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Wisconsin Fishing Report – July 7, 2025
In this region, anglers have reported consistent catches of Chinook, coho, and rainbow trout, with a few lake trout also being caught.

Results are in from tournaments in western New York
Anglers have prospered on the water and in the wallet at a number of big-time fishing tournaments held on Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. Clockwise, from top-left, Michigan angler Jack Paquette won the Wilson Harbor

New York loses Oneida Lake conservationist Tony Buffa after his death at age 83
Tony Buffa, a longtime director on the Oneida Lake Association Board of Directors and one of Oneida Lake’s and Lake Ontario’s most respected fishing guides, passed away on June 13 from cancer at the age

Mixed Bag: Names released in Isle Royale case
The two campers who were found dead at a remote campground at Isle Royale National Park have been identified as Bradley Baird, 30, and John Baird, 60, of Northville, Mich., the Keweenaw County Clerk and

Lake Winnebago’s ’24 fall trawl survey has good news for many Wisconsin anglers
For four decades, the annual Department of Natural Resources (DNR) trawling survey of Lake Winnebago has painted a picture of the health of Wisconsin’s largest inland lake and the many species of fish that course

Wisconsin’s Estabrook Falls project clears the way for sturgeon spawning
A fish passage around Estabrook Falls in Estabrook Park on Milwaukee County’s east side is under construction and should be complete by the end of September.
When it is finished, sturgeon in Lake Michigan

Metro Area Fishing Report – July 6, 2025 – video
Fish are definitely moving into their summer patterns – just took a little longer than usual.

Big browns are a fish with an affinity for mean water
Mean weather, mean water, and mean-looking flies are the keys to catching trophy brown trout.
People might want to watch the 1985 thriller “The Mean Season.” The movie is set in Florida, so it