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The Mercury National Walleye Tournament takes place June 8 and 9 from Oven Island, benefiting walleye conservation on Lake Winnebago and beyond. ... Wis. Doug Raflik/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin.
Schiefelbein, of Sobieski, Wisconsin, weighed in five walleyes for 32 pounds, 1 ounce — an average of more than 6 pounds — to lead the field of 41 walleye pros and 41 amateur co-anglers. ...
Sep. 8—DEVILS LAKE — Chalk up another Devils Lake professional walleye tournament win for John Hoyer. Hoyer, of Wayzata, Minnesota, weighed in 23 pounds, 4 ounces of walleyes on the third and ...
Shawano Lake is one of the most heavily fished lakes in the area. It contains many species of fish, including walleye, largemouth bass and panfish in the early season. Ice fisherman concentrate on northern pike and panfish. Fishing tournaments are common on the lake. Two ice racing tracks are used on the lake in the winter.
Fond du Lac is also host to Walleye Weekend, [32] an annual summer festival centered around the Mercury Marine National Walleye Fishing Tournament. Walleye Weekend, usually hosted on the second weekend in June is a "Free Family Fun Festival" held in Lakeside Park on the south shore of Lake Winnebago.
The Wisconsin Walleye War became the name for late 20th-century events in Wisconsin in protest of Ojibwe (Chippewa) hunting and fishing rights. In a 1975 case, the tribes challenged state efforts to regulate their hunting and fishing off the reservations, based on their rights in the treaties of St. Peters (1837) and La Pointe (1842).
Walleye fishing is expected to be good for the May 4 opening of Wisconsin's 2024 inland fishing season, according to the Department of Natural Resources.
Walleye (painting) Fishing for walleye is a popular sport with anglers in Canada and the Northern United States, where the fish is native.The current IGFA all tackle record is 11.34 kilograms (25 lb 0 oz), caught on August 2, 1960 in Old Hickory Lake, Tennessee.