A Green Bay ice rescue took place Saturday when 34 people were stranded on a floe that separated from the main shore in Brown County, Wisconsin.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WLUK) -- The recent cold snap in Northeast Wisconsin has brought ice fishing season earlier than expected, with smaller bodies of water beginning to freeze along the shores.

Dozens tested their luck on the frozen waters of Green Bay Monday morning, but DNR Conservation Warden Marcus Medina says the season may be nearing its end. "The ice starts deteriorating.

Many of those who were stranded were ice fishing in the north of Green Bay, in the area that’s part of Lake Michigan, according to the Brown County Sheriff’s Office.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Christmas will be coming early for area ice anglers. The all-new Ice Fishing Expo will take place Friday through Sunday at the Sunnyview Exposition Center in Oshkosh.

With poor ice conditions plaguing ice anglers, fishing guide Bret Alexander purchased an airboat to try to salvage the season on Green Bay.

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Authorities rescued 27 people from a floating chunk of ice that broke away from shore in the bay of Green Bay in eastern Wisconsin, the sheriff’s office said Sunday.

Authorities rescued 27 people from a floating chunk of ice that broke away from shore in the bay of Green Bay in eastern Wisconsin, the sheriff's office said Sunday.

It took authorities aboard ice rescue boats nearly an hour and a half and several trips to gather the fishermen stuck on a floating piece of ice in Wisconsin.

Six ice fishermen rescued from ice floe in bay of Green Bay off Door County The men stepped across a crack in the ice that broke, with strong winds sending the floe further into the bay.

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Authorities rescued 27 people from a floating chunk of ice that broke away from shore in the bay of Green Bay in eastern Wisconsin, the sheriff’s office said Sunday.