Fly Fishing in Wisconsin
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9/30/2016 8:20:00 AMBy John Luthens Morning mist rose from the valley and swirled around my tent. I’d slept the honest sleep of the outdoors. If there were creatures in the night, they’d passed unaware. I chewed granola bars for breakfast, washing them down with more water than I cared to drink, filling my bottle from the bubbling stream below the trail b...
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8/3/2016 4:20:00 PMBy John Luthens I first discovered the lost pond after a fruitless, day-long, bush-whacking safari up a spring-fed trout stream that fed a bigger, Lake Superior river in the wilds of Douglas and Bayfield counties. I was fishless and unsteady on my feet when I stumbled out of the tributary brush and eyed the headwaters. The rise of brook tro...
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6/15/2016 11:50:00 AMMADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will convenethree public meetings in late June to discuss management strategies andopportunities for Lake Michigan in light of continued challenges facingsalmon populations and the alewives they feed on.The meetings will focus on a variety of potential management actions toensure continu...
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6/3/2016 1:10:00 PMWisconsin in the process of updating statewide outdoor recreational planMADISON - The public will have opportunities over the next several months to weigh in on how they recreate in Wisconsin's outdoors and what they feel should be priorities for receiving funding for recreational development and opportunities. - Read Full Article New online ...
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5/3/2016 2:30:00 PMAs always start with "What's New" and follow what's there. Enjoy.Keep a good thought!Jerrywww.jerrykiesowoc.com
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5/3/2016 2:20:00 PMBy John Luthens A not-so-common entry: An actual trout is added to the pages of the author’s trout journal. I’ve long kept a scribbled manifesto of my trout-fishing journey. From frozen, steelhead blizzards to humid summer evenings with rings of rising brook trout breaking the reflection of the setting sun; Every detail is written d...
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4/29/2016 4:10:00 PM
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4/12/2016 10:25:00 AMThe Root River Steelhead Facility webpage has been updated with the latest weir information along with the latest fishing information from the Root River. The Facility is closed for the season and stop logs on the dam will be removed once water levels drop. Please visit the page for this updated information. http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/fishing/lakem...
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3/25/2016 8:40:00 AMWisconsin Department of Natural Resources Outdoor Report summary for March 24, 2016 Complete DNR Outdoor Report (Reports from conservation wardens, wildlife and fisheries staff and property managers from around the state) Snow returns to central Wisconsin; Lake Michigan steelhead runs underway; 39 elk arrive from Kentucky With a short...
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3/24/2016 1:15:00 PMGood news for Wisconsin wildlife - winter severity index data shows a mild Wisconsin winter so far in 2015-16MADISON - With winter coming to a close in Wisconsin, 2015-16 winter severity index data shows it is shaping up to be considered a mild winter, overall. - Read Full Article Public comment period for preliminary antlerless harvest quota...
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3/22/2016 11:20:00 AMBy John Luthens It was the heart of the turbulent weather season of March, and I was stuck in the office for what was shaping up to be a stormy week. Monday dawned grey and chilly outside and endlessly monotonous inside. Tuesday started out the same. It wasn’t until late in the afternoon that the storm clouds of labor parted. Wednesda...
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1/29/2016 4:25:00 PMThe entire state with the exception of the far southeastern corner received snow this week, with the heaviest band of 6 to 8 inches through central Wisconsin. This allowed a few more counties through central Wisconsin to open snowmobile trails, with fair conditions, and conditions across the north are now good to excellent, on the Wisconsin ...
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1/26/2016 8:35:00 AMBy John Luthens I was forty feet above Sauk Creek, on the fringes of Port Washington, Wisconsin. It was shaping up to be a perfect, January stalk. The rocky banks were snow covered and the water swirled through ice flows below. The only tracks winding to the water below were made by deer and coyotes. I was working above a deep pool that I hoped mi...
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1/12/2016 10:45:00 AM~ Fishing guides Roger LaPenter and Luke Kavajecz from Anglers All, 715/682-5754, report the following: This report is about the Ashland side of Chequamegon Bay. Winter is here, folks! The Ashland area has received 3-4 more inches of fresh snow over the last couple of days with more on the way. And despite temperature...
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1/7/2016 11:45:00 AMJanuary 5, 2016 Expanded catch-and-release season, stream reclassifications greet trout anglers in the New YearMADISON -- Trout anglers have much to celebrate in 2016 as an expanded early trout season gets underway and ongoing habitat improvements are contributing to upgraded stream classifications. - Read Full Article Milwaukee Bucks team u...
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1/6/2016 8:45:00 AMBy John Luthens The sun broke the horizon to reveal a winter wonderland in southern Bayfield County. The landscape was blinding white and the jack pines and burr oaks were capped to the gills in snow. It was the first day of Wisconsin’s catch-and-release trout season and it was uncharted territory. If I’d calculated my history correctl...
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11/12/2015 7:45:00 PMSometimes even fly fishers have to use other tactics Occasionally, how and when we fly fish is negatively influenced by the weather. That means if a fly fisherman like myself really wants to fish, he has to revert to other methods. A prime example is this past August. I was at our cottage in northeastern Wisconsin. It was after supper and the win...
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11/10/2015 8:50:00 AMhttp://dnr.wi.gov/news/releases/article/?id=3769 MADISON, Wis. -- An expanded early trout season that opens Jan. 2 will give Wisconsin anglers one more reason to love winter. While ice fishing will still rule the day on most inland waters, rivers and streams with strong groundwater flows should be...
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10/19/2015 10:00:00 AMBy John Luthens It was time for me and Tom to go to confession in the cathedral of October. I needed to reflect on the wanton neglect of my civil duties that had festered like weeds from a trout fishing addiction. I needed to beg forgiveness for the awful state of my torn waders and fly lines, and I needed an exorcism to absolve the smell of a sum...
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9/25/2015 10:25:00 AMWisconsin Department of Natural Resources Outdoor Report summary for September 24, 2015 Complete DNR Outdoor Report (Reports from conservation wardens, wildlife and fisheries staff and property managers from around the state) Fall color reaching near 50 percent in parts of the north; fall color festivals this weekend Fall color is rea...
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9/15/2015 7:15:00 PMBy John Luthens It was a sleepy September morning in the quiet streets of Cumberland, Wisconsin. The sun had yet to crest the horizon over the farm fields and maple-lined valleys in Barron County, and the only beacon of activity came from the bean-canning plant on the outskirts of town, pouring a steady flow of Wisconsin’s finest harvest fro...
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9/5/2015 3:05:00 PMhttp://dnr.wi.gov/news/releases/article/?id=3707 SHEBOYGAN -- A significant reduction in phosphorus and decreased algae in the Sheboygan River have resulted in a proposal by the Wisconsin Department of Resources to remove one of the beneficial use impairments for the river. DNR is seeking public comments through Sept. 17&nbs...
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8/24/2015 9:05:00 PMBy John Luthens A ragged mist rolled in with the waves from Lake Superior. The summer sun had been in full control an hour earlier, and an hour’s drive away from the lake into Bayfield County. Now, there was a biting wind coming in from the north and the sand dunes were wearing across the scattered driftwood like sand paper. It didn’t...
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8/18/2015 6:25:00 PMGREEN BAY - Anglers, conservationists and landowners with stream-frontproperty are invited to an informational meeting from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday,Aug. 27, at the Wittenberg Community Center about opportunities availablethrough Wisconsin's Stream Bank Protection program<http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/fishing/streambank/> .The program - which...
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8/18/2015 6:20:00 PMBy John Luthens The sun watched as I hurried up through central Wisconsin. It was high August and the ripening corn waved gently in the last glow of summer. My face felt flushed and itchy. Goldenrod along the road side was slowly working up a head of steam. In sloping fields beyond the ditches, round bales of hay were stacked as far as the eye cou...