Fishing
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Fishing seasons
Opening day for Wisconsin fishing is traditionally the first Saturday in May. Season dates often vary by species and waterbody. Check The Guide To Hook And Line Fishing Season Dates, 2024-2025, for specifics of where you plan to fish. 2024-…
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Fisheries Management Legal Notices
Fisheries Management creates and revises regulations to carry out its mission to enhance and restore outstanding fisheries in Wisconsin’s waters. One of the methods for revising regulations allows the department to more efficiently apply an…
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Fisheries survey reports
Each survey report listed here is a summary document that outlines significant findings and observations obtained during a survey conducted by staff of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and subsequent analysis of the data by DNR staff. The…
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Quality fishing waters
Some Wisconsin lakes and rivers are managed with special regulations, which, in many cases, provide quality fishing opportunities. Special regulations for musky, bass, walleye, northern pike are those that differ from the general statewide…
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Clamming (mussel) regulations
The word "clam" is a general legal definition used in Wisconsin's clamming law that refers to freshwater mussels. This Web page is a summary of Wisconsin's clamming statutes and administrative rules. Refer to Section 29.537, Wis. Stat., and…
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Daily bag and total daily bag limits
Daily bag limit The daily bag limit is the maximum number of fish that an angler may reduce to his/her possession from a specified waterbody or a portion of a waterbody in one day. Total daily bag limit The total daily bag limit is the maximum…
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Alternate methods (spear, bow and arrow, cross bow and hand) record fish
Live release record fish Hook and line (by weight) record fish