Lake Superior Outdoor Fishing Report – March 27, 2025
Fishing Wisconsin
Chequamegon Bay/Apostle Islands
The ice fishing season has ended in the Chequamegon Bay region as ice has melted and there is no longer access.
The open-water trolling season has started. The only available access that anglers have had to launch boats has been Saxon Harbor. Please be advised that the Saxon Harbor and boat ramp may become packed with lake ice depending on wind direction.
Lake Superior Tributary Streams Extended Season
The standard trout season for all streams flowing into Lake Superior from their mouths upstream to the first impassible permanent barrier is the first Saturday in May at 5 a.m. to the last Sunday in September.
However, many streams with fish runs from Lake Superior have an extended season, from the last Saturday in March to Nov. 15. One example is the Brule River, downstream of Highway 2. Trout season on this stretch of the Brule opens on the last Saturday in March and closes on Nov. 15.
For more information on the dates of and the Lake Superior tributary streams that fall under this extended trout season, please see the county and statewide table in Chapter NR 20.20, Fishing: Inland waters; Outlying waters of the Wisconsin Administrative Code on the Revisor of Statutes Bureau Web site or the current Wisconsin Trout Fishing Regulations and Guide. You may download a copy of the trout regulations from our webpage.
REMINDER – Anglers must carry a paper copy of their license/stamps while fishing on Lake Michigan, Lake Superior and the Wisconsin/Michigan, Wisconsin/Minnesota and Wisconsin/Iowa boundary waters.