Recent Volunteer Reports
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Oconto River |
| Date |
May 03, 2012 |
| Time |
afternoon |
| County |
Oconto |
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| Weather |
rainy early |
| Water |
high, dirty |
| Hatches |
mosquito |
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Got out in the late afternoon and saw a lot of activity. After a while we realized it was all sturgeon everywhere, had one 30+ inch pike on a bardo minnow, other than that nothing. Smallmouth still have not moved in heavy.
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Austin Dollinger |
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Kinnickinnic River |
| Date |
April 29, 2012 |
| Time |
1pm-5pm |
| County |
Pierce |
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| Weather |
60 and cloudy |
| Water |
clear |
| Hatches |
midges |
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Caught 25 on emerger patterns, only one was a brook trout. Most were 8 to 12 inches.
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steve |
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Rush River |
| Date |
April 12, 2012 |
| Time |
13:00 to 17:30 |
| County |
Pierce |
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| Weather |
Warm and sunny |
| Water |
cold and clear |
| Hatches |
#16 caddis |
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When I arrived there where rise forms all up and down the river. A #18 CDC caddis the brown delta wings was by far the most effective. A lull in the mid-afternoon and then picked up again after 4.
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Patrick |
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Prairie River |
| Date |
April 02, 2012 |
| Time |
2 till 6 |
| County |
Lincoln |
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| Weather |
Sunny turning cloudy, windy |
| Water |
perfect, clear and 52 degrees |
| Hatches |
TAENIOPTERYX n. spinner fall |
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Specific Location: Middle River
What a perfect day...for April 2nd. River is running about 180 CFS at around 52 degrees and very clear. Constant spinner fall of black stones, Taenioperyx n. and dry flies (#14 black bodied stimulator and #14 flying black ant) were in order.
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Patrick |
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other |
| Date |
March 20, 2012 |
| Time |
6:50PM |
| County |
Columbia |
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| Weather |
umm- like summer |
| Water |
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| Hatches |
little white guys |
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Specific Location: Spring Creek in Lodi
Not much happening on nymphs from 6 o'clock on. Switched to a small Adams around 6:45 and got 3 strikes and my first rainbow of the year, a bright 11 incher. Have been trying a variety of patterns for the 20+ inchers, such as leaches, crawfish, frogs, anything big and ugly...wondering if anyone has had any success pulling anything bigger than 11 inches out of Spring Creek north of the "Lodi Fart" (water treatment plant). Last - would love to organize a group to tie flies &/or provide classes in Lodi!
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Dan Manak |
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Big Green |
| Date |
March 20, 2012 |
| Time |
13:00 to 16:00 |
| County |
Grant |
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| Weather |
Sunny and 65, light breeze |
| Water |
Perfect |
| Hatches |
BWO & very small caddis |
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Specific Location: hmmmm
Grass hoppers up stream and wets down...didn't seem to matter. Hopper patterns with legs most productive up stream. copper John's down.
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Patrick |
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Brois Brule River |
| Date |
August 20, 2011 |
| Time |
1-6 pm |
| County |
Douglas |
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| Weather |
partly cloudy |
| Water |
clear a little high |
| Hatches |
midges tricos? |
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I floated the brule from stones bridge to winneboujou. Caught 3-4 brookies on a parachute adams all of them pretty small. I couldn't manage to catch any browns or any of the larger fish. Any tips for the bigger trout? Suggestions of stretch of river? Thanks
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Max |
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Kinnickinnic River |
| Date |
August 15, 2011 |
| Time |
7:45 |
| County |
Pierce |
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| Weather |
sunny |
| Water |
normal |
| Hatches |
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Caught several trout, and upon comming to a new hole that I had not known about I spotted what looked like a 20-30 lb trout swimming away I of course watched from a bluff 10-13 feet above the water. My god it was so breath taking it looked like the size of the king salmon you see caught in Alaska. Oh and I used the beadhead hott pink squirl sold at lunds hardware for $2.00.
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Kenny |
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Elk River |
| Date |
August 07, 2011 |
| Time |
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| County |
Dunn |
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| Weather |
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| Water |
clear |
| Hatches |
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Specific Location: Trout Unlimited section
went fly fishing for my first time yesterday and had a blasdt, caught 5 brooke trouts with one being a 10 incher, very very pretty stream and I am now hooked, I will be trying the chippewa county section of it tomorrow
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Danny |
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Flume Creek |
| Date |
August 07, 2011 |
| Time |
evening |
| County |
Waupaca |
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| Weather |
warm |
| Water |
hot |
| Hatches |
none |
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Specific Location: west of 49 in northland
i fished along the new dnr restored creek only to find a beautiful setting .tried streemers and deer hair . only two small brookies rised to my flys .didnt see any rises. i thought the weather was most likely the problem. standing aloan i looked up to see a otter working the bank now im sure what had happened . they seem to be part of trout fishing i will try another of the beautiful flume creek again. thanks for reading! awsome creek !!!!!
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Brett peterson |
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Kinnickinnic River |
| Date |
August 04, 2011 |
| Time |
9:00 pm |
| County |
Pierce |
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| Weather |
beautiful |
| Water |
didnt check temp but river was perfect |
| Hatches |
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Specific Location: South Fork
Caught about 15 brookies today on the South Fork 3 of which I kept were 9, 10, and 11 inches this by far was the best day of trout fishing I have ever experienced
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Kenny |
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Prairie River |
| Date |
July 13, 2011 |
| Time |
6pm-10pm |
| County |
Lincoln |
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| Weather |
Cloudy |
| Water |
Normal levels |
| Hatches |
Light Cahills, P.E.D., Various Caddis |
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Slow, steady Light Cahill hatch and spinnerfall all evening. Tan and gray caddis egg laying in fast water. Fish active.
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Anonymous |
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Onion River |
| Date |
June 18, 2011 |
| Time |
7-11am |
| County |
Sheboygan |
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| Weather |
Cloudy |
| Water |
high, off color |
| Hatches |
a few mayflies |
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I fished the Onion on Saturday morning for about 4 hours. I started with a couple of nymphs: #10 Green Weenie and #14 BH Pheasant Tail. I caught about 15 trout in total. A couple of rainbows and the rest were browns. The biggest was probably 13-14". About 1/3 took the Green Weenie and reast came on the Pheasant Tail. Just before quitting I put on a dry fly and managed one small brown on a #14 Asusable Wulff. I saw a few mayflies hatching, but not very many and nothing much was rising.
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Tom Ramsey |
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Brois Brule River |
| Date |
June 11, 2011 |
| Time |
1600 to 2030 |
| County |
Douglas |
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| Weather |
perfect! |
| Water |
perfect! |
| Hatches |
Sulphurs, grey drakes, Brown Drakes and olive stones |
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Specific Location: Upper River
What a great two days on the water. Did a DNR bird survey both mornings and fished the B. Brule in the afternoon and evening. Yellow Invicta wet fly, troth bullhead were working well along with a #12 olive stimulator.
Water conditions are perfect for wading but a touch low for paddling.
Brooks, browns and rainbows..
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Patrick |
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Onion River |
| Date |
June 04, 2011 |
| Time |
7-11am |
| County |
Sheboygan |
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| Weather |
Sunny |
| Water |
high and off color |
| Hatches |
Hendricksons |
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The river waa high and off color when I arrived. I wasn't optimistic, but rigged up and gave it a shot anyway. There were a few fish rising in the first pool so I tied on a dry fly. In next few minutes I caught trout on a #14 Patriot and missed a couple of other strikes. I continued working upstream with the dry, but didn't have much luck for next half hour or so. Then I rounded a bend and saw another angler. I guess I hsd been fishing behind him and that was the reason I had not had any action after the fist pool.
After chatting with the other angler for a few minutes I switched over to a couple of nymphs with an indicator. In the next 2-3 hours I proceeded to catch about a dozen trout including a couple that were in the 14-15" range. Beadhead Hare' Ears and Beachead Pheasant Tails were the ticket. I ended up catching 3 Rainbows and the rest were Browns. All in all a good morning of fishing.
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Tom Ramsey |
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Prairie River |
| Date |
June 02, 2011 |
| Time |
1700 to 2100 |
| County |
Lincoln |
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| Weather |
overcast and 70 light breeze |
| Water |
120 CFS and clear fakking |
| Hatches |
Variety Pack |
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Specific Location: Middle River
Considering all of bugs present, not a whole lot going on. Grey Drakes, March Browns, caddis of several sizes and a couple stones.
Unusually late for the Grey Drakes, but then again everything seems to be about 2 weeks late. Will be interesting to see when the Brown Drakes come off.
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Patrick |
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Prairie River |
| Date |
May 31, 2011 |
| Time |
1800 to 2030 |
| County |
Lincoln |
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| Weather |
Clear but very windy |
| Water |
surface dirty due to wind |
| Hatches |
several caddis, a couple of med. stones |
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Specific Location: Middle River
Very windy...buddy took a #16 Sulphur dun in the left eye...thanks for contacts. Nothing happening at all...dead!
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Patrick |
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Rib River |
| Date |
May 30, 2011 |
| Time |
12pm to 4:30 pm |
| County |
Taylor |
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| Weather |
windy and humid |
| Water |
slightly high |
| Hatches |
hendrickson |
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i fished the wood creek down to the rib river. i than fished upstream on the rib where the wood merges with the rib river. i cauhgt a lot of brookies mainly i the 8 to 11 inch size. i was using a hornburg downstream and a fox varient upstream. i had lots of fun long live the rib river and wood creek two of the finest trout fisheries in wisconsin.
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jim hall |
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| Date |
May 28, 2011 |
| Time |
Afternoon |
| County |
Waushara |
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| Weather |
Sunny |
| Water |
Crystal Clear |
| Hatches |
a few Hendricksons |
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Specific Location: West Branch
I fished several streams in the area on this day. My last stop for the afternoon was the West Branch. I was surprised at how crystal clear it was even with all the rain this Spring. In about 2 hours I caught about 10 trout, all browns. The two biggest were in the 10-12" range. There were a few mayflies in the air and some sporadic rises, but not much of a hatch. All the fish took a #14 Ausable Wulff dry fly.
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Tom Ramsey |
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Prairie River |
| Date |
May 23, 2011 |
| Time |
10am-6pm |
| County |
Lincoln |
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| Weather |
Variable Sun to Heavy Showers |
| Water |
High and slightly discolored |
| Hatches |
Hendrickons, Black Caddis, Tan Caddis |
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Water temp 59° at 10 am, 62° at 3pm. Very sparse hatch of Hendricksons from 2pm til 6pm. Small Black caddis and larger tan wing/yellow bodied caddis all day but not heavy.
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Anonymous |
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Prairie River |
| Date |
May 20, 2011 |
| Time |
Noon - 3:15pm |
| County |
Lincoln |
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| Weather |
Mostly sunny and 75 |
| Water |
Perfect |
| Hatches |
Grey caddis an Hendricksons |
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Specific Location: somewhere above Dudley
An absolute glorious day to be on water. The little brookies cooperated to make this a day to remember, a #18 grey elk hair caddis took a few initially, then about 1pm-3pm the Hendricksons appeared and they eagerly rose to a #16 grey-bodied Sparkle Dun.
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Greg Baehman |
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Mount Vernon Trout Creek |
| Date |
May 19, 2011 |
| Time |
7:00 PM |
| County |
Dane |
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| Weather |
cloudy |
| Water |
tea stained |
| Hatches |
Hendericksons?, Crane Flies |
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Specific Location: Above Mt. Vernon
Water tea stained but still below 55 Degrees. Some Hendericksons were coming off, Crane Flies all over. Stream starting to weed up so Nymphing is about over. Fish were active on top
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Grizzly |
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East Branch Eau Claire |
| Date |
May 18, 2011 |
| Time |
12 noon - 2pm |
| County |
Langlade |
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| Weather |
Overcast |
| Water |
Normal and clear |
| Hatches |
Very sporadic caddis |
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Only a very sporadic hatch of a grey caddis were coming off. I was hoping to see some Hendrickson activity going on, but it was not happening during my time on the water. A few small brookies were brought to hand via a #16 grey-bodied elk-hair caddis skittered across the surface.
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Greg Baehman |
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Prairie River |
| Date |
May 18, 2011 |
| Time |
16:00 to 19:30 |
| County |
Lincoln |
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| Weather |
Cloudy 65 lt. wind |
| Water |
136 cfs 55 degrees clear |
| Hatches |
panzer cranes |
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Specific Location: Middle river
When the winds from the east ya, ya, ya,.....
A few Panzer Cranes in air (adult-size 14, pewter grey, when flying rear legs dangle & look like 2 tails on a may fly). Larva stage not id but emergence prolific enough that a San Juan type pattern should be effective.
No other activity present
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Patrick |
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Rib River |
| Date |
May 18, 2011 |
| Time |
4 to 8pm |
| County |
Taylor |
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| Weather |
clear and breezy |
| Water |
just right |
| Hatches |
lt hendickson, small blac stonefly |
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fished down stream with a cream varient and did well. caught numerous brookies in the 8 to 10 inch size. i did this all the way to the junction of the rib and the ?
fished down stream with a size 12 hornburg and caught a mess of brookies on that till dark. great afternoon fishin
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jim hall |
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Prairie River |
| Date |
May 16, 2011 |
| Time |
1pm - 3:30pm |
| County |
Lincoln |
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| Weather |
Clear, breezy and low 60's |
| Water |
A little high |
| Hatches |
Hendricksons and sparse caddis |
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Specific Location: somewhere above Dudley
Despite it being breezy and the water a little high it was a great day to be on the water. When I arrived to the stream there was no surface activity, but I tied on a #16 deer-hair caddis anyway and it produced a few brookies within the 15 minutes of fishing. The Hendricksons began appearing about 1:30 and brought the brookies to the surface for an hour and a half. A #14 grey-bodied Comparadun did the trick.
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Greg Baehman |
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Prairie River |
| Date |
May 15, 2011 |
| Time |
15:00 |
| County |
Lincoln |
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| Weather |
sunny but windy |
| Water |
clear running @ 175cfs |
| Hatches |
nothing except 1 small stone |
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Specific Location: Lower river
The march to the river took 45 minutes because of all the down trees due to last months tornado. Like a war zone.
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Patrick |
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Onion River |
| Date |
May 07, 2011 |
| Time |
2-7 |
| County |
Sheboygan |
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| Weather |
clear, slight breeze, low 50's |
| Water |
clear, normal level, slightly cold |
| Hatches |
midges and a few hendricksons |
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Openning day on the onion was splendid! agreeable weather in the low to mid fifties. The warmer air temps (finally!) got some bugs moving: tons of midges in the air, mostly greyish in color, and a VERY sparse Hendrickson hatch. water temps seemed a bit cool, but with the spring we've had thats no surprise. Stream level was solid, not too high not too low, and the water was clear. Great day!
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CGPH |
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Prairie River |
| Date |
May 06, 2011 |
| Time |
6pm-10pm |
| County |
Lincoln |
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| Weather |
Clear. Mid 70's |
| Water |
Average and clear |
| Hatches |
Sulphurs, Isonychia, Yellow Sallies |
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Sparse hatches and spinnerfalls.
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Anonymous |
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Big Green |
| Date |
April 29, 2011 |
| Time |
7 am through 5 pm |
| County |
Adams |
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| Weather |
Clear, 65, breezy |
| Water |
High and clear |
| Hatches |
Caddis! |
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Arrived previous afternoon on Big Green. Weather was overcast and a chilling 40 degrees. Expected to find Green chocolate with run-off from rains, but surprised to see it clear. Fished special reg section. No surface action. Wind was screaming upstream probably 'cause I wanted to fish downstream. Had to break out 5wt to blast into wind. Lot's of success on streamer with PT dropper from 3pm to 8pm.
Friday— total contrast. Wind reduced and came around 180. Clear and 65 degrees by noon. Morning: moderate luck with same streamer/dropper rig (still no surface activity). Around noon, dropped off to almost nothing. Like the other folks on the Green that day we were hoping for caddis. Got our wish. On Schoolhouse section—Caddis not heavy, but enough to bring the fish up. Great fun with tan Elk Hair with emerger (pupae) dropper. Mostly dead drift shifting to tight line swing, then hanging in current with twitches. Mid afternoon seemed to favor the adult, and late afternoon was 90% emerger. Hits on every other cast. Had a blast. Sunburned my ears.
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JimBern |
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Black Earth |
| Date |
April 23, 2011 |
| Time |
Afternoon |
| County |
Adams |
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| Weather |
Cloudy and Windy |
| Water |
Clar |
| Hatches |
BWO Tan Caddis |
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Stream was amazing clear for all the water that has fallen from the sky this last week. Fiash were active looking for something but due to cool weather nothing was hatching, still fish chose #20 BWO as their perferred food
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Grizzly |
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N. Br. Pike River |
| Date |
April 21, 2011 |
| Time |
10:00am-2:00pm |
| County |
Marinette |
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| Weather |
Mostly sunny mid to high 40's |
| Water |
high, fast, slightly discolored |
| Hatches |
midges, little black stones |
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Specific Location: Dave's Falls Cty. Park
Alright, had some time before work, and thought id test out the new waders. The day started with bluebird skies and air temps around 43 or so, and warmed up to just shy of 50 before clouds moved in. Lots of midges popping with the occasional stone,and i swear a saw a couple caddis Nothing major in the way of hatches. Water temps were darn cold, id estimate (no thermometer) low to mid 40's. Water was high, slightly off color, and fast, be careful when wading.
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CGPH |
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Elk River |
| Date |
April 03, 2008 |
| Time |
3:00 PM until 5:00 PM |
| County |
Chippewa |
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| Weather |
beautiful |
| Water |
beautiful |
| Hatches |
Some little black ones with big wings |
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I hit an amazing stretch that was recently restored by TU. Landed 4 browns using Bead Head Princes and Double Bead Copper Johns. All the fish were around the 9 to 11 inch range. Really nice stream, I hear there are brookies too, im hoping to hook into a few of them in the next few days here.
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Toigs |
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Prairie River |
| Date |
September 27, 2007 |
| Time |
Afternoon |
| County |
Lincoln |
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| Weather |
Sunny and cool |
| Water |
Low and crystal clear 50 degrees |
| Hatches |
Few caddis |
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Prairie is running low and clear. Several fish caught and released. One last outing of the season.
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Patrick |
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Rush River |
| Date |
September 23, 2007 |
| Time |
evening |
| County |
Polk |
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| Weather |
warm, clear skies |
| Water |
Cold, Clear |
| Hatches |
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Hit up the Rush after the Packer's big win over the Chargers. Caught 4 browns on a blue winged olive. Fish were surfacing all over. Does anyone know if there are any carp in the Rush saw a very large surface, almost too big for a trout and if it was is was a monster.
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Kyle Zempel |
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Tomorrow River |
| Date |
August 26, 2007 |
| Time |
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| County |
Portage |
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| Weather |
sunny |
| Water |
clear and fast |
| Hatches |
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Fished emmons creek for about 2 hours with the gf. Caught a few 8 inch browns. Had to get the ciggs and gf caught a nice 16 inch brown. Got bored so went to the tomorrow river only to find peope there. Fished anyways and aught more 8 inch browns. Gf caught a nice 12 inch brown. Went to a secret spot very hard to get to and i caught the 2 biggest browns of my life, a 22 and 24 inch brown. 24 incher was 7 lbs even and the 22 was just shy of 5 lbs
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phil vouers |
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Willow River |
| Date |
July 19, 2007 |
| Time |
8:00 am-afternoon |
| County |
Pierce |
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| Weather |
bright, hot |
| Water |
warmish, clear |
| Hatches |
Midges |
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Specific Location: race branch to state park
Caught a couple of rainbows in the morning, but also caught a nice smallmouth. Changed tactics and started catching smallies, (nothing too large), all the way to the state park. By the falls area at WRSP, I noticed a lot of minnows in the first big pool...probably a good time of the year for rapalas.
I am surprised by the diversity in the Willow- I've fly-fished awhile, but haven't caught the "Grand Slam" (brook, rainbow, brown, smallmouth) anywhere else.
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mike |
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Prairie River |
| Date |
July 19, 2007 |
| Time |
8.30am |
| County |
Lincoln |
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| Weather |
Sunny, no clouds, 71 degrees, perfect summer day |
| Water |
Water was clear and cold |
| Hatches |
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Specific Location: Yankee Rapids near Prairie Road
Just moved into this area and am not familiar with the whole river. My wife and I fished on the section of the Yankee Rapids using the nymph and the wulf dry fly size 10-12. Awesome action in the first hour. My wife caught 11 browns on a nymph. Average length 11-12 inches. Myself had 7 nice sized fish (4 browns and 3 brookies). Brookies had a size of 8-9 inches, one nice sized brown: 14 inches!! We moved further south of the river and spotted some lies. This time it appeared only the nymphs were succesful on the brookies. No browns spotted. Overall...a succesfull day with some good and nice action!
Will absolutely fish more on this beautifull river!!
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Nick & Anna Ariens |
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East Branch Eau Claire |
| Date |
July 17, 2007 |
| Time |
8-11 a.m. |
| County |
Langlade |
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| Weather |
Overcast/some drizzle |
| Water |
Lower than normal |
| Hatches |
Tricos early |
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Specific Location: Category 5 water
C&R'ed 42 mostly smallish brookies on 7/17 in the morning. Started with a Sz. 18 Griffith's Gnat. Switched to a Sz. 18 BWO when I thought they were hatching (turned out to be tricos that were hatching). Finished up with "Old Reliable" (Pass Lake, Sz. 16). The brookies shredded the first one, so I had to put on another. I really don't know why I bother to take any other flies with me when the P.L. does it all!
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Mitchell Bent |
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Prairie River |
| Date |
July 12, 2007 |
| Time |
7pm-9:30pm |
| County |
Lincoln |
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| Weather |
PC to Rain to Clear. Temps: 60s |
| Water |
low and clear |
| Hatches |
BWO, Small Tan Caddis, Micro Caddis |
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River low and weedy. Not much observed feeding activity. Rain moved through and slowed fishing. Only a few risers after it passed.
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George |
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Tomorrow River |
| Date |
July 08, 2007 |
| Time |
6:30 am - 9:30 am |
| County |
Portage |
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| Weather |
Sunny |
| Water |
HOT |
| Hatches |
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Fish were hitting hard after no action at all the last few days. Fished dryfly the first hour with no luck, changed to the nymph and it heated up like the weather. ended up with 17 fish, some browns, mostly small bows.
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Swamp |
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Rib River |
| Date |
July 07, 2007 |
| Time |
Evening |
| County |
Taylor |
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| Weather |
Humid and Partly Sunny |
| Water |
Clear and about 60 deg. |
| Hatches |
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Caught 8 brookies ranging from 5-8.5'' They sure loved the Parachute Adams variation I was using. Size #16-18.
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Ryan Cooke |
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Namekagan River |
| Date |
June 15, 2007 |
| Time |
5am - 2-pm |
| County |
Washburn |
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| Weather |
Sunny |
| Water |
Warm |
| Hatches |
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I'm noticing that too. The water felt WAY too warm for the middle of June. I'm also starting to see more and more pods of large pike (4-5 fish, 12-26") throughout the river. I'm concerned they are taking over the river. 2 trips this year (opening day & today), didn't even SEE a trout, let alone net one.
Bobby
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Bobby |
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Prairie River |
| Date |
June 14, 2007 |
| Time |
11:00am-3:00pm |
| County |
Lincoln |
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| Weather |
Hot 89 degrees |
| Water |
Clear |
| Hatches |
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Got on river late, but still surprised at 5 fish in 4 hours. Hot day - record high set. Fished all nymphs on lower stretches. Pulled out one nice brown at 16 inches and the rest where all 12 inches or less. One white fish and one sucker also grabed the nymphs as well. mostly used small princes and some flashbacks worked well. Released all fish and can't wait to get back on the stream.
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sas |
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Kinnickinnic River |
| Date |
June 01, 2007 |
| Time |
9 to noon |
| County |
Pierce |
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| Weather |
pleasant |
| Water |
Clear |
| Hatches |
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Specific Location: downtown river falls
Fishing below the waterfall with the footbridge high above it. Using mostly #12-#16 beadhead prince nymphs my brother and I caught 8 brookies and browns between us. The lighter the tippet the better, we are finding with these fish.
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Phil Newton |
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Willow River |
| Date |
June 01, 2007 |
| Time |
just after lunch |
| County |
St. Croix |
|
| Weather |
pleasant |
| Water |
clear |
| Hatches |
|
|
Specific Location: inside Willow River State Park, 200 yards below the falls.
Fished for 90 minutes with my dad and brother. None of us caught a thing--except for creek chubs, which were everywhere. We were using everything from wooly buggers to various dry flies.
We did however, see an angler using a small rooster tail and a spinning rod. He boasted of great success using such methods.
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Phil Newton |
|
Willow River |
| Date |
June 01, 2007 |
| Time |
after supper |
| County |
St. Croix |
|
| Weather |
pleasant |
| Water |
clear and fast |
| Hatches |
|
|
Specific Location: accessed by 95th and 140th
Very fast water. Caught a 12" brown by dropping a ladybug imitation in a quiet pool next to shore.
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Phil Newton |
|
Kinnickinnic River |
| Date |
May 31, 2007 |
| Time |
9 am to noon |
| County |
Pierce |
|
| Weather |
pleasant |
| Water |
crystal clear |
| Hatches |
|
|
Specific Location: downtown river falls
Just below the waterfall that has the footbridge high above it. Accessed by the tennis courts off of 29/35. Caught two browns one was 12" and two brookies less than 10". Caught them on beadhead prince nymphs, beadhead pheasant tails, and pink squirrels.
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Phil Newton |
|
Kinnickinnic River |
| Date |
May 31, 2007 |
| Time |
Afternoon |
| County |
Pierce |
|
| Weather |
rainy |
| Water |
crystal clear |
| Hatches |
|
|
Specific Location: residential area in River Falls
We accessed this section of the Kinni by turning right into a residential area south of where you turn off for the tennis courts access.
My dad caught several browns and brookies with a Stimulator.
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Phil Newton |
|
Rush River |
| Date |
May 31, 2007 |
| Time |
3 pm- 9pm |
| County |
Polk |
|
| Weather |
partly cloudy |
| Water |
Clear |
| Hatches |
|
|
Went out yesterday evening and had great luck. I started out casting a size 14 caddis with a size 18 bead head nymph about a foot down. Caught fish on both. Then around 7pm switched to a size 18 dun and caught around 20 browns ranging from 10-17inches in 2 hours. Only my second time out this year. Still trying to get my cast back.
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Nick S. |
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