The Outdoor Report is updated every Wednesday afternoon. Previous outdoor reports are also available on-line. Warm temperatures and scanty snowfall continue to make this winter season somewhat different than most. Ice is extremely variable across the state and safety experts advise anyone venturing out to fish, snowmobile, ski, skate or just walk on the ice to be very cautious. Where there is sufficient ice, fish are biting.
Northerns are active and walleye are being caught on many northern lakes.
Anglers also have been successful catching bluegills and perch. Walleye and crappie action has been good in Price, Taylor, Rusk and Sawyer Counties. These same counties report poor snowmobile and cross-country ski trails conditions. In Barron and Washburn Counties, ice conditions are described as variable but anglers are reporting nice catches of walleye. Snowmobile trails are not open and cross-country ski conditions are poor.