Seeking your feedback on expanding trout seasons and online chat set for March 13
Moving the start of the early trout season to January 1 and expanding the early season to all inland waters to provide more fishing opportunities are among the options you can weigh in on during the 2014 Spring Fish and Wildlife Hearings held April 14 at sites in all Wisconsin counties.
The six advisory questions on trout topics, Spring hearings questionnaire questions 22-27 [PDF], are the latest step in a comprehensive review of trout fishing in Wisconsin launched in 2011. The questions are designed to help gauge support for possible season changes, one of many components under consideration as the Department of Natural Resources develops a rule package aimed at improving anglers' trout fishing experiences without jeopardizing the quality of the fishery.
March 13 online chat set on early trout options
Anglers and others with question about the trout advisory questions or the surveys are invited to join DNR for an online chat at noon March 13. People who can't join at that time can read the transcript later at their convenience.
To participate, visit dnr.wi.gov, and look for the box on the right to enter the chat, or search the phrase "ask the experts." Or join the conversation on the DNR Facebook page, www.facebook.com/WIDNR, by clicking the "Cover it Live Chat" box on the top of the page. The transcript will be available after the chat at that same link.
If you can’t join during the chat, review the transcript at your leisure at the same links.