Wisconsin Fishing Reports & Outdoor Report for May 17, 2018

[Rick]

After southern Wisconsin received some torrential rains last weekend, the north finally had some rain this week, with a few thunderstorms rolled through Wednesday night. Trees are pretty much leafed out in the south and leafing out in their brilliant green of spring in the north. Even through fields and forests are greening up, fire conditions remain very high across much of the north. In the last week, 68 fires burned 141 acres in DNR Protection Areas. The largest fire was the in Bayfield County burning 42 acres and was caused by a campfire.Paddlers are starting to head out to rivers now that flows are dropping. These canoeists were out on the Bois Brule River.Photo credit: DNRThe Kinnickinnic, Bois Brule and South and North Fork of the Flambeau rivers are at more normal levels for this time of year. The lower Wisconsin River is high, running at 26,000 feet per second at Muscoda on May 17, but is slowly subsiding.

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