Wisconsin Fishing Report – April 24, 2023
Wisconsin DNR Reports
April 24, 2023
Bay anglers were having luck trolling crankbaits and stick baits, catching walleyes, brown trout and northern pike.
Wisconsin
Focus on floats to catch spring panfish: From slip-bobbers to balsa to bubbles
Glen Schmitt
April 24, 2023
Bluegills, crappies, and bobbers go together and remain a basic, productive means to catching panfish. But somewhere along the way, bobber fishing got sophisticated. Bobbers and corks became “floats.” Call them what you want, but
Cold water, hot bite: Early-season walleye tactics and techniques
Glen Schmitt
April 23, 2023
By nature, walleyes become super aggressive shortly after the rigors of spawning season. Their hard work is over, and they start looking to recover, which means heavy feeding.
From an angler’s standpoint, that means
Breaking down jighead color for walleyes – video
Site Staff
April 22, 2023
When it comes to choosing a color for walleyes, sometimes it really doesn’t seem to matter at all. But other times, getting that color dialed in can be a true game-changer.
Reader Story: Memories of smelt hunting in Wisconsin’s Frog Bay
Jeremy Heikkinen
April 22, 2023
Every April it was the same thing. “You should come on up with us smelt hunting,” the guys would say. “It’s a good time.”
“I’ll think about,” I said those first couple of years
Wisconsin Natural Resources Board sets Sept. 16 Canada goose opener on Mississippi
Tim Eisele
April 21, 2023
The Natural Resources Board (NRB) adopted rules for the 2023 waterfowl season almost identical to 2022, except that a divide among hunting groups brought up questions about how early Canada goose hunting should open on
CWD anchors discussion at Waupaca open house in Wisconsin
Greg Seubert
April 20, 2023
A response plan that includes more testing is in place now that chronic wasting disease (CWD) has turned up twice in Waupaca County’s wild white-tailed deer herd.
The fatal, infectious nervous system disease that kills
Wisconsin NRB Chairman Bill Smith attends open houses in Douglas, Washburn counties
Dave Zeug
April 19, 2023
Natural Resources Board (NRB) Chairman Bill Smith, a resident of Washburn County, attended open houses in Douglas and Washburn counties as part of the spring hearing process that brought about open houses for the first
Driftless Center in Iowa gives visitors ‘look at the underside of the Mississippi’
Erin Jordan / The Gazette
April 19, 2023
Through the picture windows of The Driftless Center, visitors can look out over the Mississippi River. Now, with a 16-foot-long, 1,250-gallon aquarium filled with local fish species, including bass, bluegill, and northern pike, it will
