Late season snows should show hunters where they can still be found. Many lakes in the Price County area are just beginning to get their winter covering of ice. Butternut Lake had about an inch and a half in the near-shore area Monday and was ice covered completely with some lesser amounts. Moving water areas in flowages and inlet areas of lakes are still either open or have very unsafe ice. Some cooler nights this week may improve conditions for ice anglers for the coming weekend.
Ducks are still on local lakes and there are still occasional flocks of migrating geese.
It has been very dry. The river has ice floating on it. The Rhinelander area continues to be snow free. Some of the smaller lakes had ice skaters along the edges this past weekend but the larger lakes are still unsafe. Be sure to check ice conditions before venturing out on any lake.