As the largest lake in a metropolitan area of more than 400,000 people, Madison’s Lake Mendota draws plenty of anglers year-round.
There are a number of reasons for that, including a diverse fishery that includes everything from panfish to walleyes to carp to muskies to channel catfish. Anglers also have their choice of several boat landings and shore-fishing sites.
Lake Mendota offers quality fishery right in Madison, Wis. Read More »
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Wisconsin published in the June 28, 2024, edition of Outdoor News.
Wisconsin’s Outdoor Calendar Read More »
Wisconsin cuffs and collars are field reports from Wisconsin DNR. These reports are from the June 28, 2024, edition of Outdoor News.
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the June 28, 2024, edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.
We needed a break. After going through all the anguish of trying to get our house ready to sell, we were in the final phase of listing the house with a realtor. It was time for a getaway to Garden City, South Carolina.
An invitation from my brother-in-law, Tom Calvert of Lynchburg, Va., and his wife, Kathy, was all it took to accompany them on an ocean getaway, staying in a house they rented in a gated community just a few minutes via golf cart from the ocean. Tom and I agreed that at least one fishing trip was in order.
Bill Hilts, Jr.: Targeting Sharks (on purpose) during a fishing trip to South Carolina Read More »
Vilas and Oneida counties are up this week as the third part of Steve Heiting’s five-part series reviewing the deer situation in 10 northern counties.
Heiting opens with a discussion from two loggers on habitat and the timber industry, then follows with his look at Vilas and Oneida counties. I attended the CDAC meetings in both counties where most hunters in no uncertain terms voiced their displeasure with what they’re not seeing in the woods.
The top trap shooters from the Minnesota State High School Clay Target League met at the Minneapolis Gun Club in Prior Lake on June 21 with individual and team titles on the line during the Minnesota State High School League’s State Tournament.
The nine-day championship shoot in Alexandria that ran from June 10-18 this year was a team-qualifying event for this state tournament in Prior Lake. The top 40 teams from the entire championship qualified for the state shoot last Friday. Each year, the top 100 male and top 25 female shooters in the league based on regular-season averages also qualify to compete for individual titles in both male and female divisions at the final state tournament.
In southern Michigan, summer patterns going strong. Overall across the state, walleye fishing has been good.
Michigan Outdoor News Fishing Report – June 24, 2024 – video Read More »
A few quick and important lessons for anglers arrived with the newest Illinois state record fish: Persistence pays off, trusting your handheld scale does not — and the metric system continues to create chaos. Michael Farniok will certainly vouch for each.
On June 2, the dedicated Argyle Lake fisherman was tossing a crankbait near the lake’s dam when he hooked something determined to rip the rod right out of his hand. “I thought I had hooked a flathead due to the fight,” Farniok said in retrospect.
New Illinois record saugeye has ‘weighty’ story Read More »
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