
Big Green Lake’s smallmouth density one of highest in Wisconsin
At more than 7,900 acres with a depth of 236 feet, it’s safe to say Big Green Lake probably holds more water than most Wisconsin lakes. That water is home to one of the state’s

At more than 7,900 acres with a depth of 236 feet, it’s safe to say Big Green Lake probably holds more water than most Wisconsin lakes. That water is home to one of the state’s

Wisconsin cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR wardens. These reports are from the Oct. 17, 2025 edition of Outdoor News.
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Wisconsin published in the Oct. 17, 2025 edition of Outdoor News.

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Oct. 17, 2025 edition of Outdoor News.

Sharing some key takeaways from the week on the water, as well as some consistencies.

If the vegetation is starting to color up but not yet showing fall’s brightest hues, it’s probably time for bass fishermen to use lures that range medium-deep, according to the writer. The time to go

The older we get, the more cluttered our mind’s memory box becomes. That trophy buck you shot five years ago was actually taken 10 years ago. And the photo of the six anglers standing along

The only luck a trout fishing die-hard will have when the season opens
Oct. 18 will be to maybe land a carp dressed up for Halloween as a rainbow trout.
That’s because DNR’s

Walleye, sauger bites reported on rivers, bass slowing. Here’s the Illinois fishing report from across the state on Oct. 10, 2025.
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