This fact sheet on when is the best time to fish in Wisconsin for what species of fish and where is the best place to find them. Also, the typical fishing method you can use should help increase your chances of catching the fish.
Identifying fish can seem easy at times but many times can be a challenge. It is not any different for Lake Superior anglers who can be confused when trying to determine whether the fish they have caught is a lake trout, splake or a "coaster" brook…
Is the coaster brook trout a unique strain long lost from Wisconsin's Lake Superior shoreline...
A gem of a fishing opportunity awaitsRecreational fishing is arguably th
The Bois Brule River is one of Wisconsin's best-known trout streams. At the time of European settlement (1850s) the Brule was already regarded as one of the finest brook trout fishing streams in the state. Wisconsin's settlement push reached the…
Chequamegon Bay/Apostle IslandsThe ice fishing season has ended in the Chequamegon Bay region as ice has melted and there is no longer access.The open-water trolling season has started. The only available access that anglers have had to launch boats…
Fishing Lake Superior Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world. It's so large that it could hold the water from the other Great Lakes and three more Lake Eries! That's a lot of water. And with all that water - comes good fishing.…
--> Yellow perch spawning assessment in Lake Michigan near Green Can Reef area off Milwaukee – 2017 Dave Schindelholz and Pradeep Hirethota WDNR, LMWU Milwaukee The 2017 yellow perch spawning survey was conducted near the Green Can…
--> Yellow perch spawning assessment in Lake Michigan near Green Can Reef area off Milwaukee – 2016 Pradeep Hirethota and Dave Schindelholz WDNR, LMWU Milwaukee In 2016, WDNR staff conducted our yellow perch spawning survey near the…