Mother Nature has a funny way of rearing her head on the lakeshore, and wintertime is no exception. Snow drifts, iced over lakes and barren, leafless trees leave the countryside with a special kind of clean-looking beauty. To the outdoors enthusiast, this is what we wait for – snow covered trails for cross country skiing, snowshoeing and snowmobiling and frozen lakes and ponds for ice fishing.
There is something special about the quiet time spent ice fishing. Sitting over an eight-inch hole precision cut through two feet of solid ice and waiting patiently for a hungry fish to take your bait on the end of a three-foot ice rod and reel. It is a magical moment when that trout or northern pike pokes its head into the hole. Whether bucket sitting outside in the elements or in a wood fire stoked ice shack, ice fishing in the Algoma area is more than a past-time, it kind of is like an obsession for most avid anglers.
The Algoma area has all of that and then some. The Ahnapee Trail connects Algoma to Casco, Kewaunee and Sturgeon Bay and offers over 50 miles of perfectly groomed snowmobile trails and also connects to hundreds of additional miles of trails that wind through Kewaunee and Southern Door Counties. Cross country skiers and hikers also enjoy the groomed snowmobile trails as well as the many local county and city parks available to them.
For the avid bird watchers, the winter months offer a great time to visit Algoma and document the many different variety of birds that call our area home. Large Eagles frequent the lakeshore where open water allows them abundant feeding opportunities. Wintertime is a special time to hike the Ahnapee Trail, part of the Ice Age Trail system and experience some of the best bird sighting opportunities in Wisconsin!
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