Pat Short - WI DNR
Photo: Jeff Janvrin WI DNR

Did you know?

The Upper Mississippi River system is home to 132 fish species.

This is 25% of all the fish species in North America!

Commercial Fishing State Regulation
Comparison Tables


Regulations by Gear ***(.pdf)

Regulations by Species ***(.pdf)

Different State License Requirements ***(.pdf)

Meeting Minutes

2010 Spring Meeting

2009 Fall Meeting

2009 Spring Meeting

2008 Fall Meeting

2008 Spring Meeting

2007 Fall Meeting

Fish Plan Draft 2010

Fish Plan Brief 2010

1993 Fish Plan

2007 Fishery Reports

2007 Major River Survey Pools 3-7, 9

Pepin 2007 Large Lake Monitoring Annual Report

Pool 4 Creel Study IV 2005-2007 Completion Report

Electronic Books

Fishes of Wisconsin - George C. Becker

Wisconsin Fishes 2000 - John Lyons

Web Site Resources

The North American Native Fishes Association (NANFA) is selling fish playing cards and fish prints. Proceeds benefit NANFA's Conservation Research Grants.

Wisconsin Fish Identification Database - WDNR,
UW Center for Limnology, UW Sea Grant