Wisconsin Fishing News

Please check back from time to time for updates to this schedule. Unless otherwise noted, all workshops are free of charge and include lunch or dinner, however, we do have a $15 workshop commitment fee to ensure good attendance by registrants. Please arrive a few minutes early to settle in so that we may begin on time. If your plans change, please notify us so that we may plan accordingly and refund your workshop commitment fee.

Rhinelander, Wis. – reluctantly biting fish and the need for well-tuned electronics—everywhere lakes freeze, these two themes figure largely into the schemes of ice anglers. So it was during the 2009 North American Ice Fishing Championship.

Jackson, Wis. - If there's one thing the fishing minds at Frabill know well, it's maintaining healthy, lively aquatic animals. Since 1938, the respected sportfishing company has offered anglers the finest products in fish and live bait care. A peek inside nearly any fishing boat in North America reveals a collection of Frabill fish-care products-aerated portable baitwells, nightcrawler cribs, cast nets, and more.

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (Sept. 19, 2009) - Boater Kirt Hedquist of Lakeville, Minn., caught 14 walleyes weighing 16 pounds, 8 ounces during three days of competition in the Walmart FLW Walleye League Finals on Lake Wissota in Chippewa Falls, Wis., to secure a $53,000 victory Saturday by 10 ounces over his closest competitor. Hedquist earned a Ranger 621 powered by an Evinrude or Yamaha outboard.

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (Sept. 17, 2009) - Boater Bernie Neuhaus of Glencoe, Minn., and his co-angler partner, Craig Cayemberg of Valders, Wis., caught four walleyes weighing 7 pounds, 4 ounces Thursday to secure an opening-day lead of 1 pound, 5 ounces over their closest competitors in the Walmart FLW Walleye League Finals on Lake Wissota.

Watch this space for event information as it becomes available.

Visit the kids' fishing clinic at the Wisconsin State Fair to learn how to cast, catch, reel in, and identify your catch.
If you are planning an event, the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation (RBFF) [exit DNR] will promote all registered events through a national public relations campaign centered around National Fishing and Boating Week, the first full week of June. So also be sure to register your event with them, too!

Eagle River, Wisconsin - "More than 500 anglers are pre-registered and another 500 anglers are expected to register by tournament time for the annual National Championship Musky Open in Eagle River, Wisconsin, August 21-23, (2009)," according to Kim Emerson, Events Coordinator for the Eagle River Area Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center.

If you are planning an event, the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation (RBFF) [exit DNR] will promote all registered events through a national public relations campaign centered around National Fishing and Boating Week, the first full week of June. So also be sure to register your event with them, too!

WABASHA, Wisconsin - The Great Lakes Division of the $8 million Walmart Bass Fishing League® will visit the Mississippi River in Wabasha, Wisconsin, August 8 for the fourth of five regular-season events. As many as 200 boaters and 200 co-anglers are expected to compete in the tournament, which will award as much as $45,000 in cash, including a top award of $6,000 in the Boater Division.