Northern Wisconsin Fishing Report – October 10, 2025 – video
Site Staff
October 10, 2025
The lakes are yet to turn over here. Here’s what that might mean for the bite.
Fishing
Adam Eisele wins WISCO Bass championship, AOY award
Tim Eisele
October 10, 2025
Adam Eisele, of Fort Atkinson, won the WISCO Bass Fishing Crown Championship Tournament Sept. 14, and for the fifth straight year was named the WISCO Angler of the Year.
Eisele, 41, has been fishing
Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Natural Resources Board to meet Oct. 22
Staff and News Reports
October 10, 2025
The Natural Resources Board (NRB) will meet at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22, in Madison. The public may attend or watch the meeting on the DNR’s YouTube channel.
Ask a fisheries biologist: What represents a trophy fish in Wisconsin?
Max Wolter Wisconsin DNR Fish Biologist
October 10, 2025
Anglers have lively debates about what they consider a trophy fish, but fish biologists do not. This is because the American Fisheries Society has standard cutoffs for trophy fish for most species in North America.
Wisconsin Fishing Report – October 6, 2025
Wisconsin DNR Reports
October 6, 2025
Anglers targeting yellow perch had great success fishing near here using live minnows in 15 to 25 feet of water.
Wisconsin DNR forester killed by lightning strike remembered as family man, avid outdoorsman
Larry Polenske
October 1, 2025
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Senior Forester Adam Zirbel died Sept. 22 after being struck by lightning in the Kettle Moraine State Forest Northern Unit east of Kewaskum. Zirbel worked out of the DNR’s
Commentary: Americans loudly tell the Forest Service to not rescind the ‘Roadless Rule’
Kate Groetzinger / Communications Manager Center for Western Priorities
October 1, 2025
The 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which currently protects over 58.8 million acres of national forest land from road-building, logging, and other industrial activity, represents one of the most significant protections for wildlife habitat in
Storage matters when it comes to keeping wild meat fresh
Jamie Carlson
October 1, 2025
As hunters and fishermen, one of our biggest problems is food waste. We have all been out hunting or fishing and brought home our quarry, processed it and put it in the freezer. Almost certainly
Northern Wisconsin Fishing Report – September 26, 2025 – video
Site Staff
September 26, 2025
Fishing hasn’t been the normal September chow-down we’re used to seeing. So here’s what we are seeing.
