Roger's Outdoor Notes

FISHING NEWS:    Open water fishermen were seen this week on the Menominee River below the Hatti Street Dam trying for walleye and whitefish. A few open water anglers were casting spoons on the Fox River at Voyageur Park but success has been slow. On Green Bay, perch and whitefish were being caught in good numbers at Long Tail and Little Tail points, where a few walleyes were also being caught. Little Sturgeon and Sherwood areas were reporting mostly whitefish with perch being taken at Sawyer Harbor. Lake Winnebago is showing signs of the ice breaking up, even though there is about a 12 to 20 inch base. Warm temps this weekend will end most ice fishing for everyone but those up north. In Central Wisconsin the trout streams are wide open but high and murky making for tough catch and release fishing conditions.  As for the Sturgeon Spearing season, today the harvest of 44 fish with 28 of them on Lake Winnebago and 16 from the Upriver Lakes. Stockbridge Harbor was the busiest station with 11 fish registered.  Once again there was only three sturgeon over 100 lbs registered today. One at Quinney, One at Calumet Harbor and one at Boom Bay.