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Mississippi River at La Crosse, (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Fall colors are still pretty impressive in parts of southern and even central Wisconsin, but with the recent winds and several days of rain last week leaves are dropping rapidly. The rain has water levels on many river systems across the state remain high for early fall. With nicer weather this week, farmers are picking starting to catch up on the fall harvest, and lots of geese have been seen feeding in freshly picked corn fields. Musky have remained the highlight for anglers in the Northwoods, but with more stable weather in the last week walleye action also picked up a notch and a few more anglers were out trying to key in on the fall bite. High water was making fishing a little harder on the Wolf River but there walleyes were being caught there as well as on the Peshtigo, Fox and Wisconsin rivers. Walleye and sauger action was picking up on the Mississippi and St. Croix rivers and continued to be very good on Lake ...

Holding a 2013 hunting or fishing license in Wisconsin just got better! Having one of these licenses means you qualify for reduced-priced tickets to select ballgames at Miller Park in Milwaukee. Use the transaction number on your license to purchase terrace box seats for $17 or field outfield box seats for $26. In addition to reduced-priced tickets, purchasers will also receive a special blaze orange ball cap while supplies last. Learn more by going to dnr.wi.gov  and searching “ DNR Days ”. Come join the fun! Related articles Free Fishing Days First Weekend in June (kansas-outdoors.blogspot.com) Results of Michigan Elk Drawing Posted (family-outdoors.blogspot.com)

' (Photo credit: Wikipedia) MILWAUKEE – More information about a proposal from Lake Michigan state and tribal fisheries management agencies to reduce trout and salmon stocking starting in 2013 to better match  prey and predator numbers is available online  and the public has until Sept. 3, 2012, to comment on the proposed options. “This has been a lengthy but very worthwhile process involving a lot of stakeholders, and we need to finalize stocking reduction decisions in September so we can put them into action this fall,” said Brad Eggold, southern Lake Michigan fisheries supervisor for the Department of Natural Resources. Agencies collect salmon eggs starting in late September for fish that will be stocked in spring 2013. “We should collect only the number of eggs we’ll actually need this fall to make the most efficient use of our staff and funding,” Eggold said. Despite an exceptional coho harvest and good size-at-age among chinook salmon in 2011, lake-wide assessm...

 Map of Lake Michigan. Category:Michigan maps (Photo credit: Wikipedia) MILWAUKEE – Another round of public meetings is set for August 7 in Green Bay and for August 9 in Milwaukee to discuss the results from online surveys conducted in April on potential stocking reductions in Lake Michigan that scientists say are necessary to balance game fish with the available food source. In addition, tentative information concerning the details of the reductions will also be discussed. The meetings will both begin at 6:30 p.m. and be held: August 7, Green Bay – DNR Northeast Region Headquarters , 2984 Shawano Ave. August 9, Milwaukee –WATER Institute, 600 E. Greenfield Ave. "We want to go over the results from an online survey that anglers were asked to complete gauging their preferred option for salmon and trout reductions and discuss tentative details of how each state will implement those reductions slated to start in 2013." says Brad Eggold, the Department of Na...