UNDATED (KDAL) – It’s fishing opener weekend in the Badger State…..
According to the Wisconsin DNR….More than 2 million anglers spend $1.5 billion in Wisconsin annually on fishing, and the early season anglers can venture out on opening day, Saturday.
Windy, warmer weather over the coming days is expected to open up the remaining frozen lakes in northern Wisconsin, according to the WI DNR; while waters in the southern two-thirds of the state are already open and some major rivers are experiencing flooding.
The 2019 hook-and-line game fish season opens Saturday, May 4 on inland waters for walleye, sauger, and northern pike statewide.
Musky season opens May 4 in the southern zone and May 25 in the northern zone.
In Wisconsin 20% of adults fish, twice the national average and the state has more than 15,000 lakes, 44,000 miles of flowing streams, 1,000 miles of Great Lakes shoreline, and 260 miles of the Mississippi River.
