Fishing
- Webpage
Ceded Territory creel survey reports
The North District's Treaty Fisheries Assessment Team prepared the following creel survey reports.Other data and reportsOur fisheries biologists have made available fisheries survey reports, trout survey and assessment reports, Ceded Territory…
- Webpage
Fishing for Musky
The mystique of musky fishing is based on the fish's size, its moody behavior, the explosive strikes, and the challenge of boating one. The muskellunge has a reputation as the "fish of 10,000 casts." While it's true that a musky, especially a big…
- Webpage
Classification of musky waters
Wisconsin muskellunge waters have been classified by two separate criteria: A rating of the overall angling quality, based on surveys and the observations made by fisheries biologists. The status of natural reproduction of muskellunge in the…
- Webpage
Muskellunge research
Muskellunge researchers in Wisconsin use scientific experiments to find ways to improve muskellunge populations and the quality of muskellunge angling. A good research program forms a solid foundation that enables biologists to manage and protect…
- Webpage
Mississippi River
The Upper Mississippi River is home to over 119 species of fish - more species than are found in any of Wisconsin’s inland lakes. Favorite sport fish include walleye, sauger, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, channel catfish, northern pike, bluegill…
- Webpage
Sea lamprey and control efforts in Wisconsin
The sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus, which is a descendant of the earliest known type of vertebrates, is a parasitic species of eel-like fish native to the Atlantic Ocean and the East Coast of North America. Because of their eel-like shape, lamprey…