One day, my friend Pete Fleischman was driving in the sand country of central Wisconsin when a couple of Huck Finn look-alikes popped out of the trees. They were carrying fishing rods and something ...
Several years ago, Bradd Sims, a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources trout biologist in Grant, Iowa and Lafayette counties, met some anglers from West Virginia who were passing through while ...
VIROQUA – Duke Welter of Viroqua stood on a sandy stream bank in the middle of a slice of Vernon County recreational heaven, also known as a public hunting and fishing ground. Fly rod in hand, he took ...
Every time I fish a brook trout stream, I’m reminded why I have such a soft spot for them. I’m a sucker for dry fly eats, and a brook trout hits a dry fly like no other. The best thing about them?
Wisconsin’s 2022 early catch-and-release trout season, which includes Fort McCoy streams and tributaries, opened Jan. 5 and continues until 11:59 p.m. May 6. Only artificial lures may be used during ...
BIRCHWOOD – An inch of snow had fallen overnight, creating a fresh, clean slate across the Washburn County Forest on this December morning. As our group – Bill Smith and Dave Zeug, both of Shell Lake, ...
Recent stream surveys on Minnesota's North Shore show that so-called "coaster" brook trout are increasing in size and age, and state fisheries biologists believe restrictive regulations are helping ...
If you get the chance to fish for native brook trout in their home waters, don't pass it up. There’s a lot to like about brook trout – even if they're technically a char, not a trout. They sport ...