Walleyes also play an important cultural role in the Midwest. Northern Wisconsin is known as the Ceded Territories, which include 913 walleye lakes, according to the Milwaukee Public Museum website.

It's along Pokegema Lake in the middle of the northern Wisconsin reservation. Mayo and a staff of five people plus about five student volunteers help raise millions of mostly walleye fish from eggs.

Gary Belille Jr., 33, a Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe tribal member, thought he’d be safe from harassment while spearfishing on his tribe’s reservation in northern Wisconsin. He, his cousin ...

The Badger State's latitude also brings a richness of fish species not found in most others. Cool-water fish such as ...

Rochester natives Jasper Padrnos and Lucas Fagan had a successful voyage to Lake Vermillion in northern Minnesota last May.

The inland lakes sport fishing season runs through March 31, 2026. According to the Department of Natural Resources, over the ...

Trout Lake Station, a field station in the Northern Highlands Lake District, contains decades of data about lakes in Northern Wisconsin. This data revealed a hopeful trend in the population of ...