"There’s promising news for open-water anglers heading north for this year’s fishing opener (May 7) as the ice officially went out on the Chetek chain Wednesday, March 23." "The date of March 23 ties 2000 and 2012 as the earliest the ice has left on the Chetek Chain of Lakes, according to The Chetek Alert’s records."
Read the article and thanks to the Chetek Alert in Chetek, Wisconsin.