Wisconsin Fishing News
REITZ WINS WALMART BASS FISHING LEAGUE EVENT ON LAKE WINNECONNE
Submitted by admin on Tue, 2009-06-23 18:43. Fishing Tournaments | Wisconsin Fishing NewsWINNECONNE, Wisconsin - Clayton Reitz of Morton, Ill., won the Walmart Bass Fishing League® Great Lakes Division tournament on Lake Winneconne Saturday with a five-bass catch weighing 15 pounds, 9 ounces. The victory earned Reitz $4,472 and placed him one step closer to qualifying for the Fort Madison Regional Championship in Fort Madison, Iowa, Oct. 1-3, where he could ultimately win a new Ranger boat and a Chevy truck.
Northern zone bass season opens June 20
Submitted by admin on Sat, 2009-06-06 12:58. Wisconsin Fishing NewsMADISON – Anglers heading out for the northern zone bass opener on June 20 should prepare for post-spawn, hungry fish.
Anglers will find plenty of nice smallies and largemouth bass when the northern bass zone season opens June 20.
Kewaunee River fish stocking moved to Root River following manure spill
Submitted by admin on Wed, 2009-06-03 20:39. Wisconsin Fishing NewsCoho, brown trout, steelheads stocked earlier this spring in jeopardy
KEWAUNEE – The Department of Natural Resources will stock steelhead into the Root River near its weir facility on the Root River in Racine County.
Free Fishing Weekend June 6-7
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2009-05-28 14:36. Wisconsin Fishing NewsMADISON – Free Fishing Weekend, June 6 and 7, delivers a good time at an unbeatable price.
Free Fishing Weekend
The fishing is free and big smiles included on Free Fishing Weekend.
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Spotted musky cross the Canada border with a broodstock passport
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2009-05-28 14:35. Wisconsin Fishing NewsMADISON – The 1,100 fingerlings that made the road trip from Ontario, Canada, to their new homes in three northeastern Wisconsin lakes are among new efforts this spring in the decades-long quest to restore a self-sustaining population of the Great Lakes strain spotted musky to Green Bay.
2009 WISCONSIN CARP FISHING CHAMPIONSHIP THIS WEEKEND
Submitted by admin on Tue, 2009-05-26 08:08. Wisconsin Fishing NewsWhen: Saturday May 30th & Sunday May 31st 2009
Where: West Twin & East Twin Rivers, in the City of Two Rivers, WI - United States
Time: Spectators Welcome! Fishing from 9:00am to 7:00pm on Saturday. Fishing from 7:00am to 5:00pm on Sunday. You will be able to see all the action at Vet's Park, Washington Park, and Paddlers Park.
Walleye bag limits revised on 255 northern lakes
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2009-05-21 14:53. Wisconsin Fishing NewsMADISON – Daily walleye bag limits will increase May 22 on 255 lakes in the Wisconsin Ceded Territory to reflect spring spearing harvest by six Wisconsin bands of Chippewa Indians.
A daily bag limit of one or two walleye will increase to two or three walleye per day on 92 lakes. In addition, 163 lakes will go from an initial bag limit of one or two walleyes per day to the state daily bag limit of five, according to Joe Hennessy, who coordinates the treaty fisheries management program for the Department of Natural Resources.
Winners of 2010 Trout Stamp Design Contest announced
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2009-05-14 13:12. Wisconsin Fishing NewsMADISON – With 28 brilliant displays of color and movement, it wasn’t easy choosing the winners of the 2010 Trout and Salmon Stamp Design contest. But two paintings hooked the judges and won the honor of appearing on next year’s edition of the stamps.
Anglers should reap the rewards this season from trout stream restoration projects
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2009-05-14 13:11. Wisconsin Fishing NewsMADISON – For great trout fishing this summer, anglers will want to check out a recently released report detailing new trout habitat improvement projects on more than 100 miles of streams in 35 counties, Wisconsin fish biologists say.
Northern zone musky season opens May 23
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2009-05-14 13:05. Wisconsin Fishing NewsMADISON - It may be hard to top last year’s record haul of trophy muskies, but anglers wanting to try should target some of Wisconsin’s largest musky waters in 2009.
Last year’s parade of monsters reaffirms that if you want to catch a big fish, you should fish big waters, says Tim Simonson, the fish biologist who leads the Department of Natural Resources’ musky team.





