Fishing Report

MIKE INORIO OF Chicago caught this smallmouth bass while fishing with Dennis Walker. submitted photo by Reagan Zimmerman Big Green Lake What’s hot: Walleye and smallmouth bass What’s not: White bass Guide’s Corner: Dennis Walker, Dennis Walker Pontoon Guide Service on Big Green Lake, 294-0611 According to Walker, walleye are […]

Walleye and musky are good bites on local lakes

From left, Carson Halum, Brady Halum and Tavin Chip of Indianapolis show off their impressive lake trout they caught during their fishing adventure with Dennis Walker. submitted photo by Reagan Zimmerman Big Green Lake What’s hot: Lake Trout and Smallmouth What’s not: Northern Pike and White Bass Guide’s Corner: Mike […]

Lake Trout bite better than expected right now

Coen Claubaugh shows off his smallmouth bass during his family’s fishing adventure. Dennis Walker photo by Reagan Zimmerman Big Green Lake What’s hot: Everything What’s not: Nothing Guide’s Corner: Dennis Walker, Dennis Walker Pontoon Guide Service on Big Green Lake, 294-0611 All types of fishing has been hot on Big […]

Fishing is hot right now on Big, Little Green

McCoy Walejko caught this 9.5-inch bluegill at the Dartford Mill Pond. submitted photo by Reagan Zimmerman Big Green Lake What’s hot: Lake trout, smallmouth bass and walleye What’s not: Northern pike Guide’s Corner: Mike Norton, Mike Norton’s Fishing Adventure, 295-3617 “The lake trout fishing has picked up and it is […]

Lake trout, smallmouth and walleye are hot bites

Cory Marshell SHOWS off a lake trout he caught while fishing with his dad on Father’s Day. Dennis Walker guided the boat and helped with the catch. submitted photo by Reagan Zimmerman Big Green Lake What’s hot: Walleye, smallmouth bass and panfish What’s not: northern pike and lake trout Guide’s […]

Bass are heating up on Big, Little Green lakes

by Reagan Zimmerman Big Green Lake What’s hot: walleye, panfish and bluegill What’s not: cisco and white bass Guide’s Corner: Mike Norton’s Fishing and Hunting Adventures, www.biggreenlakefishing.com, 920-295-3617. Lake trout fishing is either hot or not. Fishing guide, Mike Norton said that people are catching one to four lake trout […]

Guides: Fishing has been hit or miss as of late

Vicky Olinski holds a 6-pound lake trout that she caught while fishing with Mike Norton. Mike Norton photo by Reagan Zimmerman Big Green Lake What’s hot: Lake trout (at times) and rock bass What’s not: Smallmouth bass and walleye Guide’s Corner: Mike Norton’s Fishing and Hunting Adventures, www.biggreenlakefishing.com, 920-295-3617. Norton […]

Fishing will continue to improve with weather

NOAH BORGARDT plucked this largemouth bass out of Ripon’s Gothic Mill Pond earlier this month. Tracy Landerman photo by Reagan Zimmerman Big Green Lake What’s hot: Not much What’s not: Everything Guide’s Corner: Dennis Walker, Dennis Walker Pontoon Guide Service on Big Green Lake, 294-0611 With the season just starting […]

As water warms up, so will the fishing

Calvin Michael smiles as he shows off the 20-inch lake trout he caught while fishing Aug. 31 on Big Green Lake. The photo was submitted by Jessica Michael as part of the Green Laker Photo Contest. by Hannah Tetzlaff Big Green Lake What’s hot: Lake trout What’s not: Smallmouth bass […]

Fishing picking up as summer comes to close

AARON PETIT OF North Ridgeville, Ohio gives a thumbs-up as he holds a lake trout that he caught while fishing with Mike Norton.    Mike Norton Fishing and Hunting Adventures photo by Hannah Tetzlaff Big Green Lake What’s hot: Nothing What’s not: Cisco and white bass Guide’s Corner: Mike Norton’s […]

Fishing should pick up after rough August

SHOWING OFF THEIR catch while fishing with Dennis Walker are, from left, Jeff Steibs, Todd Lauritzen, Dan Mueller, Nickie Wells, Val Ward, Diane Scheider, Mike Nelsen amd Lisa Rausch,           Dennis Walker Pontoon Guide Service photo by Hannah Tetzlaff Big Green Lake What’s hot: Smallmouth bass, […]

Fishing has been challenging on lakes

ETHAN, LEFT, and Grant Heagney of Fort Atkinson, Wis., hold a lake trout they caught while fishing with Mike Norton. Mike Norton’s Fishing and Hunting Adventures photo by Hannah Tetzlaff Big Green Lake What’s hot: Smallmouth bass and perch What’s not: Walleye, lake trout and white bass Guide’s Corner: Dennis […]

Fishing is slow, but stable on Big, Little Green

GORDON WIESE OF Ripon shows off a 46-inch muskie he caught and released June 14 while fishing on Big Green Lake with his son, Darren Wiese of Green Lake.   submitted  photo  by Hannah Tetzlaff Big Green Lake What’s hot: Smallmouth bass What’s not: Everything else Guide’s Corner: Dennis Walker, […]

Fishing should pick up after Fourth of July lull

Luis Ayabarreno from Burtonsville, Md. holds a nice lake trout he caught in May. Mike Norton photo by Hannah Tetzlaff Big Green Lake What’s hot: lake trout and pan fish What’s not: white bass and cisco Guide’s Corner: Mike Norton’s Fishing and Hunting Adventures, www. biggreenlakefishing.com, 920- 295-3617. As some fish […]

Get out there: This is ‘prime-time’ for lake trout

Matt Coshway of Ripon shows off a lake trout he caught while fishing with Mike Norton. submitted photo by Hannah Tetzlaff Green Lake Reporter Big Green Lake What’s hot: Smallmouth and largemouth bass, northern pike and panfish What’s not: White bass and lake trout Guide’s Corner: Dennis Walker, Dennis Walker Pontoon […]

Warmer weather + clearer water = better fishing!

A carp barrier and new bubble barrier help trap tens of thousands of invasive rough fish at the County Road K bridge.  by Alison Thiel Tens of thousands of invasive European carp have been swarming beneath the bridge at Green Lake’s Southwest Inlet this spring. The carp’s tireless effort to […]

30 tons of carp pulled from SW side of Big ...

ANGLERS FROM A recent musky tournament on Little Green Lake show their excitement, and their catch.     submitted photo by Hannah Tetzlaff Green Lake Reporter Big Green Lake What’s hot: Lake trout, smallmouth and largemouth bass, northern pike and walleye What’s not: Perch Guide’s Corner: Joel Baranowski, North Bay […]

Fishing is picking up on Big Green and Little Green

Steve Siders OF Green Lake kneels next to a pile of cisco which he caught last fall while fishing with Mike Norton. Mike Norton photo by Hannah Tetzlaff Green Lake Reporter Big Green Lake What’s hot: Lake trout, northern pike and panfish (bluegills, perch, and crappies) What’s not: White bass […]

Fishing slow on Big Green, good on Little Green

Funds will go toward hands-on learning in Green Lake Students at Green Lake High School are getting ready to immerse themselves in their studies thanks in part to two grants awarded to support classroom lake research. The news was announced at the Green Lake School Board meeting last week Wednesday. Dan […]

School receives two science grants