Fisheries events

Regulations

March 1- Ice fishing shelters must be removed from Wisconsin-Minnesota boundary waters.

March 1- Lake trout season opens on Lake Michigan, Green Bay & Lake Michigan tributaries through Oct. 31.

March 2- Early catch-and-release only trout season opens statewide, with exception of spring ponds and Great Lakes tributaries; artificial bait only, but barbless hooks no longer required. Season runs to midnight April 28.

March 3- The fishing season for all game species closes on inland waters that do not remain open all year. Check the current fishing regulations for waters that remain open to fishing.

March 3- The game fish season closes on tributary streams and ditches of Green Bay and the Fox River up to the first dam or lake (except yellow perch is open until March 15). There is an exception to this closure for portions of 9 major Green Bay Tributaries. Check the current fishing regulations for waters that remain open to fishing.

March 3- Ice fishing shelters must be removed from inland waters south of Highway 64 by the first Sunday following March 1.

Meetings

February 25- Wisconsin Fishing Club meeting at Graingers Southern Grill in Greenfield at 7:00 p.m. http://wisconsinfishingclub.com/

February 26- Presentation on the WDNR wild trout program by retired WDNR fisheries biologist Dave Vetrano at the Southeast Wisconsin Trout Unlimited meeting at the Charcoal Grill in New Berlin at 7:00 p.m.  http://www.sewtu.org/

February 26- Presentation on catching musky in southern Wisconsin at the Milwaukee chapter of Muskies Inc. meeting at the Waukesha Elks Lodge at 7:30 p.m. http://www.milwaukeemuskiesinc.com/

March 2-3- Lake Michigan Fishing Seminars and Tackle Show at Jalensky's in Kenosha.  http://www.jalenskys.com/