This one lives here-in the West Fork- 12-14 inches longTuesday, September 14, 2010
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Link to Wisconsin DNR Trout Report
http://dnr.wi.gov/news/DNRNews_article_Lookup.asp?id=1523
Very good reports. Mike Miller must be reading this blog.
NOW is the time to hit the creeks!
Very good reports. Mike Miller must be reading this blog.
NOW is the time to hit the creeks!
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Wisconsin has one month of Trout season left for this year. September is always an excellant time to catch lots of Trout and BIG ones too.
trapafox@hotmail.com
608-434-1566
trapafox@hotmail.com
608-434-1566
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Temps are droppin
With the latest weather we have recieved, water temps are dropping. This has started a feeding trend that will last for the rest of the season. Season ends in Wisconsin on the last day of September. Get your gear ready and go for it.
Monday, August 23, 2010
Trophy Driftless Area Trout
Bryan Trapper Voldahl Now is the time to book your Driftless Area Trout trip for trophy Trout. End of the season is only weeks away. trapafox@hotmail.com
Monday, August 16, 2010
Rain,flood and etc
We sure have been getting wet. All the springs are charged up. Fishin is back to "Normal" Now is a great time to score a nice Trout.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Rain, Rain-so what!!
Here is a pic of Eric's fish caught on the WF when everyone was at home. This fish is 23 inches long. Eric came all the way from Canada to catch this fish. Congrats.
Sunday, August 8, 2010
mouse-ing at night
This pattern was given to me by Dewey-Thanks. Fishing at night is a newer sport here on the West Fork. Now is the PRIME time
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Fishing Report/Aug. 1st
Bryan Trapper Voldahl Fishing Report: Fishing after dark has picked up lately. Numerous Trout came to the hand over the weekend. One fish over 18 inches was the largest. I exspect the large ones will start in very shortly. As reported before,, areas that have a 5 degree water temp. difference hold lots of Trout this time of the year. Pleas...e practice C&R. Make sure you release your fish back into the cold water right away. Higher than 75 degrees, I do not fish for Trout. This year with the continued rainfall, streams and springs are kept recharged, keeping the water temps nice and cold. We have been lucky to have a great season all year.
Send inquiries to : trapafox@hotmail.com
Send inquiries to : trapafox@hotmail.com
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Monday, July 26, 2010
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Welcome to Trapper's Guide Service. We are located in Avalanche Wisconsin along the West Fork of the Kickapoo River. I guide for Trout in Vernon ,Crawford, Monroe and Crawford Counties, which are located in western Wisconsin in an area known as The Driftless Area. The D.A. has hills and valleys. These counties are noted for some of the best Trout fishing in the Midwest. I started Trout fishing here 45 years ago at 5 years of age. My vast experiance of Trout fishing assures you of a wonderful trip. Every year for the past 20 years, I have help release wild strain Trout in streams throughout the area. This program is a DNR/local sports club/co-op program. Over 150,000 of wild Trout I have helped plant so far. This year the total Trout released by area clubs was around 14,000.
www.westforksportsmansclub.org www.westbyrodandgun.com http://violasportsmansclubinc.weebly.com/links.html
I also keep as eye and ear open to Trophy Trout that live in area streams. Some of my favorite spots to fish for bigger Trout are where colder streams enter warmer streams.A few degrees difference in water temp make a huge difference The Trout stack up in these spots this time of year. Perhaps now is the time for you to catch your Trophy Trout. Fly, spin and bait fisherpersons are all welcome. Please refer to earlier post. I will post some pictures soon. I dropped my Sony in the West Fork. Not much hope for it.
www.westforksportsmansclub.org www.westbyrodandgun.com http://violasportsmansclubinc.weebly.com/links.html
I also keep as eye and ear open to Trophy Trout that live in area streams. Some of my favorite spots to fish for bigger Trout are where colder streams enter warmer streams.A few degrees difference in water temp make a huge difference The Trout stack up in these spots this time of year. Perhaps now is the time for you to catch your Trophy Trout. Fly, spin and bait fisherpersons are all welcome. Please refer to earlier post. I will post some pictures soon. I dropped my Sony in the West Fork. Not much hope for it.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Rain and more Rain
It would seem that mother nature decided we needed more. 2 more inches here in Avalanche with maybe some more on the way. Creeks and rivers are very high now. This is Thursday evening. When the water level starts to get back to normal, fishin will be great.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Trophy Trout
Large Trophy Trout are starting to stack up at cold water sources.608-434-1566 trapafox@hotmail.com
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
The Answer
http://www.jsonline.com/sports/outdoors/98173324.html
Some of you have come here looking for the answer from the comment I posted in the Milwaukee Journal. About 20 years ago I transfered my 3 fish limit of urban pond fishing, 9 times in the creek at the Saukville Rifle and Pistol Club. This creek starts on my old trapline ,flows through the rifle club , through River's Edge Nature Center and then dumps into the Milwaukee River.The old RENC director stated to me at one of the first water monitoring meetings about the natural reproduction of Rainbows in the creek.That first meeting was here,,in Avalanche, 15 plus years ago. I informed her about how they got there. Years later, I was remodeling the old DNR fiels station in Plymonth,Wi and asked the area fish Biolgist, John Nelson, how I could do this, and the DNR could not. No answer. John is one hell of a nice guy, very honest and a great fish manager. I.E.= Onion River. This was an illigal act. To many years have gone by for me to worry about it. With the advent of VHS, do not do this yourself. In the past 20 years, I have helped stock over 150,000 wild stain Trout through clubs/DNR co-op program.Have questions? trapafox@hotmail.com
Some of you have come here looking for the answer from the comment I posted in the Milwaukee Journal. About 20 years ago I transfered my 3 fish limit of urban pond fishing, 9 times in the creek at the Saukville Rifle and Pistol Club. This creek starts on my old trapline ,flows through the rifle club , through River's Edge Nature Center and then dumps into the Milwaukee River.The old RENC director stated to me at one of the first water monitoring meetings about the natural reproduction of Rainbows in the creek.That first meeting was here,,in Avalanche, 15 plus years ago. I informed her about how they got there. Years later, I was remodeling the old DNR fiels station in Plymonth,Wi and asked the area fish Biolgist, John Nelson, how I could do this, and the DNR could not. No answer. John is one hell of a nice guy, very honest and a great fish manager. I.E.= Onion River. This was an illigal act. To many years have gone by for me to worry about it. With the advent of VHS, do not do this yourself. In the past 20 years, I have helped stock over 150,000 wild stain Trout through clubs/DNR co-op program.Have questions? trapafox@hotmail.com
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Big and Black
After all the yak about Mousin after dark, I thought I would show another pattern that really rocks. Note the size compared to standard business card.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Thursday, June 24th. We had the highest water of 2010 these past 2 days. WF is back to slightly higher than expected level. Water is clearing up nicely. Fishing should be interesting Fri and Sat. Beatles have been the hot ticket on top. When these rain events occur, Trout feed like crazy. This is the prime time for Trout to put on weight
Monday, June 21, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
Friday, April 16, 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Trapper's Guide Service
Does not support a one rule/ mind set at all.
I do not support a season past September.
Please help protect our fisheree.
Trapper
I do not support a season past September.
Please help protect our fisheree.
Trapper
Monday, April 5, 2010
Friday, April 2, 2010
Trout Water's need protection
STEPHEN M. BORN, UW-Madison emeritus professor of planning and environmental studies Posted: Friday, April 2, 2010 4:00 am
Stephen M. Born is an emeritus professor at UW-Madison in planning and environmental studies. He is also former co-chairman of Wisconsin Academy’s Waters of Wisconsin project and former chairman of the National Resources Board, Trout Unlimited. The Capital Times archives
The surface and groundwaters of Wisconsin undergird a major tourism-recreation-outdoor industry, as well as significant portions of our agricultural and industrial economies (including beer-making).
But, our water resources are at risk. Increasing demands and land use changes resulting from a growing population, agricultural industry expansion and changing climate are leading to non-sustainable pumpage and environmental stress and damage in some parts of Wisconsin.
Recognizing the threats to long-range environmental health and water supply security, Wisconsin has taken actions to protect this "buried treasure" and related surface waters. A pioneering groundwater quality law was passed in 1984.
In 2003, the Legislature enacted Act 310 to strengthen the state's oversight of groundwater quantity management. The architects of this law recognized that it was only a first step toward integrated long-range management of the state's vital water resources, and directed a groundwater advisory committee to assess the functioning of the new law and recommend needed changes.
Last month — after several years of review by the advisory committee, scientists, and a coalition of environmental and conservation organizations — legislators took the next step to protect and better manage Wisconsin's waters by introducing legislation to remedy shortfalls in Act 310.
This new bill would:
• Improve the process for designating groundwater management areas and provide for better coordinated regional management of problem areas, including the preparation of plans to correct and avoid damages done to groundwater supplies and associated streams, lakes and wetlands.
• Allow the designation of groundwater attention areas where problems are likely to emerge in coming years.
• Expand the scope of existing law to protect more springs, broaden geographic consideration of impacts of high-capacity wells, and specifically identify water-bottling operations falling under the law.
• Provide for adaptive management in groundwater management areas, where existing pumpers could have their approval permits modified to reflect changing aquifer conditions and new demands.
• Provide for water conservation and accelerated water supply planning.
The ink was hardly dry on the new bill when opponents began attacking it. In a campaign suggesting they hadn't read the proposed legislation, the usual suspects in the agricultural lobby claimed the proposed legislation would harm their constituencies — threatening their wells, giving the state Department of Natural Resources excessive regulatory powers, encroaching on property rights, damaging the agricultural economy and more.
Conservative legislators labeled it "anti-jobs", and contended it was too important to be fast-tracked (although it had been the subject of intensive study for several years leading up to the introduction of the bill).
State Rep. Spencer Black, D-Madison, and Sen. Mark Miller, D-Monona — the primary authors of the bill — have fought back, arguing the importance of strengthening existing law to better protect trout streams, drinking water supplies, and other vital resources and thereby assure that the state will have sufficient water resources for the future.
Given the short amount of time left in this legislative session, support from the conservation community and business interests dependent on healthy ecosystems is needed to give this far-reaching legislation a chance to be enacted. We cannot afford to miss this opportunity to ensure sound scientific environmental stewardship of our invaluable water resources.
Stephen M. Born is UW-Madison emeritus professor of planning and environmental studies. He is also former co-chairman of Wisconsin Academy's Waters of Wisconsin project and former chairman of the National Resources Board, Trout Unlimited.
Posted in Column on Friday, April 2, 2010 4:00 am Stephen M. Born, Clean Water
Stephen M. Born is an emeritus professor at UW-Madison in planning and environmental studies. He is also former co-chairman of Wisconsin Academy’s Waters of Wisconsin project and former chairman of the National Resources Board, Trout Unlimited. The Capital Times archives
The surface and groundwaters of Wisconsin undergird a major tourism-recreation-outdoor industry, as well as significant portions of our agricultural and industrial economies (including beer-making).
But, our water resources are at risk. Increasing demands and land use changes resulting from a growing population, agricultural industry expansion and changing climate are leading to non-sustainable pumpage and environmental stress and damage in some parts of Wisconsin.
Recognizing the threats to long-range environmental health and water supply security, Wisconsin has taken actions to protect this "buried treasure" and related surface waters. A pioneering groundwater quality law was passed in 1984.
In 2003, the Legislature enacted Act 310 to strengthen the state's oversight of groundwater quantity management. The architects of this law recognized that it was only a first step toward integrated long-range management of the state's vital water resources, and directed a groundwater advisory committee to assess the functioning of the new law and recommend needed changes.
Last month — after several years of review by the advisory committee, scientists, and a coalition of environmental and conservation organizations — legislators took the next step to protect and better manage Wisconsin's waters by introducing legislation to remedy shortfalls in Act 310.
This new bill would:
• Improve the process for designating groundwater management areas and provide for better coordinated regional management of problem areas, including the preparation of plans to correct and avoid damages done to groundwater supplies and associated streams, lakes and wetlands.
• Allow the designation of groundwater attention areas where problems are likely to emerge in coming years.
• Expand the scope of existing law to protect more springs, broaden geographic consideration of impacts of high-capacity wells, and specifically identify water-bottling operations falling under the law.
• Provide for adaptive management in groundwater management areas, where existing pumpers could have their approval permits modified to reflect changing aquifer conditions and new demands.
• Provide for water conservation and accelerated water supply planning.
The ink was hardly dry on the new bill when opponents began attacking it. In a campaign suggesting they hadn't read the proposed legislation, the usual suspects in the agricultural lobby claimed the proposed legislation would harm their constituencies — threatening their wells, giving the state Department of Natural Resources excessive regulatory powers, encroaching on property rights, damaging the agricultural economy and more.
Conservative legislators labeled it "anti-jobs", and contended it was too important to be fast-tracked (although it had been the subject of intensive study for several years leading up to the introduction of the bill).
State Rep. Spencer Black, D-Madison, and Sen. Mark Miller, D-Monona — the primary authors of the bill — have fought back, arguing the importance of strengthening existing law to better protect trout streams, drinking water supplies, and other vital resources and thereby assure that the state will have sufficient water resources for the future.
Given the short amount of time left in this legislative session, support from the conservation community and business interests dependent on healthy ecosystems is needed to give this far-reaching legislation a chance to be enacted. We cannot afford to miss this opportunity to ensure sound scientific environmental stewardship of our invaluable water resources.
Stephen M. Born is UW-Madison emeritus professor of planning and environmental studies. He is also former co-chairman of Wisconsin Academy's Waters of Wisconsin project and former chairman of the National Resources Board, Trout Unlimited.
Posted in Column on Friday, April 2, 2010 4:00 am Stephen M. Born, Clean Water
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Unique Opportunity
Unique Opportunity
We are offering a two day float trip on the Kickapoo River. We will be camping on the Kickapoo Valley Reserve. I will supply two tents, three tents for trips with two clients, if needed. I will supply boat, canoe, food, beverages, snacks, bait, lures, stove, tarps, lantern, coolers, firewood, grill, tableware, radio, cell phone, etc. After doing extensive scouting in Fall 09, I am assured that you will catch a lot of Trout. The main branch of the Kickapoo River is noted to harbor very large Trout. Many Trout over 20 inches are caught every year. This will be a somewhat primitive fishing and camping trip. The river flows through the 8500 +acre KVR. Expect to see plenty of canoes using the river, yet rarely fished. You may also decide to make this trip a walk-in/wade trip only, or a combination. You supply your own bedding, cot, air bed, wader’s, fishing gear , rainwear, personal items, and one car/truck.
Cost for 1 or 2 people is $900
Includes 2 full days, one night camping, three meals a day of your choice. Eating a fresh skinless/boneless Trout is a great idea. The great majority of Trout will be released as there is a 3 fish limit/day. I am excited to offer this excursion. This would make an excellent father/son-daughter outing. Email at:trapafox@hotmail.com
Cell# 608-434-1566
We are offering a two day float trip on the Kickapoo River. We will be camping on the Kickapoo Valley Reserve. I will supply two tents, three tents for trips with two clients, if needed. I will supply boat, canoe, food, beverages, snacks, bait, lures, stove, tarps, lantern, coolers, firewood, grill, tableware, radio, cell phone, etc. After doing extensive scouting in Fall 09, I am assured that you will catch a lot of Trout. The main branch of the Kickapoo River is noted to harbor very large Trout. Many Trout over 20 inches are caught every year. This will be a somewhat primitive fishing and camping trip. The river flows through the 8500 +acre KVR. Expect to see plenty of canoes using the river, yet rarely fished. You may also decide to make this trip a walk-in/wade trip only, or a combination. You supply your own bedding, cot, air bed, wader’s, fishing gear , rainwear, personal items, and one car/truck.
Cost for 1 or 2 people is $900
Includes 2 full days, one night camping, three meals a day of your choice. Eating a fresh skinless/boneless Trout is a great idea. The great majority of Trout will be released as there is a 3 fish limit/day. I am excited to offer this excursion. This would make an excellent father/son-daughter outing. Email at:trapafox@hotmail.com
Cell# 608-434-1566
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