Season Opens Jan 1. But it will be cold!
Cloudy, with a high near 28. South wind around 9 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.Of course it is decent weather today and tomorrow and once season opens a cold front moves in....
Saturday's high is 9 degrees. It will be too cold to head out and fish until a few days after opener. The general rule of thumb is that you will have decent fishing (remember it is winter fishing in Wisconsin!) on a day that is at least 25 degrees and sunny or 35 degrees and cloudy.
You have to fish rising water temperature in the winter for success. It typically does not matter what the base temperature is, as long as things warm up a bit the midges and winter stoneflies will become active for a short window of time mid day (as will the trout). The minute the water temperature starts to drop, things shut off.
So, watch the weather forecast, and use your thermometer while you are fishing in the winter!
Keep an eye out for shop hour updates. We will be open by appointment (e-mail do not call as we have a few hosted trips still going on this winter) and limited hours on weekends when the weather is decent!