Southern central Wisconsin’s Lake Wisconsin is one of the better waters in the Midwest for spring crappies in both size and numbers. I’ve never been to Minnesota’s famous Red Lake for crappies, but it ...

MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announced the 2022-2023 fishing season will open on Saturday, May 7. All regulations and license requirements apply. No matter where ...

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From that first cast, to reeling in your line, or getting a chance to feel scales. There’s nothing quite like the Wisconsin’s fishing opener. This weekend’s event brought parents and kids together at ...

The 2025-26 Wisconsin general inland fishing season opens May 3. And fishing is allowed year-round for many species and in many areas of the state. Department of Natural Resources officials expect ...

DULUTH — It’s happened several times before, including as recently as 2018, as Mother Nature offers up a frigid spring and the ice lingers on many northern Wisconsin lakes into May. This year it will ...

It’s been an unusual spring so far, with waves of record warmth and sunshine followed by blasts of winterlike cold and even some snow. But the general consensus is that Northland lakes lost their ice ...

SHAWANO COUNTY (WLUK) -- Getting out on a frozen lake and doing a little ice fishing is part of "How WI Live" in Wisconsin, and this weekend, those venturing out, are able to do it at no charge. It's ...