of the best crappie fishing ever was reported by Nockamixon Sports Shop, with anglers successfully jigging fatheads in shallow and deep water. In hunting news, still leading the shop’s

Northwest Region

Sandusky River (Sandusky, Seneca counties) – Anglers can catch crappies, white bass, smallmouth bass, and maybe a few walleyes above the Ballville dam during the winter months. Throw in-line spinnerbaits for smallmouths on the stretch

Finger Lakes/Central NY

Canandaigua Lake: Lake trout are still being caught by anglers fishing 100 to 150 feet of water. Yellow perch fishing has been good in 15 to 20 feet of water, on small minnows. Waneta/Lamoka lakes:

Madison Area

In Jefferson County, anglers have been catching a few legal walleyes below the lower dam in Watertown. The fish were biting on a jig and minnow. Success was slow, overall. A few pheasant hunters were

St. Germain Area

Most lakes across the Northwoods had about 3 inches of ice early last week, with an inch of light snow on top of that. This is still not considered safe for ice travel, as there

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