Wisconsin trout
A Perfect Day in the Driftless
I was in no hurry to get on a trout stream in the early morning last Sunday. I was crossing foggy streams in the morning instead of arriving on one, but I was hoping for a good caddis hatch. My experience has been the fishing doesn’t start to get good until you feel the warm sun on … Continue reading
Summer is Here
Been too long since the last post, but a lot has happened so I’ll do my best to catch up. Last update was in April when the caddis started hatching and they did so for several weeks. Surface and sub-surface caddis patterns provided some of the best hatch fishing of the year. Fish come out … Continue reading
Driftless Caddis 4/17/2016
Sometimes you head to your favorite trout stream looking for a particular hatch and all the conditions seem right, and for some random reason of cruel fate, it never materializes. This was not that day. Everywhere you found rocks and riffles, you found Caddis popping and trout rising. The heads of pools was where the action … Continue reading
Spring has Sprung
With this nice spring weather we’ve had here fishing opportunities are opening up everywhere for a variety of species in the midwest. Wisconsin’s early trout season has been open since January, steelhead tributaries in southern Wisconsin have been free of ice and should be providing some of the best lake-run trout fishing of the year, … Continue reading
It Must Be Paradise
In Eagle, WI there is a spring fed pond or two which are open to fishing for trout starting in January. The 10 day forecast was looking pretty grim so Anthony and I decided to drive through rain and snow knowing it would be the last day we could wet a line for the foreseeable future. I rigged up … Continue reading
Lake-Run Brown Trout 9/18
For at least the last week or two Great Lakes trout and salmon have been making their move up the tributaries. I visited my favorite local trib today and was pleased to connect with a beautiful brown around 24”. I did not see a ton of salmon moving, but they did make their presence known. Things will only improve for the … Continue reading