Check with your local snowmobile clubs or the Rock County Parks Department for the official opening of the trails. Please check your snowmobile registrations since most expired in the summer of 1997. Ice fishermen will have to wait a few more weeks since this warm front has moved in. Shore fishermen are finding some activity at the Monterey and Beloit Dams. However, most walleyes being caught range from 12-15 inches.
Ice is still treacherous in places.
Some areas, such as the Trempealeau Lakes, cannot be fished at all. Fishermen are advised to use extreme caution when venturing out onto the lakes and rivers. Small game hunters are finding good grouse and rabbit numbers. Bow hunters are finding spotty concentrations of deer. The snowmobiling conditions in the area are poor to nonexistant.