Northern Wisconsin Fishing Report – August 22, 2025 – video
Site Staff
August 22, 2025
Checking in on the action for the Hayward lakes area, Chequamegon Bay, and Lake Superior.
Wisconsin
Deer hunter out scouting discovers rare subtropical wood stork in central Wisconsin
Todd Richmond
August 22, 2025
A rare and apparently very confused subtropical wood stork somehow found its way to the wilds of Wisconsin.
A hunter scouting for deer first sighted the bird on Aug. 10 in a remote section
From backwaters to oxbows, here’s how to hunt waterfowl on the mighty Mississippi
Tori McCormick
August 22, 2025
John Devney doesn’t remember a lot about his early-teen years, but he does vividly recall one moment with stunning clarity: the early October morning he shot his first duck.
He was 12 years old.
Ryan Rothstein: When it comes to bow practice, think quality over quantity
Ryan Rothstein
August 22, 2025
Things are starting to get real, and with less than a month to go until another deer season begins in many states, it’s time to really start dialing in setups, gear, and target practice.
Know these tips for blood trailing before you call in the dogs
Dan Ladd
August 21, 2025
Gary Huber has seen it many times. Actually, he’s heard it many times when he answers his phone and on the other end of the line is a hunter, often desperate, in need of his
Patrick Durkin: Wisconsin wildlife rehabilitator tends, patches or dispatches nature’s critically wounded
Patrick Durkin
August 21, 2025
You name the critter and Mark Naniot has probably uncorked a can, jar, cup or bottle from its head during his nearly 40-year career as owner/director of the Wild Instincts rehabilitation center in Rhinelander, Wis.<br
High-volume, low-regulation, big fun… we’re talking pigeon hunting
Tori McCormick
August 20, 2025
They offer high-volume shooting. They decoy like champs. They’re naturally sporting winged acrobats. They’re incredibly abundant and, in the right hands, delicious to eat.
Blue-winged teal? Mourning doves? Mallards? Nope. Wild pigeons – rock
Apostles’ Outer Island lake trout cooperating this summer on Lake Superior
Dave Zeug
August 20, 2025
Active lake trout have been rewarding fishermen this summer who are willing to run the more than 20 miles from Bayfield, Wis., to the Outer Island area of the Apostle Islands archipelago.
Not all
Wisconsin DNR seeking public input on Franklin Lake walleye rehabilitation project
DNR Report
August 19, 2025
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources invites the public to meet with DNR staff and partners in person on Wednesday, Aug. 27, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the VFW post in Eagle River for
