The DNR will hold a Feb. 13 hearing on a proposal to establish a commercial fishery for lake trout on Lake Michigan.

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s free winter fishing weekend is set to run on Saturday and Sunday. Anglers can fish without a fishing license or either a trout or salmon stamp over the two days.

GREEN BAY (WLUK) -- It is officially free fishing weekend in Wisconsin. Wet a line without a fishing license, trout stamp, or salmon stamp January 18th and 19th in most waters, thanks to the ...

A tailwater is a section of river located downstream of a dam. Because dams control the flow of water, they create consistent conditions for the trout that live below. This stability in temperature ...

From north of Houghton Point and into the Bayfield areas, we are seeing more hazardous ice. Thickness varies, but for the ...

Children and families from around the Coulee Region flocked to the Genoa National Fish Hatchery Saturday morning for the ...

Jan. 18 and 19 is the annual Free Fishing Weekend in Wisconsin, with most waters open to fishing without a license, trout or salmon stamp. On Lake Menomin in Menomonie, people are gathering for ...

Each year about 500,000 anglers flock to the water on the opening day of the fishing season for walleye, northern pike, bass and trout in lakes. Despite all the opener fanfare, fishing already is ...

Only sport fishing has been allowed for lake trout in the Wisconsin waters of Lake Michigan since the 1950s when lake trout populations crashed, mostly due to parasitism by invasive sea lampreys.