Wisconsin Fishing Reports & Outdoor Report for January 4, 2018

[Rick]

It has been a rough couple of weeks with some areas of the north having temperatures that plummeted to lows of minus 25 some days. The frigid temperatures should ease this weekend, providing more friendly conditions for those that work and play outside.Snow depths in the Northwoods vary from 6 to 10-plus inches, making the cross-country ski trails a little thin yet, and snowmobile trails even more so. Snowmobile trails are open or partially open in the northern tier of counties with conditions fair to good on the Wisconsin Department of Tourism's Snow Conditions Report (exit DNR).Cross-country ski trails conditions range from fair to good to very good in roughly the northern third of the state. The Kettle Moraine State Forest, Northern Unit Zillmer trails were packed for the first time Jan. 3, and have about a 1- to 2-inch base but not enough to set track. The entire 1.6 K man-made snow loop at the Lapham Peak Unit is now completed and groomed regularly for both skate and classic skiing and conditions are good.

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