Fishing

By Tim Eisele Correspondent Oconomowoc, Wis. – The Natural Resources Board has adopted emergency regulations for the hook-and-line sturgeon season and has approved hearings on permanent rules regarding viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS) virus and increasing

USFWS Report Onalaska, Wis. – This year’s winner of Wisconsin’s best of show in the Federal Junior Duck Stamp contest is 18-year-old Mark Villanova, who is a student at Arrowhead Union High School in Hartland.

210,000 tags expected for spring of 2008 By Tim Eisele Correspondent Stevens Point, Wis. – State turkey hunters set a new harvest record this spring by registering 52,379 birds. The DNR announced a preliminary harvest

By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Washington – Field offices of the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers recently were issued ‘joint guidance’ regarding interpretation of the federal Clean Water Act, specifically, what constitutes a

By Kevin Naze Correspondent Sturgeon Bay, Wis. – Wisconsin’s ongoing struggle with viral hemorrhagic septicemia – the fish-killing VHS virus – was a big newsmaker at the Great Lakes Fishery Commission’s 52nd annual meeting June

By Dean Bortz Editor Oshkosh, Wis. – Anglers who are fighting shy of Lake Winnebago because of the presence of the fish-killing disease called viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS) might just be missing the walleye boat.

By Kurt KruegerCorrespondent Eagle River, Wis. – Waterfront property owners might learn a lesson from the experiences of a riparian landowner who has been cited by a DNR conservation warden in Vilas County for harassing

By Kevin Naze Correspondent Madison – One of the things that bothers fisheries personnel is how little they really know about viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS), and that lack of knowledge led to an immediate freeze

DNR Reports Madison – Daily walleye bag limits increased May 26 on 89 lakes in the Wisconsin ceded territory to reflect spearing harvest results by six Wisconsin bands of Chippewa Indians. The bag limit for