Jake Bourget was trying all summer to catch his first northern, and finally succeeded on Labor Day with this 30 incher, caught on Sand Lake (near Bloomer) using a Bull Gill swim bait. The fish was released unharmed.
Some times you go fishing and find out it is 2 for 1 day! I was walleye fishing below Mosinee dam and while reeling in a small walleye a 33" northern grabbed my fish and would not let go so both got netted. After a picture of both I let both of them go to fight another day.
12-year-old Zak Mancl of Wisconsin Rapids caught and released this beautiful 18.5", 4 lb. Largemouth Bass while fishing with his Uncle Joe and Great Uncle Chuck in Minocqua.
Fishing isn't about only catching the largest fish! Three generations of our family were on the lake on a wonderful Wisconsin Sunday afternoon - makes for great memories!
Tayten Lien of Saint Croix Falls, WI Caught this 35 inch, 9-pound northern on December 12. the fish was caught on a tip-up on Big Butternut lake, Luck, WI
10 year old, Holden Foster, of Tomah, WI caught this 20-inch bass on Lake Tomah, the evening of September 30, 2020. He was using a Bomber Fat A crank bait with a medium retreive. The bass was released back into the lake for someone else to experience the thrill of catching it.
Gina Angela LaSusa, 29, of Mukwonago, caught this 18 1/2-Inch small mouth bass during Labor Day weekend on September 5th on Sugar Camp Lake in Oneida County.
Hailey Force, 12, of Mukwonago, caught and released this bluegill on August 13th on Lake Beulah. This was her first fish she ever caught and she did it all on her own right off the pier in Walworth County.
Colton Siebenaler and his grandpa, Mike Hess, caught this 4.25lb small mouth bass off of Papa’s dock on 8/22/20 on Lake Holcombe using a night crawler.
Austin Evans landed this large Northern on an ultralight rod with 6lb line and managed to land with the help of his brother Mason Evans with no net! What an amazing day!
Zachary Zuberbier 9 of Franklin, caught and released this 13+ inch Crappie on a plain hook tipped with a minnow. Zachary was fishing with his Grandpa Richard April 8 on a Racine County Lake.
Attached photo is 2020 sturgeon from Lake Winnebago. Speared by “Chops” Hoelzel (Ron), with an assist from “Spark-Eye” Lamers (Steve). It weighed in at 87 lbs. and 69 inches.
Estimated 58 1/2” Silver Musky caught June 12, 2019 1/8 oz Road Runner jig with white Triple Ripple plastic tipped with night crawlwer 8 lb test line and a 6 1/2 ft walleye ‘Yogi Rod’
Dan Thome Appleton Wisconsin caught & released this beauty in Canada, 32” 10 1/2 lb walleye. Every June the “boys” go fishing on Lake Dinorwic and 2019 was Dan’s year to catch a trophy.
My daughters Addison on the left caught this lake trout and daughter on the right caught this cohort salmon on lake Michigan this summer. There smiles say it all
Colin Marlier of Wauwatosa caught and released this nice northern pike in Door County this August 2018. His brother Aidan, helped hold his fish because Colin had a cast on his broken right arm!
Tom Schmitt caught and released this big largemouth bass in August 2018 in Clark Lake in Door County. He was using a Rapala CD09 - perch lure. Dad Mark Schmitt helped Tom hold his fish.
John Schmitt caught and released this smallmouth bass in Door County in August 2018. Grandpa Bob helped hold his fish. John was casting a Rapala CD07 - perch lure.
Sam Klug, of Milwaukee, WI went out on “The Big Water" of Lake Michigan with his papa and friend Todd and Caught this 38-inch, 23-pound monster King Salmon.
Mike Alt caught this flathead catfish on the Wisc. River, fishing for bluegills, on 8-23 -18 . He hit a icefishing jig ,ratfinkie tipped with a waxworm. 2 hrs to get him on 4lb line.
44.5-inch northern caught near Ignace, Ontario, Canada on July 6, 2018. It was netted by my son and my father-in-law. It was the last cast of the trip. What a way to finish! My Dad and several other relatives were on the same lake.
I know this photo is a couple years old, but it was a wonderful time (and warm) on the ice that day exactly 3 years ago today! I think the photo turned out pretty nice! Thought maybe you'd like to use it in an upcoming issue with the end of ice fishing season approaching. You could photoshop the date off the picture if you wanted. Thank you!
Sturgeon speared 20 minutes into opening day on Lake Winnebago. Fish weighed 91.7-pounds and measured 68.3-inches long. Pictured is myself along with my wife Erin.
Personal best lake trout! Craziest thing was how this fish hit. I watched this small faint green line flying up so fast I just assumed it was an air bubble. We were in about 70ft but my line went slack at 20ft down so I closed the bail and set the hook. Put up a great fight!
Calvin Tischer caught this 14" Crappie, while trolling with his grandfather on the Rainbow Flowage, using a Rapala Jointed Shad Rap on August 19th, 2017.
Lake trout caught on Lake Superior with charter Aug 12th, 2017. It was 34", and was a tagged fish. The tag can be seen by the dorsal fin, and was reported to the DNR. The fish was released unharmed.
Christian Counard and Tyler Plzak of Brussels caught these 2 Chinook salmon off the Bank Reef in Sturgeon Bay on July 19th. Christians was 28.5 lbs while Tylers tipped the scales at 21 lbs.
Julia Schroeder (Granddaughter of Fritz and Penny Schroeder of Minong Fritz Schroeder was teaching 3 yr old granddaughter Julia to fish, and she was doing great reeling in Sunfish from our dock on Nancy Lake. She kept saying she wanted to get a really GIANT fish to eat for dinner, and a few casts later hooked this 14" Largemouth Black Bass. She was reeling initially, but then got stuck because her little fingers weren't strong enough any longer, so she asked for Grandpa's help. (He is holding the line holding the fish in this photo.)
Caleb Makovsky caught this 31" northern while fishing with his grandpa Larry Makovsky on a Price County Lake on February 5, 2017. Caleb is 15 and has been fishing with his grandparents since he was 2 years old. Great catch!
Korbin Baltus (age 6) reeled in this dandy of a 32 1/2" Northern on the Eau Pleine Flowage, WI while fishing with his grandpa,Ed Dreikosen and big brother, Wilson, August 12,2016. He said, "that is the biggest fish I caught in my whole life." Here's to many more good fishing days!
Thomas Swanson, of River Falls, WI caught this 24 1/2 in Walleye while fishing in pool 4 of the Mississippi River on Sunday, September 18th, 2016. He was using a number 7 Firetiger Shad Rap. He was fishing with his dad Pete, brother Ryan, and grandpa Jim.
44-inch northern caught by Alex Zunker, age 8, and netted by cousin, Jack Zunker age 14. Caught at Confederation Lake, Ontario, Canada. On August 26th at 10:00am. Caught with a Daredevil hammered silver colored bait.
Monster pike caught on Cheqaumegon Bay 3/11. One kept because of bad hook set other was CPRd. This was a self timer selfie and we have both said 100 times it couldn't be a better picture.
Michael Lawrence, of Athens, caught and mounted this 23-inch, 6.6-pound Smallmouth bass while fishing on the Wisconsin River near Wisconsin Dells on August 28, 2015
Gavin Pausch & Oliver Notbusch caught these walleye while fishing Lac Seul near Ear Falls, ON. Between 3 fisherman, over 400 walleye were landed during the week of fishing! The boy's were heard numerous times saying "Best place ever!".
Gavin Pausch, of Palmyra, caught & released this 42-inch muskie while fishing the Indian Lake Chain in Vermillion Bay, ON. The fish hit a KO Wobbler, with 6lb monofilament, while trying to locate Lake Trout. Holding the fish is his Dad, Paul.
Jake Sikora of rural Stoddard WI caught this 30 pound mudcat while fishing off shore in Goose Island County park in July of 2014 on a worm fished off the bottom
Tristan Krznarich now of Commerce, Texas, was fishing with his grandpa Larry, of Park Falls, when he landed this 27-inch nothern on his ultralight rod and reel. "Almost pulled me out of the boat, gramps" was his comment!
Eric Steffen, of Kenosha, caught and released this 50-inch muskie while fishing on Lake Tomahawk on October 9, 2015. (I also submitted photo via mail, wasn't sure which would be better for quality)
Maria Semenchuk, of Marshfield, WI caught and released this 26" walleye while pre-fishing for her AYA tournament with her dad and cousin, Ethan Paske on Pokegema Lake in Grand Rapids, MN
Matt Oehmichen, of Colby, WI, caught and released this 38-inch Muskie on a 6 wt fly rod without a leader or a landing net, on the Wisconsin River July 11 2015. The Muskie got payback when it bit into Matt's index finger during the landing.
Jason Czarnik, of Milwaukee, caught and released this 38-inch, 13-pound Northern Pike while fishing the Wisconsin River in Adams County on June 27, 2015
Craig McGarry of Muskego, caught and released this 17 1/2 inch Small Mouth Bass on the Mississippi River on a wing dam off the main channel near Brownsville, MN on June 27, 2015
Sadie Udd, age 7 caught this 27 1/2 " walleye weighing 6 lbs by herself with a jig and crawler while fishing on tbe St Croix River near Hudskn, WI on May 9, 2015.
Wanted to share a rather remarkable catch I had this afternoon. I was fishing the Menomonee River near Milwaukee where some trout were packed into a bottleneck. I caught a few and nothing was out of the ordinary until I reeled this one in.
12 1/2 in perch caught on 3/30/15 on the Mississippi River in Genoa Wi. slow walleye bite right now with the colder weather but hoping it jumps back here soon in the mean time the perch bite is on and their catching dandy's out there
Brooke Hartley, age 11 of Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, caught and released this nice 29-inch walleye in Silsby Lake, Ontario, in July. She had a great time with Grandpa Fred, and her cousin Kevin
Julia Wiltinger, age 17, of Genoa, on her first ever ice fishing trip. The first fish she caught was this 40-inch 17-pound northern pike caught in the Mississippi near Stoddard.
Penny Pophal, of Merrill, Wis., caught this 24-inch walleye Dec. 7th 2014 on a lake in Tomahawk. The fish has a 19-inch girth. Penny caught this fish ice fishing with a tip down on 4 lb line. she released it and is going to get a replica made.
Paul caught this 49" Northern Pike Labor Day weekend 2014, 30#, 21-1/2" Girth, on a Mepps Spinner with and Ugly Stick Rod, in Ontario Canada with Kellys Castaway Outfitter.
This 65 inch musky that weighed well over 50 lbs was caught in Green Bay WI by Dustie Steffens and Tabetha Steffens being held by Danny Steffens. This monster fish was released back into the lake!!
Cousin's Traiton (11) & Coltan (12) with a little help, landed their first muskie. While fishing in northern Wisconsin for walleyes, this 43-inch, 17-pound muskie decided to take Traiton's leech. He caught it on 10lb test on an ultralight. Memories for life!
Alexis Mamer, of Hasting, caught a 43-inch muskie while crappie fishing on the Chippewa Flowage on August 3,2014. The fish was caught on 4 pound test with an ultra light rod. The fish took the crappie minnow and after ten minutes and after jumping out of the water Gage Muench was able to net it for me. It was my first muskie.
Ken Piltz, of Wisconsin Rapids, caught this 28 1/2 inch walleye while fishing with his wife on the Wisconsin River between Biron and Wisconsin Rapids on July 16th, 2014
A well deserved Father's Day present for the greatest man I know. Tom Fuehrer pictured with a 50-inch, 33-pound muskie caught on the Wisconsin River on Father's Day 2014.
Aaron Tomandl caught and released this 45-inch Muskie while fishing in Burnett County on May 25. Caught the fish on an ultralight pole with 6lb test, wire hook and a minnow.
Matthew Klein, age 13, of Fond du lac, speared this 78.3-inch, 139.5-pound sturgeon opening day of the 2014 season on Lake Winnebago. His proud father is helping him try to hold it up.
Trevor Burby, age 9, won a muskie rod this spring and saved up his money to buy a reel. During his family annual fishing vacation, Trevor only fishing for 1 hour he caught his 1st muskie 45-inches and 20-pounds on Buckatabon Lake on July 16th 2013.
Wilbur Blackdeer and Asher Guenther of Black River Falls WI teemed up to land this dandy 13-inch Jackson County Cranberry reservoir yellow perch. Good job boys!
Caught this 40-inch pike while bass fishing Park Lake in Pardeeville on July 20th. I did release him after the photo and he was caught on a Haulin Hawgs spinnerbait.
Amy Rosenow, of Seymour, WI, caught her first salmon July 17th out of Kewaunee. One of which was this 22lb female that hit a flasher fly on a dipsey in 80 feet of water
Ashton Sullivan, age 9, of Waupun, caught this 20.5” large-mouth bass with a tip-up on a large golden shiner on Bailey Lake in Waupaca County on February 16, 2013.
Nick Krueger and Anthony Pizzo caught this 28.5-inch, 9lbs walleye at 10:50 at night on a tip up. They were fishing on Big Saint Germain Lake on 12/27/12
Matthew Blasius, of Pleasant Prarie, caught and released this thick 16-inch largemouth bass as well as one other on Lake Goerge the 28th of December 2012.
Little Woody Mathys caught and released his first largemouth with a Princess Barbie rod on Kinsey Lake in Waukesha County. Woody was assisted by mentor Howie Cook.
Nick Mertes’s son Seth turned three years old on June 10th and has been fishing on the boat since he was two! The picture was taken this Sunday (Father’s Day) at the USAA Childs Wish Fishing Outing held at Captain K's Marina in Algoma WI.
2-year-old catches 15" Largemouth bass with the first cast of his 30" Little Tykes fishing pole (held in right hand in photo)! Good thing Dad just replaced the old line with a 6# test line! Congrats Buddy!!
12-year-old Peter Birschbach, of Stockbridge, caught this 10-lb, 25-inch sheepshead on Lake Winnebago North of Stockbridge on April 15th 2012 using a pink jig with leech..
My son Cody Salzman (8-yrs old) caught this walleye on Green Bay off the mouth of the Menominee River on 3/18/12 using a jig and minnow on 8-lb test line. The fish measured 30 inches and weighed in at 10 lbs 12 oz.
Karl Keller, age 9, of Forest Lake, MN caught and released this
41 inch muskie on a western Wisconsin lake. The Muskie hit a
Rapala Fire Tiger while trolling on 10-9-2011.
