Anglers warned to watch for ice for Wisconsin opener

More northern Wisconsin waters are melting in time for the Saturday inland fishing season opener and walleyes are likely to have finished spawning in many lakes, state fisheries officials said Tuesday.

Justine Hasz, Wisconsin’s fisheries director, noted much of the state is experiencing temperatures in the 70s this week, with a few 80s mixed in, and that means that ice conditions are highly variable and changing quickly.

There’s still plenty of ice on bodies of water like the Gile Flowage, near Hurley.

Chief DNR Warden Todd Schaller said anglers planning to travel to northern Wisconsin to fish...