MADISON — Looking for a shot at some open-water fishing where thin ice isn’t a problem? Wisconsin's early catch-and-release-only trout fishing season starts Saturday, Jan. 6, and includes most trout ...

The official start of spring is on. It certainly is not easy to tell, but looking ahead, warmer temperatures will start the big melt. And with each passing day, the sun is staying out a bit longer. At ...

Trout anglers have much to celebrate in 2016, as an expanded early trout season is underway and ongoing habitat improvements are contributing to upgraded stream classifications. The expanded early ...

Books about activity in the outdoors are usually consumed under the following circumstances: If you can’t do, then read. For instance, anglers spend a good chunk of winter pining for warm weather and ...

Trout anglers are drawn to blue lining for several reasons – maybe you love native fish, perhaps you need some time alone, or maybe your go-to river is inundated with visiting fly fishers. However you ...

Trout anglers who opened the regular trout fishing season this past weekend probably were pleased in those streams normally receiving trout each spring. More than 300 waters where the DNR stocked ...

It comes as no surprise that fishing is a major outdoors activity in Wisconsin. According to a 1996 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service national survey of fishing, hunting and wildlife, about 45 percent of ...

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 ...

New findings about how two trout species are faring in a warmer, wetter world could give Wisconsin scientists clues about how to help the fish thrive in the future — and continue to power a fishing ...