12-6-13 ice fishing season off to early start

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's ice fishing season is off to an early start thanks to last week's cold snap. Department of Natural Resources fisheries experts say people are already out on smaller lakes, bays and backwaters across the state. They say early ice fishing offers some of the best opportunities to catch walleye and northern pike, particularly on shallow lakes where the fish seem to bite better earlier in the season.