walleyemaxx
04-29-2011, 09:45 AM
Hi everyone,
This is the latest report from our DNR's Park falls office which over see's the Chippewa River basin which includes the Big Chip.
Park Falls DNR Service Center area
Upper Chippewa Basin fisheries report (Price, Rusk, Sawyer Taylor and inland Ashland and Iron counties) - With the unseasonably cold weather, spring seems to be on hold and ice cover has been very slow to leave many Northern Wisconsin lakes. As of last week, many lakes still had quite a bit of ice cover yet and only about half could be considered totally ice free. And along with this cold weather, water temperatures have been staying in the upper 30s to low 40s and this has limited spring spawning activity for northern pike and walleye. But warmer temperatures should be on the way and this will really spur on reproductive activity for the early spawning species such as walleye, perch, suckers and musky. There has been very little fishing activity in the past week - ice fishing has been over with for about a week now and just a few sucker anglers have been out trying their luck. But with the cold water temperatures, even the suckers have been tough to catch for most of the anglers.
Hopefully, we will get enough of a warm up by opening so the Walleyes will be almost done spawning.
Walleyemaxx
This is the latest report from our DNR's Park falls office which over see's the Chippewa River basin which includes the Big Chip.
Park Falls DNR Service Center area
Upper Chippewa Basin fisheries report (Price, Rusk, Sawyer Taylor and inland Ashland and Iron counties) - With the unseasonably cold weather, spring seems to be on hold and ice cover has been very slow to leave many Northern Wisconsin lakes. As of last week, many lakes still had quite a bit of ice cover yet and only about half could be considered totally ice free. And along with this cold weather, water temperatures have been staying in the upper 30s to low 40s and this has limited spring spawning activity for northern pike and walleye. But warmer temperatures should be on the way and this will really spur on reproductive activity for the early spawning species such as walleye, perch, suckers and musky. There has been very little fishing activity in the past week - ice fishing has been over with for about a week now and just a few sucker anglers have been out trying their luck. But with the cold water temperatures, even the suckers have been tough to catch for most of the anglers.
Hopefully, we will get enough of a warm up by opening so the Walleyes will be almost done spawning.
Walleyemaxx