***(Report on Central Wisconsin Lakes AND the Wisconsin River in Wisconsin¹s
Marathon and Lincoln Counties near Mosinee and Wausau), -- as of  December 7, 2015.

Warm weather allowing open water anglers to go for walleyes and
crappies in spots normally reserved for early ice fishing; all in and amidst
the lakes and the Wisconsin River in Wisconsin¹s Marathon and Lincoln
Counties (near Mosinee and Wausau).



Well this warm weather certainly isn¹t helping the ice  anglers any.

With warmer than normal temperatures in the central Wisconsin area right now
ice anglers are on a stand-by until things cool down and we get a good
freeze-up.  Ice starting forming last week with a few inches on some area
lakes but definitely not enough to support anyone.  And now with the recent
warm-up the little ice we had is almost diminished to nothing.  I actually
heard reports of someone trying to get out on Lake Dubay this past week and
they broke through and they went in over their head. They got out but they
are lucky to be alive.  If you are even thinking about ice fishing right
now, don¹t try it, going through the ice is not worth it.  Not only are you
jeopardizing your own life, but you are jeopardizing the lives of the people
that will eventually have to try and save you once you go through.

As far as any other fishing, we are actually going to try to get back out in
our boats and hit the open water this week and try for some walleyes and
crappies.   I will keep you posted on our results as this is the latest by
far that we have ever been able to get in a boat in central Wisconsin.  We
are going to target early ice walleye and crappie locations and even hit up
a few spots that we have consistently caught fish late in the fall.