weekend steelhead forecast

Flows are falling in a major way on every river in southeast Wisconsin. Many of the smaller rivers that have been producing in a big way over the last few weeks are just starting to experience low flows. Light rain is in the forecast for Friday with heavier rain coming through on Sunday. I’m not a meteorologist but am excited to see what impact the rain will have on our rivers. BOB with a lake...

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vernon county wisconsin trout fishing

vernon county wisconsin trout stream  Damien made it out to Vernon County last week to do some trout fishing. Had a good day catching plenty of numbers of fish. We have plans to head out there together a couple weeks from now. We might be trying some new water to see if we can hook into any bruisers. I can hardly wait! vernon county wisconsin brook trout vernon county...

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my first steelhead this spring

Even though the Root River is still flowing high and wide, conditions this weekend were ideal for fishing the smaller rivers in the area. The last batch of rain did the river systems well by bringing in a fair amount of fresh chromers. Even though pressure was extremely heavy on these smaller rivers this weekend, all anglers still had a chance of hooking up with at least one good fish. Orange seems...

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de pere wisconsin fox river catfish

Some friends headed north to the Green Bay area in search of some walleyes. Even though the water was high and muddy they were able to still catch a handfull of keeper walleye, but they sent me this photo instead. fox river catfish Nice catfish B...

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mid week and weekend tributary outlook

Things are starting to heat up in the rivers. River levels are starting to fall and clarity is improving system wide. Fish are in there just a bit hard to locate given the water conditions. Spawn and egg patterns have been producing fish here and there. There are reports of some fish up on gravel but from what I saw the pools and deep bends still seem like a better bet. My weekend forecast...

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oak and pike river report

Me and Neal tried our hands at some of the smaller rivers this weekend. The pike was running fast and cloudy at 150 CFS and the river was high. The oak was much calmer and clearer at about an even 100 CFS. Neal went 0 - 1 on fish and almost brought his fish to hand. Fish took an egg pattern and the color was orange. Its too bad I work weekdays because these rivers could be popping mid week here. That...

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another cool website

Four Season Angling Club is a very cool site written by a group of anglers across the globe. Its fly fishing oriented but not limited. One of the main contributors "Gone Fishing" is very local to the Chicago-land area and some of the other writers come from as far away as Korea.  four seasons angling club I'm finding myself captivated by past posts and anxiously looking ahead to future ones....

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spring e-magazine from fishing headquarters

Another great e-magazine from fishing headquarters, be sure to check out my article on spring steelhead success starting on page 46! Open publication - Free publishing - More strip...

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