fishing

A new exhibit at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum celebrates the multigenerational stories of Wisconsin’s commercial fishing families, brought to life through photography.

If you've never seen a lake sturgeon, the ancient species might take your breath away. On Wolf River in Outagamie County, the giant, torpedo-shaped fish are making their way upstream. Conservation efforts and public engagement are on display.

An upcoming federal agency proposal could bring protections for the lake sturgeon.

For more than two decades, federal and state agencies have been trying to prevent Asian carp from taking hold in the Great Lakes. Part of the prevention is limiting the spread of carp in the Mississippi River Basin, which stretches from northern Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico.

The Wisconsin DNR and other groups want to make it easier for fish trying to travel upstream along the Milwaukee River during spawning season. That’s why crews have been moving earth and water along Kletzsch Dam in Glendale this summer, creating what’s known as a "fish passage."

A Bubbler Talk question-asker wondered what kinds of fish are seen leaping in the Milwaukee River. We set out to learn the answer.

The A&C Live Bait shop in Milwaukee's Harambee neighborhood is the legacy of Acie and Carrie White, sharecroppers' kids turned businesspeople who migrated to Wisconsin from Mississippi more than a half century ago.

Washington Island in Door County was once a hub for commercial fishing. But over the past century the industry has slowly dwindled from dozens of fishermen to just one: Ken Koyen, Washington Island’s last remaining commercial fisherman.

For years, yellow perch was a fish fry staple and could be harvested right out of the Great Lakes, but the tide has turned. Perch and other fish native to the Great Lakes have dwindled in part due to invasive species. UWM School of Freshwater Sciences’ Osvaldo Jhonatan Sepulveda Villet is among the scientists looking to help.

The caviar trading ring that shook the Wisconsin DNR made big headlines in 2021, but the intricacies of the scandal were often lost in the headlines. The scandal involved avid sturgeon conservationists, local fishing clubs and sturgeon eggs that were donated to the DNR.