Wisconsin Fishing Report – May 1, 2025
Wisconsin DNR Reports
May 1, 2025
Anglers targeting walleye here had the best success jigging hair jigs and trolling crawler harnesses under 10 feet of water.
Fishing
Breaking down the many black bass subspecies beyond largemouths and smallmouths
Louie Stout
May 1, 2025
Ask most Outdoor News followers to name the different species of black bass and, most likely, you’ll hear largemouth and smallmouth.
Rightly so. Those are the primary species of bass we have in northern
Commentary: Value of public lands is enhanced by conservation. Here’s what that means
Boone and Crockett Club Report
April 30, 2025
The U.S. federal public land estate is an American legacy the Boone and Crockett Club will support forever. Since our founding in 1887, whenever the suggestion has been made that public land be disposed of
Wisconsin’s Sturgeon Guard back to work with spawning underway
Greg Seubert
April 29, 2025
Sporting a fluorescent green Sturgeon For Tomorrow vest, Tom Markowski and Mike Schmalzer stood out like sore thumbs as lake sturgeon cruised the Fox River in downtown Princeton, Wis.
The pair were two of
New DNR leader, Hyun, speaks to Wisconsin Wildlife Federation
Beckie Gaskill
April 28, 2025
Newly appointed Department of Natural Resources Secretary Karen Hyun made an appearance before Wisconsin Wildlife Federation (WWF) directors and affiliate representatives at the group’s annual meeting in early April, stating she was grateful for the
Commentary: Wisconsin outdoors users want to see Nelson-Knowles Stewardship Program continue
Kyle Rorah
April 28, 2025
Wisconsin is fortunate to have a rich sporting heritage, with hundreds of thousands of sportsmen and women taking advantage of our public lands each year. That tradition continues to thrive, in part, due to the
Wisconsin’s spawning sturgeon on the Fox River mean an opportunity for research
Greg Seubert
April 26, 2025
A local high school fishing club was able to get up close and personal with spawning lake sturgeon on the Fox River in Wisconsin.
The annual sturgeon spawning ritual on the Fox River in
Artists, fish-lure makers give floating trash a new life
Patrick Durkin
April 26, 2025
A social-media friend recently sent me a link to YouTube videos about using “feminine napkins” as bait for catching bass, catfish, lake trout, and rainbow trout.
He considered the videos “LOL,” and said the
Wisconsin’s Pete Olson, a coach and avid muskie angler, dies on 90th birthday
Tim Eisele
April 25, 2025
“When I die, I know I’m not going to heaven because I’m there now,” Pete Olson said. “I fish every day and coach basketball during the winter.”
Olson, well-known retired basketball coach and avid
