First and foremost, no ice is ever safe ice.
For all you open water seekers, it on! As of the writing of this report all 3 boat tramps (Green Bay
Metro, Fox Point and Brown Cty Fair Grounds) are all open for launching. At least some docks have gone
in at Green Bay Metro and I believe Fox Point and the Fair Grounds are to follow this week.
For activity on the river the reports are of good over all activity of Walleye catches up and down the
river. Casting the flats and river edge areas has been best with everything from Jigs and Plastics to blade
baits and hair jigs. Remember you do need to pay for a boat lunch pass even though there may not be
docks in the water. For all your live bait needs or your hair jigs and plastics to hit the water check out
Smokies on the Bay near the mouth of the Fox River. Jeff is back from Florida and ready to help you
with those spring catches!
Ice conditions on the entire Bay have become very suspect in most locations and EXTREME Caution must
be taken. I would not advise doing anything more than walk out trips and certainly pay attention to
your wind conditions. There is open water and cracks at just about every popular fishing location
currently Ice breaking on Green Bay is set to commence this week with the arrival of the USCG Ice
Breaker Mackinaw any day now. The best advice I can give is not to venture out anymore.
Perch fishing is coming to a close on Green Bay on March 15 th . Not many reports have some in with the
lack of folks out exploring this past weekend.
Whitefish activity was good overall at Volk, Bayshore, Red River and the Sturgeon Bay area this past
weekend. Again, I would highly advise not to head out this week as most of those areas have very
compromised ice conditions with cracks and soft areas with the current weather and winds.
Over the course of the next week or 2 we will see more areas open to boat traffic so stay tuned for more
open water reports.
Be safe!
Smokeys on the Bay has reopened we have everything you need to catch fish on the bay, Yah only at Smokeys!!!
Capt. Robert Claus
FinFanatic Charters
920-360-2904
finfanaticcahrters@yahoo.com
