Archived Stories

Yes we have Catfish
Tom Sweeny
2024 Musky Hunt
Where do bogs come from
Phil Hall’s Resort/Proski’s Little Poland/Musky Tale
George Pazik
Brand New Bog
West side of the Flowage is staked from ……
On the Lake Food and Drink
Winter Beer Run 2024
Winter Hat Run 2024
Louie Spray Memory
2023 Fall Musky Stocking
Whispers of the Past, A History of the Chippewa Flowage by John Dettloff
Randy Armsbury
Moving a Small Bog – With a Dog!
Chippewa Flowage Partners Group moves forward with modified habitat-based drawdown 2023
Two hour tour of the East side of the lake by John Detloff
Like to Catch Pike but don’t care to eat them
100th Anniversary Commemorative Items
Preparing for PIP 2023 – DID YOU CATCH ANY PIKE TODAY?
The Chippewa Flowage Fishery in 2023 – by Max Wolter
North American Black Bear
McCleod Dam and Dougin’s Dam – Tatum Treland
The Lessard Stopping Place by John Dettloff
Little Tommie’s by John Dettloff
Kelly’s West Bend Stopping Place by John Dettloff
The Derro Homestead by John Dettloff
2023 Musky Hunt
Three Methods for Early Season Flowage Walleye by Jim Leahy
2022/23 Staking the Trails
2022/23 Sport Shows
D & B Bait and Tackle
Chippewa Flowage Walleye 2022
2022 Summer Beer Run
The Winter Dam Story 1922/1923 by John Dettloff
1950s Chippewa Flowage Map
Wisconsin Department of Tourism Visit
Chippewa Flowage Shore Lunch
1970 Lake Chippewa Flowage Map
Chippewa Flowage Hatchery
Brunker Lake & Brunker Bay By John Dettloff
Row Silent, Run Deep – Julius & Dugan
How Cletcher’s Bar got its name – by Tatum Treland-Schlapper
Pike Improvement Project 2021Report
Long Before Catch-n-Release
Musky Hunt 2021 Wrap
Friday PM Musky Hunt Results 2021
Friday Morning Musky Hunt Results 2021
Thursday night results are in
Morning results are in – Musky Hunt 2021
Crane Creek School
Fishing Opener 2021
Update from the Sawyer County Snowmobile ATV Alliance
Frank Becker – Blackbird Point : Tatum Treland-Schlapper
Jackson School
Max and Nellie Schenk – East Fork Resort
Story of Wagon Wheel Island – Tatum Treland-Schlapper
1ST ANNUAL MUSKY & MULLIGANS GOLF SCRAMBLE
Billy DeBrot’s first of three resorts that he owned and operated – John Dettloff
Thad and Mary (Bert) “Gogi” Thayer – John Dettloff
Johnson’s Stopping Place
2021 Sport Shows
The Story of McCloud/McCleod Dam – Tatum Treland
Baumgarten’s Bar​
Russell Stopping Place
2019 Pike Improvement Project Data
2019 Musky Hunt Concluded
Lake Chippewa Flowage Driftwood
Grand Rapids House Stopping Place
Pike Improvement Project 2019 Participation
Open Water Season Project is Launched
Syrup Season
Post-ice fishing check in on the Pike Improvement Project -2019
How you can make fishing better on the Chip… by eating fish!
Why Harvest Pike? Everything you need to know about the “Pike Improvement Project 2019”
Pike Improvment Project 2019 Update
Riverview School
W.S. Ackley and Caroline Doris Bishop (Ackley)
Harvest your Northern Pike – It’s good for the Lake!
Drake School
Pac-wa-wong Dam
Keep your Northerns
First Morning of 2018 Musky Hunt!
42” Musky in Shallow Water
July 2018 Walleye Fishing
The Wolter Report : How do fish react to Catch and Release?
The Blue Heron
John “Kawche Cheekezik” Scott
Brunet and Thornapple River Dams
2017 Musky Hunt
Housel’s Tavern
Unfamiliar with the Flowage? Hire a Guide
FIRST MUSKY!
Member in the Top 10 Wisconsin Foodie Destinations
Smallmouth action on the Flowage.. Outstanding
Fish the Flowage!
When Less is More – by Max Wolter
Illegally tagged Musky
If you really want to watch wild life…
Lake Chippewa Begins to Open
Docks under attack!
Have you adopted a Musky?
Trail Cam Images
Swift’s Dam (Couderay River)
The Wolter Report: Why ice is good and a Bird Report
The Wolter Report: What you need to know about winterkill
The Wolter Report
Trail Cam Images
Max Wolter, DNR fisheries – A look at Northern Pike
Winter Hike on the Chippewa Flowage
People are catching more muskies over time in the Chippewa Flowage!
Flowage Walleye Growth Study
It’s Fall – It’s Musky Time!
Fall Fisheries Update
Cooler weather positively affects fishing
48 incher on a Ultra Light Crappie Rod!!
Chippewa Flowage famous bogs are on the move again.
The Year of the Musky – 2016
Burpee’s Stopping Place
Hall-Raynor Stopping Place
Bishop School
Buckwheat School
Fishing Has No Boundaries gets State Recognition
National youth Muskie fishing event on Moose Lake
Remarkable fish were caught in the Lake Chippewa Flowage Resort Association sponsored Musky Hunt 2015.
Belille Hotel / Trading Post
Hayward Indian School
The Wolter Report: Do Northerns and Muskies Really Eat Ducklings?
The Wolter Report: Have you ever caught a Warmouth?
Water Level on Lake Chippewa Flowage
Look what we found! – 2014
Chippewa Flowage Partners Group Moves to Action
Historical Chippewa Flowage Drawdown Data
53-inch, 46-pound Musky
The One That Didn’t Get Off – 52 Inches
Arpin Dam
The Goodrich Dam (Moose Lake Dam)
DNR Warden offers top 13 ice safety tips
A hunting we will go
The Low Down on the Chippewa Flowage
Beginners Luck
2013 Lake Chippewa Flowage Musky Hunt
Chippewa Flowage has red-hot Bass action on a cold July day!
Catching fish on the 4th of July
Big Chip Fish Fest to Musky Fest
The Real World Record Musky By Tony Welch
4th Annual Big Chip Fish Fest – Fathers Day June 16, 2013
2012 Lake Chippewa Flowage Musky Hunt
Grant boosts investigations into why bass are booming, walleye waning in some lakes
Old Fishing Lures
A Season for Thanks
How and Where the World Record Musky Was Caught By John Dettloff
Fishing Has No Boundaries
Missouri Fish Geezers’ Diary of a Chip Trip Johnson Resort’s on the Chippewa Flowage
The Stars Filled the Sky Over the Flowage
Was there Life before the Resort
New “Jaws” found on the Chippewa Flowage!
Fishing with my son! – by John Zychowicz
Remains of a large Musky found
Houdini Muskie!
September Tradition
Melanie’s First Musky
Lucky Charlie
Group Effort
Flying Pike
Vinette Camp – Birch Lake
Two Musky Caught and Released in less than 10 minutes
Saving Big Timber Island
These are the “Good Old Day’s” on the Chip!
Bruno Vinette Stopping Place
Gangsters, Indians, and Tourists
The Story about Bogs
Who Has Fun on the Snow?
Snow Tour – Then and Now
Fall Muskie Bonanza – By John Dettloff
Hunting the Big Chip
Big Bend House Stopping Place
Camping on an Island
Have Pet Will Travel
Watch your wake and help your lake!
Sucker Study Reveals Important Findings – Long-standing tradition contributes to musky mortality
Monster Musky Tries to eat World Record Catfish as Anglers Look On
A Flying, Floppy, Fish Tale – By Ben Smith, kid fisherman
Fish Cribs for Habitat
Walleye Secrets of the Flowage – by John Dettloff
How the Winners Were Caught – 2000 Musky Hunt
Little Kid, Big Catch – Eleven-year-old catches first two Muskies within 30 minutes
LCO Conservation Dept. – a Chippewa Flowage Asset!
Huge Skeletal Muskie Jaw Found Shows That Record Fish Probably Are Still Out There
Fish Clones – Replicas allow fish to grow for future challenges
The Bald Eagle
Four year old boy lands Monster Musky
Bass fishing on the Chippewa Flowage
Seasonal changes hold the key to Big Chip’s secrets
1998 – A Record Musky Season on the Chip by John Dettloff
Tips and Pointers – Fishing the Fowage in all Seasons
Habitat for the Future – Project Preserves and Enhances Fishing
Trophy Muskie Caught Four Times Before Being Kept
Louie Spray’s Muskie Reinstated As Biggest
Muskies Put Big Chip On Map
1939 – Fred Kirk’s Prize was a Musky that weighed 72 pounds