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Wisconsin fishing

News-desk briefs whose primary water is Wisconsin.

US Fishing WINews deskSeptember 29, 2026
Onalaska’s Cade Laufenberg wins Mississippi River BFL finale with 34-4
Cade Laufenberg of Onalaska won the Phoenix BFL Great Lakes Division finale on the Mississippi River at Prairie du Chien with 10 bass for 34 pounds, 4 ounces and $5,580. Co-angler Shaun Hansen weighed 17-6.
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Laws & Licensing WINews deskSeptember 24, 2026
Wisconsin can now set special walleye bag and size limits faster
The Natural Resources Board adopted a final rule Wednesday so the DNR can put a one-fish walleye bag, an 18-inch minimum, and a 22–28 inch protected slot on lakes where juvenile counts have collapsed, without a two-year rulemaking wait.
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US Fishing WINews deskSeptember 24, 2026
Wisconsin hook-and-line lake sturgeon season runs through Sept. 30
Anglers still have through Sept. 30 for Wisconsin’s inland hook-and-line lake sturgeon season — one fish 60 inches or longer with a validated tag and registration.
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US Fishing WINews deskSeptember 14, 2026
Anglers fund a Lake Superior brown-trout rescue: 120,000 fish to St. Croix Falls
Dean Bortz in Outdoor News (Sept. 11): after DNR budget cuts threatened to dump Bayfield’s spring-hatched browns as 2–3 inch fingerlings in October, Friends of Wisconsin Fisheries paid to overwinter more than 120,000 Lake Superior browns at St. Croix Falls.
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US Fishing WINews deskSeptember 11, 2026
Wisconsin shore anglers told to stock skein as Lake Michigan kings near the piers
A Sept. 9 Press Times column says spawn-minded Chinook will hit Green Bay and Lake Michigan tributaries in the coming weeks — and shore casters should be curing fresh skein now from Algoma, Kewaunee, Marinette, and Sturgeon Bay cleaning stations.
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