Some Wisconsin lakes and rivers are managed with special regulations, which, in many cases, provide quality fishing opportunities. Special regulations for musky, bass, walleye, northern pike are those that differ from the general statewide…
The word "clam" is a general legal definition used in Wisconsin's clamming law that refers to freshwater mussels. This Web page is a summary of Wisconsin's clamming statutes and administrative rules. Refer to Section 29.537, Wis. Stat., and…
Daily bag limit The daily bag limit is the maximum number of fish that an angler may reduce to his/her possession from a specified waterbody or a portion of a waterbody in one day. Total daily bag limit The total daily bag limit is the maximum…
Live release record fishHook and line (by weight) record fish
The state record brown trout caught July 16, 2010 from Lake Michigan-->
The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) fisheries biologists track fish for research purposes. There are various ways DNR marks fish which are part of these research studies: