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Banquets/Fundraisers April 8: Sugar Hill WTU Banquet, 5:30 p.m., Lourdes Parish, Germantown. For more info call Jake Evans, 309-303-9988. April 8: Goose Lake Gobblers NWTF Banquet, 5:30 p.m., Jennifer’s Garden, Morris. For more info call

Braidwood: Bank fishing was hot soon after the lake opened for the season. The southeast corner of the cooling lake was the most popular, as fish congregated there. Anglers are finding some good largemouths on

Crab Orchard Lake: Most crappies are still holding over deeper cover on minnows and jigs. Some anglers were also taking some bluegills near the riprap on a variety of baits. Catfish action is still slow.

Sangchris Lake: Bass are good on spinnerbaits and chatterbaits. Try casting along shorelines with emerging vegetation, if available. Catfish picking up on anything that smells: liver, shad, doughs. Crappies are good on minnows and on

Banquet/Fundraiser April 1: Tri County Archery League Banquet, 6 p.m., The Woodland, Gresham, WI. For more info call Matt Hesse 715-851-3939. April 2: Walleyes for Tomorrow Banquet, 5 p.m., Moose Family Center. For more info

District 1 — Ashland area Wardens Amie Egstad and Tom Heisler worked from snowmobiles in February while checking ice fishermen on Chequamegon Bay. A few hundred people were checked due to it being such a

AMERY AREA The wind really chewed up the ice that remained on most area lakes. Unless it gets extremely cold throughout the week, there’s a good chance some lakes will be completely open by this

DOOR PENINSULA AND ALGOMA/KEWAUNEE AREA The ice is pretty much gone for the most part throughout the Door County Peninsula and now everyone has switched gears to the open-water opportunities that are almost endless here

LAKE MICHIGAN/METRO AREA LAKES Water in the Port Washington harbor and in Sauk Creek was murky after the area received heavy rainfalls. Conditions should improve as weather stabilizes. Brown trout and occasional steelhead have been