Fisheries news for southeast Wisconsin

WDNR set salmon stocking quotas

WDNR outdoor report

Potential changes to fishing regulations in Wisconsin

DNR offering discounts on fishing licenses

Stocking cutbacks worry local fishing businesses

Fishing tournaments part of the budget debate in Oconto

Sheboygan River restoration project almost done after 25 years

Lake mixer being used to rid Crystal Lake of rainbow smelt

National
FDA concludes genetically modified salmon won't hurt environment

Wildlife-related recreation up 3 percent

Company fined $30,000 for possessing live Asian Carp

International
Japanese whaling fleet initiates hunt

Australian will not intervene in Japanese whaling tumult

Sea Shepherd captain on the run from the law

Fisheries news for southeast Wisconsin

WDNR formulating plan for salmon stocking reduction

Comments on Lake Michigan stocking accepted until December 17th

New watchlist identifies 53 potential Great Lakes invaders

Study finds spawning salmon carry pollutants up Lake Michigan tributaries

Judge rules against Great Lakes states in Asian carp lawsuit

National
Bill introduced to protect fishing industry from unfair trade practices

Genetically-modified salmon on the way if company survives FDA approval process

International
Fish bladder could get half a million dollars at auction

Fisheries Events

Meetings

December 10- Presentation on early ice fishing on local lakes by Jerry Opicka at the Wisconsin Fishing Club meetings at Grainger’s Sports Pub & Grill in Greenfield at 7:30 p.m. www.wisconsinfishingclub.com

December 12- Presentation on long lining for walleyes on Lake Geneva at the Walleyes Unlimited meeting at Root River Lakes in Franklin at 7 p.m. ($5 for non-members). www.walleyesunlimitedusa.org

Fisheries news for southeast Wisconsin

Public meeting on stocking reductions set for December 1st

Mudpuppy die-off coincides with super storm Sandy

Journal Sentinel weekly fishing report

National
Fiscal cliff would hurt Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

International
Demand from Sweden drives Lake Superior cisco fishery

Fisheries events

Meetings

November 20- Presentation on how to pattern muskies in late fall by Dennis Radloff at the Okauchee Fishing Club meeting at the Knights of Columbus Hall in West Allis at 7 p.m. ($5 for non-members). www.ofcfish.com

November 20- Meeting of the Sheboygan Area Great Lakes Sport Fishermen to discuss summer fishing events and contests at the Outboard Club at 7 p.m. www.sheboyganfishingclub.com

Fisheries news for southeast Wisconsin

Muskellunge Club of Wisconsin works with WDNR to stock Okauchee Lake

Brook trout bag limit increase proposed for U.P.

Discount offered to first-time license buyers

Some Great Lakes contaminants declining, others increasing

Journal Sentinel weekly fishing report

WDNR weekly fishing report

National
Lake Ontario to be stocked with bloaters

International
Large proportion of salmon deaths in North Atlantic linked to sea lice

Fisheries events

Fishing

November 17- Southeast Wisconsin Trout Unlimited Fall Fishing Outing on the Milwaukee River at Kletzsch Park in Glendale at 9:00 am.  www.sewtu.org

Meetings

November 12- Presentation on trolling by Jack Walker at the Wisconsin Fishing Club meeting at Grainger’s Southern Grill in Greenfield at 7 p.m. ($5 for non-members).  www.wisconsinfishingclub.com

November 13- Presentation on row trolling by Craig Niermann at the Milwaukee chapter of Muskies Inc. meeting at the Waukesha Elks Club in Waukesha at 7:30 p.m. www.milwaukeemuskiesinc.com

November 13- Presentation by Russell Cuhel of UWM and the Great Lakes Water Institute, at the Milwaukee chapter of Great Lakes Sport Fishermen meeting at the American Legion Post in Greendale at 7 p.m.  www.glsfclub.com

November 14- Presentation on musky fishing on the Winnebago system by Eric Larson at the Muskellunge Club of Wisconsin meeting at Thunder Bay Grill in Pewaukee at 7:30 p.m. www.muskellungeclubwi.org

November 14- Presentation on ice fishing by Warren Scaman and Jim Kopio at the Walleyes Unlimited meeting at Root River Lanes in Franklin at 7 p.m. ($5 for non-members). www.walleyesunlimitedusa.org