Dean Bortz Wisconsin Editor DON’ÄôT BE SURPRISED if you hear sometime this week that the Lac du Flambeau tribe has declared 100 percent of the safe walleye harvest on lakes the tribe intends to spear this year. It appeared as though that could be a possibility last week, according to an anonymous posting on the […]
Albany – Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s resignation following stunning allegations that he had hired a prostitute – perhaps on several occasions in recent years – won’t likely mean any dramatic shift within DEC’s Bureau of Fish, Wildlife and Marine Resources. That’s primarily because Lt. Gov. David Paterson, a Democrat who becomes the first black governor in
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Wannaska, Minn. – Since bovine tuberculosis was found in northwest Minnesota in 2005, the cattle industry has been turned upside down and thousands of white-tailed deer have been shot, killed, and tested for the disease. Eleven cattle herds and 17 free-ranging deer have tested positive for bovine TB. Elk from two herds are in the
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Fishermen were catching some nice crappies, bluegills, and perch on the north end of Beaver Dam Lake. Fox Lake was doing OK for itself, too. Walleyes were just starting to bite on the river just below Beaver Dam. Phil & Sons Tackle, (920) 885-6766.
The Wisconsin River is open at Nekoosa, and the town landing is open. Anglers started dumping boats early last week, and they were catching walleyes. As of late last week, boaters were able to get downriver as far as Brown’s Creek. Sunrise Bait & Tackle, (715) 886-5440. Petenwell Sports, (608) 564 7707.
LAKE MILLE LACS The bays on the east end are starting to produce perch in 12 to 14 feet. Setlines and fathead minnows are turning bigger perch. A few limits of crappies have been caught in the bays over nine to 13 feet. Reports from the west side have been limited this week. Johnson’s Portside
Springfield – At least 24 new cases of chronic wasting disease have been reported in the state since the fall deer hunting seasons began. More significant is the fact that the disease has spread into a seventh Illinois county. An ongoing testing of samples provided by deer check-in stations revealed the first positive case of
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NORTHEAST METRO Lake Jane and Demonterville Lake are producing crappies during the evening hours in 10 to 12 feet. Look to Lake Peltier for sunfish in 12 to 16 feet. The St. Croix River crappie bite has slowed and a few more boats have started showing up on the Mississippi River in search of walleyes.
There was no open water in the area as of late last week, but anglers were catching panfish through the ice on some of the sloughs. A few anglers were getting boats in at Genoa for walleyes, but they had to head south because there was still too much ice to the north of the
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