Louie Spray Memory
Louis Spray Memory by Mike Dorazo My late uncle, Leonard Dorazio, was 14 years old when Louie Spray caught the World Record musky. My uncle
Louis Spray Memory by Mike Dorazo My late uncle, Leonard Dorazio, was 14 years old when Louie Spray caught the World Record musky. My uncle
Some of the season’s best Walleye fishing in the Hayward area takes place in May and early June. My favorite choices in lakes at this
Old Fashion Shore Lunch A Shore Lunch featuring fish freshly caught and cooked outdoors over an open fire perfectly complete the circle of the life
Julius and Dugan Back in the 1970’s there was a pair of anglers know only to the author as Julius and Dugan. Julius and Dugan
Long Before Catch-n-Release: Shooting Fish In the “Old Days” it was common for some anglers, and/or their guides to shoot their catch rather than use
July Musky Fishing 42″ Musky in Shallow Water Picture taken and then fish released.
First trip to the Flowage? Hire a fishing Guide! If you are unfamiliar with the Chippewa Flowage and don’t know where to begin, we suggest
Congratulations to 12 year old Calvin of Antioch, IL on his very first Musky. It was 30 inches caught off of Horseshoe Island on a
The Smallmouth action on the Southeast portion of the Flowage has been outstanding. Those fishing in those areas report a lot of action around stumpy
Beside the world famous Musky and the elusive Walleye the Chippewa Flowage contains Panfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike, Bullhead, Sturgeon, Carp, and Catfish.
This particular Snag Seemed to be Moving! July 20th, 2016 I was fishing with Bill and Jeff the other evening. We started out fishing for
Max Wolter Reports:
The Wolter Report (Max Wolter, DNR fisheries biologist, Hayward): Anglers fishing the Hayward area may occasionally catch a warmouth, a small brown or almost purple sunfish with black stripes around the eyes.
Rick Richter of Hayward caught this 53-inch, 46-pound musky Monday, Sept. 1, on the Chippewa Flowage.
Labor Day 2014 I guided a father and son team, Greg and Cory Oimoen, from Blue Mound, WI. They were interested in a Musky hunt.
PT was new to musky fishing. His intention was to practice throwing a musky bait in Jackie’s Bar/the Sticks, in preparation to moving around the corner to Mittens Bar. It was 70 degrees and…..
Thirty-one competing teams brought 117 bass weighing 267 pounds to the scales at Hayward Bass Club’s annual Chippewa Flowage Open Tournament on July 28th. The
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The Real World Record Musky By Tony Welch In the waning days of 1942, an avid fisherman by the name of Louis Spray forfeited his
The Landing on County Road CC – PRIZES – PRIZES – PRIZES!
Weekly News article published: June 5, 2012 by the Central Office http://dnr.wi.gov/news/DNRNews_article_Lookup.asp?id=2177 MADISON – Work to help understand and respond to why bass are booming
Many of the Lures below were found by walking the shore of the Chippewa Flowage in the spring when the water was low. The lures
By Pat Lindgren & Barb Czarnecki What do you know about Fishing Has No Boundaries? FHNB was founded in Hayward, WI by a local fishing
WDNR Fish Team Leader Dave Neuswanger and several friends from Missouri stayed in the Sturgeon Cabin and enjoyed a great week of fishing and camaraderie.
New “Musky Jaws” found on the Chippewa Flowage! On September 28th, 2008, nearly 10 years after a massive musky jawbone was discovered on Lake Chippewa
Fishing with my son: Here are some pics of a musky I caught on the big Chippewa flowage 9/9/07 she was 51 inches 33 lbs,
Remains of a large Musky was found on the Chippewa Flowage The remains of what is believed to be a large musky have been found
This story starts out with the annual pilgrimage to the Chippewa Flowage for the Hayward Chapter of Muskies Inc October Tournament. This tournament is always
September Tradition by C. Meyer (Guest Writer) Without checking my fishing log books I am going to guess Steve and Bud have fished with me
Melanie’s First Musky By C. Meyer (Guest Writer) Melanie got hooked on fishing in a big way this summer. While Melanie has caught her share
Lucky Charlie By C. Meyer (Guest Writer) On a beautiful fall day on the Chippewa Flowage my client Charlie Bark “Lucky Charlie” and myself mused
Group Effort by C. Meyer Group Effort: You can always tell when the kids hook into anything larger than a panfish when fishing off the
Flying Pike – By C. Meyer (Guest Writer) The battle cry of “Who wants to go fishing” was met with enthusiastic response. So the family
By The Moon Man (Bill Meiser) You can see the storm front coming in over Pete’s Bar on a late Wednesday after noon–after 25 minutes
2003 A Tremendous Big Chip Musky Year According to the Big Chip musky historian John Dettloff, “these are the “good old days” on the Chip.
Although the muskie action in 2001 had its normal ups and downs, as all muskie seasons have, overall… this past year was a great muskie
Some of you may recall the story of the giant set of musky jaws found on the Chippewa Flowage on October 31, 1998. According to
A Flying, Floppy, Fish Tale: This is a story about a fish I caught. Today, July 29, 2001 we started our family fishing trip. 1
Walleye Secrets: Anglers like Blank, Bergman, Bartlett, and Haack certainly have a knack for getting walleyes from the Chippewa Flowage. It comes with getting acquainted
Eleven-year-old catches first two Muskies: After fishing several hours on the northeast section of the Chippewa Flowage Neil Weigen, age 11, of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
By: Terrell Boettcher Huge Skeletal Muskie Jaw Found: The year 1998 was a phenomenal, unprecedented year for numbers of large muskellunge caught in the Hayward
A four-year-old Phillips boy, Josh Lemke, caught a whopper 46 1/2-inch, 24-pound, 10-ounce Monster Musky on the Chippewa Flowage on Sunday, June 21. The boy
Muskie Caught Four Times: A 47-inch, 27-pound, 2-ounce Chippewa Flowage muskie caught on Aug. 11 by Jim Kniprath of Wisconsin Rapids had been caught and
Louie Spray’s Muskie Reinstated Louie Spray’s Muskie Reinstated: Four years ago on Aug. 6, 1992, Art Lawton’s world record muskie, originally thought to have been
Muskies Put Big Chip On Map: By Dan Small Sawyer County’s Chippewa Flowage is one impressive body of water. A Northern States Power Company hydroelectric
In around 1939 Jacob Kuykendall, Jr.’s grandfather Fred Kirk “caught” a musky that weighed 72 pounds out of the Chippewa Flowage, in the Blueberry lake