Anglers are doing well on the Wisconsin River in the Wisconsin Rapids area. In the southeast, the Root River is holding fair numbers of coho, browns and steelhead. Some Chambers Creek strain steelhead have been caught from the piers in Racine. There has been good brown trout fishing in Port Washington harbor, especially around the power plant. Navigation on the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway continues to be a problem due to low water levels.
Fishing pressure is light.
Anglers are getting walleyes below the dam at Dubuque and bluegills in the backwaters. Those braving the cold and windy weather have found walleyes, sauger and crappies biting in the Rock River in Jefferson County. Limits of sauger are being taken near the dams on the Mississippi River in the La Crosse, Vernon and Trempealeau County areas. Walleye and sauger fishing have been good on the St. Croix River near Hudson. Smaller lakes in western Wisconsin are starting to freeze over, but the ice isn't thick enough for ice fishing.