Last week the ice was four to five inches thick at the north end and five to nine inches at the south end. It should have gained thickness over the past week and anglers report good fishing for 15 to 18 inch rainbows on night crawlers. With variable ice thickness atv’s and snowmobiles should stay off the ice. A few anglers also appeared to be doing well using PowerBait. Soft plastic jigs tipped with a worm should also be effective. Anglers, please note that NDOW has placed radio tags in several Northern Pike. These pike will have an orange floy tag near their dorsal fin and a small antenna (~ 7 inches long) coming from their stomach. Please return these fish to the water for research purposes. All other pike should be humanely dispatched.