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    Help and Tips for SWIMS

    To meet Department development standards, the SWIMS user interface has undergone a redesign. Along with meeting these development standards, the additional goals of this redesign are to update SWIMS with a modern look, create a standardize layout,…

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    Surface Water Integrated Monitoring System (SWIMS) Database

    Subscribe for updates about the SWIMS system   The Surface Water Integrated Monitoring System (SWIMS) is a DNR system that holds chemistry (water, sediment, fish tissue) data, physical data, biological (macroinvertebrate, aquatic invasives…

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    Sea lamprey and control efforts in Wisconsin

    The sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus, which is a descendant of the earliest known type of vertebrates, is a parasitic species of eel-like fish native to the Atlantic Ocean and the East Coast of North America. Because of their eel-like shape, lamprey…

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    Fishing calendar for Lake Superior

    This fact sheet on when is the best time to fish in Wisconsin for what species of fish and where is the best place to find them. Also, the typical fishing method you can use should help increase your chances of catching the fish.

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    Lake Superior fish identification tips

    Identifying fish can seem easy at times but many times can be a challenge. It is not any different for Lake Superior anglers who can be confused when trying to determine whether the fish they have caught is a lake trout, splake or a "coaster" brook…

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    Lake Superior coaster brook trout

    Is the coaster brook trout a unique strain long lost from Wisconsin's Lake Superior shoreline...

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    Fishing the Brule River

      A gem of a fishing opportunity awaits Recreational fishing is argua

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    Brule River fishery facts

    The Bois Brule River is one of Wisconsin's best-known trout streams. At the time of European settlement (1850s) the Brule was already regarded as one of the finest brook trout fishing streams in the state. Wisconsin's settlement push reached the…

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    Lake Superior Outdoor Fishing Report – June 12, 2024

    Apostle Islands  Water surface temperatures generally range from the low to mid-50s. Nearshore trolling has been very good for trout and salmon. Catches have mainly consisted of a combination of brown trout (16-24”), splake (15-20”), lake…

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    Lake Superior

    Fishing Lake Superior Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world. It's so large that it could hold the water from the other Great Lakes and three more Lake Eries! That's a lot of water. And with all that water - comes good fishing.…

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