Green Bay/Peshtigo Area (Wis.) Fishing Report – April 17, 2023
Wisconsin DNR Reports
April 17, 2023
Walleye fishing in the spot was very good this week, with many pre-spawn fish caught during the work week.
Fishing
Take part in Iowa’s TIP Program to help halt poaching
Steve Weisman
April 17, 2023
Often, I read reports of people caught breaking hunting and fishing laws. These lawbreakers are destroying the natural resources that belong to all of us. I greatly appreciate the efforts of our law enforcement officials
Teamwork helps complete Iowa’s annual spring gillnetting for walleye
Steve Weisman
April 17, 2023
While the Iowa Great Lakes were still covered with ice, Storm Lake and Clear Lake were open, and with the warm weather, the water temperatures shot up rapidly, and gill netting took off at those
Cold weather duty for summer shirts
Mike Schoonveld
April 17, 2023
Being able to figure out unusual jobs for any item can save time, save money, or can just be a good hack.
One of the clothing hacks I’ve been doing for the last
Try big Pennsylvania trout streams for that western feel
Ron Steffe
April 17, 2023
Pennsylvania’s large trout streams offer plenty of seclusion — and trout — to make one feel he or her is on a Rocky Mountain trout stream.
I spent most of this past week
Bassmaster Classic contenders share their strategies
Doug Clifford
April 17, 2023
On media day at the Classic, I posed the same questions to 11 anglers on my interview list. Professional anglers have consistently identified decision making as the primary difference between them and anglers who do
For distance, go with a baitcaster
John Tertuliani
April 16, 2023
I was just fine with spinning reels. A 43-inch flathead catfish changed all of that seven years ago. That Scioto River flathead in Ohio fought differently from the blue catfish I had been catching in
Menasha man renews sturgeon patrol to guard against poaching on Wisconsin waters
Patrick Durkin
April 15, 2023
Fish pirates have largely vanished from the Fox and Wolf rivers in recent decades, but spawning sturgeon from the Winnebago system’s big lakes in east-central Wisconsin still need some watchdogs during their vulnerable journeys of
Outdoor Observations: Volunteers needed to protect Michigan’s iconic lake sturgeon
Bill Parker
April 15, 2023
Spring is in the air. That means spawning runs for fish like walleyes, steelhead, and suckers are occurring in rivers across Michigan. Bass, pike, and panfish also migrate toward shallow waters in their respective lakes
