The Chippewa Muskie Club celebrated its 50th anniversary with a fishing gathering Sept. 19 to 22, 2025 on the Chippewa Flowage in Hayward, Wisconsin. Here's a look at the landscape, including magic ...
HAYWARD – The sun shined through a thin cloud cover Sept. 21 and glistened off the dark water of the Chippewa Flowage near Hayward. A puff of wind crinkled the surface. The air temperature was 68 ...
The Chippewa Flowage is one of our most popular and productive local walleye fisheries. As a result, it’s a population we keep a very close eye on, with annual surveys and lots of data collection. The ...
In this recurring series I rate local fishing opportunities, by species, on a simple and recognizable 0-10 rating scale. This rating aims to reflect catchability, size, and other elements of fishing ...
On a twilight so calm the red and white pines are reflected in the waters of northern Wisconsin's Chippewa Flowage, John Baker plans to go spearfishing — a traditional Ojibwe method of harvesting ...
HAYWARD, Wis. — Chilly nights on northern Wisconsin’s Chippewa Flowage don’t deter 15-year-old spearfisher Gabe Bisonette. He’s been learning the Ojibwe practice for so long now that when his headlamp ...