Northern Wisconsin Recommendations

[Scott Stankus]

Hi - I'll be in north eastern Wisconsin (near Goodman) for a week at the end of July and I'm looking for some DIY wadable trout fishing options within an hour or 90 minutes - I don't want to drive across the state. Any advice would be appreciated, thanks! 

--Scott 

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[Michael Malone]

Scott

Enjoy your time in Marinette county. It's a beautiful place, unless you really like hills. Keep an eye open for the granite that's all over the terrain. Very cool stuff.

The best advice I can give is to try the Peshtigo River. You could probably find something closer, but I don't think it's that far from Goodman. There's a fly fishing only section in the bottom right of this map

http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/StateForests/peshtigoRiver/documents/property.pdf

It's wadeable, and it holds some larger fish. Apparently they have some trout waters north of County Rd C as well

http://therealnorth.com/Fishing.htm

but I can't comment on that.

I went once and was skunked (The TU guy who did catch fish used streamers and would work them around the submerged rocks.) My experience in WI is with wild brookies and browns on small small ponds and streams that were through private property, so I can't direct you to them. What I can say is that if you find a publicly available stream, be prepared to work very hard keeping your line out of the flora. 

Flies. I did very well with size 12 wolly buggers with black bodies and grizzly hackle. If you're a dry fly guy, I once out-fished my grandfather using a grasshopper patterns, while he stuck to his trusty royal wolf.

Michael

[Scott Stankus]

Thanks, Michael - that's really helpful! I appreciate all the info and I think that section of the Peshtigo River would be a perfect option. 

--Scott

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