Stay Off The Ice!

• It is time to think about spring fishing in a boat. Stay off the ice, you will not only risk your life but also the lives of the people trying to rescue you!
• Watch for crappies and perch moving into the open bays.

Fishing Licenses Expire March 31st

• The shorelines are starting to open up and the ice is pushing on the windward shoreline. I would stay off the ice at this time. The pressure cracks are open and travel on the ice can be dangerous at best.
• Fishing license fees are the same this year as they were last year. Nonresident Family is $65.oo and includes husband and wife and any kids 16 or 17. Kids under 16 do not need a fishing license regardless of their residency. Nonresident annual individual is $50.00. Inland trout stamps are $10.oo. Wisconsin has short term licenses as well.
• Free fishing weekend is June 2-3, no one is required to have a fishing license or trout stamp this weekend. All bag limits still apply.
• It's time to rewind your line on your reels and get the boat water ready.

Spring-like Temperatures Will Test The Ice

• Be careful in the bay, the piers are being aerated, and the road bed will start to open with all the sun and the current running through the bay from the runoff.
• The west end road bed will start to get treacherous with all of the bright sun so avoid this area.
• The shorelines are starting to get a lot of water on them and will start to open up this week.
• Fishing has been very quiet. The game fish season is closed and will open again on the first Saturday of May. You may fish for Lake Trout (need trout stamp), catfish, all panfish, White Bass, and Cisco. Remember there is a season on spearing rough fish in Green Lake County. The suckers and any other rough fish that run up the small streams are not open until April 21st.
• CITY BOAT LAUNCH FEES ARE NOW REQUIRED! $5.00 daily

$20.00 annual city resident

$30.00 annual non-resident

• By the way---I am classified as a non-resident because my home address is in the Town of Brooklyn. I think now, to a tiny degree, I may know how Chief Highknocker felt .
• The city is pursuing an ordinance which will prohibit ''power loading'' at any city landing. The wording in the ordinance right now -''you must stop motor power with in 10ft of your trailer''. I agree that no one should be able to ''auger'' the motor once your boat is on the trailer but all of the new trailers are designed to ''power load''. This has been tabled for 60 days. You be the judge of all the new regulations. I cannot be a fair evaluator, it frustrates me as a business person to think the city may push what little traffic we have in the off season out of town.