Our Oshkosh fisheries staff has been fielding quite a few questions about the progress of the walleye spawn and the impacts of lower water on this year’s spawn. As a result, Adam Nickel (walleye biologists) [...]
On Tuesday, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) confirmed that the state has a new freshwater drum (Sheephead) record. According to the department, Mark Leep of Middleville caught the record-breaking fish from Gun Lake [...]
A typical week of spring like weather engulfed the area, causing some major changes to the local water ways. Lake Winnebago is essentially open water, with some ice still floating on the surface especially along [...]
A daily bag limit of three walleyes would apply to all northern Wisconsin waters — regardless of Chippewa tribal spearing declarations or harvests — under a proposal released Wednesday by the Department of Natural Resources. [...]
A couple weeks back I sent an email out about a tagging project that we are conducting with yellow perch in the Winnebago System. As part of that project I worked with our office [...]
By Tom Henry / Block News Alliance and John Hayes / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette On a June morning in 2009, fishing for yellow perch aboard the Edward John head boat off northwestern Pennsylvania’s Presque Isle, Dick [...]
Area lake and rivers continue their transition from winter to spring. Lake Winnebago remains ice covered, with the shoreline ice starting to breakdown. This week’s report will focus on the rivers of Northeast Wisconsin. On [...]
The unseasonably warm temperatures of last week forced our spring field season to get started a bit early this year. Our DNR fisheries crew currently have fyke nets set on Little Lake Butte des [...]
As a tournament walleye angler, one of the most frequently asked questions I get is about which rods to use in certain situations. It is somewhat surprising to me how many people use the wrong [...]
Attached below is the 2015 Winnebago system Tournament Schedule (PDF) as permitted on 3-14-15. This includes the Wolf River, Fox River, Lake Winnebago, Lake Poygan, Lake Buttes des Mortes, and Lake Winneconne. This schedule will [...]
