Bowfishing in Wisconsin

By Patrick Durkin madison.com:

Geysers erupted around me like small depth charges as I rowed, probed and maneuvered through Lake Poygan's patchwork of cane beds in the shallows near Boom Bay.

All these watery explosions triggered by spawning carp could mean only one thing: My nephew must be near.

If it's dawn in early June and carp are wallowing in Poygan's shallows, that's where you look for Beau Christensen of Madison. We failed long ago to interest him in walleye fishing or deer hunting, but carp? He's been hounding the big uglies ever since his grandfather got him a used bowfishing rig about 10 years ago.

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Score One for the WI DNR!

From the sheboyganpress.com Letters to the Editor

The number of people who violate Wisconsin's hunting and fishing rules is a small number. But every now and then, a significant case comes to light.
Last week, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel outdoors writers Paul A. Smith reported on the case of 13 men from the Milwaukee area allegedly taking more than 2,200 fish over their allowable possession limit, mainly crappies and bluegills, on the Chippewa Flowage in northern Wisconsin in late May. Full Story

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