Among Wisconsin fish and wildlife in the 21st century, white-tailed deer and gray wolves arguably pose the greatest challenges for natural resources managers. The difficulties are less biological than ...

Lake Superior’s trout fishing season opens Thursday for Minnesotans and Wisconsinites. Anyone who wants to fish for trout there from Dec. 1, 2022, to Sept. 30, 2023 – or until the harvest cap is met – ...

After four intensive meetings this spring, including eye-opening updates on population models and total allowable catch estimates, I'd wager Wisconsinites now know more about Lake Michigan lake trout ...

For more than 100 years, the UW Center for Limnology’s Trout Lake Station has been researching lakes and streams, focusing mainly on Wisconsin and the Great Lakes region. Director of the station, ...

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 ...

An emergency rule governing the lake trout harvest in Lake Superior gained approval Wednesday from the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board. The rule calls for a daily bag limit of three lake trout in ...

State biologists say a lake trout caught this month is the oldest they’ve found in northern Wisconsin in recent history. The fish caught near the Apostle Islands of Lake Superior is at least 46 years ...

Trout Lake Station, a field station in the Northern Highlands Lake District, contains decades of data about lakes in Northern Wisconsin. This data revealed a hopeful trend in the population of ...

(WLUK) -- People in Northeast Wisconsin have a chance to learn about management of the area's fisheries at meetings scheduled for the first few months of 2025. The Wisconsin Department of Natural ...

With statewide temperatures projected to remain below freezing through the first week in March, the 2015 Wisconsin early trout season may be on the chilly side. The good news, state fisheries ...