
Reader Story: Memories of smelt hunting in Wisconsin’s Frog Bay
Every April it was the same thing. “You should come on up with us smelt hunting,” the guys would say. “It’s a good time.”
“I’ll think about,” I said those first couple of years

Every April it was the same thing. “You should come on up with us smelt hunting,” the guys would say. “It’s a good time.”
“I’ll think about,” I said those first couple of years

Natural Resources Board (NRB) Chairman Bill Smith, a resident of Washburn County, attended open houses in Douglas and Washburn counties as part of the spring hearing process that brought about open houses for the first

The Brule River looked seductive from the cabin porch as it slipped by in the early morning light. Better yet, her soft murmurs were unlike the enraged rants of years past when melting snow pushed

The Crawford County DNR and Conservation Congress spring open house meeting took place in Prairie du Chien April 3.
The light turnout of meeting goers that night – just eight people – elected Steve Rickleff,

The local DNR fisheries team out of the Woodruff office surveyed Dam Lake in Oneida County in the spring of 2021 and 2022.

Walleye fishing in the spot was very good this week, with many pre-spawn fish caught during the work week.

On media day at the Classic, I posed the same questions to 11 anglers on my interview list. Professional anglers have consistently identified decision making as the primary difference between them and anglers who do

Fish pirates have largely vanished from the Fox and Wolf rivers in recent decades, but spawning sturgeon from the Winnebago system’s big lakes in east-central Wisconsin still need some watchdogs during their vulnerable journeys of

When it comes to sport-angling landing nets, many fishermen seemingly know they need them, though they don’t always get equal play with the rest of their toys. I mean, anglers think nothing of spending $10
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