Ned rig baits for better fishing – video
Site Staff
May 20, 2025
Whether you’re targeting pressured bass or just looking to switch up your finesse game, these baits deserve a spot in your tackle box.
Wisconsin
WI Daily Update: Help monitor an endangered butterfly
Site Staff
May 20, 2025
Wisconsin is home to the largest population of the federally endangered Karner blue butterfly. The Wisconsin DNR is seeking volunteers to help monitor them.
Wisconsin Fishing Report – May 19, 2025
Wisconsin DNR Reports
May 19, 2025
Anglers were having good luck for walleye this week on this bay.
Wisconsin Wardens at Work: Trespass call leads to multiple citations
Jerry Davis
May 19, 2025
The Green Lake County Sheriff’s Department asked Green Lake County Wisconsin DNR Conservation Warden Brad Latza to assist in a trespassing complaint and then handed the case over to Latza when the evidence showed illegal
WI Daily Update: Online aquatic animal dealers convicted in eight state counties
Site Staff
May 19, 2025
Two online aquatic animal dealers were recently convicted in eight Wisconsin counties. Listen here for the details.
A great-grandfather’s .410 strikes again, this time on a double-bearded tom for an 8-year-old hunter
Dave Zeug
May 18, 2025
A passion for the outdoors runs deep in the Bontekoe family. With the help of a well-worn Mossberg bolt-action .410 shotgun passed down through four generations to 8-year-old Carter Bontekoe, that passion will run deep
Targeting muskies and other big fish with classic spinners
Steve Heiting
May 16, 2025
Big lures for big fish have been a strong trend in recent years regardless of the species you’re trying to catch, but the pendulum is starting to swing the other way. As muskies, pike, and
Patrick Durkin: Wisconsin native Gretchen James helped form world-class archers
Patrick Durkin
May 16, 2025
Wautoma’s Carole Clark was a four-time All-America archer at Arizona State University (1977-80), but the Sun Devil Hall of Famer might not have realized her Olympics-level talent if she hadn’t goofed off in ninth-grade gym
WI Daily Update: Mr. Walleye’s approach to catching the biggest crappies
Site Staff
May 16, 2025
Freshwater Fishing Hall of Famer Gary Roach loves to chase big crappies at this time of year. Here’s what he’s doing to catch the really big ones right now.
