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Field and Stream International Fishing Guide. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston. ISBN 9780030801310. Kreh, Lefty; Middleton, Harry (1993). Lefty's Favorite Fly Fishing Waters-Volume One-United States. Birmingham, Alabama: Odysseus Editions. Ford, Pat (2007). Best Fly-Fishing Trips Money Can Buy. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stakepole Books. ISBN 0-8117 ...
The surface area is 4,260 acres (17.24 km 2; 6.66 sq mi), of which approximately two-thirds is in Wisconsin and one third in Michigan. Located in the Lake District of northern Wisconsin, the lake is a popular boating and fishing resort. The lake was named by French fur trappers, who were some of the first Europeans in the region.
The lake has an abundance of northern pike, muskie, walleye, bass and other fish, and is a popular fishing destination. Lac Courte Oreilles is now a popular resort area drawing cabin owners and visitors from the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Milwaukee and Chicago metropolitan areas.
There are over 15,000 lakes in Wisconsin. Of these, about 40 percent have been named. Of these, about 40 percent have been named. Excluding Lake Michigan and Lake Superior , Lake Winnebago is the largest lake by area, largest by volume and the lake with the longest shoreline.
A creel full of 61 new fishing regulations will greet anglers for the 2024-25 Wisconsin license year.. Chief among them is a daily bag limit of three walleye on inland waters. Wisconsin ...
List of fishing records in the state of Wisconsin. All records are fish caught by use of hook and line and are handled by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. They are up to date as of May 20, 2021. All fish caught were in the waters of the state of Wisconsin.
The following is a list of named islands of the state of Wisconsin. According to the USGS , there are 431 named islands, [ 1 ] and many more unnamed ones among Wisconsin's 15,074 lakes. [ 2 ] Wisconsin borders both Lake Michigan and Lake Superior producing many of the state's islands.
Along with the upper lakes of Big Lake Butte des Morts, Winneconne, Poygan, the Wolf River and the upper and lower Fox River, it is a popular pleasure boating area. A 1989 survey of boating intensity by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources ranked the Winnebago Pool as the state's busiest inland waterway, surpassing the Mississippi River.