The 2026-27 general inland fishing season will open statewide Saturday, May 2, with several new regulations and season structures now in effect. These changes include:
The Lac du Flambeau (LdF) Chippewa tribe announced last week, in an unprecedented action, that its tribal council voted to ban fishing of walleyes and muskies by non-tribal members on a number of lakes inside
Hwy. 10 divides Wisconsin into a southern and northern muskie zone. In the past, the Northern Zone opened the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. Starting this year, with a rule change, the muskie season opens
Anglers often overlook early spring, but this period offers some exceptional fishing at a time with limited outdoor opportunities. Starting in 2026, some new opportunities go along with the tried and true favorites.
The
Conservation Congress delegates have been looking at a dedicated funding source for the Wisconsin DNR’s fish and wildlife programs and the game warden force since at least the early 1990s.
Bob Ellingson served as
As the Wisconsin spring hearings approached, in the spring of 1978, there were noticeable articles in newspapers. There were more outdoor writers then.
Each spring, about that time, they each wrote an inspiring piece
The walleye anglers that had the best action here were using blade-baits and hair jigs.
Stream trout anglers are largely creatures of habit.
I say largely because there are exceptions to every rule. Still, the stream trout anglers I’ve fished with and learned from over the years adhere to
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reminds anglers that the 2026-27 inland trout season will open on Saturday, April 4 and run through Oct. 15, increasing harvest opportunities throughout the state’s inland streams, springs
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