
How to properly work a jig for open water 2025
In its most basic form, a jig consists of nothing more than a light wire hook molded into a shaped piece of lead or tungsten. The round jig is the most popular, but there are

In its most basic form, a jig consists of nothing more than a light wire hook molded into a shaped piece of lead or tungsten. The round jig is the most popular, but there are

As I write this, it’s the 30th of December. My next year’s calendar tells me Opening Day of the Wisconsin general fishing season is Saturday, May 3.
Do I look forward to it? Of

Anyone who sees a great gray owl will never forget this large, almost ghostly bird that inhabits the boreal forest and far northern bogs.
It doesn’t happen often, but some of these owls visit

The proposal for a hunting season on sandhill cranes, like all hunting seasons, should be made based on biological information and sociological concerns.
To paint people who oppose a hunting season as anti-hunters or

No, I’m not advocating the release of dire wolves in northern Wisconsin – or anywhere for that matter, even though Larry Meiller sort of suggested otherwise during his show on Wisconsin Public Radio on Wednesday,

While Zach Swanson is only 10 years old and still has plenty of hunting opportunities in his future, his first experience will be one that he will never forget.
Swanson participated April 5 in

Walleye anglers were having good luck fishing below the dams here.

The 2023 DNR fyke netting and boom shocker survey of Shawano Lake and attached waters shows an improvement in the walleye population from 2018.
While still below state averages, relative abundance in Shawano, Washington,
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Wisconsin published in the April 18, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.
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