Wisconsin fishing licenses for 2024-2025 expired on Monday, March 31. A 2025-2026 license is now required to fish inland waters, the DNR said. Wisconsin's 2025-2026 general inland fishing season opens ...

Responding to a lawsuit filed on behalf of a local sportsman, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has agreed to strike a law that bars fishermen from carrying firearms while on the water, ...

MADISON (WKOW) — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources wants to remind anglers that anyone over 16 needs a license. After a cold spring, temperatures are starting to warm which means more and ...

The 2025-2026 general inland fishing season in Wisconsin opens statewide on Saturday, May 3. Anglers aged 16 or older need a fishing license, available online, at sales locations, or DNR centers.

MADISON (WLUK) -- Hunters and anglers who make their way to Wisconsin will soon be facing a larger fee for their licenses. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says nonresident hunting and ...

DULUTH — It’s happened several times before, including as recently as 2018, as Mother Nature offers up a frigid spring and the ice lingers on many northern Wisconsin lakes into May. This year it will ...

Scott Mackenthun Special to The Free Press Sep 28, 2025 Sep 28, 2025 This week’s blessing of summerlike weather was well received at the 69th annual Association of Great Lakes Outdoor Writers ...

Fishing has been practiced by humans for at least 40,000 years, according to studies of our early diets and archeological remains of ancient campsites. If history is any guide, it will be with us for ...