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 | • Harbor fishing action for salmon is picking up on Lake Michigan. • Ten good reasons to hunt this fall in Wisconsin! • Planning a fall getaway? Try Petenwell Park in Wisconsin's Adams County. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | • Jeff hunts geese and doves and canoes the Fox River. • Dan fishes for salmon and gets his bow tuned at the Forge Bow Pro Shop in New Berlin. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| This week's drawing is for one of three family packs of four tickets to the Oshkosh Public Museum's Wisconsin Deer Hunting Exhibit  Call 1-414-297-7554 leave your name and telephone number. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Jeff reviews Stand Ups “The Stand Up lets you put up a ladder stand safely and without help. It really works well. We were able to adjust a stand easily several times before we decided where to lock it down. I sure wish they made something like this for wooden ladders!” | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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RESULTS ► POLL s536 Should the Chicago Waterway System locks remain open for commerce? YES 33% | NO 67% | MAYBE 0% | UNDECIDED 0% | OTHER 0% IMPRESSIONS: 233 | RESPONSES: 3 | COMMENTS: 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 INSTANT SURVEY VOTE ON - POLL s537 Should commercial trap nets be banned from Lake Michigan each year until Labor Day?Background: Trap nets are large underwater nets used by commercial fishers to catch whitefish in the Great Lakes. Trap nets are preferred to gill nets and trawls because sport fish that are accidentally caught can be released alive. These underwater nets can pose a potential risk to recreational boating and fishing. Sport trolling is not advisable near them because downriggers, fishing lines, and propellers can get caught in the nets or anchor ropes.  During the summer months, trap nets are restricted to two small areas off Sheboygan and Manitowoc. In June, a sport fisherman died when his boat's downrigger cable became tangled in a trap net. Waves caused the boat to capsize and the angler died of a heart attack. To read more... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Looking for Fishing Contests? Find them all online. RUFFED GROUSE SOCIETY BANQUETS & EVENTS Online Info: Sept. 11-12: Lansing, MI dog trial OTHER EVENTS Sept. 11: Stone Bank Sportsmen's Club, Ashippun, NRA Women On Target instructional shooting clinic for women. Contact:Kim Laughland, 262-820-1827; Online Info: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hunters need to keep safety in mind when hunting these challenging game birds. “There's something very special about turkey and grouse hunting,” says Tim Lawhern, hunter education administrator for the state Department of Natural Resources. “And with the enthusiasm that goes with this type of hunting, we should all be mindful of making sure we return home safe and sound at the end of each hunt.”  Here are some things Lawhern says hunters need to keep in mind when going afield after ruffed grouse and fall turkey:
Lawhern suggests that hunters also consider wearing some type of eye protection. A good pair of clear or light-colored safety glasses can go a long way toward avoiding injury to eyes and sight. Grouse and turkey hunters also need to be aware that there might be other hunters afield at the same time after other types of game. Bow hunters may be perched in tree stands and other turkey hunters may be under a tree. Most of them will be wearing full camouflage and will therefore be very hard to see. “Famed conservationist Aldo Leopold once wrote, "There are two kinds of hunting: ordinary hunting, and ruffed grouse hunting,'” Lawhern says. “Don't let careless hunting practices spoil this special tradition.”
MADISON - With the Sept. 30 close of the inland trout season fast approaching, anglers will find they enjoy some of the best trout fishing of the season, state fish biologists say.  “It's been a tough summer to be out trout fishing because the heat and the humidity, but the next few weeks should be fantastic,” says Larry Claggett, Department of Natural Resources cold water ecologist.“Every stream I see is flowing above normal but not flooding, and that creates good habitat, abundant food, and cooler water temperatures, which means the fish are going to be a little more active again." Claggett says DNR fisheries surveys are showing good trout populations, and fish managers are telling me “the fishing is as good as it's ever been.” Dave Vetrano is one of those fish managers who believes the fishing's never been better. He's been working for 30 years directly on improving fishing in western Wisconsin counties of Crawford, Vernon, Monroe and La Crosse. “Because of the abundant rainfall we have base flows far higher than what they have ever been. Our streams are in the best shape ever from a fisheries standpoint.” Vetrano says that the high water levels this year, as well as the flooding in 2008 and 2007, have helped trout populations and anglers. “There's a misconception that the water just blows the fish out but in reality they hunker down and as long as they don't get moved by a big log that pushes them out, they try to find the low current areas and they'll be just fine.” The flood waters scour the sediments from the river beds, revealing the cobbled substrate that the trout need to spawn. "We've seen a tremendous increase in recruitment and young of year and increase in the invertebrate populations, so for all intents and purposes, the fishing is the best it's ever been." Vetrano cautions that anglers will want to watch stream flows carefully, and wait until the water comes back down in a stream and clears up a little. That doesn't take long in western Wisconsin, where the stream flows rise and fall quickly, sometimes within 24 hours. “The trout are sight feeders. They can't see the lure. The best fishing is just as water start to get a little dirty or a little clear. In that interim, that's the time to get out. They go on a major feed. Depending on the rain event, they may have not eaten for two or three days.” Mike Miller, a DNR stream ecologist and avid trout angler, advises fly fishers to try fishing the mouths of tributaries to larger rivers and use a grasshopper, ant or cricket fly pattern. Large brown trout try to avoid bright sunlight so spin fishers fishing near dusk using lures that imitate minnows or crawfish can hook some impressive fish. “The brown trout and brook trout are fall spawners so they will be thinking of moving upstream so often times you can find some big fish in spots you might not normally find them,” Miller says. “The fish should start stacking up close to these smaller tributary streams, smaller streams.” Read for more on regional trout stream reports. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Claggett (608) 267-9658 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | • Can we keep the Chicago River locks open and still keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes? • Ruffed grouse hunting forecast: past the peak, but a good season in store. • Lake Superior salmon action still going strong. • Lake Michigan kings moving into the harbors. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | • Jeff's Labor Day Weekend: tweaking his tree stands and getting ready for bow season. • Dan tells of a tree-stand mishap when he shot his first deer. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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RESULTS ► POLL s535 Should counties have the option to tax an elaborate deer stand? YES 25% | NO 50% | MAYBE 25% | UNDECIDED 0% | OTHER 0% IMPRESSIONS: 116 | RESPONSES: 4 | COMMENTS: 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Surveys show good survival of young perch in Green Bay PESHTIGO – Recently completed fish surveys for yellow perch in Green Bay show good news: the third highest abundance in 30 years for fish hatched earlier this spring, state fisheries biologists say.  “Once again we're seeing a very strong year-class,” says Tammie Paoli, Department of Natural Resources fisheries biologist in Peshtigo. “Numbers are up and the fish are larger than last year at this time, which is indicative of the early hatch and warm water temperatures encountered this spring and summer.” Earlier this month, young-of-year perch were 2.5 to 3 inches long.Paoli is hopeful that this year class of fish will be different than other classes in recent years that have survived their first summer in good numbers but many of which have died before reaching a catchable size. “We've been getting some pretty decent year classes for quite a while now, but we are not seeing adults in the numbers we'd like to. There seems to be a lot of mortality occurring at some point in their first one to two years.” While Paoli and other DNR biologists don't know the exact reasons for the perch mortality, they do have some suspects: predation from other fish species, such as walleye and/or northern pike, which both seem to be doing well in the bay; or bird predation, specifically cormorants, which are at high numbers and are the subject of control efforts by the DNR and Wildlife Services of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The two agencies have been oiling cormorant eggs and conducting some limited sharp shooting to trim back the birds' numbers, as described in this February 2008 Wisconsin Natural Resources magazine article, Cormorant Conundrum. The goal is to reduce the number of nesting pairs to 6,000 from the 15,000 estimated now. Fishing reports for most of the summer have reflected the fishery's skewing toward young, small fish, Paoli says. “We've heard reports of good fishing but a lot of small fish. So again, this kind of goes back to the idea that some of these fish may be cropped off at a younger age.” The yellow perch season on Green Bay runs from May 20 through March 15, and there is a daily bag of 15 with no length limit. Anglers tend to start keeping perch when they are about 8 inches long, a size they tend to reach in their second or third year, she says. In the last week or so, DNR creel clerks who survey anglers about their catch have reported some improved catches. “So the size of fish people have been catching could be related to water temperature, fish moving around.” The DNR crews were able to complete the surveys this year using trawling nets early despite intense heat, humidity, and fog, Paoli says. The relative abundance combining shallow and deep sites increased from 1,211 per hour spent trawling in 2009 to 2,581 per hour in 2010. The other two years which were higher were 1986, when 4,480 per hour were hauled in, and 2003, with a rate of 7,868 per hour. The majority of the young perch were captured near the mouth of the Peshtigo and Pensaukee rivers and in the Little Tail Point area. Other notable items from the survey:
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Tammie Paoli - 715-582-5052 Early Canada goose, mourning dove seasons open Sept. 1 MADISON – Sept. 1 marks the start of the fall hunting seasons, with the statewide opening of the early Canada goose and mourning dove seasons. The early Canada goose season runs from Sept. 1-15 statewide and requires a $3 early Canada goose permit. The Burnett County subzone closed area has been eliminated and is now open to goose hunting. The dove season runs Sept. 1 through Nov. 9. “The early Canada goose hunt directs harvest efforts on Wisconsin breeding Canada geese,” says Kent Van Horn, migratory game bird ecologist for the Department of Natural Resources. “Resident geese often change their feeding and movement patterns as September approaches. Scouting ahead of time and staying mobile during the season offers the best chances for success.”  Wisconsin's Waterfowl Breeding Population Survey showed a resident goose population of 165,853 (up 12 percent from 2009) and Van Horn expects good early season goose hunting opportunities. The 10 year trend for mourning doves shows the populations to be stable, with a 0.8 percent increase. On average, about 14,000 Wisconsin hunters harvest 140,000 mourning doves each year. As with Canada geese, mourning dove hunters should benefit from before the season scouting to see where birds are flying as they move between roosts, water, and feeding areas. “At this time of year, particularly over the holiday weekend, many people are spending time outdoors and we encourage everyone to respect each other's interests,” adds Van Horn. Both Canada goose and dove hunters must be HIP (harvest information program) certified to hunt migratory game birds to be in compliance with state and federal law. This free and easy certification should be requested when purchasing your hunting license and the HIP registry allows us to survey hunters about important harvest information. Dove hunting regulation and safety reminders
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