Your Daily Wisconsin Outdoor News Update – Feb. 14, 2019
Tips that will help you stick a fork – well, make that a spoon – in those wary winter walleyes.
Tips that will help you stick a fork – well, make that a spoon – in those wary winter walleyes.
As winter lingers on, the writer’s thoughts drift to open water, big rivers, and hard-fighting trout and salmon.
“Tackle” Terry Tuma talks spoons and lure presentation.
Darren Troseth caught a lake sturgeon measuring 78 inches (and 29.5 inches around) and weighing an estimated 120 pounds Feb. 9 while fishing on the St. Croix River near Bayport.
The DNR is considering allowing the walleye harvest during the cool-water periods in the spring and fall. But the exact number of keepers won’t be announced until mid-March.
Banquets/Fundraisers Feb. 16: Appalachian Mountain Hunters WTU Banquet, 5 p.m., Ross County Fairgrounds Multipurpose Building, 344 Fairgrounds Road, Chillicothe. For more info call Joe Duty, 740-804-7066. Feb. 16: Western Reserve WTU Banquet, 5 p.m., E.O.U.V. Club, Novelty. For more info call Dave Takacs, 440-335-0183. Feb. 23: Champaign County Chapter WTU Banquet, 5 p.m., Champaign County
Central Ohio – Wildlife District 1 On opening day of the 2018 deer gun hunting season, state wildlife officer Adam Smith, assigned to Logan County, received information about people potentially hunting deer without wearing the required hunter orange clothing. Officer Smith responded to the area and requested assistance from state wildlife officer Jeff Tipton, assigned
Central Region Alum Creek Lake (Delaware County) — Anglers are being careful at Alum Creek, and most are fishing just the coves through the ice. The bite has been reportedly a tough one, though. A few stray saugeyes are being reported north of Cheshire Road. Ice was said to be 41⁄2 to 5 inches thick
Banquets/Fundraisers. Feb. 16: Lehigh Valley RMEF Banquet, 4 p.m., Homewood Suites, Center Valley. For more info call Karen, 484-221-1679. Feb. 17: Somerset RMEF Banquet, 2 p.m., Bakersville Firehall. For more info call Chuck Conzatti, 814-421-5744. Feb. 23: Pocono WTU Banquet, 5 p.m., The Woodlands Inn, Wilkes-Barre. For more info call Bill Bailey, 413-244-2304. Feb. 23: