
History looks down from Wisconsin’s Lena tavern walls
One of Russell Demmith’s earliest memories is going to Hunters and Fishermans Bar in Lena as a kid with his father.
“I got a Baby Ruth candy bar that was like half a pound
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One of Russell Demmith’s earliest memories is going to Hunters and Fishermans Bar in Lena as a kid with his father.
“I got a Baby Ruth candy bar that was like half a pound

For the first time, the Governor’s Fishing Opener was held on the St. Croix River in Stillwater last weekend. The event also marked Gov. Tim Walz’s final time participating.
The annual festivities are a

Speaking from his home in Algoma, roughly 30 miles east of Green Bay, Lee Haasch knows his days are numbered before he begins working seven days a week, starting each day at 3:30 a.m.

Colonel Nathan Jessup – played by Jack Nicholson in the movie “A Few Good Men” – had it right when he defiantly stated on the witness stand, “You want us on that wall! You need

When an organization like the Wisconsin Waterfowl Association (WWA) asks me to write an article or editorial, I rarely write it in first person. This topic, this goal, this commitment to the management of a

New York’s portion of Lake Erie was unbelievable in 2025 when it came to walleye catching.
It set the all-time mark for catch rates in the history of record keeping conducted by the state’s

Nate Harms grew up in Clark County, a hotbed of hunting activity in west-central Wisconsin.
Harms, who recently retired after teaching fifth grade at Waupaca Middle School for several years, never hunted while attending

That darn wind! That seemed to be the steady theme among anglers across Minnesota as they assessed the 2026 May 9-10 fishing opener early this week.
A strong blow out of the north, combined with

A southern Illinois man with a history of outdoor accomplishments came just a few ounces shy of breaking the Illinois state crappie record.
Not that the numbers mattered – he was actually fishing in
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