Ice Fishing in Wisconsin
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3/8/2013 1:35:00 PMFishing Guide Roger LaPenter from Anglers All (715)-682-5754, http://www.anglersallwisconsin.com reports: There is still plenty of ice fishing time left for the season. There are reports of many species of fish being caught right out on the bay in Ashland. Perch have been extremely plentiful and are a good size. Also, there are some nice size Brow...
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3/7/2013 9:25:00 AMDear Winnebago Sturgeon Enthusiasts, Our Oshkosh Fisheries Management crew has been busy since we wrapped up our sturgeon harvest assessment and we have completed our initial post season reports from the 2013 Winnebago System lake sturgeon spearing season held February 9-24. Attached are: my post-season synopsis; the successful spearer l...
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2/26/2013 11:25:00 AMCrappie fishing has slowed but the Gill action has been great. We have been finding gills close to structure in 10 to 20 feet of water. Waxies or Spikes on small jigs have worked well. Walleye action is fair with most fish coming in the low light hours on shiners. Northern action is still great, Large Goldens on Tip-Ups are catching most of the p...
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2/26/2013 10:05:00 AMI ran the last gasp of fuel from my ice fishing season, because like an ice-auger engine, that is what you do before you tuck it away for the season. My ice engine went out in a final roaring cloud of snow and ice. Monday night found me in Oshkosh, near the Lake Winnebago shores, with a truckload of jigs, poles, tip-ups, not to mention auger blade...
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2/25/2013 4:50:00 PMNortheast Wisconsin Sport Fishin’ Show Moves to Players Choice in Appleton APPLETON –OUTDOORLIFE recently ranked Appleton, Wisconsin #1 in their annual feature “Best Towns For Sportsmen.” Coincidently, Northeast Wisconsin Sport Fishin’ Show is moving to Players Choice of the Fox Cities, located in Appleton. The...
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2/25/2013 2:55:00 PMRecent snows have hampered travel on area lakes but if you can get out the fishing has been outstanding. The crappie bite remains the bet I have seen in years. We are catching not only numbers of fish but really nice big slab crappies as well. Most of the fish we are finding are suspended 2 to 6 feet off the bottom over 20 feet of wate...
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2/25/2013 2:40:00 PMThe 2013 sturgeon spear fishery on the Winnebago System is officially over, with very similar results to the 2012 fishery. A total of 12 fish (0 juvenile females, 7 adult females, and 5 males) were harvested from Lake Winnebago today. There were a total of 306 fish (30 juvenile females, 131 adult females, and 145 males) harvested from L...
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2/25/2013 2:25:00 PMThe 2013 sturgeon spearing season is really starting to wind down, only 3 more days left for spearers to pursue that fish of a lifetime! That is until next February when it all starts over again, but that is a long ways off. Harvest picked up slightly today, with a total of 14 fish (2 juvenile females, 6 adult females, and 6 mal...
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2/25/2013 10:30:00 AMMitch Filipiak with a nice catfish Dan with a nice crappie Another nice cat. Joel, Mark and Joe with some nice slabs Another happy group with some nice crappies Ryan with a couple of nice slab crappies Dan with a nice cat Chris with some nice slabs Fishing in...
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2/21/2013 8:40:00 AM**Please always use caution when going on frozen lakes. View the Wisconsin DNR Ice Fishing tips here. 2/20/13 Reported by Long Lake Bait & Tackle: Fishing has slowed a bit from the nice pace that we had a week ago. Still catching some nice Walleye after dusk on Large Shiners & Suckers in about 5'-15' off the weed beds. L...
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2/20/2013 12:05:00 PMEven with the snow and winds today, spearers were still able to get out on Lake Winnebago and harvest some fish. There were 12 fish harvested from Lake Winnebago today, 8 of which were registered at Jerry’s Bar in Oshkosh. Action in this area of the lake has really picked up over the last few days, and spearers are having success....
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2/20/2013 11:50:00 AMBy Professional Guide Kurt Justice With the exception of Saturday’s high pressure shut down, things have been picking up this past week out on the ice. Gamefish are lagging from our long early ice season, but even with these fish, a pickup of action has occurred. Perch: Good. Some of the best reports surprisingly are...
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2/18/2013 3:45:00 PMWith reports of improving water clarity and nice weather today, we saw an increase in spearing effort on day 7 of the 2013 sturgeon spear fishery. The increase in effort led to a harvest of 25 fish from Lake Winnebago, including 4 fish that topped the scales at 100 pounds or more. The largest fish of the day was an 80.3” 139.8 pou...
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2/18/2013 2:30:00 PMThe 2nd weekend of the 2013 sturgeon spearing season is officially in the books, and spearers were more successful in the last two days than on opening weekend, even with the reduced effort. Spear fishermen and fisherwomen harvested 39 fish today lake-wide, which ties the mark set on opening day. That brings the total this weekend to 76...
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2/18/2013 2:15:00 PMThe second Saturday of the 2013 sturgeon spear fishery was much like opening day. Water clarity conditions did improve over the last week and we saw a resurgence of sturgeon spearers take to the ice today, but the total harvest was still relatively low (37 sturgeon taken today). The largest fish today (73.7” and 112.5 pounds) was ...
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2/18/2013 11:55:00 AMPanfish have started to do the traditional February slowdown. It's been a tough bite for bigger fish but they are still possible to catch. Slow down and downsize a little. There are a lot of small crappie and gills being caught providing some fun action. Just remember that these are next year’s nice ones and most of them should be given a cha...
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2/15/2013 12:20:00 PMThis past week has been very good for all species of panfish. The crappies have been very aggressive. They are suspended in 10 to 16 feet of water about 2 to 4 feet off the bottom. Use your electronics to find them and then run plastics on tiny jigs like the Northland IMPULS mayfly and tapeworm in red and orange to pick up the aggressive feeders. ...
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2/14/2013 5:35:00 PMHappy Valentine’s Day to all of the sturgeon spearers and sturgeon enthusiasts out there! I know spearers would love to celebrate the harvest of a “big lady” sturgeon on Valentine’s Day, and that is just what Dale Jenkins did. Dale was thrilled to register his 74.6”, 119.0 pound female sturgeon at our Jim and Lin...
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2/14/2013 1:45:00 PMThe 5th day of the 2013 sturgeon spear fishery has come and gone with 15 fish being harvested from Lake Winnebago today. The number of fish harvested today is almost as many as Monday and Tuesday combined, and many spearers are reporting that water clarity is improving and they are able to see 2-4’ more than they were able to last weeke...
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2/13/2013 4:35:00 PMHalf the Upriver Lakes spearers harvested fish Editor's note: This release was updated at 4:35 p.m. to reflect spearing results available late this afternoon. OSHKOSH – By the time the Lake Winnebago system upriver lakes spearing season closed at 12:30 p.m. today, Feb. 12., 10 people had joined the “hundred-pounder club” by spea...
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2/13/2013 4:05:00 PMThe 4th day of the 2013 Sturgeon Spearing Season on the Winnebago System is in the books with a total harvest today of 7 sturgeon on Lake Winnebago and 26 fish from the Upriver Lakes. The North shore of Lake Winnebago continues to be quiet with no fish registered today at our Waverly Beach and Stockbridge Harbor locations. I was at Quin...
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2/11/2013 4:20:00 PMThe rain over the last 24-30 hours made for wetter conditions throughout Lake Winnebago and the Upriver Lakes, but spearers were still able to get out in search of the elusive, prehistoric sturgeon. Spearers harvested 21 fish from the Upriver Lakes and 9 fish from Lake Winnebago today, with the biggest fish (67.1”, 92.2 pounds) being ta...
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2/11/2013 2:40:00 PMThis was the condition of the ice on Winnebago as of Feb. 4, the Monday before opening of spearing. Note the open water along the west side. This is a result of the winds moving the ice in January.
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2/11/2013 2:25:00 PMWinnebago Sturgeon Spearing Report - Sunday February 10, 2013 The 2nd day of the 2013 sturgeon spear fishery was much like opening day, successful harvest on the Upriver Lakes and below average harvest on Lake Winnebago. There were 74 sturgeon harvested from the Upriver Lakes and 21 sturgeon harvested from Lake Winnebago today (attached docu...
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2/11/2013 2:10:00 PMOpening day a family fest of friendship - with big catches! The only thing more powerful than the 179-pound, 80-inch sturgeon wrestled out of Lake Winnebago by Sherwood’s Pete Vanderwielen on opening day of the 2013 Sturgeon Spearing Season was the undeniable bond among the families and their friends who filled the thousands of heated ice sh...